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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