ur lo'st,
6 And poures it selfe forth in a stormy showre;
So the faire _Britomart_ hauing disclo'st
8 Her clowdy care into a wrathfull stowre,
The mist of griefe dissolu'd, +did+ into vengeance +powre.+

9 did > _omitted from 1596_
9 powre. > powre, _1596_

1 As, when a foggy mist has overcast
2 The face of heaven and the clear air engrossed,

engrossed > {Rendered gross, dense, thick}

3 The world in darkness dwells, till at last
4 The watery south-wind from the seaboard coast,

watery > {Indicative of rain; rain-bearing}
seaboard > {Bordering the sea}
coast > region, part (used in the modern sense, the word would here
be tautological)

5 Upblowing, does disperse the vapour lossed,

lossed > discharged, unloaded [from the mist, from the clouds]

6 And pours itself forth in a stormy shower;
7 So the fair Britomart, having disclosed

disclosed > opened up, unfastened; _hence:_ released

8 Her cloudy care into a wrathful stour,

stour > turmoil; _hence:_ storm

9 The mist of grief, dissolved, did into vengeance pour.

304.14

Eftsoones her goodly shield addressing faire,
2 That mortall speare she in her hand did take,
And vnto battell did her selfe prepaire.
4 The knight approching, sternely her bespake;
Sir knight, that doest thy voyage rashly make
6 By this forbidden way in my despight,
Ne doest by others death ensample take,
8 I read thee soone retyre, whiles thou hast might,
Least afterwards it be too late to take thy flight.

1 Eftsoons her goodly shield addressing fair,

Eftsoons > Thereupon
goodly > beautiful
addressing > setting straight; _hence:_ presenting
fair > expertly

2 That mortal spear she in her hand did take,

That mortal spear > (The magic spear of King Bladud: see 303.60;
mortal = lethal)

3 And to battle did herself prepare.
4 The knight, approaching, sternly her bespoke:

sternly > fiercely
bespoke > addressed

5 "Sir knight, that do your voyage rashly make

voyage > journey (an appropriate catachresis for the "Sea-nymphes
sonne")

6 By this forbidden way in my despite,

my despite > defiance of me

7 Nor do by others' death example take,

example > warning

8 I read you soon retire, while you have might,

read > advise
soon > immediately [to]
you have might > you have the strength to do so; _also:_ you can

9 Lest afterwards it be too late to take your flig