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g to "you"] reft > took away 7 There as you slept in tender swaddling-bands, tender > infantile; youthly swaddling-bands > swaddling-clothes [strips of cloth in which infants were wrapped] 8 And her base Elfin brood there for you left: Elfin brood > Faery offspring for > in place of, instead of 9 Such, men do changelings call, so changed by Faery's theft. changed > exchanged 110.66 Thence she thee brought into this Faerie lond, 2 And in an heaped furrow did thee hyde, Where thee a Ploughman all vnweeting fond, 4 As he his toylesome teme that way did guyde, And brought thee vp in ploughmans state to byde, 6 Whereof _Georgos_ he thee gaue to name; Till prickt with courage, and thy forces pryde, 8 To Faery court thou cam'st to seeke for fame, And proue thy puissaunt armes, as seemes thee best became. 1 "Thence she you brought into this Faery land, 2 And in a heaped furrow did you hide, 3 Where you a ploughman all unweeting found, unweeting > unsuspecting, unwitting (or adv.: referring to the ploughman or to "you", as at 110.65:6) 4 As he his toilsome team that way did guide, team > (Of plough-beasts, oxen or horses) 5 And brought you up in ploughman's state to bide, state > {Condition or state in life} bide > remain; await [this revelation] 6 Whereof Georgos he you gave to name; Whereof > By reason of which Georgos > "Man of the Earth" (Greek) to > as a 7 Till pricked with courage, and your forces' pride, pricked > spurred (and the double meaning would have been understood in 1590) courage > courage; lustiness pride > {State of physical perfection; elation; sexual desire} 8 To Faery court you came to seek for fame, 9 And prove your puissant arms, as seems you best became." puissant arms > powerful deeds of arms seems > [it seems] became > suited 110.67 O holy Sire (quoth he) how shall I quight 2 The many fauours I with thee haue found, That hast my name and nation red aright, 4 And taught the way that does to heauen bound? This said, adowne he looked to the ground, 6 To haue returnd, but dazed were his eyne, Through passing brightnesse, which did quite confound 8 His feeble sence, and too exceeding shyne. So darke are earthly things compard to things diuine. 1 "O holy sire," quoth he, "how shall I requite sire > father 2 The many favours I with you hav
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