to each vnlike, yet all made in one mould.
6 _Repentance_ > R_epentance 1596; the printer seems to have run out
of italic capital Rs_
6 _Reproch_ > R_eproch 1596_
7 _Reproch_ > R_eproch 1596_
7 _Repentance_ > R_epentance 1596_
1 Behind him were Reproach, Repentance, Shame;
2 Reproach the first, Shame next, Repentance behind:
3 Repentance feeble, sorrowful, and lame:
4 Reproach despiteful, careless, and unkind;
despiteful > contemptuous; spiteful
careless > without care, indifferent
5 Shame most ill-favoured, bestial, and blind:
ill-favoured > ugly
6 Shame loured, Repentance sighed, Reproach did scold;
7 Reproach sharp stings, Repentance whips entwined,
stings > (Sb.)
whips > (Sb.)
8 Shame burning brandirons in her hand did hold:
brandirons > swords
9 All three to each unlike, yet all made in one mould.
to each unlike > [unlike each other: cf. 105.28:5]
312.25
And after them a rude confused rout
2 Of persons flockt, whose name is hard to read:
Emongst them was sterne _Strife_, and _Anger_ stout,
4 Vnquiet _Care_, and fond _Vnthriftihead_,
Lewd _Losse of Time_, and _Sorrow_ seeming dead,
6 Inconstant _Chaunge_, and false _Disloyaltie_,
Consuming +_Riotise_+, and guilty _Dread_
8 Of heauenly vengeance, faint _Infirmitie_,
Vile _Pouertie_, and lastly _Death_ with infamie.
7 _Riotise_ > R_iotise 1596_
1 And after them a rude confused rout
rude > rough; uncivilized
rout > {Crowd; clamorous or riotous assemblage}
2 Of persons flocked, whose name is hard to read:
read > guess; discern; declare
3 Amongst them was stern Strife, and Anger stout,
stern > merciless, cruel; fierce
stout > proud, arrogant; brave; fierce
4 Unquiet Care, and fond Unthriftihead,
fond > foolish
Unthriftihead > Extravagance, Dissolution
5 Lewd Loss of Time, and Sorrow seeming dead,
Lewd > Ignorant; good for nothing; wanton
6 Inconstant Change, and false Disloyalty,
7 Consuming Riotise, and guilty Dread-
Riotise > Indulgence, Dissipation
8 Of-Heavenly-Vengeance, faint Infirmity,
9 Vile Poverty, and lastly Death with infamy.
Vile > Wretched, lowly
Death with infamy > (Or Death-with-Infamy)
312.26
There were full many moe like maladies,
2 Whose names and natures I note readen well;
So many moe, as there be phantasies
4 In wauering wemens wit, that none can tell,
Or paines in loue, o
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