y)
hight > is called

2 The Idle Lake, my wandering ship I row,

wandering > (Cf. 308.31:1)

3 That knows her port, and thither sails by aim,
4 Neither care nor fear I how the wind do blow,
5 Or whether swift I wend, or whether slow:
6 Both slow and swift alike do serve my turn,

turn > purpose

7 Neither swelling Neptune, nor loud thundering Jove

thundering Jove > (In his guise as Jupiter Tonans, lord of the
thunderbolt; hence: storms)

8 Can change my cheer, or make me ever mourn;

cheer > expression, mood

9 My little boat can safely pass this perilous bourn.

bourn > boundary (cf. _Winter's Tale_ I ii 134), frontier (esp. of
this life: cf. _Hamlet_ III i 79); burn, brook, small river (in
which case "pass" should be understood as "pass over"; cf. _King
Lear_ III vi 25)

206.11

Whiles thus she talked, and whiles thus she toyd,
2 They were farre past the passage, which he spake,
And come vnto an Island, waste and voyd,
4 That floted in the midst of that great lake,
There her small Gondelay her port did make,
6 And that gay paire issuing on the shore
Disburdned her. Their way they forward take
8 Into the land, that lay them faire before,
Whose pleasaunce she him shew'd, and plentifull great store.

1 While thus she talked, and while thus she toyed,
2 They were far past the passage which he spoke,

spoke > [had] described; _hence:_ requested

3 And come to an island, waste and void,

waste > uncultivated
void > uninhabited

4 That floated in the midst of that great lake.
5 There her small gondola her port did make,
6 And that gay pair issuing on the shore
7 Disburdened her. Their way they forward take
8 Into the land, that lay them fair before,
9 Whose pleasance she him showed, and plentiful great store.

pleasance > pleasantness; capacity for giving pleasure

206.12

It was a chosen plot of fertile land,
2 Emongst wide waues set, like a litle nest,
As if it had by Natures cunning hand,
4 Bene choisely picked out from all the rest,
And laid forth for ensample of the best:
6 No daintie flowre or herbe, that growes on ground,
No arboret with painted blossomes drest,
8 And smelling sweet, but there it might be found
To bud out faire, and +her sweet smels throw+ all around.

9 her sweet smels throw > throwe her sweete smels _1590_

1 It was a chosen plot of fertile land,