Of that sweet place, yet suffred no delight
To sincke into his sence, nor mind affect,
4 But passed forth, and lookt still forward right,
Bridling his will, and maistering his might:
6 Till that he came vnto another gate,
No gate, but like one, being goodly dight
8 With boughes and braunches, which did broad dilate
Their clasping armes, in wanton wreathings intricate.

1 Much wondered Guyon at the fair aspect

wondered > marvelled

2 Of that sweet place, yet suffered no delight

suffered > allowed

3 To sink into his sense, nor mind affect,
4 But passed forth, and looked still forward right,

still > constantly
forward right > straight ahead

5 Bridling his will, and mastering his might:
6 Till he came to another gate:
7 No gate, but like one, being goodly dight

goodly > beautifully
dight > decked

8 With boughs and branches, which did broad dilate

dilate > spread

9 Their clasping arms, in wanton wreathings intricate.

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So fashioned a Porch with rare deuice,
2 Archt ouer head with an embracing vine,
Whose bounches hanging downe, seemed to entice
4 All passers by, to tast their lushious wine,
And did themselues into their hands incline,
6 As freely offering to be gathered:
Some deepe empurpled as the +_Hyacint_+,
8 Some as the Rubine, laughing sweetly red,
Some like faire Emeraudes, not yet well ripened.

7 _Hyacint_ > _Hyacine 1611_

1 So fashioned a porch with rare device,

So > Thus [was]
device > ingenuity

2 Arched overhead with an embracing vine,
3 Whose bunches, hanging down, seemed to entice

bunches > [bunches of grapes]

4 All passers-by to taste their luscious wine,
5 And did themselves into their hands incline,
6 As freely offering to be gathered:
7 Some deep empurpled as the hyacinth,

empurpled > {Made purple; reddened}
hyacinth > (A blue precious stone, the sapphire, but here, in view
of the italicization of the original, also making reference to
the lily, described by Ovid as deep red or purple, which sprang
from the blood of the beautiful youth Hyacinth. Hyacinth
received the amorous attentions of Apollo and Zephyr (god of the
west wind), but Zephyr's interest was not reciprocated. One day,
when Apollo and Hyacinth were playing at quoits, the jealous
Zephyr caused one of Apollo's quoits to drift in flight and
strike Hyacinth on the head, killing him i