seems they say: for he may not

sooth > truly, truthfully
say > speak
may not > cannot

2 For ever die, and ever buried be
3 In baleful night, where all things are forgotten;

baleful > deadly, miserable

4 All be he subject to mortality,

All > Although

5 Yet is eterne in mutability,

is eterne > [he is eternal]

6 And by succession made perpetual,
7 Transformed oft, and changed diversely:
8 For him the father of all forms they call;
9 Therefore needs might he live, that living gives to all.

needs might he live > [it is necessary that he shall live]

306.48

There now he liueth in eternall blis,
2 Ioying his goddesse, and of her enioyd:
Ne feareth he henceforth that foe of his,
4 Which with his cruell tuske him deadly cloyd:
For that wilde Bore, the which him once annoyd,
6 She firmely hath emprisoned for ay,
That her sweet loue his malice mote auoyd,
8 In a strong rocky Caue, which is they say,
Hewen vnderneath that Mount, that none him +losen+ may.

9 losen > loosen _1609_

1 There now he lives in eternal bliss,
2 Joying his goddess, and of her enjoyed:

Joying > Enjoying
of > by

3 Nor fears he henceforth that foe of his,

that foe of his > (The boar which killed him; see note at 306.0)

4 Which with its cruel tusk him deadly cloyed:

deadly > mortally
cloyed > pierced, spiked, _hence:_ gored; _or, perhaps:_ nauseated,
wearied (consonant with the allegorical import of Adonis's death)

5 For that wild boar, which him once annoyed,

annoyed > molested, injured

6 She firmly has imprisoned for ay,

ay > ever

7 That her sweet love its malice might avoid,

That > [So that]

8 In a strong rocky cave, which is, they say,
9 Hewn underneath that mount, that none it loosen may.

that mount > (Referred to at 306.43:2)
that > [so that]
loosen > undo, untie; _hence:_ set free

306.49

There now he liues in euerlasting ioy,
2 With many of the Gods in company,
Which thither haunt, and with the winged boy
4 Sporting himselfe in safe felicity:
Who when he hath with spoiles and cruelty
6 Ransackt the world, and in the wofull harts
Of many wretches set his triumphes hye,
8 Thither resorts, and laying his sad darts
Aside, with faire _Adonis_ playes his wanton parts.

1 There now he lives in everlasting joy,
2 With many of the gods in company,
3 Which thither haun