Faery > {An archaic variant of "fairy", used by Spenser to denote the imaginary land, analogous to Britain, where his poem is set} Tanaquil > (Caia Tanaquil, wife of Tarquinius Priscus, 5th King of Rome (- 577 BC); an exemplary queen, taken as a type for the Faery Queen. See 210.76) 6 Whom that most noble Briton prince so long Briton prince > (Prince Arthur. For the origin of Arthur's quest for the Faery Queen, see 109.8-15) 7 Sought through the world, and suffered so much ill, suffered > [for whom he suffered] ill > evil, distress 8 That I must rue his undeserved wrong: 9 O, help you my weak wit, and sharpen my dull tongue! help you my > [help my; "you" intensifies the imperative mood] wit > wit; mind dull > dull, lacklustre; blunt 100.3 And thou most dreaded impe of highest _Ioue_, 2 Faire _Venus_ sonne, that with thy cruell dart At that good knight so cunningly didst roue, 4 That glorious fire it kindled in his hart, Lay now thy deadly Heben bow apart, 6 And with thy mother milde come to mine ayde: Come both, and with you bring triumphant _Mart_, 8 In loues and gentle iollities arrayd, After his murdrous spoiles and bloudy rage allayd. 1 And you, most dreaded imp of highest Jove, you > [Cupid, god of love, the son of Jupiter and Venus] imp > child, scion Jove > (Jupiter, the supreme deity of the Romans; Zeus of the Greeks) 2 Fair Venus' son, that with your cruel dart Venus > (Goddess of love and beauty, wife of Vulcan, mother of Cupid) dart > arrow 3 At that good knight so cunningly did rove rove > shoot 4 That glorious fire it kindled in his heart; 5 Lay now your deadly ebon bow apart, ebon > {Ebony, made of ebony, a tree of the family _Ebenaceae_, esp. _Diospyros ebenus_, producing hard black wood} apart > aside 6 And with your mother mild come to my aid: mild > gracious, kind 7 Come, both; and with you bring triumphant Mars, Mars > (God of war, the lover of Venus) 8 In loves and gentle jollities arrayed, gentle > noble jollities > revelries 9 After his murderous spoils and bloody rage allayed. allayed > grown mild 100.4 And with them eke, {o^} Goddesse heauenly bright, 2 Mirrour of grace and Maiestie diuine, Great Lady of the greatest Isle, whose light 4 Like _Ph{oe}bus_ lampe throughout the world doth shine, Shed thy faire beames into my feeble eyne, 6 And raise my thoughts too humble and too vile, To thinke of that true glorious type of thine, 8 The argument of mine afflicted stile: The which to heare, vouchsafe, {o^} dearest dred a-while. 1 And with them eke, O goddess heavenly bright, eke > also, in addition bright > bright; beautiful 2 Mirror of grace and majesty divine, Mirror > Reflection; reflector; exemplar (he is now addressing Queen Elizabeth; the moment of uncertainty smoothly conflates her with both Venus and the "holy Virgin" of 100.2:1)