[379-55] This line may be understood to read, Ariel, and all spirits of his kind.
[379-56] Performed to point means performed in every respect.
[379-57] The beak of a ship is the prow, the projecting forward part.
[380-58] The waist of a ship is the middle portion.
[380-59] Distinctly means here separately. Ariel caused light globes of flame to appear for a second in different parts of the rigging, and to move about and to join.
[380-60] Momentary means instantaneous.
[380-61] Coil means tumult or confusion.
[380-62] This clause means There was not a soul that did not feel such a fever as madmen feel.
[380-63] In this place upstaring means sticking up.
[381-64] For unstaining we would say unstained.