age;

surplusage > superabundance, excess

8 If you list not, leave have you to refuse:
9 But thing refused, do not afterward accuse."

accuse > blame, find fault with

207.19

Me list not (said the Elfin knight) receaue
2 Thing offred, till I know it well be got,
Ne wote I, but thou didst these goods bereaue
4 From rightfull owner by vnrighteous lot,
Or that +bloud guiltinesse+ or guile them blot.
6 Perdy (quoth he) yet neuer eye did vew,
Ne toung did tell, ne hand these handled not,
8 But safe I haue them kept in secret mew,
From heauens sight, and powre of all which them pursew.

5 bloud guiltinesse > bloodguiltnesse _1590;_ bloud guiltnesse
_1596: cf. 202.4:5, 202.30:3_

1 "I list not," said the Elfin knight, "receive

list > choose, please
receive > [to receive]

2 Thing offered, till I know it well be got,
3 Nor wot I, but you did these goods bereave

wot > know
you > [that you]
bereave > take away, rob

4 From rightful owner by unrighteous lot,

unrighteous lot > criminal division

5 Or that blood-guiltiness or guile them blot."

blood-guiltiness > responsibility for bloodshed

6 "Pardie," quoth he, "yet never eye did view,

Pardie > Truly; "by God"
yet never > [never yet]

7 Nor tongue did tell, nor hand these handled not,

tell > describe
not > (The double negative serves as an intensive)

8 But safe I have them kept in secret mew,

mew > place [of confinement]

9 From heaven's sight, and power of all who them pursue."

power > [the power]

207.20

What secret place (quoth he) can safely hold
2 So huge a masse, and hide from heauens eye?
Or where hast thou thy wonne, that so much gold
4 Thou canst preserue from wrong and robbery?
Come thou (quoth he) and see. So by and by
6 Through that thicke couert he him led, and found
A darkesome way, which no man could descry,
8 That deepe descended through the hollow ground,
And was with dread and horrour compassed around.

1 "What secret place," quoth he, "can safely hold
2 So huge a mass, and hide from heaven's eye?

hide > [hide it]

3 Or where have you your won, that so much gold

won > dwelling-place

4 You can preserve from wrong and robbery?"
5 "Come you," quoth he, "and see!" So by and by

by and by > straight away

6 Through that thick covert he him led, and found
7 A darksome way, which no man cou