[960]. duck or nod: i.e. of the awkward country dancers.
[964]. mincing Dryades: daintily stepping wood-nymphs.
[968]. goodly: interesting and attractive in appearance.
[972]. assays: trials.
[982]. Hesperus and his daughters three: brother of Atlas, and father of the Hesperides.
[1012]. But now, etc.: may be an independent or a subordinate sentence; if the latter, understand 'that' after 'now.' It is, perhaps, preferable to take it as an independent sentence.
[1015]. bowed welkin: arched sky; the idea is that the bend is the less noticeable at 'the green earth's end.'
[1017]. corners: horns.
[1021]. higher than the sphery chime: 'i.e. to the Empyrean, beyond the spheres which give forth their music.'—Keightley.