or well;
8 For all his dayes he drownes in priuitie,
Yet has full large to liue, and spend at libertie.

1 Then listen, lordings, if you list to weet

lordings > gentlemen; lords
list > please, choose
weet > learn

2 The cause why Satyrane and Paridell

cause > reason

3 Might not be entertained, as seemed meet,

Might > Could
entertained > received
meet > fitting, appropriate

4 Into that castle (as that squire does tell).

squire > (The Squire of Dames, continuing from 308.52)

5 "Therein a cankered crabbed carl does dwell,

cankered > malignant, spiteful; ill-tempered
crabbed > perverse; churlish
carl > churl; villain; niggard

6 That has no skill of court nor courtesy,

skill > knowledge

7 Nor cares what men say of him, ill or well;

ill > evilly

8 For all his days he drowns in privity,

privity > seclusion

9 Yet has full large to live, and spend at liberty.

large > liberality, bounty, largess, money; _hence:_ means

309.4

But all his mind is set on mucky pelfe,
2 To hoord vp heapes of euill gotten masse,
For which he others wrongs, and wreckes himselfe;
4 Yet he is lincked to a louely lasse,
Whose beauty doth +her+ bounty far surpasse,
6 The which to him both far vnequall yeares,
And also far vnlike conditions has;
8 For she does ioy to play emongst her peares,
And to be free from hard restraint and gealous feares.

5 her > his _1609_

1 "But all his mind is set on mucky pelf,

pelf > money, cash, "filthy lucre"

2 To hoard up heaps of evil-gotten mass,

mass > ("In mass" is a term used to describe gold or silver in the
mass; hence: treasure)

3 For which he others wrongs, and wrecks himself;
4 Yet he is linked to a lovely lass,
5 Whose beauty does her bounty far surpass,

bounty > virtue

6 Who to him both far unequal years

far unequal > (She is much younger)

7 And also far unlike conditions has;

conditions > personal qualities, personality, tastes

8 For she does joy to play amongst her peers,

joy > enjoy, take delight
play > (In various senses, including that of sexual diversion: cf.
308.20:3)

9 And to be free from hard restraint and jealous fears.

309.5

But he is old, and withered like hay,
2 Vnfit faire Ladies seruice to supply;
The priuie guilt whereof makes him alway
4 Suspect her truth, and keepe continuall spy
Vpon her with his ot