unadulterated
forgery > fiction, mendacity
9 Did easily believe her strong extremity.
strong > intense
extremity > urgency, need
301.54
Full easie was for her to haue beliefe,
2 Who by self-feeling of her feeble sexe,
And by long triall of the inward griefe,
4 Wherewith imperious loue her hart did vexe,
Could iudge what paines do louing harts perplexe.
6 Who meanes no guile, +be guiled+ soonest shall,
And to faire semblaunce doth light faith annexe;
8 The bird, that knowes not the false fowlers call,
Into his hidden net full easily doth fall.
6 be guiled > beguiled _1596;_ be 'guiled _1609_
1 Full easy was for her to have belief,
Full > Very
was > [it was]
2 Who, by self-feeling of her feeble sex
self-feeling of > ?fellow-feeling for (this sense not in _OED_)
3 (And by long trial of the inward grief
4 Wherewith imperious love her heart did vex),
Wherewith > With which
5 Could judge what pains do loving hearts perplex.
perplex > distress
6 Who means no guile, be guiled soonest shall,
Who > [He who]
guiled > deceived
7 And to fair semblance does light faith annex;
light > quickly, promptly (adv.); ready; light (adj.)
annex > attach
8 The bird that knows not the false fowler's call
9 Into his hidden net full easily does fall.
301.55
For thy she would not in discourteise wise,
2 Scorne the faire offer of good will profest;
For great rebuke it is, loue to despise,
4 Or rudely sdeigne a gentle harts request;
But with faire countenaunce, as beseemed best,
6 Her entertaynd; nath'lesse she inly deemd
Her loue too light, to wooe a wandring guest:
8 Which she misconstruing, thereby esteemd
That from like inward fire that outward smoke had +steemd.+
9 steemd. > steemd, _1596_
1 For-thy she would not in discourteous wise
For-thy > For this reason, therefore
wise > fashion
2 Scorn the fair offer of goodwill professed;
3 For great rebuke it is, love to despise,
rebuke > shame, disgrace
4 Or rudely sdeign a gentle heart's request;
sdeign > disdain
5 But with fair countenance, as beseemed best,
fair countenance > courteous demeanour
beseemed best, > [seemed most fitting, Britomart]
6 Her entertained; natheless she inly deemed
natheless > nevertheless
inly > inwardly
7 Her love too light, to woo a wandering guest:
8 Which she misconstruing, t
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