Also, Ibid., IV, ii, 16:
"As when two warlike brigandines at sea,
With murdrous weapons arm'd to cruell fight,
Do meete together on the watry lea."
The word is of Celtic origin, and is very common as a river-name in England, Ireland, France, and other parts of Western Europe.
[18.] nor nothing near. In early English two negatives did not destroy each other, as now, but made the negation more emphatic.
[19.] Eftsoones. Soon after. From A.-S. eft, after, and sona, soon.
[20.] Somers-heat. The two ladies celebrated in this poem, it will be remembered, were Lady Elizabeth and Lady Katherine Somerset.
[21.] The Peneus river, the most important stream in Thessaly, forces its way through the Vale of Tempe, between Mounts Ossa and Olympus, into the sea.
[22.] loves couplement. Marriage.
[23.] heart-quelling Sonne. Cupid.
[24.] assoile. Free from, put off.