6:25. Cable.
"And there is a safe haven where no need
Of cable is; no anchor there is cast,
Nor hawsers fastened to the strand."
—Homer, Odyssey.
7:3. Biremes. Ships having two tiers of oars. 7:23. Scylla. A sea-monster, residing in a cave in certain rocks, also called Scylla, between Italy and Sicily. The upper part of this monster resembled a lovely woman. About the waist was a circle of dogs or wolves; below was the tail of a dolphin. The wolves reach out and seize passing ships and drag them on the rocks. Virgil's Scylla is adopted by Milton as a description of one of the monsters guarding the gates of Hell. 7:25. Cyclops. Certain giants of cannibal nature who dwelt in Sicily near Ætna. They had a single large round eye in the middle of the forehead. 7:27. Remembered.
"A time will come, not distantly descried,
When to remember ev'ry past dismay
Will be no less a pleasure than a pride;
Hold then courageous on, and keep, I pray,
Your noble hearts in cheer for that victorious day."
—Tasso, Jerusalem Delivered.
7:33. Heart-sick.
"So spoke the apostate angel, though in pain,
Vaunting aloud, but racked with deep despair."
—Milton, Paradise Lost.
8:15. Ether.
<poem> "Now had the Almighty Father from above, From the pure empyrean where he sits
