But now for fear her beads she did forget.

beads > prayers; rosary

6 Whose needless dread to remove away,
7 Fair Una framed words and countenance fit:
8 Which, hardly done, at length she gan them pray

hardly > with difficulty; painfully
gan > did
pray > ask earnestly

9 That in their cottage small, that night she rest her may.

rest her may > [might rest herself]

103.15

The day is spent, and commeth drowsie night,
2 When euery creature shrowded is in sleepe;
Sad _Vna_ downe her laies in wearie plight,
4 And at her feet the Lyon watch doth keepe:
In stead of rest, she does lament, and weepe
6 For the late losse of her deare loued knight,
And sighes, and grones, and euermore does steepe
8 Her tender brest in bitter teares all night,
All night she thinks too long, and often lookes for light.

1 The day is spent, and comes drowsy night,
2 When every creature shrouded is in sleep;
3 Sad Una down herself lays in weary plight,
4 And at her feet the lion watch does keep:
5 Instead of rest, she does lament, and weep

rest > resting

6 For the late loss of her dear loved knight,
7 And sighs, and groans, and evermore does steep
8 Her tender breast in bitter tears all night;
9 All night she thinks too long, and often looks for light.

103.16

Now when _Aldeboran_ was mounted hie
2 Aboue the shynie _Cassiopeias_ chaire,
And all in deadly sleepe did drowned lie,
4 One knocked at the dore, and in would fare;
He knocked fast, and often curst, and sware,
6 That readie entrance was not at his call:
For on his backe a heauy load he bare
8 Of nightly stelths and pillage seuerall,
Which he had got abroad by purchase criminall.

1 Now when Aldebaran was mounted high

Aldebaran > (A red star forming the eye of the bull in the
constellation of Taurus; in the northern hemisphere, in this
relationship to Cassiopeia the season would be winter, the time
of greatest darkness and cold)

2 Above the shiny Cassiopeia's chair,

Cassiopeia > (A W-shaped constellation, hence resembling a chair or
throne. Cassiopeia was a proud queen who consented to the
sacrifice of her virgin daughter, Andromeda, to a sea-monster.
Andromeda, however, was rescued by Perseus, who subsequently
married her and was declared the saviour of the royal house;
Cassiopeia and her throne were placed among the stars (see _Met._
4.663-803,