And all the way their merry pipes they sound, 2 That all the woods with +doubled+ Eccho ring, And with their horned feet do weare the ground, 4 Leaping like wanton kids in pleasant Spring. So towards old _Syluanus_ they her bring; 6 Who with the noyse awaked, commeth out, To weet the cause, his weake steps gouerning, 8 And aged limbs on Cypresse stadle stout, And with an yuie twyne his +wast+ is girt about. 2 doubled > double _1609_ 9 wast > waste _1590, 1609_ 1 And all the way their merry pipes they sound, merry > merry; delightful 2 That all the woods with doubled echo ring, That > [So that] echo > (Echo is also the name of a mountain-nymph; see _Romeo and Juliet_ II ii 161) 3 And with their horned feet do wear the ground, 4 Leaping like wanton kids in pleasant spring. 5 So towards old Silvanus they her bring; 6 Who, with the noise awoken, comes out 7 To weet the cause, his weak steps governing weet > discover governing > supporting, guiding (refers both to his "weak steps" and his "aged limbs") 8 And aged limbs on cypress staddle stout, staddle > tree-trunk, prop, support; _hence:_ staff (it is a cypress staddle because of his love for Cyparissus (cf. 106.17; _DGDG_ 13.17; _Myth._ 5.10)) 9 And with an ivy twine his waist is girt about. ivy > (Sacred to Bacchus) 106.15 Far off he wonders, what them makes so glad, 2 +Or+ _Bacchus_ merry fruit they did inuent, Or _Cybeles_ franticke rites haue made them mad; 4 They drawing nigh, vnto their God present That flowre of faith and beautie excellent. 6 The God himselfe vewing that mirrhour rare, Stood long amazd, and burnt in his intent; 8 His owne faire _Dryope_ now he thinkes not faire, And _Pholoe_ fowle, when her to this he doth compaire. 2 Or > Of _1596, 1609;_ If _conj. Hughes_ 1 Far off, he wonders what them makes so glad, 2 Or Bacchus' merry fruit they did invent, Or > Whether Bacchus > (The god of wine, son of Jupiter and Semele) merry > {Delightful, characterized by festivity. Until about 1575, "merry" also meant, as again it does now, "tipsy"} invent > discover 3 Or Cybele's frantic rites have made them mad; Cybele > (Or Rhea, wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter, a goddess worshipped by the Corybants with frenetic music and dancing. Cybele's priests practised self-castration, which may account for the reference to her here: cf. the libidinous satyrs at 310.44 ff.) 4 They, drawing nigh, to their god present 5 That flower of faith and beauty excellent. excellent > supreme 6 The god himself, viewing that mirror rare, mirror > reflection [of perfection]; _hence:_ paragon of beauty 7 Stood long amazed, and burnt in his intent; intent > attention; mental activity; _hence:_ gaze 8 His own fair Dryope now he thinks not fair, Dryope > (A wood-nymph, the wife of Faunus, who, like Silvanus, is identified with the Greek deity Pan: see _Aen._ 10.551)