he stormie wind
Of malice in the calme of pleasant womankind.

7 delight, > delight. _1590_

1 Her light behaviour and loose dalliance

light > wanton, frivolous
dalliance > {Idle and amusing talk}

2 Gave wondrous great contentment to the knight,
3 That of his way he had no sovenance,

That > [So that]
sovenance > remembrance, memory

4 Nor care of vowed revenge, and cruel fight,

care of > concern for

5 But to weak wench did yield his martial might.
6 So easy was to quench his flamed mind

flamed > angry; inflamed, burning

7 With one sweet drop of sensual delight,
8 So easy is, to appease the stormy wind

is > [it is]

9 Of malice in the calm of pleasant womankind.

206.9

Diuerse discourses in their way they spent,
2 Mongst which _Cymochles_ of her questioned,
Both what she was, and what that vsage ment,
4 Which in her cot she daily practised.
Vaine man (said she) that wouldest be reckoned
6 A straunger in thy home, and ignoraunt
Of _Ph{ae}dria_ (for so my name is red)
8 Of _Ph{ae}dria_, thine owne fellow seruaunt;
For thou to serue _Acrasia_ thy selfe doest vaunt.

1 Diverse discourses in their way they spent,

Diverse > Diverse; _also:_ distracting (SUS)

2 Amongst which Cymochles of her questioned
3 Both what she was, and what that usage meant,
4 Which in her cot she daily practised.

cot > small boat (Irish and Gaelic); cote, small shelter

5 "Vain man," said she, "that would be reckoned

Vain > Foolish

6 A stranger in your home, and ignorant

home > [the Bower of Bliss]

7 Of Phaedria (for so my name is read)

Phaedria > "Beaming", "Radiant", "Jocund", "Cheery" (Greek
_phaidros_)
read > declared, uttered aloud, made known

8 Of Phaedria, your own fellow servant;
9 For you to serve Acrasia yourself do vaunt.

vaunt > boast

206.10

In this wide Inland sea, that hight by name
2 The _Idle lake_, my wandring ship I row,
That knowes her port, and thither sailes by ayme,
4 Ne care, ne feare I, how the wind do blow,
Or whether swift I wend, or whether slow:
6 Both slow and swift a like do serue my tourne,
Ne swelling _Neptune_, ne loud thundring _Ioue_
8 Can chaunge my cheare, or make me euer mourne;
My litle boat can safely passe this perilous bourne.

1 "In this wide inland sea, that hight by name

sea > (Of which the river (206.2:4) is a tributar