air imp of Phoebus and his aged bride,

imp > child
Phoebus > (Phoebus Apollo, god of music and poetry. In later
accounts he is the leader of the choir of Muses, and receives
the name Musagetes as a result. According to _Myth._ 4.10, the
Muses are the children of Apollo, rather than of Jupiter)

8 The nurse of time and everlasting fame,
9 That warlike hands ennobles with immortal name;

name > fame, reputation

111.6

O gently come into my feeble brest,
2 Come gently, but not with that mighty rage,
Wherewith the martiall troupes thou doest infest,
4 And harts of great Hero{e"}s doest enrage,
That nought their kindled courage may +aswage,+
6 Soone as thy dreadfull trompe begins to +sownd;+
The God of warre with his fiers equipage
8 Thou doest awake, sleepe neuer he so sownd,
And +scared+ nations doest with horrour sterne astownd.

5 aswage, > asswage; _1609_
6 sownd; > sound, _1609_
9 scared > feared _1590 etc.: FE_

1 O gently come into my feeble breast,
2 Come gently, but not with that mighty rage
3 Wherewith the martial troops you do infest,

Wherewith > With which
infest > harass, molest, infest; (catachr.) infect, inspire

4 And hearts of great heroes do enrage,

enrage > inspire

5 That naught their kindled courage may assuage;

That > [So that]
naught > nothing at all

6 Soon as your dreadful trump begins to sound,

Soon > [As soon]
trump > trumpet; trumpet note

7 The god of war with his fierce equipage
8 You do awake, sleep never he so sound,
9 And scared nations do with horror stern astound.

stern > stern; fierce, cruel
astound > stupefy

111.7

Faire Goddesse lay that furious fit aside,
2 Till I of warres and bloudy _Mars_ do sing,
And Briton fields with Sarazin bloud bedyde,
4 Twixt that great faery Queene and Paynim king,
That with their horrour heauen and earth did ring,
6 A worke of labour long, and endlesse prayse:
But now a while let downe that haughtie string,
8 And to my tunes thy second tenor rayse,
That I this man of God his godly armes may blaze.

1 Fair goddess, lay that furious fit aside,

fit > mood, humour; _or:_ strain of music

2 Till I of wars and bloody Mars do sing,

Till > (Perhaps a reference to the mooted twelve-book work on the
public virtues; see I:92-4)

3 And Briton fields with Saracen blood bedyed,

Briton > British
Saracen > {Arab, Mos