6 about her > abouther _1596_

1 The whiles, the Faery knight did entertain

The whiles > Meanwhile

2 Another damsel of that gentle crew,

gentle > noble; gentle

3 That was right fair, and modest of demean,

right > very
demean > bearing, demeanour

4 But that too oft she changed her native hue:

But > Except
hue > colour, complexion

5 Strange was her tire, and all her garment blue,

tire > attire; head-dress

6 Close round about her tucked with many a plait:

plait > pleat

7 Upon her fist the bird which shuns view,

bird > (Variously identified as the turtle dove, wryneck, owl, or
cuckoo)

8 And keeps in coverts close from living wight,

close > hidden
wight > mortal, creature

9 Did sit, as yet ashamed how rude Pan did her dight.

how rude > by the way that crude; _and:_ how crudely
Pan > (Greek god of woods and shepherds, a man above and a goat
below, sometimes depicted with goat's ears and horns)
dight > deal with (esp. sexually. The legend is not identifiable)

209.41

So long as _Guyon_ with her +commoned+,
2 Vnto the ground she cast her modest eye,
And euer and anone with rosie red
4 The bashfull bloud her snowy cheekes did dye,
That her became, as polisht yuory,
6 Which cunning +Craftesman+ hand hath ouerlayd
With faire vermilion or pure +Castory+.
8 Great wonder had the knight, to see the mayd
So straungely passioned, and to her gently sayd,

1 commoned > communed _1609_
6 Craftesman > Craftesmans _1609_
7 Castory > lastery _1590 etc.: FE_

1 So long as Guyon with her commoned,

commoned > conversed

2 To the ground she cast her modest eye,
3 And ever and anon with rosy red
4 The bashful blood her snowy cheeks did dye,
5 That her became, as polished ivory
6 Which cunning craftsman's hand has overlaid
7 With fair vermilion or pure castor.

vermilion > {Scarlet-giving pigment, esp. cinnabar or red crystal-
line mercuric sulphide, used as a dye}
castor > {Castoreum, a reddish substance obtained from the beaver
and used for medicine and perfumery}

8 Great wonder had the knight, to see the maid
9 So strangely passioned, and to her gently said,

passioned > affected
gently > politely

209.42

Faire Damzell, seemeth, by your troubled +cheare+,
2 That either me too bold ye weene, this wise
You to molest, or other ill to feare
4 That in the secret of your hart close lyes