ul disfigured
8 Proudly to prune, and set on every side,

prune > preen

9 So shakes off shame, nor thinks how erst she did her hide.

erst > previously
her > [herself]

203.37

So when her goodly visage he beheld,
2 He gan himselfe to vaunt: but when he vewed
Those deadly tooles, which in her hand she held,
4 Soone into other fits he was transmewed,
Till she to him her gratious speach renewed;
6 All haile, Sir knight, and well may thee befall,
As all the like, which honour haue pursewed
8 Through deedes of armes and prowesse martiall;
All vertue merits praise, but such the most of all.

1 So when her goodly visage he beheld,

goodly > beautiful

2 He began himself to vaunt: but when he viewed

vaunt > display; _or perhaps aphetic for:_ avaunt: advance proudly
(cf. 203.6:3)

3 Those deadly tools, which in her hand she held,

tools > weapons

4 Soon into other fits he was transmewed,

fits > moods, humours; _hence:_ a frame of mind
transmewed > transmuted

5 Till she to him her gracious speech renewed:
6 "All hail, sir knight, and well may you befall,

well > well-being; _hence:_ good fortune

7 As all the like, who honour have pursued
8 Through deeds of arms and prowess martial;

prowess > valour

9 All virtue merits praise, but such the most of all."

203.38

To whom he thus; {o^} fairest vnder skie,
2 True be thy words, and worthy of thy praise,
That warlike feats doest highest glorifie.
4 Therein +haue I+ spent all my youthly daies,
And many battailes fought, and many fraies
6 Throughout the world, wher so they might be found,
Endeuouring my dreadded name to raise
8 Aboue the Moone, that fame may it resound
In her eternall trompe, with laurell girland cround.

4 haue I > I haue _1590_

1 To whom he thus: "O fairest under sky,
2 True be your words, and worthy of your praise,
3 That warlike feats do highest glorify.

That > [You who]

4 Therein have I spent all my youthly days,
5 And many battles fought, and many frays
6 Throughout the world, whereso they might be found,

whereso > wherever

7 Endeavouring my dreaded name to raise
8 Above the moon, that fame may it resound

Above the moon > In heaven, in eternity (Belphoebe's foster-mother,
Diana, is the goddess of the moon, making this choice of phrase
splendidly crass)
that > [so that]

9 In her eternal