rd, whether secular or
specifically from God}
207.50
Gramercy _Mammon_ (said the gentle knight)
2 For so great grace and offred high estate;
But I, that am fraile flesh and earthly wight,
4 Vnworthy match for such immortall mate
My selfe well wote, and mine vnequall fate;
6 And were I not, yet is my trouth yplight,
And loue auowd to other Lady late,
8 That to remoue the same I haue no might:
To chaunge loue causelesse is reproch to warlike knight.
1 "Gramercy, Mammon," said the gentle knight,
Gramercy > Thank you
gentle > noble
2 "For so great grace and offered high estate;
so > such
grace > favour
3 But I, that am frail flesh and earthly wight,
wight > person, man
4 Unworthy match for such immortal mate
5 Myself well wot, and my unequal fate;
wot > [I] know [to be]
unequal > {Socially ill-matched}
6 And were I not, yet is my troth plighted,
7 And love avowed to other lady late,
late > lately
8 That to remove the same I have no might:
That > [So that]
remove > [annul]
9 To change love causeless is reproach to warlike knight."
causeless > without [good] cause
207.51
_Mammon_ emmoued was with inward wrath;
2 Yet forcing it to faine, him forth thence led
Through griesly shadowes by a beaten path,
4 Into a gardin goodly garnished
With hearbs and fruits, whose kinds mote not be red:
6 Not such, as earth out of her fruitfull woomb
Throwes forth to men, sweet and well sauoured,
8 But direfull deadly blacke both leafe and bloom,
Fit to adorne the dead, and decke the drery toombe.
1 Mammon enmoved was with inward wrath;
enmoved > moved
2 Yet forcing it to feign, him forth thence led
forcing > [forcing himself]
feign > dissimulate, conceal (SUS)
3 Through grisly shadows by a beaten path,
grisly > horrible, fearsome
4 Into a garden goodly garnished
goodly > well, beautifully
garnished > beautifed, decorated
5 With herbs and fruits, whose kinds might not be read:
read > seen, discerned, made known; _hence:_ described
6 Not such as earth out of her fruitful womb
7 Throws forth to men, sweet and well savoured,
8 But direful deadly black both leaf and bloom,
direful > terrible, dreadful
9 Fit to adorn the dead, and deck the dreary tomb.
207.52
There mournfull _Cypresse_ grew in greatest store,
2 And trees of bitter _Gall_, and
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