phs)

6 So may he long himself full easy hide:

full easy > very easily

7 For he is fair and fresh in face and guise,

guise > appearance

8 As any nymph (let not it be envied)."

envied > begrudged; _hence:_ gainsaid

9 So saying, every nymph full narrowly she eyed.

narrowly > closely

306.24

But _Ph{oe}be_ therewith sore was angered,
2 And sharply said; Goe Dame, goe seeke your boy,
Where you him lately left, in _Mars_ his bed;
4 He comes not here, we scorne his foolish ioy,
Ne lend we leisure to his idle toy:
6 But if I catch him in this company,
By _Stygian_ lake I vow, whose sad annoy
8 The Gods doe dread, he dearely shall abye:
Ile clip his wanton wings, that he no more shall fly.

1 But Phoebe therewith sore was angered,

therewith > with that

2 And sharply said: "Go, dame, go seek your boy

sharply > (Cf. "shortly" at 306.20:2)

3 Where you him lately left, in Mars his bed;

Mars his > Mars's (Mars is the lover of Venus; see e.g. _Odyssey_ 8)

4 He comes not here, we scorn his foolish joy,
5 Nor lend we leisure to his idle toy:

idle > futile; weak-headed
toy > game; amorous game (cf. 101.47:9)

6 But if I catch him in this company,
7 By Stygian lake I vow, whose sad annoy

Stygian lake > (The River Styx, one of the five rivers of hell, over
which Charon ferries the souls of the departed, and by which the
gods, as here, swear their most solemn oaths: cf. _Aen._ 6.324-5)
sad annoy > grievous vexation

8 The gods do dread, he dearly shall aby:

aby > atone, pay the penalty; suffer

9 I'll clip his wanton wings, that he no more shall fly."

wanton > {Undisciplined; lewd; frisky; cruel; also: luxuriant, rank,
profuse in growth}
that > [so that]

306.25

Whom when as _Venus_ saw so sore displeased,
2 She inly sory was, and gan relent,
What she had said: so her she soone appeased,
4 With sugred words and gentle blandishment,
+Which as+ a fountaine from her sweet lips went,
6 And welled goodly forth, that in short space
She was well pleasd, and forth her damzels sent,
8 Through all the woods, to search from place to place,
If any tract of him or tydings they mote trace.

5 Which as > From which _1590, 1596;_ Of which _conj. Church_

1 Whom when Venus saw so sore displeased,
2 She inly sorry was, and gan relent

inly > inwardly
gan > did
relent > ?regret (SU: perhap