COMUS.
A MASQUE PRESENTED AT LUDLOW CASTLE, 1634.
THE PERSONS.
The Attendant Spirit, afterwards in the habit of Thyrsis. Comus, with his Crew. The Lady. First Brother. Second Brother. Sabrina, the Nymph.
The first Scene discovers a wild wood.
The Attendant Spirit descends or enters.
Spirit. [Before the starry threshold of Jove’s court]
My mansion is, where those immortal shapes
Of bright aerial spirits live [insphered]
In regions mild of calm and serene air,