same.
1 Fair seemly pleasance each to other makes,
pleasance > courtesy, pleasing behaviour
2 With goodly purposes, there as they sit:
goodly > (Ironic) fine, elevated; courteous
purposes > intentions
3 And in his falsed fancy he her takes
falsed > corrupted; failing
4 To be the fairest wight that lived yet;
wight > person, woman
5 Which to express, he bends his gentle wit,
bends > turns, applies; perverts from its usual trend; _also, from
Old English:_ puts in bonds; _hence:_ constrains, confines
6 And, thinking of those branches green to frame
7 A garland for her dainty forehead fit,
dainty > {Delightful; of delicate beauty}
8 He plucked a bough; out of whose rift there came
rift > fissure
9 Small drops of gory blood, that trickled down the same.
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Therewith a piteous yelling voyce was heard,
2 Crying, O spare with guilty hands to teare
My tender sides in this rough rynd embard,
4 But fly, ah fly far hence away, for feare
Least to you hap, that happened to me heare,
6 And to this wretched Lady, my deare loue,
O too deare loue, loue bought with death too deare.
8 Astond he stood, and vp his haire did houe,
And with that suddein horror could no member moue.
1 Therewith a piteous yelling voice was heard,
Therewith > With that; thereupon
2 Crying, "O spare with guilty hands to tear
guilty > criminal; conscious, cognizant
3 My tender sides, in this rough rind embarred:
embarred > imprisoned
4 But fly, ah! fly far hence away, for fear
fly > flee
5 Lest to you hap that happened to me here,
that > [that which]
6 And to this wretched lady, my dear love;
7 O too dear love, love bought with death too dear!"
dear > grievous, hard
8 Astound he stood, and up his hair did hove,
Astound > Stunned, confounded
hove > rise
9 And with that sudden horror could no member move.
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At last whenas the dreadfull passion
2 Was ouerpast, and manhood well awake,
Yet musing at the straunge occasion,
4 And doubting much his sence, he thus bespake;
What voyce of damned Ghost from _Limbo_ lake,
6 Or guilefull spright wandring in empty aire,
Both which fraile men do oftentimes mistake,
8 Sends to my doubtfull eares these speaches rare,
And ruefull plaints, me bidding +guiltlesse+ bloud to spare?
9 guiltlesse > guitlesse _1596_
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