meant thereby > intended by that; hence: was doing
3 Who, groaning deep, thus answered him again:
again > in return
4 "Most cursed of all creatures under sky, 5 Lo Tantalus, I here tormented lie: 6 Of whom high Jove wont whilom feasted be,
Of > By wont whilom > formerly was accustomed be > [to be]
7 Lo here I now for want of food do die: 8 But if you be such, as I you see, 9 Of grace I pray you, give to eat and drink to me!"
207.60
Nay, nay, thou greedie Tantalus (quoth he)
2 Abide the fortune of thy present fate,
And vnto all that liue in high degree,
4 Ensample be of mind +intemperate+,
To teach them how to vse their present state.
6 Then gan the cursed wretch aloud to cry,
Accusing highest Ioue and gods ingrate,
8 And eke blaspheming heauen bitterly,
As authour of vniustice, there to let him dye.
4 intemperate > more temperate 1590
1 "Nay, nay, you greedy Tantalus," quoth he, 2 "Abide the fortune of your present fate,