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,