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
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