Hobinoll > (Gabriel Harvey (1545?-1630); see glosses to _SC_, "Januarie", 55, and "September", 176. A fellow poet, Harvey remained a friend of Spenser from their Cambridge days. Elected a Fellow of Pembroke Hall in 1570, a year after Spenser was admitted there as a sizar (undergraduate receiving an allowance from the college)) 302 303 304 FAyre _Thamis_ streame, that from _Ludds_ stately towne, 305 Runst paying tribute to the Ocean seas, 306 Let all thy Nymphes and Syrens of renowne 307 Be silent, whyle this Bryttane _Orpheus_ playes: 308 Nere thy sweet bankes, there liues that sacred crowne, 309 Whose hand strowes Palme and neuer-dying bayes, 310 Let all at once, with thy soft murmuring sowne 311 Present her with this worthy Poets prayes. 312 For he hath taught hye drifts in shepeherdes weedes, 313 And deepe conceites now singes in _Faeries_ deedes. 314 R. S. 315 302 303 304 Fair Thames' stream, that from Lud's stately town Lud > (A mythical king of England, reputed founder of London (see 210.46:1 and cf. _Cymbeline_ IV ii 100)) 305 Run paying tribute to the ocean seas, ocean seas > {The main or great seas of the world} 306 Let all your nymphs and Sirens of renown nymphs > (Minor female divinities with whom the Greeks peopled all parts of nature: the seas, springs, rivers, grottoes, trees, mountains) Sirens > (Sea-nymphs whose sweet singing had the power to lure sailors to their destruction) 307 Be silent, while this Briton Orpheus plays: Orpheus > (A mythical minstrel whose wonderful music could move rocks and trees and suspend the torments of the damned in hell) 308 Near your sweet banks there lives that sacred crown crown > monarch 309 Whose hand strews palm and never-dying bays, palm > {Leaves of the palm-tree, carried or worn as a symbol of victory; hence: fame and glory} bays > {Leaves or sprigs of the laurel, used to make a wreath for conquerors or poets (cf. "poet laureate"); hence: fame and glory} 310 Let all at once, with your soft murmuring sound 311 Present her with this worthy poet's praise. 312 For he has taught high drifts in shepherd's weeds, drifts > aims, objects; meanings weeds > garb 313 And deep conceits now sings in Faeries' deeds. conceits > conceptions 314 _R. S._ R. S. > (Not identifiable)