rest:
But euermore she him refused flat,
4 And all his fained kindnesse did +detest,+
So firmely she had sealed vp her brest.
6 Sometimes he boasted, that a God he hight:
But she a mortall creature loued best:
8 Then he would make himselfe a mortall wight;
But then she said she lou'd none, but a Faerie knight.

4 detest, > detest. _1596_

1 Daily he tempted her with this or that,
2 And never suffered her to be at rest:

suffered > allowed

3 But evermore she him refused flat,
4 And all his feigned kindness did detest,

feigned kindness > feigned kindness; dissimulated love ("kindness"
in the sense found at 308.15:1)

5 So firmly she had sealed up her breast.
6 Sometimes he boasted that a god he hight:

hight > was called

7 But she a mortal creature loved best:
8 Then he would make himself a mortal wight;

wight > man

9 But then she said she loved none but a Faery knight.

none > no one

308.40

Then like a Faerie knight himselfe he drest;
2 For euery shape on him he could endew:
Then like a king he was to her exprest,
4 And offred kingdomes vnto her in vew,
To be his Leman and his Ladie trew:
6 But when all this he nothing saw preuaile,
With harder meanes he cast her to subdew,
8 And with sharpe threates her often did assaile,
So thinking for to make her stubborne courage quaile.

1 Then like a Faery knight himself he dressed;

dressed > dressed; arrayed (with armour, etc.)

2 For every shape on him he could endue:

endue > put on (as a garment)

3 Then like a king he was to her expressed,

expressed > portrayed

4 And offered kingdoms to her in view,

in view > in her view; _or, lacking the final comma:_ with the
object, _hence:_ to prevail upon her

5 To be his leman and his lady true:

leman > lover, mistress

6 But when all this he nothing saw prevail,

nothing > not in the least
prevail > avail; prevail

7 With harder means he cast her to subdue,

cast > resolved

8 And with sharp threats her often did assail,

sharp > sharp (probably with connotation of the meaning at 308.33:4)

9 So thinking to make her stubborn courage quail.

So > In this manner
courage > spirit

308.41

To dreadfull shapes he did himselfe transforme,
2 Now like a Gyant, now like to a feend,
Then like a Centaure, then like to a storme,
4 Raging within the waues: thereb