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e > In front 7 In a rich jewel, and therein entrailed In > [With] entrailed > were intertwined 8 The ends of all their knots, that none might see that > [so that] 9 How they within their foldings close enwrapped be. foldings > folds close > (Referring adj. to "foldings", or adv. to "enwrapped") 203.28 Like two faire marble pillours they were seene, 2 Which doe the temple of the Gods support, Whom all the people decke with girlands greene, 4 And honour in their festiuall resort; Those same with stately grace, and princely port 6 She taught to tread, when she her selfe would grace, But with the wooddie Nymphes when she did +play+, 8 Or when the flying Libbard she did chace, She could them nimbly moue, and after fly apace. 7 play > sport _conj. Smith_ 1 Like two fair marble pillars they were seen, 2 Which do the temple of the gods support, 3 Whom all the people deck with garlands green, 4 And honour in their festival resort; festival > {Glad, merry; pertaining to a feast or feast-day} resort > assembly, concourse of people 5 Those same with stately grace and princely port port > deportment, bearing 6 She taught to tread, when she herself would grace; grace > {Endow with (heavenly) grace; gratify, delight; confer honour or dignity upon} 7 But with the woody nymphs when she did play, woody > forest-dwelling nymphs > (Nymphs are the minor female divinities with whom the Greeks peopled all parts of nature: the seas, springs, rivers, grottoes, mountains. The "wooddie" nymphs referred to here are evidently the dryads and hamadryads, the nymphs associated with trees and woodland) 8 Or when the flying libbard she did chase, libbard > leopard 9 She could them nimbly move, and after fly apace. apace > swiftly 203.29 And in her hand a sharpe bore-speare she held, 2 And at her backe a bow and quiuer gay, Stuft with steele-headed darts, wherewith she queld 4 The saluage beastes in her victorious play, Knit with a golden bauldricke, which forelay 6 Athwart her snowy brest, and did diuide Her daintie paps; which like young fruit in May 8 Now little gan to swell, and being tide, Through her thin weed their places only signifide. 1 And in her hand a sharp boar-spear she held, 2 And at her back a bow and quiver gay 3 (Stuffed with steel-headed darts, wherewith she quelled
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