The doubtful current into divers waves.

Spenser, F.Q. b. iv. c. 1. st. 42.

v. 48. Popes and cardinals.] Ariosto, having personified
Avarice as a strange and hideous monster, says of her—

Peggio facea nella Romana corte

Che v’avea uccisi Cardinali e Papi.

Orl. Fur. c. xxvi. st. 32.

Worse did she in the court of Rome, for there

She had slain Popes and Cardinals.

v. 91. By necessity.] This sentiment called forth the reprehension of Cecco d’Ascoli, in his Acerba, l. 1. c. i.

In cio peccasti, O Fiorentin poeta, &c.