bountihead > bounteousness
210.3
Argument worthy of M{oe}onian quill,
2 Or rather worthy of great Ph{oe}bus rote,
Whereon the ruines of great Ossa hill,
4 And triumphes of Phlegr{ae}an Ioue he wrote,
That all the Gods admird his loftie note.
6 But if some relish of that heauenly lay
His learned daughters would to me report,
8 To decke my song withall, I would assay,
Thy name, {o^} soueraine Queene, to blazon farre away.
1 Argument worthy of Maeonian quill,
Argument > Subject-matter Maeonian > (Homer is said to have come from Maeonia, part of Lydia, and is also known as "Maeonides") quill > pen
2 Or rather worthy of great Phoebus' rote,
rote > {A medieval musical instrument, probably resembling the violin; hence: lyre, phorminx}
3 Whereon the ruins of great Ossa hill,
Ossa > (A mountain (elev. c. 6400 feet) in northern Thessaly (now Kisavo); the Giants, in attempting to scale Mount Olympus, piled it on the neighbouring Mount Pelion (Virgil, Georgics 1.281))
4 And triumphs of Phlegrean Jove he wrote,