see,

Love > [Cupid, who is often depicted wearing a blindfold: he shoots
his arrows without caring whom they hit]

4 And in their foolish fancy feign you blind,

feign > fashion, form; _hence:_ depict
blind > [as blind]

5 That with your charms the sharpest sight does bind,

charms > spells
bind > enwreath, encircle, tie up

6 And to your will abuse? You walk free,
7 And see every secret of the mind;
8 You see all, yet none at all sees you;
9 All that is by the working of your deity.

deity > godhead

310.5

So perfect in that art was _Paridell_,
2 That he +_Melbeccoes_+ halfen eye did wyle,
His halfen eye he wiled wondrous well,
4 And _Hellenors_ both eyes did eke beguyle,
Both eyes and hart attonce, during the whyle
6 That he there soiourned his wounds to heale;
That _Cupid_ selfe it seeing, close did smyle,
8 To weet how he her loue away did steale,
And bad, that none their ioyous treason should reueale.

1 _Melbeccoes_ > _Malbeccoes 1590, 1609_

1 So perfect in that art was Paridell
2 That he Malbecco's halfen eye did wile,

halfen > half (WUS; perhaps derived from "halfendeal". "Halfen eye"
= halved eyesight, for he is blind in one eye: see 309.27:6)
wile > deceive

3 His halfen eye he wiled wondrous well,
4 And Hellenore's both eyes did eke beguile,

eke > also

5 Both eyes and heart at once, during the while

at once > together

6 That he there sojourned, his wounds to heal;
7 That Cupid himself, it seeing, close did smile,

That > [So that]
close > secretly

8 To weet how he her love away did steal,

weet > see, perceive

9 And bade that none their joyous treason should reveal.

310.6

The learned louer lost no time nor tyde,
2 That least auantage mote to him afford,
Yet bore so faire a saile, that none espyde
4 His secret drift, till he her layd abord.
When so in open place, and commune bord,
6 He fortun'd her to meet, with commune speach
Her courted her, yet bayted euery word,
8 That his vngentle hoste n'ote him appeach
Of vile vngentlenesse, or hospitages breach.

1 The learned lover lost no time nor tide,

tide > opportunity

2 That least advantage might to him afford,

least > [the least]

3 Yet bore so fair a sail that none espied
4 His secret drift, till he her laid aboard.

drift > plot, scheme; _and metaphorically:_ motion (an especial