111.54

So downe he fell, and forth his life did breath,
2 That vanisht into smoke and cloudes swift;
So downe he fell, that th'earth him vnderneath
4 Did grone, as feeble so great load to lift;
So downe he fell, as an huge rockie clift,
6 Whose false foundation waues haue washt away,
With dreadfull +poyse+ is from the mayneland rift,
8 And rolling downe, great Neptune doth dismay;
So downe he fell, and like an heaped mountaine lay.

7 poyse > noyse conj. Morris

1 So down he fell, and forth his life did breathe, 2 That vanished into smoke and clouds swift; 3 So down he fell, that the earth him underneath

that > [so that]

4 Did groan, as feeble, so great load to lift;

so > [such a]

5 So down he fell, as a huge rocky cliff, 6 Whose false foundation waves have washed away,

false > (Required by the allegory: cf. 104.5:4, 108.23:4)

7 With dreadful poise is from the mainland rived,