ly birth.

portance > carriage, demeanour

203.22

Her face so faire as flesh it seemed not,
2 But heauenly pourtraict of bright Angels hew,
Cleare as the skie, withouten blame or blot,
4 Through goodly mixture of complexions dew;
And in her cheekes the vermeill red did shew
6 Like roses in a bed of lillies shed,
The which ambrosiall odours from them threw,
8 And gazers sense with double pleasure fed,
Hable to heale the sicke, and to reuiue the ded.

1 Her face so fair as flesh it seemed not,

so fair as > [was so fair that like]

2 But heavenly portrait of bright angel's hue,

portrait > image
hue > appearance, form

3 Clear as the sky, without blame or blot,

Clear > Brightly shining
blame > fault

4 Through goodly mixture of complexions due;

complexions due > (Due or proper combination of the four cardinal
"humours" of the body whose proportions, in medieval physiology,
were supposed to determine one's mental and physical qualities.
Cf. 306.38:5, 310.59:3)

5 And in her cheeks the vermeil red did show

vermeil > scarlet

6 Like roses in a bed of lilies shed,
7 Which ambrosial odours from them threw,

ambrosial > divinely fragrant

8 And gazer's sense with double pleasure fed,
9 Able to heal the sick, and to revive the dead.

203.23

In her faire eyes two liuing lamps did flame,
2 Kindled aboue at th'heauenly makers light,
And darted fyrie beames out of the same,
4 So passing +persant+, and so wondrous bright,
That quite bereau'd the rash beholders sight:
6 In them the blinded god his lustfull fire
To kindle oft assayd, but had no might;
8 For with +dredd+ Maiestie, and awfull ire,
She broke his wanton darts, and quenched base desire.

4 persant > pearceant _1609_
8 dredd > drad _1609_

1 In her fair eyes two living lamps did flame,
2 Kindled above at the heavenly Maker's light,
3 And darted fiery beams out of the same,
4 So passing perceant, and so wondrous bright,

passing > surpassingly
perceant > piercing, percipient

5 That quite bereaved the rash beholder's sight:

That > [That they]

6 In them the blinded god his lustful fire

the blinded god > [Cupid, who shoots his arrows without caring whom
they hit. He is often depicted wearing a blindfold]

7 To kindle oft essayed, but had no might;

essayed > attempted

8 For with dread majesty, and awful ire,