nt > accustomed
8 Were clean consumed, and all his vital powers
9 Decayed, and all his flesh shrunk up like withered flowers.
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Whom when his Lady saw, to him she ran
2 With hasty ioy: to see him made her glad,
And sad to view his visage pale and wan,
4 Who earst in flowres of freshest youth was clad.
Tho when her well of teares she wasted had,
6 She said, Ah dearest Lord, what euill starre
On you hath fround, and pourd his influence bad,
8 That of your selfe ye thus berobbed arre,
And this misseeming hew your manly looks doth marre?
1 Whom when his lady saw, to him she ran
2 With hasty joy: to see him made her glad,
3 And sad to view his visage pale and wan,
4 Who erst in flowers of freshest youth was clad.
erst > once, previously
5 Tho, when her well of tears she wasted had,
Tho > Then
6 She said, "Ah, dearest lord, what evil star
7 On you has frowned, and poured his influence bad,
8 That of yourself you thus berobbed are,
berobbed > robbed (the prefix is intensive)
9 And this misseeming hue your manly looks does mar?
misseeming hue > unseemly appearance
manly > {Pertaining to human beings; also: manly, in the modern
sense}
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But welcome now my Lord, in wele or woe,
2 Whose presence I +haue+ lackt too long a day;
And +fie+ on Fortune mine auowed foe,
4 Whose wrathfull wreakes them selues do now alay.
And for these wrongs shall treble penaunce pay
6 Of treble good: good growes of euils priefe.
The chearelesse man, whom sorrow did dismay,
8 Had no delight to treaten of his griefe;
His long endured famine needed more reliefe.
2 haue > kaue _1596_
3 fie > sie _1590;_ fye _FE_
1 "But welcome now my lord, in weal or woe,
weal > happiness, prosperity
2 Whose presence I have lacked too long a day;
3 And fie on Fortune, my avowed foe,
4 Whose wrathful wreaks themselves do now allay;
wreaks > {Vindictive or vengeful acts (mainly northern dialect)}
5 And for these wrongs shall treble penance pay
6 Of treble good: good grows of evil's proof."
proof > trial, experience
7 The cheerless man, whom sorrow did dismay,
8 Had no delight to treat of his grief;
treat > talk
9 His long endured famine needed more relief.
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Faire Lady, then said that victorious knight,
2 The things, that grieuous were to do, or beare,
Them to renew,
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