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1 She then the cities sought from gate to gate,

sought > searched
from gate to gate > [from end to end: many cities being formerly
enclosed by a wall]

2 And everyone did ask, did he him see;
3 And everyone her answered that too late
4 He had him seen, and felt the cruelty
5 Of his sharp darts and hot artillery;
6 And everyone threw forth reproaches rife

rife > abundant; abundantly

7 Of his mischievous deeds, and said that he

mischievous > harmful

8 Was the disturber of all civil life,
9 The enemy of peace, and author of all strife.

306.15

Then in the countrey she abroad him sought,
2 And in the rurall cottages inquired,
Where also many plaints to her were brought,
4 How he their heedlesse harts with loue had fyred,
And his false venim through their veines inspyred;
6 And eke the gentle shepheard swaynes, which sat
Keeping their fleecie flockes, as they were hyred,
8 She sweetly heard complaine, both how and what
Her sonne had to them doen; yet she did smile thereat.

1 Then in the country she abroad him sought,

abroad > broadly, widely; in different directions

2 And in the rural cottages inquired,
3 Where also many plaints to her were brought,

plaint > {Complaint; statement of grievance in seeking redress}

4 How he their heedless hearts with love had fired,
5 And his false venom through their veins inspired;

inspired > [had] breathed, infused

6 And eke the gentle shepherd swains, who sat

eke > moreover
swains > young men, rustics

7 Keeping their fleecy flocks, as they were hired,
8 She sweetly heard complain, both how and what
9 Her son had to them done; yet she did smile thereat.

thereat > at that, as a result of that

306.16

But when in none of all these she him got,
2 She gan auize, where else he mote him hyde:
At last she her bethought, that she had not
4 Yet sought the saluage woods and forrests wyde,
In which full many louely Nymphes abyde,
6 Mongst whom might be, that he did closely lye,
Or that the loue of some of them him tyde:
8 For thy she thither cast her course t'apply,
To search the secret haunts of _Dianes_ company.

1 But when in none of all these she him got,

got > got hold of; _hence:_ found

2 She gan advise where else he might himself hide:

gan > did
advise > consider, ponder

3 At last she her bethought that sh