cked forth, his puissant force to proue,
8 Me then he left enwombed of this child,
This lucklesse child, whom thus ye see with bloud defild.

3 brow, > brow _1609_

1 "Was (ay the while, that he is not so now!)

ay the while > alas the time (expressing grief at the present
compared with the past)

2 My lord my love; my dear lord, my dear love,

dear > dear; grievous

3 So long as heavens just with equal brow

heavens just > [the] just heavens
equal > impartial
brow > countenance

4 Vouchsafed to behold us from above.
5 One day, when him high courage did amove

amove > stir

6 (As wont you knights to seek adventures wild),

wont you knights > you knights are accustomed

7 He pricked forth, his puissant force to prove;

pricked > spurred; _hence:_ rode
puissant > mighty (esp. in relation to deeds of arms)

8 Me then he left enwombed of this child,

enwombed of > [holding in the womb, pregnant with]

9 This luckless child, whom thus you see with blood defiled.

201.51

Him fortuned (hard fortune ye may ghesse)
2 To come, where vile _Acrasia_ does wonne,
_Acrasia_ a false enchaunteresse,
4 That many errant knights hath foule fordonne:
Within a wandring Island, that doth ronne
6 And stray in perilous gulfe, her dwelling is,
Faire Sir, if euer there ye trauell, shonne
8 The cursed land where many wend amis,
And know it by the name; it hight the _Bowre of blis_.

1 "Him fortuned (hard fortune you may guess)

fortuned > [it fortuned]

2 To come where vile Acrasia does won,

Acrasia > (Medieval Latin word signifying "incontinence",
"unchastity", "absence of self restraint")
won > dwell

3 Acrasia, a false enchantress
4 That many errant knights has foul fordone:

errant > itinerant (a "knight errant" roamed in quest of adventure;
the word-order here also implies the sense of erring, deviating,
etc.)
fordone > utterly ruined; destroyed

5 Within a wandering island, that does run

run > course, flow

6 And stray in perilous gulf, her dwelling is;
7 Fair sir, if ever there you travel, shun
8 The cursed land where many wend amiss,

wend amiss > go astray

9 And know +it+ by the name: it hight the Bower of Bliss.

it > [its nature]
hight > is called
Bower > Dwelling, Abode

201.52

Her blisse is all in pleasure and delight,
2 Wherewith she makes her louers drunken mad,
And then with wo