ea. Or perhaps a reference is intended to the Greek _glaux_
(feminine form _glauxe_), the owl, the traditional companion of
Minerva, with whom Britomart is associated. In Cicero (_De
Natura Deorum_ 3.58), Glauce is the mother of Diana, with whom
Britomart is also associated)
hight > called (pleonastically); _or:_ ordained; _or, possibly:_
assuredly (i.e. "her name really is `Glauce' rather than the one
you think I mean", in which case Spenser may be playing here some
sophisticated game with meaning for those of his readers able to
discern real people represented in _FQ_)

3 Feeling her leap out of her loathed nest,
4 Betwixt her feeble arms her quickly caught,
5 And down again in her warm bed her dight;

dight > put in order; _hence:_ placed

6 "Ah my dear daughter, ah my dearest dread,

daughter > {Girl, maiden; also a term of affectionate address used
by any older person to a girl or young woman}
dread > loved one, object of reverence

7 What uncouth fit," said she, "what evil plight

uncouth > strange, unaccustomed; unseemly

8 Has you oppressed, and with sad drearihead

oppressed > overwhelmed; taken by surprise
sad > heavy
drearihead > sorrow, melancholy

9 Changed your lively cheer, and living made you dead?

lively > living, vital
cheer > demeanour; expression; mood

302.31

For not of nought these suddeine ghastly feares
2 All night afflict thy naturall repose,
And all the day, when as thine equall peares
4 Their fit disports with faire delight doe chose,
Thou in dull corners doest thy selfe inclose,
6 Ne tastest Princes pleasures, ne doest spred
Abroad thy fresh youthes fairest flowre, but lose
8 Both leafe and fruit, both too vntimely shed,
As one in wilfull bale for euer buried.

1 "For not of naught these sudden ghastly fears

of > for
ghastly > {Frightful, terrible, evoking fear of the supernatural}

2 All night afflict your natural repose,
3 And all the day, when your equal peers

peers > peers; companions

4 Their fit disports with fair delight do chose,

disports > entertainments, diversions

5 You in dull corners do yourself enclose,
6 Ne taste princes' pleasures, nor do spread

Ne > [Nor do you]

7 Abroad your fresh youth's fairest flower, but lose
8 Both leaf and fruit, both too untimely shed,
9 As one in wilful bale for ever buried.

bale > torment, suffering

302.32

The time, th