...earlier season lead, To the tann'd hay-cock in the mead. Tower'd cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and barons bold In weeds of peace high triumphs hold ; With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend...

...creep, 115 By whispering Windes soon lull'd asleep. Towred Cities please us then, And the busie hu mm of men, Where throngs of Knights and Barons bold, In weeds of Peace high triumphs hold, no With store of Ladies, whose bright eies Rain influence, and judge the prise Of Wit, or Arms, while...

...bed they creep, By whispering winds soon lulled asleep. Towered cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where throngs of Knights and Barons bold, In weeds of peace, high triumphs hold, With store of Ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend...

...blithe, And the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale. Where throngs of knights and barons bold, In weeds of peace high triumphs hold, With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize, Of wit, or arms, while both...

...fictions we are transported to another species of hum. Tower'd cities please us then, And the busy hum of men. Where throngs of knights and barons bold In weeds of peace high triumphs hold, With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend...

...they creep, By whispering Windes soon luud asleep. Towred Cities please us then, And the busie humm of men, Where throngs of Knights and Barons bold, In weeds of Peace high triumphs hold, With slore of Ladies, whose bright eies Rain influence, and judge the prise Of Wit, or Arms, while both...

...the city as a giant, ongoing chivalric entertainment: "Tow'red Cities please us then / And the busy hum of men, / Where throngs of Knights and Barons...bold, / In weeds of Peace high triumphs hold, / With store of Ladies" (11. 1 12-20). L'Allegro's depiction sounds innocuous, especially since we know that...

...used in the 1645 edition to separate the two clauses: Towred Cities please us then, And the busie humm of men, Where throngs of Knights and Barons bold, In weeds of Peace high triumphs hold, With store of Ladies, whose bright eies Rain influence, and judge the prise Of Wit, or Arms, while both...

...but the manners defcribed in them, that took his fancy ; as appears from his Towned cities .pleafe us then And the bufy hum of men,. Where throngs of...peace high triumphs hold, With ftore of ladies, whofe bcrg^it eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms, wlhile both contend To win her grace,...

...fantasy to the mixture. Ford's epigraph is as follows: Towered cities please us then And the busy haunts of men, Where throngs of knights and barons bold In weeds of peace high triumphs hold, With stores of ladies whose bright eyes Rain influence and judge the prize. It comes from the section in...