416 To manage most grave affairs is bent,
bent > inclined, directed
417 And on whose mighty shoulders most does rest 418 The burden of this kingdom's government
burden > burden; fate, destiny
419 (As the wide compass of the firmament 420 On Atlas' mighty shoulders is upstayed);
Atlas > (A mythical giant said to support on his shoulders the pillars
of the universe)
upstayed > supported
421 Unfitly I these idle rhymes present,
idle > empty; vain, trifling
422 The labour of lost time and wit unstayed:
wit > mind, intelligence unstayed > unsteady