[101], [6]. trails hotly of him: is hot upon his scent. Him apparently refers to mischiefe in [l. 4].
[102], [25]. With . . . affrighted: by which all things capable of terror are frightened.
[103], [32]. Epimethean. Epimetheus, the brother of Prometheus, opened Pandora's box, and let its evils loose among mankind.
[103], [37-38]. Or stood . . . artillerie. In the war of Zeus against Cronos, the Cyclopes aided the former, who had released them from Tartarus, by furnishing him with thunderbolts.
[103], [47-48]. I will . . . spirit: I will command a spirit, raised by my art, to enlighten us.
[104], [54]. Behemoth. The editor has been unable to find any precedent for Chapman's application of this name—which in the Book of Job denotes the whale or hippopotamus—to the chief of the powers of darkness.
[104], [55]. Asaroth. Apparently a variant of Ashtaroth, the plural of Ashtoreth, the Phœnician moon-goddess; here mistakenly used for the name of a male spirit.
[104.] [Cartophylax]. A post-classical Greek term for "guardian of papers."
[106], [97]. great in our command: powerful in exercising command over us.
[107-109], [113-51]. There is . . . his soule. The dialogue and action here take place probably at the back of the stage, perhaps on the upper stage, of which use is made in The Tempest, the Spanish Tragedie, and other plays. The characters (as is evident from [ll. 102-104]) are supposed to be far off, but rendered visible and audible to Tamyra and D'Ambois by Behemoth's power.