te her wrack for to bewaile,
4 The Marriner yet halfe amazed stares
At perill past, and yet +in+ doubt ne dares
6 To ioy at his foole-happie ouersight:
So doubly is distrest twixt ioy and cares
8 The dreadlesse courage of this Elfin knight,
Hauing escapt so sad ensamples in his sight.
5 in > it _1590 etc.: FE_
1 As when a ship, that flies fair under sail,
2 A hidden rock escaped has unwares,
unwares > unwittingly
3 That lay in wait her wreck to bewail,
bewail > ?cause, ?choose, ?mourn (perhaps an error)
4 The mariner yet half amazed stares
5 At peril past, and yet in doubt neither dares
doubt > fear
6 To joy at his fool-happy oversight:
joy > rejoice
fool-happy > lucky
7 So doubly is distressed 'twixt joy and cares
8 The dreadless courage of this Elfin knight,
dreadless courage > fearless spirit
9 Having escaped so sad examples in his sight.
so > such
106.2
Yet sad he was that his too hastie speed
2 The faire _Duess_' had forst him leaue behind;
And yet more sad, that _Vna_ his deare dreed
4 Her truth had staind with treason so vnkind;
Yet crime in her could neuer creature find,
6 But for his loue, and for her owne selfe sake,
She wandred had from one to other _Ynd_,
8 Him for to seeke, ne euer would forsake,
Till her vnwares the fierce _Sansloy_ did ouertake.
1 Yet sad he was, that his too hasty speed
2 The fair Duessa had forced him leave behind;
leave > [to leave]
3 And yet more sad, that Una, his dear dread,
dread > loved one, object of reverence
4 Her truth had stained with treason so unkind;
unkind > unnatural; _and perhaps:_ against her nature
5 Yet crime in her could never creature find,
6 But for his love, and for her own self sake,
7 She wandered had from one to other Ind
from one to other Ind > (Proverbial: a great distance; from the East
to the West Indies. Cf. _As You Like It_ III ii 78)
8 Him to seek, nor ever would forsake,
forsake > [forsake him]
9 Till her unwares the fierce Sansloy did overtake.
unwares > unexpectedly
106.3
Who after _Archimagoes_ fowle defeat,
2 Led her away into a forrest wilde,
And turning wrathfull fire to lustfull heat,
4 With beastly sin thought her to haue defilde,
And made the vassall of his pleasures vilde.
6 Yet first he cast by treatie, and by traynes,
Her to perswade,
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