od, after blood to thrust,

thrust > thrust; thirst

7 And not regard due right and just deserts?
8 Vain is the vaunt, and victory unjust,

vaunt > boast

9 That more to mighty hands than rightful cause does trust.

202.30

And were +there+ rightfull cause of difference,
2 Yet were not better, faire it to accord,
Then with +bloud guiltnesse+ to heape offence,
4 And mortall vengeaunce ioyne to crime abhord?
O fly from wrath, fly, O my liefest Lord:
6 Sad be the sights, and bitter fruits of warre,
And thousand furies wait on wrathfull sword;
8 Ne ought the prayse of prowesse more doth marre,
Then fowle reuenging rage, and base contentious iarre.

1 there > their _1596, 1609; cf. 110.36:6, 206.27:9, 211.21:8,
304.41:7, 312.28:1_
3 bloud guiltnesse > bloodguiltnesse _1590;_ bloodguiltinesse _1609;
cf. 202.4:5_

1 "And were there rightful cause of difference,
2 Yet were not better, fair it to accord,

were > [were it]
accord > reconcile

3 Than with blood-guiltiness to heap offence,

blood-guiltiness > responsibility for bloodshed
offence > hurt, harm, damage; injury

4 And mortal vengeance join to crime abhorred?
5 O fly from wrath, fly, O my liefest lord:

liefest > dearest

6 Sad be the sights and bitter fruits of war,
7 And thousand furies wait on wrathful sword;

furies > (Or Furies, traditionally (in later accounts) the three
goddesses who guard the gates of hell; in earlier accounts, they
are avenging deities, of indeterminate number, sent from hell to
punish wrongdoers)
wait on > [attend the]

8 Ne aught the praise of prowess more does mar,

Ne aught > Naught; and naught
praise > praiseworthiness
prowess > valour

9 Than foul revenging rage, and base contentious jar.

jar > discord

202.31

But louely concord, and most sacred peace
2 Doth nourish vertue, and fast friendship breeds;
Weake she makes strong, and strong thing does increace,
4 Till it the pitch of highest prayse exceeds:
Braue be her warres, and honorable deeds,
6 By which she triumphes ouer ire and pride,
And winnes an Oliue girlond for her meeds:
8 Be therefore, O my deare Lords, pacifide,
And this misseeming discord meekely lay aside.

1 "But lovely concord, and most sacred peace,

lovely > loving

2 Does nourish virtue, and fast friendship breeds;

fast > firm

3 Weak she makes strong, and strong thing