Discourst his voyage long, according his request.
1 Then, when with meats and drinks of every kind
2 Their fervent appetites they quenched had,
3 That ancient lord gan fit occasion find
gan > did
4 Of strange adventures, and of perils sad,
Of > [An account of]
sad > grievous
5 Which in his travel him befallen had,
6 To demand of his renowned guest:
demand > request (the modern sense is rather too strong)
7 Who then with utterance grave, and countenance sad,
sad > sober
8 From point to point, as is before expressed,
9 Discoursed his voyage long, according his request.
Discoursed > Told of
voyage > journey
according > granting
112.16
Great +pleasure+ mixt with pittifull regard,
2 That godly King and Queene did passionate,
Whyles they his pittifull aduentures heard,
4 That oft they did lament his lucklesse state,
And often blame the too importune fate,
6 That heapd on him so many wrathfull wreakes:
For neuer gentle knight, as he of late,
8 So tossed was in fortunes cruell freakes;
And all the while salt teares bedeawd the hearers cheaks.
1 pleasure > pleasures _1596, 1609_
1 Great pleasure mixed with pitiful regard
2 That godly king and queen did passionate,
passionate > {Excite or imbue with passion; express with passion}
3 While they his pitiful adventures heard,
4 That oft they did lament his luckless state,
That > [So that]
5 And often blame the too importune fate
blame > reprove
importune > grievous
6 That heaped on him so many wrathful wreaks:
wreaks > {Vindictive or vengeful acts (mainly northern dialect)}
7 For never gentle knight, as he of late,
gentle > noble; gentle
8 So tossed was in Fortune's cruel freaks;
in > [by]
freaks > whims, vagaries
9 And all the while salt tears bedewed the hearers' cheeks.
112.17
Then said +the+ royall Pere in sober wise;
2 Deare Sonne, great beene the euils, which ye bore
From first to last in your late enterprise,
4 That I note, whether prayse, or pitty more:
For neuer liuing man, I weene, so sore
6 In sea of deadly daungers was distrest;
But +since+ now safe ye seised haue the shore,
8 And well arriued are, (high God be blest)
Let vs deuize of ease and euerlasting rest.
1 the > that _1590_
7 since > sith _1609_
1 Then said the royal peer in sober wise:
peer > nobleman
wise > manner
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