Next Saturne was, (but who would euer weene,
2 That sullein Saturne euer weend to loue?
Yet loue is sullein, and Saturnlike seene,
4 As he did for +Erigone+ it +proue,+)
That to a Centaure did him selfe transmoue.
6 So proou'd it eke that gracious God of wine,
When for to compasse +Philliras+ hard loue,
8 He turnd himselfe into a fruitfull vine,
And into her faire bosome made his grapes decline.
4 Erigone > Philliras sugg. Upton 4 proue, > proue. 1596 7 Philliras > _Erigone sugg. Upton, since the two legends are confused. See Met. 6.125-6 and Hyginus, Fabulae 138_
1 Next Saturn was (but who would ever ween
Next > Immediately after Saturn > (Son of Heaven (Uranus) and Earth (Ge); identified with Cronos of the Greeks: he is hence the father of Jupiter, Neptune, Pluto, Juno, etc. He deprived Uranus of the government of the world, and was in turn dethroned by Jupiter. See Met. 6.126) ween > imagine
2 That sullen Saturn ever weened to love?
weened > thought it possible, supposed, imagined
3 Yet love is sullen, and Saturn-like seen, 4 As he did for Erigone it prove),
Erigone > (See Textual Appendix. Erigone was the daughter of Icarius, in grief for whose death she hanged herself. She was loved by Bacchus, and was placed by him (or by Jupiter) among the stars, becoming the constellation of Virgo; her father became Bo{o"}tes)
5 That to a centaur did himself transmew.
centaur > (Fabulous creature with the head, arms and trunk of a man and the lower parts of a horse) transmew > transmute