ender lips the downy hair
9 Did now but freshly spring, and silken blossoms bear.

212.80

His warlike armes, the idle instruments
2 Of sleeping praise, were hong vpon a tree,
And his braue shield, full of old moniments,
4 Was fowly ra'st, that none the signes might see;
Ne for them, ne for honour cared hee,
6 Ne ought, that did to his aduauncement tend,
But in lewd loues, and wastfull luxuree,
8 His dayes, his goods, his bodie he did spend:
O horrible enchantment, that him so did blend.

1 His warlike arms, the idle instruments

arms > {Arms and armour}

2 Of sleeping praise, were hung upon a tree,

praise > praiseworthiness; virtue

3 And his brave shield, full of old monuments,

brave > splendid, showy; brave
monuments > {Painted records of battle, insignia; relics (i.e. dents
and other marks of battle)}

4 Was foully rased, that none the signs might see;

rased > scratched (i.e. the paint had been scratched off)
that > [so that]

5 Neither for them, nor for honour cared he,
6 Nor aught that did to his advancement tend,
7 But in lewd loves, and wasteful luxury,

luxury > {Lasciviousness; dissipation; refined and intense
enjoyment}

8 His days, his goods, his body he did spend:
9 O horrible enchantment, that him so did blend.

blend > blind, dazzle; _also:_ stir up, _hence:_ render turbid,
spoil

212.81

The noble Elfe, and carefull Palmer drew
2 So nigh them, minding nought, but lustfull game,
That suddein forth they on them rusht, and threw
4 A subtile net, which onely for the same
The skilfull Palmer formally did frame.
6 So held them vnder fast, the whiles the rest
Fled all away for feare of fowler shame.
8 The faire Enchauntresse, so vnwares opprest,
Tryde all her arts, and all her sleights, thence out to wrest.

1 The noble Elf and careful palmer drew
2 So nigh them, minding naught but lustful game,
3 That sudden forth they on them rushed, and threw
4 A subtile net, which only for the same

subtile > thin, fine-textured
net > (Cf. the net with which Vulcan traps his wife, Venus, and her
lover, Mars, at _Met._ 4.169 ff.)
the same > [that purpose]

5 The skilful palmer formally did frame.

formally > expressly; in good form; _perhaps:_ formerly (see Textual
Appendix at 212.1:4)
frame > fashion, make

6 So held them under fast, while the rest

fast > firmly

7 Fl