v. 1293. Slew of the Epidaures, &c.] Qy. is not the text corrupted here?
v. 1295. Onocentaures] i. e. Centaurs, half human, half asses. See Ælian De Nat. Anim. lib. xvii. c. 9. ed. Gron., and Phile De Anim. Prop. c. 44. ed. Pauw. Both these writers describe the onocentaur as having the bosom of a woman. R. Holme says it “is a Monster, being the Head and Breasts of a Woman set upon the Shoulders of a Bull.” Ac. of Armory, 1688. B. ii. p. 208.
v. 1296. Hipocentaures] i. e. Centaurs, half human, half horses.
v. 1302. Of Hesperides withhold] i. e. Withheld by the Hesperides.
v. 1314. rounses] i. e. common hackney-horses (though the word is frequently used for horses in general).
v. 1318.
He plucked the bull
By the horned skull,
And offred to Cornucopia]
The “bull” means Achelous, who, during his combat with Hercules, assumed that shape: