se are the undoing of the
knight. Cf. "iolly" at 101.1:8)

5 Did spread so broad that heaven's light did hide,

did > [they did]

6 Not pierceable with power of any star:

pierceable > able to be pierced

7 And all within were paths and alleys wide,
8 With footing worn, and leading inward far:

footing > {The passage of feet}

9 Fair harbour that them seems; so in they entered are.

harbour > refuge; _also:_ arbour
that them > [that to them]

101.8

And foorth they passe, with pleasure forward led,
2 Ioying to heare the birdes sweete harmony,
Which therein shrouded from the tempest dred,
4 Seemd in their song to scorne the cruell sky.
Much can they prayse the trees so straight and hy,
6 The sayling Pine, the Cedar proud and tall,
The vine-prop Elme, the Poplar neuer dry,
8 The builder Oake, sole king of forrests all,
The Aspine good for staues, the Cypresse funerall.

1 And forth they pass, with pleasure forward led,
2 Joying to hear the birds' sweet harmony,
3 Which, therein shrouded from the tempest dread,

shrouded > sheltered

4 Seemed in their song to scorn the cruel sky.
5 Much can they praise the trees so straight and high,

can > did; can

6 The sailing pine; the cedar proud and tall;

sailing > (Figuratively; also because pine was used to make masts
for sailing-ships)

7 The vine-prop elm; the poplar never dry;

never dry > (Because the poplar grows beside water)

8 The builder oak, sole king of forests all;
9 The aspen good for staves; the cypress funeral;

funeral > funereal (because of its association with death and grief)

101.9

The Laurell, meed of mightie Conquerours
2 And Poets sage, the Firre that weepeth still,
The Willow worne of forlorne Paramours,
4 The Eugh obedient to the benders will,
The Birch for shaftes, the Sallow for the mill,
6 The Mirrhe +sweete+ bleeding in the bitter wound,
The warlike Beech, the Ash for nothing ill,
8 The fruitfull Oliue, and the Platane round,
The caruer Holme, the Maple +seeldom+ inward sound.

6 sweete > sweet, _1609_
9 seeldom > sildom _1609 passim_

1 The laurel, meed of mighty conquerors

meed > reward (the laurel, sacred to Apollo, was used to make a
crown for conquerors or poets)

2 And poets sage; the fir that weeps still;

weeps still > continuously exudes resin

3 The willow, worn of forlorn