[438-15] The poles in a vineyard are clipt or embraced by the vines.
[438-16] Juno was Queen of the sky and Iris was her special messenger.
[438-17] Rainbow.
[438-18] Peacocks were sacred to Juno and are represented as accompanying her.
[438-19] Jupiter was the chief god of the ancient Greeks, and Juno was his wife.
[440-20] Bosky means wooded.
[440-21] Unshrubbed downs are tracts of land on which no bushes grow.
[440-22] Venus was the Greek goddess of love and beauty.
[440-23] Dis is another name for Pluto, who according to the Greek mythology ruled in the dismal lower world.
[440-24] By the aid of Venus, Pluto stole Proserpina, the daughter of Ceres and Jupiter, and carried her away to be his queen in Hades.