8 Or the Indian Peru he were, she thought
Indian > (America was thought to be India; like "the Africk
Ismael", it was an outpost of the known world. Cf. 200.2:6)
9 Him forth through infinite endeavour to have sought.
303.7
Forthwith themselues disguising both in straunge
2 And base attyre, that none might them bewray,
To Maridunum, that is now by chaunge
4 Of name Cayr-Merdin cald, they tooke their way:
There the wise Merlin whylome wont (they say)
6 To make his wonne, low vnderneath the ground,
In a deepe delue, farre from the vew of day,
8 That of no liuing wight he mote be found,
When so he counseld with his sprights encompast round.
1 Forthwith, themselves disguising both in strange 2 And base attire, that none might them bewray,
that > [so that] bewray > reveal, make known; betray
3 To Maridunum, that is now by change 4 Of name Caer-merdin called, they took their way:
Caer-merdin > (Carmarthen, in Wales; the traditional birthplace of
Merlin)
5 There the wise Merlin whilom wont (they say)