doubtful scale." Merrick's Tryphiodorus, v 687, sqq. "Th' Eternal, to prevent such horrid fray, Hung forth in heav'n his golden scales, Wherein all things created first he weighed; The pendulous round earth, with balanced air In counterpoise; now ponders all events, Battles and realms. In these he puts two weights, The sequel each of parting and of fight: The latter quick up flew, and kick'd the beam." "Paradise Lost," iv. 496. 193 --_And now,_ &c. "And now all heaven Had gone to wrack, with ruin overspread; Had not th' Almighty Father, where he sits ... foreseen." --"Paradise Lost," vi. 669. 194 --_Gerenian Nestor._ The epithet _Gerenian_ either refers to the name of a place in which Nestor was educated, or merely signifies honoured, revered. See Schol. Venet. in II. B. 336; Strabo, viii. p. 340. 195 --_Ćgae, Helice._ Both these towns were conspicuous for their worship of Neptune. 196 --_As full blown,_ &c. "Il suo Lesbia quasi bel fior succiso, E in atto si gentil languir tremanti Gl' occhi, e cader siu 'l tergo il collo mira." Gier. Lib. ix. 85. 197 --_Ungrateful,_ because the cause in which they were engaged was unjust. "Struck by the lab'ring priests' uplifted hands The victims fall: to heav'n they make their pray'r, The curling vapours load the ambient air. But vain their toil: the pow'rs who rule the skies Averse beheld the ungrateful sacrifice." Merrick's Tryphiodorus, vi. 527, sqq. 198 "As when about the silver moon, when aire is free from winde, And stars shine cleare, to whose sw