ed
verse > charm, spell (cf. 312.36:4)
death does give > (See note on "Mordant" at 201.0:3)

5 And loss of love, to her that loves to live,

loves to live > (See note on "Amavia" at 201.0:3)

6 So soon as Bacchus with the nymph does link';

Bacchus > (The god of wine; wine itself)
nymph > (Nymphs are the minor female divinities with whom the Greeks
peopled all parts of nature: the seas, springs, rivers, grottoes,
trees, mountains. The nymph figuratively referred to here is a
naiad, a nymph of fresh water; hence, fresh water itself)

7 So parted we and on our journey drove,
8 Till, coming to this well, he stooped to drink:
9 The charm fulfilled, dead suddenly he down did sink.

201.56

Which when I wretch, Not one word more she sayd
2 But breaking +off+ the end for want of breath,
And slyding soft, as downe to sleepe her layd,
4 And ended all her woe in quiet death.
That seeing good Sir _Guyon_, could vneath
6 From teares abstaine, for griefe his hart did grate,
And from so heauie sight his head did wreath,
8 Accusing fortune, and too cruell fate,
Which plunged had faire Ladie in so wretched state.

2 off > of, _1590;_ off, _1596_

1 "Which when I wretch ..." Not one word more she said,
2 But, breaking off the end for want of breath,
3 And sliding soft, as down to sleep her laid,
4 And ended all her woe in quiet death.
5 That seeing, good Sir Guyon could uneath

uneath > scarcely

6 From tears abstain: for grief his heart did grate,

grate > grind (cf. 101.19:6)

7 And from so heavy sight his head did wreathe,

so heavy > [such a sad]
wreathe > turn

8 Accusing Fortune, and too cruel Fate,
9 Which plunged had fair lady in so wretched state.

so > [such a]

201.57

Then turning to +his+ Palmer said, Old syre
2 Behold the image of mortalitie,
And feeble nature cloth'd with fleshly tyre,
4 When raging passion with fierce tyrannie
Robs reason of her due regalitie,
6 And makes it seruant to her basest part:
The strong it weakens with infirmitie,
8 And with bold furie armes the weakest hart; [smart.
The strong through pleasure soonest falles, the weake through

1 his > the _1609_

1 Then, turning to his palmer, said, "Old sire,

sire > {Father; form of address to a holy or elderly man}

2 Behold the image of mortality,

image > emblem; personification

3 And feeble nat