e whiles > Meanwhile; while
browses > tender shoots, buds
9 Till drooping Phoebus began to hide his golden head.
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Tho vp they gan their merry pypes to trusse,
2 And all their goodly heards did gather round,
But euery _Satyre_ first did giue a busse
4 To _Hellenore_: so busses did abound.
Now gan the humid vapour shed the ground
6 With perly deaw, and +th'Earthes+ gloomy shade
Did dim the brightnesse of the welkin round,
8 That euery bird and beast awarned made,
To shrowd themselues, whiles sleepe their senses did inuade.
6 th'Earthes > the Earthes _1609_
1 Tho up they began their merry pipes to truss,
Tho > Then
truss > pack
2 And all their goodly herds did gather round,
3 But every satyr first did give a buss
buss > kiss (_OED_ cites Robert Herrick (1591-1674): "We busse our
Wantons, but our Wives we kisse")
4 To Hellenore: so busses did abound.
5 Now gan the humid vapour shed the ground
gan > did
shed > sprinkle
6 With pearly dew, and the earth's gloomy shade
7 Did dim the brightness of the welkin round:
welkin > {The apparent arch or vault of heaven overhead}
8 That every bird and beast awarned made,
every > [all severally: all the birds and beasts]
awarned > warned (WU)
9 To shroud themselves, while sleep their senses did invade.
shroud > shelter
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Which when +_Melbecco_+ saw, out of +his+ bush
2 Vpon his +hands+ and feete he crept full light,
And like a Gote emongst the Gotes did rush,
4 That through the helpe of his faire hornes on hight,
And misty dampe of misconceiuing night,
6 And eke through likenesse of his gotish beard,
He did the better counterfeite aright:
8 So home he marcht emongst the horned heard,
That none of all the _Satyres_ him espyde or heard.
1 _Melbecco_ > _Malbecco 1590, 1609_
1 his > the _1609_
2 hands > hand _1596_
1 Which when Malbecco saw, out of his bush
2 Upon his hands and feet he crept full light,
full light > very quickly
3 And like a goat amongst the goats did rush,
4 That through the help of his fair horns on high,
That > [So that]
horns > (His cuckold's horns have become substantial)
5 And misty damp of misconceiving night,
misconceiving > {Giving a false impression}
6 And eke through likeness of his goatish beard,
eke > also
likeness > [the] resemblance (i.e. to the goats' beards)
7 He di
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