of childbirth; sometimes identified with Juno
or Diana)

5 They were through wonder nigh of sense bereaved

bereaved > robbed

6 And, gazing each on other, naught bespoke:

bespoke > spoke

7 At last they both agreed, her (seeming grieved)

grieved > hurt, _hence:_ in pain; _and also:_ grieved

8 Out of her heavy swoon not to awake,
9 But from her loving side the tender babes to take.

306.28

Vp they them tooke, each one a babe vptooke,
2 And with them carried, to be fostered;
Dame +_Ph{ae}be_+ to a Nymph her babe betooke,
4 To be vpbrought in perfect Maydenhed,
And of her selfe her name _Belph{oe}be_ red:
6 But _Venus_ hers +thence+ farre away conuayd,
To be vpbrought in goodly womanhed,
8 And in her litle loues stead, which was strayd,
Her _Amoretta_ cald, to comfort her dismayd.

3 _Ph{ae}be_ > _Ph{oe}be 1609_
6 thence > hence _1596, 1609_

1 Up they them took, each one a babe uptook,

uptook > took up

2 And with them carried, to be fostered;
3 Dame Phoebe to a nymph her babe betook,

betook > took; committed

4 To be upbrought in perfect maidenhead,

upbrought > brought up
perfect > complete, thorough, fully trained
maidenhead > virginity

5 And of herself her name, Belphoebe, read;

of > after
read > named; _hence:_ gave, bestowed

6 But Venus hers thence far away conveyed,
7 To be upbrought in goodly womanhood,
8 And in her little love's stead, which was strayed,

stead > place

9 Her Amoret called, to comfort her dismayed.

her dismayed > [herself in her unhappiness]

306.29

She brought her to her ioyous Paradize,
2 Where most she wonnes, when she on earth does dwel.
So faire a place, as Nature can deuize:
4 Whether in _Paphos_, or _Cytheron_ hill,
Or it in +_Gnidus_+ be, I wote not well;
6 But well I wote by tryall, that this same
All other pleasant places doth excell,
8 And called is by her lost louers name,
The _Gardin_ of _Adonis_, farre renowmd by fame.

5 _Gnidus_ > _Gnidas 1590_

1 She brought her to her joyous paradise,
2 Where most she wons when she on earth does dwell.

wons > lives

3 So fair a place as Nature can devise:
4 Whether in Paphos, or Cytheron hill,

Paphos > ("Old Paphos", on the west coast of Cyprus, where,
according to some legends, Aphrodite (Venus) is said to have come
ashore after her birth in the waves. Centre of her wors