ts (hart = the
adult male deer, esp. Red Deer)}
hind > {Adult female deer, esp. Red Deer}
dismay > overcome, defeat; _hence:_ hunt, kill
5 Dan Faunus chanced to meet her by the way,
Dan > {Title of honour, as "Master", "Sir"}
Faunus > (The Roman god of the woods, half man and half goat,
grandson of Saturn; identified with the Greek Pan)
6 And, kindling fire at her fair burning eye,
7 Inflamed was to follow beauty's chase,
8 And chased her, that fast from him did fly;
fly > flee
9 As hind from her, so she fled from her enemy.
202.8
At last when fayling breath began to faint,
2 And saw no meanes to scape, of shame affrayd,
She +set+ her downe to weepe for sore constraint,
4 And to _Diana_ calling lowd for ayde,
Her deare besought, to let her dye a mayd.
6 The goddesse heard, and suddeine where she sate,
Welling out streames of teares, and quite dismayd
8 With stony feare of that rude rustick mate,
Transformd her to a stone from stedfast virgins state.
3 set > sate _1609_
1 "At last when failing breath began to faint,
faint > become faint, grow weak; _hence:_ give out
2 And saw no means to scape, of shame afraid,
saw > [she saw]
scape > escape
3 She set her down to weep for sore constraint,
her > [herself]
constraint > distress
4 And to Diana calling loud for aid,
5 Her dear besought to let her die a maid.
dear > earnestly
6 The goddess heard, and suddenly, where she sat
7 (Welling out streams of tears, and quite dismayed
8 With stony fear of that rude rustic mate),
9 Transformed her to a stone from steadfast virgin's state.
202.9
Lo now she is that stone, from +whose+ two heads,
2 As from two weeping eyes, fresh streames do flow,
Yet cold through feare, and old conceiued dreads;
4 And yet the stone her semblance seemes to show,
Shapt like a maid, that such ye may her know;
6 And yet her vertues in her water byde:
For it is chast and pure, as purest snow,
8 Ne lets her waues with any filth +be+ dyde,
But euer like her selfe vnstained hath beene tryde.
1 whose > those _1596, 1609_
8 be > he _1596_
1 "Lo now she is that stone, from whose two heads,
2 As from two weeping eyes, fresh streams do flow,
3 Yet cold through fear, and old conceived dreads;
Yet > Still
4 And yet the stone her semblance seems to show,
5 Shaped like a maid, that such you may
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