y or fight.

5 their > they _conj. Church, i.e. "They had no fear of force",
otherwise_ feard _means "frightened" and_ their _refers to_ those
vnruly beasts
7 mightiest > mightest _1590_

1 Goodly it was enclosed round about,

Goodly > Beautifully

2 As well their entered guests to keep within,

well > much

3 As those unruly beasts to hold without;
4 Yet was the fence thereof but weak and thin;
5 Naught feared their force, that fortalice to win,

Naught feared their force > [The beasts' physical force was not at
all feared]
fortalice > small fort

6 But wisdom's power, and temperance's might,

But > [Instead; but rather]

7 By which the mightiest things efforced been:

efforced been > are forced, are overcome by force

8 And eke the gate was wrought of substance light,

eke > moreover, also

9 Rather for pleasure than for battery or fight.

for > [to withstand]
battery > {The action of battery, of being struck with a battering-
ram}

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Yt framed was of precious yuory,
2 That seemd a worke of admirable wit;
And therein all the famous history
4 Of _Iason_ and _Med{ae}a_ was ywrit;
Her mighty charmes, her furious louing fit,
6 His goodly conquest of the golden fleece,
His falsed faith, and loue too lightly flit,
8 The wondred _Argo_, which in venturous peece
First through the _Euxine_ seas bore all the flowr of _Greece_.

1 It framed was of precious ivory,

framed > made, fashioned
ivory > (Cf. 101.40:1)

2 That seemed a work of admirable wit;

admirable wit > wonderful skill

3 And therein all the famous history
4 Of Jason and Medea was written;

Jason and Medea > (Medea was the daughter of King Ae{e"}tes, king of
Colchis, and possessed magic powers. When Jason, in the _Argo_,
came to Colchis in quest of the golden fleece, Medea fell in love
with him, helped him take it, and fled, pursued by her father.
To delay her father and prevent him from overtaking the _Argo_,
she murdered her young brother and strewed pieces of his body in
the sea; these Ae{e"}tes stopped to gather. Medea was later
abandoned by Jason for Cre{u"}sa, daughter of King Creon of Corinth.
Medea took revenge by sending the new wife an enchanted robe,
which burnt her to death when she put it on)
written > scored, drawn

5 Her mighty charms, her furious loving fit,

charms > spells
fit > fit; paroxysm of lunacy

6 His goodly conque