ledge]

9 To proof of passing wonders has full often used.

proof of > make proof of, prove; _hence:_ demonstrate
passing > surpassing
full > very

202.6

Of those some were so from their sourse indewd
2 By great Dame Nature, from whose fruitfull pap
Their welheads spring, and are with moisture deawd;
4 Which feedes each liuing plant with liquid sap,
And filles with flowres faire _Floraes_ painted lap:
6 But other some by gift of later grace,
Or by good prayers, or by other hap,
8 Had vertue pourd into their waters bace,
And thenceforth were renowmd, and sought from place to place.

1 "Of those some were so from their source endued
2 By great Dame Nature, from whose fruitful pap

pap > breast

3 Their well-heads spring, and are with moisture dewed;
4 Which feeds each living plant with liquid sap,
5 And fills with flowers fair Flora's painted lap:
6 But other some, by gift of later grace,

other some > [some others]

7 Or by good prayers, or by other hap,

hap > chance, fortune

8 Had virtue poured into their waters base,

virtue > efficacy, power; occult power

9 And thenceforth were renowned, and sought from place to place.

202.7

Such is this well, wrought by occasion straunge,
2 Which to her Nymph befell. Vpon a day,
As she the woods with bow and shafts did raunge,
4 The hartlesse Hind and Robucke to dismay,
_Dan Faunus_ chaunst to meet her by the way,
6 And kindling fire at her faire burning eye,
Inflamed was to follow beauties +chace+,
8 And chaced her, that fast from him did fly;
As Hind from her, so she fled from her enimy.

7 chace > pray _sugg. Collier, after a note by Drayton in a copy of
the 1611 edition_

1 "Such is this well, wrought by occasion strange

well > spring; spring with supernatural powers
occasion > incident, juncture of circumstances

2 Which to its nymph befell. Upon a day,

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 referred to here is one of the
naiads, nymphs of fresh water. Many of these presided over
springs which were believed to inspire those who drank the water)

3 As she the woods with bow and shafts did range,

shafts > arrows

4 The hartless hind and roebuck to dismay,

hartless > {Timid (heartless); lacking a hart or har