8 There the good Guyon he found slumbering fast

fast > firmly, deeply

9 In senseless dream; which sight at first him sore agast.

agast > terrified

208.5

Beside his head there sate a faire young man,
2 Of wondrous beautie, and of freshest yeares,
Whose tender bud to blossome new began,
4 And flourish faire aboue his equall peares;
His snowy front curled with golden heares,
6 Like _Ph{oe}bus_ face adornd with sunny rayes,
Diuinely shone, and two sharpe winged sheares,
8 Decked with diuerse plumes, like painted Iayes,
Were fixed at his backe, to cut his ayerie wayes.

1 Beside his head there sat a fair young man,
2 Of wondrous beauty, and of freshest years,
3 Whose tender bud to blossom new began,
4 And flourish fair above his equal peers;

peers > peers, companions (cf. _SC_, gloss to "December"); _also:_
nobles [the other angels of his rank]

5 His snowy front, curled with golden hair,

front > forehead

6 Like Phoebus' face adorned with sunny rays,
7 Divinely shone, and two sharp winged shears,

shears > {Wings shaped like blades, for cutting the air: this
instance cited by _OED_}

8 Decked with diverse plumes, like painted jays',

diverse > {Of different sorts}

9 Were fixed at his back, to cut his airy ways.

208.6

Like as _Cupido_ on _Id{ae}an_ hill,
2 When hauing laid his cruell bow away,
And mortall arrowes, wherewith he doth fill
4 The world with murdrous spoiles and bloudie pray,
With his faire mother he him dights to play,
6 And with his goodly sisters, _Graces_ three;
The Goddesse pleased with his wanton play,
8 Suffers her selfe through sleepe beguild to bee,
The whiles the other Ladies mind their merry glee.

1 Like Cupid on Idaean hill,

Idaean hill > (Mount Ida, in Asia Minor, where Paris lived; see
207.55:6, 309.36)

2 When (having laid his cruel bow away,
3 And mortal arrows, wherewith he does fill

mortal > lethal
wherewith > with which

4 The world with murderous spoils and bloody prey)
5 With his fair mother he him dights to play,

dights > prepares

6 And with his goodly sisters, Graces three;

goodly > beautiful
Graces > (Aglaia, Thalia, and Euphrosyne, customarily described as
the handmaids of Venus rather than her daughters; see _DGDG_
3.22, _Myth._ 4.13)

7 The goddess, pleased with his wanton play,

wanton > frisky, playful; lewd