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His sonne +Riuallo+ his dead roome did supply,
2 In whose sad time bloud did from heauen raine:
Next great Gurgustus, then faire C{ae}cily
4 In constant peace their kingdomes did containe,
After whom Lago, and Kinmarke did raine,
6 And Gorbogud, till farre in yeares he grew:
+Till+ his ambitious sonnes vnto them twaine,
8 Arraught the rule, and from their father drew,
Stout Ferrex and sterne Porrex him in prison threw.
1 Riuallo > Riuall' 1590; Rivall' 1609 7 Till > Then 1590; When 1609
1 His son Rivallo his dead room did supply,
dead room > [place created by his death (cf. 207.11:8)] supply > fill
2 In whose sad time blood did from heaven rain: 3 Next great Gurgustius, then fair Sisillius 4 In constant peace their kingdoms did contain,
contain > hold; control
5 After whom Jago, and Kinmarcus did reign, 6 And Gorboduc, till far in years he grew:
Gorboduc > (The story of Gorboduc and his sons is the subject of the first English tragedy, Gorboduc, acted in 1561, and printed in 1565 by Thomas Norton and Thomas Sackville, i.e. Lord Buckhurst, to whom one of Spenser's dedicatory sonnets is addressed: see I:588 ff.)
7 Till his ambitious sons to them twain