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2 In rags, that naked nigh she did appeare,
With ghastly lookes and dreadfull drerihed;
4 For from her backe her garments she did teare,
And from her head oft rent her snarled heare:
6 In her right hand a +firebrand she did tosse+
About her head, still roming here and there;
8 As a dismayed Deare in chace embost,
Forgetfull of his safety, hath his right way lost.

6 firebrand she did tosse > fierbrand she tost _conj. Church_

1 But Fury was full ill apparelled

full > very, exceedingly
ill > badly, poorly; evilly

2 In rags, that naked nigh she did appear,

that naked nigh > [so that almost naked]

3 With ghastly looks and dreadful drearihead:

ghastly > {Frightful, evoking terror of the supernatural}
looks > appearance (as in "good looks"); glances
drearihead > dreariness, melancholy

4 For from her back her garments she did tear,
5 And from her head oft rent her snarled hair;

rent > tore

6 In her right hand a firebrand she did toss

toss > shake, brandish

7 About her head, still roaming here and there:

still > continually

8 As a dismayed deer, in chase embossed,

dismayed > defeated, overwhelmed; dismayed
chase > [the chase]
embossed > driven to extremity

9 Forgetful of its safety, has its right way lost.

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After them went _Displeasure_ and _Pleasance_,
2 He looking lompish and full sullein sad,
And hanging downe his heauy countenance;
4 She chearefull fresh and full of ioyance glad,
As if no sorrow she ne felt ne +drad+;
6 That euill matched paire they seemd to bee:
An angry Waspe th'one in a viall had
8 Th'other in hers an +hony-lady+ Bee;
Thus marched these sixe couples forth in faire degree.

5 drad > dread _1590_
8 hony-lady > hony-laden _sugg. Upton_

1 After them went Displeasure and Pleasance,

Pleasance > Pleasure

2 He looking lumpish and full sullen sad,

lumpish > sluggish; low-spirited
full > very
sullen > baleful, malignant; sullen; _and adv._

3 And hanging down his heavy countenance;
4 She cheerful fresh and full of joyance glad,

joyance > merrymaking; delight (this word apparently coined by
Spenser)

5 As if no sorrow she neither felt nor dread;

dread > dreaded, feared; dread, fear (object of "felt": in either
case the double negative supplied by "no" is intensive)

6 That evil matched pair they seemed to be:

That > [So that an]

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