the melody
4 The feeble senses wholly did confound,
And the fraile soule in deepe delight nigh dround:
6 And when it ceast, shrill trompets loud did bray,
That their report did farre away rebound,
8 And when they ceast, it gan againe to play,
The whiles the maskers marched forth in trim aray.

1 The whiles a most delicious harmony,

The whiles > Meanwhile

2 In full strange notes, was sweetly heard to sound,

full > exceedingly

3 That the rare sweetness of the melody

That > [So that]

4 The feeble senses wholly did confound,
5 And the frail soul in deep delight nigh drowned:

frail > weak; morally weak

6 And when it ceased, shrill trumpets loud did bray,

bray > {Make a loud harsh jarring sound; applied esp. to trumpets}

7 That their report did far away rebound;

That > [So that]
report > response; note
rebound > re-echo, reverberate

8 And when they ceased, it began again to play,
9 While the maskers marched forth in trim array.

masker > {One who takes part in a masque}
trim > good, well-ordered; _also, in ironical use:_ fine, nice,
pretty

312.7

The first was _Fancy_, like a louely boy,
2 Of rare aspect, and beautie without peare;
Matchable +either+ to that ympe of _Troy_,
4 Whom _Ioue_ did loue, and chose his cup to beare,
Or that same daintie lad, which was so deare
6 To great _Alcides_, that when as he dyde,
He wailed womanlike with many a teare,
8 And euery wood, and euery valley wyde
He fild with _Hylas_ name; the Nymphes eke _Hylas_ cryde.

3 either > ether _1590_

1 The first was Fancy, like a lovely boy,
2 Of rare aspect, and beauty without peer;

aspect > appearance; countenance, expression

3 Matchable either to that imp of Troy,

Matchable > Comparable
that imp of Troy > (Ganymede: see 311.34:4-9; imp = child, scion)

4 Whom Jove did love, and chose his cup to bear,
5 Or that same dainty lad, who was so dear

dainty > {Handsome, of delicate beauty}
lad > (Hylas, a youth who accompanied Hercules on board the _Argo_.
When Hylas died, the distraught Hercules wandered the shore
crying his name)

6 To great Alcides that, when he died,
7 He wailed womanlike with many a tear,
8 And every wood, and every valley wide
9 He filled with Hylas' name; the nymphs eke "Hylas!" cried.

nymphs > (Nymphs are the minor female divinities with whom the
Greeks peopled all parts of