s he therein espyde,
Which therein bathing, seemed to contend,
8 And wrestle wantonly, ne car'd to hyde,
Their dainty parts from vew of any, which them eyde.

1 And all the margin round about was set
2 With shady laurel trees, thence to defend

laurel > (Sacred to Apollo, god of the sun; see note at 212.52:5)
defend > ward off

3 The sunny beams, which on the billows beat
4 And those which therein bathed might offend.

offend > harm

5 As Guyon happened by the same to wend,
6 Two naked damsels he therein espied,
7 Who, therein bathing, seemed to contend,
8 And wrestle wantonly, nor cared to hide
9 Their dainty parts from view of any who them eyed.

212.64

Sometimes the one would lift the other quight
2 Aboue the waters, and then downe againe
Her plong, as ouer maistered by might,
4 Where both awhile would couered remaine,
And each the other from to rise restraine;
6 The whiles their snowy limbes, as through a vele,
So through the Christall waues appeared plaine:
8 Then suddeinly both would themselues vnhele,
And th'amarous sweet spoiles to greedy eyes reuele.

1 Sometimes the one would lift the other quite
2 Above the waters, and then down again
3 Her plunge, as overmastered by might,

plunge > immerse
overmastered > overcome

4 Where both awhile would covered remain,
5 And each the other from to rise restrain;

to rise > rising

6 The whiles their snowy limbs, as through a veil,

The whiles > Meanwhile

7 So through the crystal waves appeared plain:
8 Then suddenly both would themselves unhele,

unhele > uncover

9 And the amorous sweet spoils to greedy eyes reveal.

amorous > {Lovely; pertaining to sexual love}
greedy > eager; rapacious

212.65

As that faire Starre, the messenger of morne,
2 His deawy face out of the sea doth reare:
Or as the _Cyprian_ goddesse, newly borne
4 Of th'Oceans fruitfull froth, did first appeare:
Such seemed they, and so their yellow heare
6 Christalline humour dropped downe apace.
Whom such when _Guyon_ saw, he drew him neare,
8 And somewhat gan relent his earnest pace,
His stubborne brest gan secret pleasaunce to embrace.

1 As that fair star, the messenger of morn,

that fair star > (The morning star, Venus, named after the goddess
of love)

2 His dewy face out of the sea does rear:
3 Or as the Cyprian goddess,