naments of beautie bright;
And is ycleped _Florimell_ the faire,
8 Faire _Florimell_ belou'd +of many+ a knight,
Yet she loues none but one, that _Marinell_ is hight.

8 of many > of a many _1596_

1 "That lady is," quoth he, "whereso she be,

whereso > wherever

2 The bountiest virgin, and most debonair,

bountiest > ?most virtuous, most worthy (this word is not in _OED_)
debonair > gentle, meek; gracious; courteous; affable

3 That ever living eye I ween did see;

ween > think

4 Lives none this day that may with her compare
5 In steadfast chastity and virtue rare,
6 The goodly ornaments of beauty bright;
7 And is cleped Florimell the fair,

cleped > called

8 Fair Florimell, beloved of many a knight,
9 Yet she loves none but one, that Marinell is hight.

hight > named

305.9

A Sea-nymphes sonne, that _Marinell_ is hight,
2 Of my deare Dame is loued dearely well;
In other none, but him, she sets delight,
4 All her delight is set on _Marinell_;
But he sets nought at all by _Florimell_:
6 For Ladies loue his mother long ygoe
Did him, they say, forwarne through sacred spell.
8 But fame now flies, that of a forreine foe
He is yslaine, which is the ground of all our woe.

1 "A sea-nymph's son, that Marinell is hight,

sea-nymph > (See 304.19:3 ff.)
hight > called

2 Of my dear dame is loved dearly well;

Of > By
dame > lady

3 In other none, but him she sets delight,

In other none, but him > [In no one else but him]

4 All her delight is set on Marinell;
5 But he sets naught at all by Florimell:
6 For ladies' love his mother long ago
7 Did him, they say, forewarn through sacred spell.

forewarn > ?give warning of (see 304.25-6; this use is not in _OED_)
sacred > {Holy by association with a god (i.e. Proteus); also:
accursed, after Latin _sacer_}
spell > discourse, talk; _hence:_ prophecy

8 But fame now flies that of a foreign foe

fame > report, rumour (Latin _fama_)
of > by

9 He is slain, which is the ground of all our woe.

ground > basis, cause

305.10

Fiue dayes there be, since he (they say) was slaine,
2 And foure, since _Florimell_ the Court for-went,
And vowed neuer to returne againe,
4 Till him aliue or dead she did inuent.
Therefore, faire Sir, for loue of knighthood gent,
6 And honour of trew Ladies, if ye may
By your good counsell, or bold har