2 Well seems to exceed the power of patience;
3 Yet if that heavenly grace some good relief
4 You send, submit you to high providence,

You send > [Should send to you]
you > (An intensive: cf. 100.2:9; or: yourself)

5 And ever in your noble heart prepense

prepense > consider beforehand

6 That all the sorrow in the world is less
7 Than virtue's might, and value's confidence,

might > strength
value's confidence > [confidence in worthiness or valour]

8 For who nill bide the burden of distress

who nill bide > [he who will not endure]

9 Must not here think to live: for life is wretchedness.

311.15

Therefore, faire Sir, do comfort to you take,
2 And freely read, what wicked felon so
Hath outrag'd you, and thrald your gentle make.
4 Perhaps this hand may helpe to ease your woe,
And wreake your sorrow on your cruell foe,
6 +At+ least it faire endeuour will apply.
Those feeling wordes so neare the quicke did goe,
8 That vp his head he reared easily,
And leaning on his elbow, these few wordes let fly.

6 At > And _1596_

1 "Therefore, fair sir, do comfort to you take,
2 And freely read what wicked felon so

read > make known

3 Has outraged you, and thralled your gentle make.

thralled > enslaved, made captive
gentle > noble
make > companion, lover, consort

4 Perhaps this hand may help to ease your woe,
5 And wreak your sorrow on your cruel foe;

wreak > avenge

6 At least it fair endeavour will apply."
7 Those feeling words so near the quick did go
8 That up his head he reared easily,
9 And, leaning on his elbow, these few words let fly:

311.16

What boots it plaine, that cannot be redrest,
2 And sow vaine sorrow in a +fruitlesse+ eare,
Sith powre of hand, nor skill of learned brest,
4 Ne worldly price cannot redeeme my deare,
Out of her thraldome and continuall feare?
6 For he the tyraunt, which her hath in ward
By strong enchauntments and blacke Magicke leare,
8 Hath in a dungeon deepe her close embard,
And many dreadfull feends hath pointed to her gard.

2 fruitlesse > fruilesse _1596_

1 "What boots it plain that cannot be redressed,

boots > avails
plain > [to] complain [of]

2 And sow vain sorrow in a fruitless ear,

vain > futile; empty

3 Since power of hand, nor skill of learned breast,

skill > knowledge
breast > heart; _hence:_ mind

4 Nor