Spenser's Fairy Queen, B. ii., c. 8. sc. 9.
So in Shakspeare's "King Henry VI." Part II. vol. vi., p. 362, edit. 1778—
"The splitting rocks cowr'd in the sinking sand."—S.
Again—
"As thus he spake, each bird and beast behold
Approaching two and two, these cow'ring low
With blandishment, each bird stoop'd on his wing."
—Paradise Lost, B. viii., l. 349.
[193] I believe we should read halse anchor, or anker, as it was anciently spelt; a naval phrase. The halse or halser was a particular kind of cable. Shakspeare, in his "Antony and Cleopatra, has an image similar to this—
"The brize upon her, like a cow in June,