Bacchus' merry fruit they did invent,

Or > Whether
Bacchus > (The god of wine, son of Jupiter and Semele)
merry > {Delightful, characterized by festivity. Until about 1575,
"merry" also meant, as again it does now, "tipsy"}
invent > discover

3 Or Cybele's frantic rites have made them mad;

Cybele > (Or Rhea, wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter, a goddess
worshipped by the Corybants with frenetic music and dancing.
Cybele's priests practised self-castration, which may account for
the reference to her here: cf. the libidinous satyrs at 310.44
ff.)

4 They, drawing nigh, to their god present
5 That flower of faith and beauty excellent.

excellent > supreme

6 The god himself, viewing that mirror rare,

mirror > reflection [of perfection]; _hence:_ paragon of beauty

7 Stood long amazed, and burnt in his intent;

intent > attention; mental activity; _hence:_ gaze

8 His own fair Dryope now he thinks not fair,

Dryope > (A wood-nymph, the wife of Faunus, who, like Silvanus, is
identified with the Greek deity Pan: see _Aen._ 10.551)

9 And Pholoe foul, when her to this he does compare.

Pholoe > (A beautiful wood-nymph, loved by Pan)

106.16

The woodborne people fall before her flat,
2 And worship her as Goddesse of the wood;
And old _Syluanus_ selfe bethinkes not, what
4 To thinke of wight so faire, but gazing stood,
In doubt to deeme her borne of earthly brood;
6 Sometimes Dame _Venus_ selfe he seemes to see,
But _Venus_ neuer had so sober mood;
8 Sometimes _Diana_ he her takes to bee,
But misseth bow, and shaftes, and buskins to her knee.

1 The wood-born people fall before her flat,
2 And worship her as Goddess of the Wood;
3 And old Silvanus himself bethinks not what

bethinks not > does not know, cannot decide

4 To think of wight so fair, but gazing stood,

wight > creature, person, woman

5 In doubt to deem her born of earthly brood;

brood > parentage, race

6 Sometimes Dame Venus herself he seems to see,
7 But Venus never had so sober mood;

so > [such a]

8 Sometimes Diana he her takes to be,
9 But misses bow, and shafts, and buskins to her knee.

shafts > arrows
buskins > boots, half-boots (not extending to thigh)

106.17

By vew of her he ginneth to reuiue
2 His ancient loue, and dearest _Cyparisse_,
And calles to mind his pourtraiture aliue,
4 How faire he was, and yet not f