e to refraine:
Yet he his mothers lore did well retaine,
6 And euer from faire Ladies loue did fly;
Yet many Ladies faire did oft complaine,
8 That they for loue of him would algates dy:
Dy, who so list for him, he was loues enimy.

1 For-thy she gave him warning every day

For-thy > Therefore, for this reason

2 The love of women not to entertain;
3 A lesson too too hard for living clay,

clay > flesh (after _Gen._ 2.7)

4 From love in course of nature to refrain:
5 Yet he his mother's lore did well retain,

lore > teaching

6 And ever from fair ladies' love did fly;

fly > flee

7 Yet many ladies fair did oft complain
8 That they for love of him would algates die:

algates > altogether; _hence:_ surely

9 Die, whoso list for him; he was Love's enemy.

whoso > whoever
list for > desired; _or:_ list, for ("list" then meaning "pleased",
"chose")

304.27

But ah, who can deceiue his destiny,
2 Or weene by warning to auoyd his fate?
That when he sleepes in most security,
4 And safest seemes, him soonest doth amate,
And findeth dew effect or soone or late.
6 So feeble is the powre of fleshly arme.
His mother bad him womens loue to hate,
8 For she of womans force did feare no harme;
So weening to haue arm'd him, she did quite disarme.

1 But ah, who can deceive his destiny,

deceive > prove false to; defraud

2 Or ween by warning to avoid his fate?

ween > intend; suppose, imagine

3 That when he sleeps in most security,

That > [His destiny]

4 And safest seems, him soonest does amate,

amate > daunt, subdue; _also:_ act as a mate to (cf. esp. 109.45:4;
Britomart can be said to personify the destiny foretold by
Proteus)

5 And finds due effect +or+ soon or late.

effect > accomplishment; reality
or > either

6 So feeble is the power of fleshly arm.

So > Thus, to this extent

7 His mother bade him women's love to hate,
8 For she of woman's force did fear no harm;

force > [physical force, violence]

9 So weening to have armed him, she did quite disarm.

weening > supposing, imagining
quite > [him quite]

304.28

This was that woman, this that deadly wound,
2 That _Proteus_ prophecide should him dismay,
The which his mother vainely did expound,
4 To be hart-wounding loue, which should assay
To bring her sonne vnto his last decay.
6 So tickle be the