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e whiles > Meanwhile; while browses > tender shoots, buds 9 Till drooping Phoebus began to hide his golden head. 310.46 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 310.47 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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