209.48
Not he, whom Greece, the Nourse of all good arts,
2 By Ph{oe}bus doome, the wisest thought aliue,
Might be compar'd to +these+ by many parts:
4 Nor that sage Pylian syre, which did suruiue
Three ages, such as mortall men contriue,
6 By whose aduise old Priams cittie fell,
With these in praise of pollicies mote striue.
8 These three in these three roomes did sundry dwell,
And counselled faire Alma, how to gouerne well.
3 these > this 1590
1 Not he whom Greece, the nurse of all good arts, 2 By Phoebus' doom the wisest thought alive,
Phoebus > (Apollo's oracle at Delphi judged Socrates the wisest man alive) doom > judgement, opinion
3 Might be compared to these by many parts:
parts > times [over]
4 Nor that sage Pylian sire (who did survive
Pylian > (Nestor, son of the king of Pylus; the oldest and wisest of the Greek heroes who overthrew Troy) sire > elder
5 Three ages, such as mortal men contrive,