is feet was written thus,
2 _Vnto the Victor of the Gods this bee_:
And all the people in that ample hous
4 Did to that image bow their humble knee,
And oft committed fowle Idolatree.
6 That wondrous sight faire _Britomart_ amazed,
Ne seeing could her wonder satisfie,
8 But +euermore+ and more vpon it gazed,
The whiles the passing brightnes her fraile sences dazed.

8 euermore > euer more _1609_

1 And underneath its feet was written thus:
2 _To the Victor of the Gods this be_;
3 And all the people in that ample house
4 Did to that image bow their humble knee,

image > effigy, statue, idol

5 And oft committed foul idolatry.
6 That wondrous sight fair Britomart amazed,

amazed > astounded; confounded

7 Nor seeing could her wonder satisfy,
8 But evermore and more upon it gazed,
9 While the passing brightness her frail senses dazed.

passing > surpassing

311.50

Tho as she backward cast her busie eye,
2 To search each secret of that goodly +sted+
Ouer the dore thus written she did spye
4 _Be bold_: she oft and oft it ouer-red,
Yet could not find what sence it figured:
6 But what so were therein or writ or ment,
She was no whit thereby discouraged
8 From prosecuting of her first intent,
But forward with bold steps into the next roome went.

2 sted > sted, _1609_

1 Tho as she backward cast her busy eye,

Tho > Then
backward > towards the back (i.e. beyond the statue)

2 To search each secret of that goodly stead,

stead > place

3 Over the door thus written she did spy:
4 _Be bold_; she oft and oft it over-read,

over-read > re-read

5 Yet could not find what sense it figured:

figured > expressed

6 But, whatso were therein +or+ written or meant,

whatso > whatever
or > either

7 She was no whit thereby discouraged
8 From prosecuting her first intent,
9 But forward with bold steps into the next room went.

311.51

Much fairer, then the former, was that roome,
2 And richlier by many partes arayd:
For not with arras made in painefull loome,
4 But with pure gold it all was ouerlayd,
Wrought with wilde Antickes, which their follies playd,
6 In the rich metall, as they liuing were:
A thousand monstrous formes therein were made,
8 Such as false loue doth oft vpon him +weare,+
For loue in thousand monstrous formes doth oft appeare.

8 weare,