1 Guyon finds Mammon in a delve,

Mammon > "Riches" (Aramaic; wealth regarded as an idol or an evil influence; the God of Money; see Matt. 6.24, Luke 16.9-13; PL 1.678 ff., 2.228 ff.) delve > pit, depression

2 Sunning his treasure hoar:

hoar > {Ancient, venerable with age}

3 Is by him tempted, and led down, 4 To see his secret store.

207.1

AS Pilot well expert in perilous waue,
2 That to a stedfast starre his course hath bent,
When foggy mistes, or cloudy tempests haue
4 The faithfull light of that faire lampe yblent,
And couer'd heauen with hideous dreriment,
6 Vpon his card and compas firmes his eye,
The maisters of his long experiment,
8 And to them does the steddy helme apply,
Bidding his winged vessell fairely forward +fly.+

9 fly. > fly: 1609

1 As pilot well expert in perilous wave,

As > [Like a] wave > water