[151. my wily trains.] Trains are tricks, as in Macbeth IV 3 118.
[154.] The air is spongy because it absorbs his magic dust.
[155. blear], usually applied to eyes, here refers to the effect of seeing objects with blear eyes.
[174. the loose unlettered hinds.] The hinds are farm-servants, usually with an implication of rudeness and rusticity, and they are loose because unrestrained in speech and act by considerations of propriety.
[177. amiss:] in wrong or unseemly ways.
[178. swilled] is a very contemptuous word.
[179. wassailers.] See Macbeth I 7 64. The word has an interesting etymology.
[188. the grey-hooded Even.] Milton is fond of applying the epithet gray to the evening and the dawn. See Par. Lost IV 598, [Lycidas 187].
[189. Like a sad votarist in palmer’s weed.] The votarist is one who has made a vow. In this case he goes on a pilgrimage, carrying a palm branch, and wearing the pilgrim garb.
[203. the tumult of loud mirth was rife.] As to the meaning of rife compare Sam. Ag. 866 and Par. Lost I 650.