g to "you"]
reft > took away
7 There as you slept in tender swaddling-bands,
tender > infantile; youthly
swaddling-bands > swaddling-clothes [strips of cloth in which
infants were wrapped]
8 And her base Elfin brood there for you left:
Elfin brood > Faery offspring
for > in place of, instead of
9 Such, men do changelings call, so changed by Faery's theft.
changed > exchanged
110.66
Thence she thee brought into this Faerie lond,
2 And in an heaped furrow did thee hyde,
Where thee a Ploughman all vnweeting fond,
4 As he his toylesome teme that way did guyde,
And brought thee vp in ploughmans state to byde,
6 Whereof _Georgos_ he thee gaue to name;
Till prickt with courage, and thy forces pryde,
8 To Faery court thou cam'st to seeke for fame,
And proue thy puissaunt armes, as seemes thee best became.
1 "Thence she you brought into this Faery land,
2 And in a heaped furrow did you hide,
3 Where you a ploughman all unweeting found,
unweeting > unsuspecting, unwitting (or adv.: referring to the
ploughman or to "you", as at 110.65:6)
4 As he his toilsome team that way did guide,
team > (Of plough-beasts, oxen or horses)
5 And brought you up in ploughman's state to bide,
state > {Condition or state in life}
bide > remain; await [this revelation]
6 Whereof Georgos he you gave to name;
Whereof > By reason of which
Georgos > "Man of the Earth" (Greek)
to > as a
7 Till pricked with courage, and your forces' pride,
pricked > spurred (and the double meaning would have been understood
in 1590)
courage > courage; lustiness
pride > {State of physical perfection; elation; sexual desire}
8 To Faery court you came to seek for fame,
9 And prove your puissant arms, as seems you best became."
puissant arms > powerful deeds of arms
seems > [it seems]
became > suited
110.67
O holy Sire (quoth he) how shall I quight
2 The many fauours I with thee haue found,
That hast my name and nation red aright,
4 And taught the way that does to heauen bound?
This said, adowne he looked to the ground,
6 To haue returnd, but dazed were his eyne,
Through passing brightnesse, which did quite confound
8 His feeble sence, and too exceeding shyne.
So darke are earthly things compard to things diuine.
1 "O holy sire," quoth he, "how shall I requite
sire > father
2 The many favours I with you hav
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