ure clothed with fleshly tire,

tire > dress, attire

4 When raging passion with fierce tyranny
5 Robs reason of its due regality,
6 And makes it servant to its basest part:
7 The strong it weakens with infirmity,
8 And with bold fury arms the weakest heart;
9 The strong through pleasure soonest falls, the weak through smart."

smart > pain; acute pain

201.58

But temperance (said he) with golden squire
2 Betwixt them both can measure out a meane,
Neither to melt in pleasures whot desire,
4 Nor +fry+ in hartlesse griefe and dolefull teene.
Thrise happie man, who fares them both atweene:
6 But sith this wretched woman ouercome
Of anguish, rather then of crime hath beene,
8 Reserue her cause to her eternall doome,
And in the meane vouchsafe her honorable toombe.

4 fry > frye _1590;_ fryze _sugg. Smith, from Church's conj. of
_frieze_ or _frize_ (i.e. "freeze") cf. 201.42:3, 610.33:9;
201.46:6_

1 "But temperance," said he, "with golden square

square > {Carpenter's square, for measuring right-angles, a
traditional symbol of temperance; also: rule, precept, model,
pattern}

2 Betwixt them both can measure out a mean,
3 Neither to melt in pleasure's hot desire,

pleasure > (Or: Pleasure; see note at 201.0:4)

4 Nor freeze in heartless grief and doleful teen.

freeze > (See Textual Appendix)
heartless > [lacking courage]
teen > affliction, woe

5 Thrice happy man, who fares them both atween:

atween > between

6 But sith this wretched woman overcome

sith > since

7 Of anguish, rather than of crime has been,

Of > By
of crime > by sin

8 Reserve her cause to her eternal doom,

cause > case, suit
doom > heavenly judgement

9 And in the mean vouchsafe her honourable tomb."

mean > [mean time]
honourable > [an honourable]

201.59

Palmer (quoth he) death is an +equall+ doome
2 To good and bad, the common Inne of rest;
But after death the tryall is to come,
4 When best shall be to them, that liued best:
But both alike, when death hath both supprest,
6 Religious reuerence doth buriall teene,
Which who so wants, wants so much of his rest:
8 For all so great shame after death I weene,
As selfe to dyen bad, vnburied bad to beene.

1 equall > euill _1596, 1609_

1 "Palmer," quoth he, "death is an equal doom
2 To good and bad, the common inn of rest;
3 But after death the tri