(Of my) calamities have already fallen.
MS.: “Of my” is not in MS. The last word of 118 is “Swollen.” The word “Marvell” can be seen at the end of a line after 118.
Here comes a hiatus of two pages. No doubt Antiochus had a fairly long soliloquy. It is impossible to tell how many lines are lost here, as the characters seem to be conducting a rapid dialogue, in which it is not necessary to suppose that a whole line was assigned to each speaker at a time.
I., 1, 119.—C.:
Despair with sable wings
(Sail-stretch'd ab)ove my head.
MS.: Ore my head. A verb is wanted. (?) Sail-stretch'd flies o'er my head.
I., 1, 121.—MS.: ... ius furnished me. The line begins with a name to which there is no clue, probably introduced in the part now lost.
I., 1, 122.—C.: (And) make my first appearance like myself.
MS.: Made ? Which made, etc.