stayed,
2 Maugre his host, who grudged grievously
Maugre > in spite of, notwithstanding
grudged > grumbled
3 To house a guest that would be needs obeyed,
needs > of necessity
4 And of his own him left not liberty:
his own > [his own household]
liberty > [the liberty]
5 Might wanting measure moves surquidry.
Might wanting measure moves surquidry > Power lacking restraint
leads to arrogance (measure = temperance, moderation; surquidry =
arrogance, presumption)
6 Two things he feared, but the third was death;
7 That fierce young man's unruly mastery;
young man > (A compound sb., like "old man" (108.30:2, etc.) or "old
woman" (302.47:4))
8 His money, which he loved as living breath;
9 And his fair wife, whom honest long he kept uneath.
honest > virtuous, chaste
uneath > with difficulty
310.3
But patience perforce he must abie,
2 What fortune and his fate on him will lay,
Fond is the feare, that findes no remedie;
4 Yet warily he watcheth euery way,
By which he feareth euill happen may:
6 So th'euill thinkes by watching to preuent;
Ne doth he suffer her, nor night, nor day,
8 Out of his sight her selfe once to absent.
So doth he punish her and eke himselfe torment.
1 But patience perforce he must aby
patience perforce > (Proverbial: patience upon compulsion, like it
or not. Cf. 203.3:3)
aby > suffer, endure
2 What Fortune and his fate on him will lay,
3 Fond is the fear that finds no remedy;
Fond > Foolish
4 Yet warily he watches every way
5 By which he fears evil happen may:
6 So the evil thinks by watching to prevent;
7 Nor does he suffer her, +nor+ night nor day,
suffer > allow
nor > neither
8 Out of his sight herself once to absent.
9 So does he punish her, and eke himself torment.
eke > also
310.4
But _Paridell_ kept better watch, then hee,
2 A fit occasion for his turne to find:
False loue, why do men say, thou canst not see,
4 And in their foolish fancie feigne thee blind,
That with thy charmes the sharpest sight doest bind,
6 And to thy will abuse? Thou walkest free,
And seest euery secret of the mind;
8 Thou seest all, yet none at all sees thee;
All that is by the working of thy Deitee.
1 But Paridell kept better watch than he,
2 A fit occasion for his turn to find:
turn > purpose
3 False Love, why do men say you cannot
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