aire to this,
And how he slew with glauncing dart amisse
6 A gentle Hynd, the which the louely boy
Did loue as life, aboue all worldly blisse;
8 For griefe whereof the lad n'ould after ioy,
But pynd away in anguish and selfe-wild annoy.
1 By view of her he begins to revive
2 His ancient love, and dearest Cyparissus,
and > (Redundant)
Cyparissus > (A youth loved by Silvanus, transformed into a cypress
by Apollo: _DGDG_ 13.17, _Myth._ 5.10; _Met._ 10.106-42)
3 And calls to mind his portrait alive,
portrait alive > living likeness
4 How fair he was, and yet not fair to this,
to > compared with
5 And how he slew with glancing dart amiss
he > (Either Silvanus (following _Myth._), or Cyparissus (following
_Met._))
6 A gentle hind, which the lovely boy
7 Did love as life, above all worldly bliss;
8 For grief whereof the lad nould after joy,
nould > would not (past tense of "nill", derived from "ne will",
hence Spenser's apostrophe; cf. 310.35:9)
joy > rejoice
9 But pined away in anguish and self-willed annoy.
self-willed annoy > [wilful or self-imposed grief]
106.18
The wooddy Nymphes, faire _Hamadryades_
2 Her to behold do thither runne apace,
And all the troupe of light-foot _Naiades_,
4 Flocke all about to see her louely face:
But when they vewed haue her heauenly grace,
6 They enuie her in their malitious mind,
And fly away for feare of fowle disgrace:
8 But all the _Satyres_ scorne their woody kind,
And henceforth nothing faire, but her on earth they find.
1 The woody nymphs, fair hamadryads,
woody > silvan, forest-dwelling
hamadryads > (Or dryads: spirits of the trees; the Greek word _drys_
means a timber-tree, and specifically the oak, sacred to Zeus
(Jove))
2 Her to behold do thither run apace,
3 And all the troop of lightfoot naiads
lightfoot > light-footed
naiads > (Or naiades: nymphs of fresh water)
4 Flock all about to see her lovely face:
5 But, when they viewed have her heavenly grace,
6 They envy her in their malicious mind,
7 And fly away for fear of foul disgrace:
8 But all the satyrs scorn their woody kind,
kind > race, sort
9 And henceforth nothing fair but her on earth they find.
106.19
Glad of such lucke, the luckelesse lucky maid,
2 Did her content to please their feeble eyes,
And long time with that saluage people staid,
4 To
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