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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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