Myrrha > (Who desired her own father; see Met. 10, 101.9:6)
2 Nor so did Biblis spend her pining heart,
Biblis > (Who desired her brother; see Met. 9.453 ff.)
3 But loved their native flesh against all kind,
native > {Connected by birth, closely related} kind > {Nature, that which is natural}
4 And to their purpose used wicked art: 5 Yet played Pasiphae a more monstrous part,
Pasiphae > (Who contrived sexual intercourse with a bull, giving birth as a result to the Minotaur; see Met. 9.735-44) part > (With the scurrilous double meaning: cf. e.g. 202.37:5)
6 That loved a bull, and learned a beast to be; 7 Such shameful lusts who loathes not, which depart
depart > deviate
8 From course of nature and of modesty? 9 Sweet Love such lewdness bandies from his fair company.