4 Await whereto their service he applies: applies > directs, brings to bear, puts to use 5 To aid his friends, or fray his enemies. fray > frighten; attack 6 Of those he chose out two, the falsest two, 7 And fittest to forge true-seeming lies; 8 One of them he gave a message to, 9 The other by himself stayed, other work to do. stayed > kept, retained 101.39 He making speedy way through spersed ayre, 2 And through the world of waters wide and deepe, To _Morpheus_ house doth hastily repaire. 4 Amid the bowels of the earth full steepe, And low, where dawning day doth neuer peepe, 6 His dwelling is; there _Tethys_ his wet bed Doth euer wash, and _Cynthia_ still doth steepe 8 In siluer deaw his euer-drouping hed, Whiles sad Night ouer him her mantle black doth spred. 1 He, making speedy way through spersed air, spersed > scattered (aphetic form of "dispersed") 2 And through the world of waters wide and deep, 3 To Morpheus' house does hastily repair. repair > go, betake himself 4 Amid the bowels of the earth full steep, full > very, exceedingly 5 And low, where dawning day does never peep, 6 His dwelling is; there Tethys his wet bed Tethys > (A marine goddess, wife of Oceanus; the sea) 7 Does ever wash, and Cynthia still does steep Cynthia > (Diana in her aspect as goddess of the moon; the moon itself. See 203.31:2) still > continuously 8 In silver dew his ever-drooping head, 9 While sad Night over him her mantle black does spread. sad > heavy; dark, deep; dismal Night > (The pre-Olympian goddess, Nox; she features in person at 105.20 ff.) 101.40 Whose double gates he findeth locked fast, 2 The one faire fram'd of burnisht Yuory, The other all with siluer ouercast; 4 And wakefull dogges before them farre do lye, Watching to banish Care their enimy, 6 Who oft is wont to trouble gentle +Sleepe+. By them the Sprite doth passe in quietly, 8 And vnto _Morpheus_ comes, whom drowned deepe In drowsie fit he findes: of nothing he takes keepe. 6 Sleepe > sleepe _1596;_ sleep _1609_ 1 Whose double gates he finds locked fast, double gates > (The two Gates of Sleep (_Odyssey_ 19.562-7; _Aen._ 6.893-6). True dreams pass through the gate of horn, while false dreams pass through the gate of ivory) fast > firmly 2 One fair framed of burnished ivory, framed > made, fashioned 3 The other all with silver overcast; overcast > covered, overlaid 4 And wakeful dogs before them far do lie, 5 Watching to banish Care, their enemy, 6 Who oft is wont to trouble gentle Sleep. wont > accustomed gentle > gentle; high-born, noble 7 By them the sprite does pass in quietly, 8 And to Morpheus comes, whom drowned deep 9 In drowsy fit he finds: of nothing he takes keep. keep > heed 101.41