rds and weedes of wondrous might,
4 On them she workes her will to vses bad:
My +lifest+ Lord she thus beguiled had;
6 For he was flesh: (all flesh doth frailtie breed.)
Whom when I heard to beene so ill bestad,
8 Weake wretch I wrapt my selfe in Palmers weed,
And cast to seeke him forth through danger and great dreed.

5 lifest > liefest _1590; cf. 201.16:1_

1 "Her bliss is all in pleasure and delight,
2 Wherewith she makes her lovers drunken mad,

Wherewith > With which

3 And then, with words and weeds of wondrous might,

weeds > herbs, drugs

4 On them she works her will to uses bad:
5 My liefest lord she thus beguiled had;

liefest > dearest

6 (For he was flesh: all flesh does frailty breed)

frailty > weakness; moral weakness

7 Whom when I heard to been so ill-bestad,

been > [have been]
ill-bestad > badly beset, assailed (SUS)

8 Weak wretch, I wrapped myself in palmer's weed,

Weak wretch > (Referring to herself)
palmer > {Pilgrim who has returned from the Holy Land, carrying a
palm-leaf or palm-branch as a token; also: an itinerant monk}
weed > attire, habit

9 And cast to seek him forth through danger and great dread.

cast > resolved

201.53

Now had faire _Cynthia_ by euen tournes
2 Full measured three quarters of her yeare,
And thrise three times had fild her crooked hornes,
4 Whenas my wombe her burdein would forbeare,
And bad me call _Lucina_ to me neare.
6 _Lucina_ came: a manchild forth I brought:
The woods, the Nymphes, my bowres, my midwiues weare,
8 Hard helpe at need. So deare thee babe I bought,
Yet nought too deare I deemd, while so my dear I sought.

1 "Now had fair Cynthia by even turns
2 Full measured three-quarters of her year,
3 And thrice three times had filled her crooked horns,

horns > [horns of the crescent moon, filled once a month at the full
moon]

4 When my womb its burden would forbear,

forbear > part with

5 And bade me call Lucina to me near.

Lucina > (The goddess of childbirth, sometimes identified, as here,
with Diana)

6 Lucina came: a manchild forth I brought:
7 The woods, the nymphs, my bowers, my midwives were,

nymphs > (Nymphs are the minor female divinities with whom the
Greeks peopled all parts of nature: the seas, springs, rivers,
grottoes, trees, mountains. The nymphs referred to here are
evidently dryads, wood-nymphs)
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