l to and froe: a little wyde
There was an holy Chappell edifyde,
6 Wherein the Hermite dewly wont to say
His holy things each morne and euentyde:
8 Thereby a Christall streame did +gently+ play,
Which from a sacred fountaine welled forth alway.

8 gently > genlty _1596_

1 A little lowly hermitage it was,
2 Down in a dale, hard by a forest's side,
3 Far from resort of people that did pass
4 In travel to and fro: a little wide

wide > apart

5 There was a holy chapel edified,

edified > built

6 Wherein the hermit duly wont to say

wont > was accustomed

7 His holy things each morn and eventide:
8 Thereby a crystal stream did gently play,
9 Which from a sacred fountain welled forth alway.

alway > always

101.35

Arriued there, the little house they fill,
2 Ne looke for entertainement, where none was:
Rest is their feast, and all things at their will;
4 The noblest mind the best contentment has.
With faire discourse the euening so they pas:
6 For that old man of pleasing wordes had store,
And well could file his tongue as smooth as glas;
8 He told of Saintes and Popes, and +euermore+
He strowd an _Aue-Mary_ after and before.

8 euermore > euemore _1596_

1 Arrived there, the little house they fill,
2 Nor look for entertainment, where none was:

entertainment > lavish hospitality

3 Rest is their feast, and all things at their will;

at their will > (Because they desire nothing)

4 The noblest mind the best contentment has.
5 With fair discourse the evening so they pass:
6 For that old man of pleasing words had store,
7 And well could file his tongue as smooth as glass;

file > shape, polish

8 He told of saints and popes, and evermore
9 He strewed an _Ave Maria_ after and before.

_Ave Maria_ > _Hail Mary_

101.36

The drouping Night thus creepeth on them fast,
2 And the sad humour loading their eye liddes,
As messenger of _Morpheus_ on them cast
4 Sweet slombring deaw, the which to sleepe them biddes.
Vnto their lodgings then his guestes he riddes:
6 Where when all drownd in deadly sleepe he findes,
He to his study goes, and there amiddes
8 His Magick bookes and artes of sundry kindes,
He seekes out mighty charmes, to trouble sleepy mindes.

1 The drooping night thus creeps on them fast,
2 And the sad humour loading their eyelids,