ht shold pas,
Yet neuer shew of liuing wight espyde;
4 Till that at length she found the troden gras,
In which the tract of peoples footing was,
6 Vnder the steepe foot of a mountaine hore;
The same she followes, till at last she has
8 A damzell spyde slow footing her before,
That on her shoulders sad a pot of water bore.

1 Long she thus travelled through deserts wide,
2 By which she thought her wandering knight should pass,

By > Through

3 Yet never show of living wight espied;

show > trace
wight > person

4 Till at length she found the trodden grass
5 In which the tract of people's footing was,

tract > track

6 Under the steep foot of a mountain hoar;

hoar > hoary, grey; ancient

7 The same she follows, till at last she has
8 A damsel spied, slow footing her before,
9 That on her shoulders sad a pot of water bore.

sad > heavy, firm; heavily laden; sad

103.11

+To whom+ approching she to her gan call,
2 To weet, if dwelling place were nigh at hand;
But the rude wench her answer'd nought at all,
4 She could not heare, nor speake, nor vnderstand;
Till seeing by her side the Lyon stand,
6 With suddaine feare her pitcher downe she threw,
And fled away: for neuer in that land
8 Face of faire Ladie she before did vew,
And that dread Lyons looke her cast in deadly hew.

1 To whom > Whom _1596_

1 To whom approaching, she to her gan call,

gan > did

2 To weet if dwelling place were nigh at hand;

weet > find out

3 But the rude wench her answered naught at all,

rude > simple; uneducated

4 She could not hear, nor speak, nor understand;
5 Till, seeing by her side the lion stand,
6 With sudden fear her pitcher down she threw,
7 And fled away: for never in that land
8 Face of fair lady she before did view,
9 And that dread lion's look her cast in deadly hue.

cast in deadly hue > [made "as white as a sheet"; deadly = deathly]

103.12

Full fast she fled, ne euer lookt behynd,
2 As if her life vpon the wager lay,
And home she came, whereas her mother blynd
4 Sate in eternall night: nought could she say,
But suddaine catching hold, did her dismay
6 With quaking hands, and other signes of feare:
Who full of ghastly fright and cold affray,
8 Gan shut the dore. By this arriued there
Dame _Vna_, wearie Dame, and entrance did requere.

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