ce said she it:
7 "Come daughter come, come; spit upon my face,
daughter > {Girl, maiden; also a term of affectionate address used
by any older person to a girl or young woman}
8 Spit thrice upon me, thrice upon me spit;
9 The uneven number for this business is most fit!"
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That sayd, her round about she from her turnd,
2 She turned her contrarie to the Sunne,
Thrise she her turnd contrary, and returnd,
4 All contrary, for she the right did shunne,
And euer what she did, was streight vndonne.
6 So thought she to vndoe her daughters loue:
But loue, that is in gentle brest begonne,
8 No idle charmes so lightly may remoue,
That well can witnesse, who by triall it does proue.
1 That said, her round about she from her turned,
2 She turned her contrary to the sun,
3 Thrice she her turned contrary, and returned,
4 All contrary, for she the right did shun,
5 And ever what she did was straight undone.
straight > straightway
6 So thought she to undo her daughter's love:
7 But love that is in gentle breast begun,
gentle > noble, high-born
8 No idle charms so lightly may remove,
idle > foolish, weak-headed; empty
9 That well can witness, who by trial it does prove.
well > [one well]
prove > experience, confirm by personal experience; test
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Ne ought it mote the noble Mayd auayle,
2 Ne slake the furie of her cruell flame,
But that she still did waste, and still did wayle,
4 That through long +languour+, and hart-burning brame
She shortly like a pyned ghost became,
6 Which long hath waited by the Stygian strond.
That when old _Glauce_ saw, for feare least blame
8 Of her miscarriage should in her be fond,
She wist not how t'amend, nor how it to withstond.
4 languour > laugour _1596_
1 Nor aught it might the noble maid avail,
2 Nor slake the fury of her cruel flame,
3 But she still did waste, and still did wail,
still > yet; continually
4 That through long languor and heart-burning brame
That > [So that]
languor > languor, lassitude; amorous pining
brame > longing (?from the Italian _brama_; WU)
5 She shortly like a pined ghost became,
pined > wasted, _hence:_ insubstantial; _also:_ mourning
6 Which long has waited by the Stygian strand.
Stygian > {Of the River Styx, one of the five rivers of hell; the
river across which dead souls must pass. See _Aen.
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