ance > power, strength

2 And dreaded name shall give in that sad day:
3 Where also proof of your prow valiance

prow > doughty

4 You then shall make, to increase your lover's prey.

prey > plunder, spoils

5 Long time you both in arms shall bear great sway,

arms > {Feats of arms}

6 Till your womb's burden you from them do call,

them > ["armes"]

7 And his last fate him from you take away,

last fate > [death]

8 Too rathe cut off by practice criminal

Too rathe > Too soon, before his natural time
practice > conspiracy, collusion; treachery

9 Of secret foes, that him shall make in mischief fall.

mischief > disaster; evil

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+With+ thee yet shall he leaue for memory
2 Of his late puissaunce, his Image dead,
That liuing him in all actiuity
4 To thee shall represent. He from the head
Of his coosin _Constantius_ without dread
6 Shall take the crowne, that was his fathers right,
And therewith crowne himselfe in th'others stead:
8 Then shall he issew forth with dreadfull might,
Against his Saxon foes in bloudy field to fight.

1 With > Where _1596, 1609_

1 "With you yet shall he leave, for memory

for memory > as a memorial

2 Of his late puissance, his image dead,

puissance > power, strength
his image dead > [the image of his dead self]

3 That, living, him in all activity
4 To you shall represent. He from the head

represent > bring clearly to mind; re-present, present again
He > (Presumably, Aurelius Conan)

5 Of his cousin Constantine without dread

cousin > relative; _hence:_ uncle
Constantine > (Cador's son; he succeeded Arthur, but was soon killed
by his nephew, Aurelius Conan. See _HRB_ 11.2, 11.4)

6 Shall take the crown that was his father's right,
7 And therewith crown himself in the other's stead:

therewith > with that
stead > place

8 Then shall he issue forth with dreadful might,
9 Against his Saxon foes in bloody field to fight.

Saxon > (First mentioned by Ptolemy in the 2nd century, the Saxons
were originally inhabitants of the lower Elbe Valley. They were
a warlike people who spread mainly to the south and west; they
landed in Britain in 449. By the end of the sixth century they
had conquered most of NW Europe. With the Angles and the Jutes
they established the beginnings of Anglo-Saxon culture in
England)
field > battle; field of battle

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