English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700; Knights and knighthood -- Poetry; Virtues -- Poetry
9 Their gay attire: each other's greater pride does spite.
spite > begrudge, envy
104.15
Goodly they all that knight do entertaine,
2 Right glad with him to haue increast their crew:
But to _Duess_' each one himselfe did paine
4 All kindnesse and faire courtesie to shew;
For in that court whylome her well they knew:
6 Yet the stout Faerie mongst the middest crowd
Thought all their glorie vaine in knightly vew,
8 And that great Princesse too exceeding prowd,
That to strange knight no better countenance allowd.
1 Goodly they all that knight do entertain,
Goodly > Courteously
entertain > receive
2 Right glad with him to have increased their crew:
Right > Very
3 But to Duessa each one himself did pain
4 All kindness and fair courtesy to show;
5 For in that court whilom her well they knew:
whilom > of old, formerly
6 Yet the stout Faery amongst the middest crowd
stout > unyielding; proud; brave, bold
middest > midmost
7 Thought all their glory vain in knightly view,
vain > foolish; empty
8 And that great princess too exceeding proud,
9 That to strange knight no better countenance allowed.
strange > foreign; new-come
countenance > demeanour
104.16
Suddein vpriseth from her stately place
2 The royall Dame, and for her coche doth call:
All +hurtlen+ forth, and she with Princely pace,
4 As faire _Aurora_ in her purple pall,
Out of the East the dawning day doth call:
6 So forth she comes: her brightnesse brode doth blaze;
The heapes of people thronging in the hall,
8 Do ride each other, vpon her to gaze:
Her glorious +glitterand+ light doth all mens eyes amaze.
3 hurtlen > hurlen _1609; cf. 104.40:1, 111.23:1, 205.8:7, 207.42:3_
9 glitterand > glitter and _1596, 1609_
1 Sudden uprises from her stately place
2 The royal dame, and for her coach does call:
3 All hurtle forth, and she with princely pace
hurtle > rush, dash
pace > movement, motion; step
4 (As fair Aurora, in her purple pall,
Aurora > (Goddess of the dawn; "Lucifer" means "Light-bringer", and
is one name for the morning star)
pall > cloak (esp. of rich material)
5 Out of the east the dawning day does call):
6 So forth she comes; her brightness broad does blaze;
broad > abroad; broadly
7 The heaps of people thronging in the hall
8 Do ride each other, upon her to gaze:
9 Her glorious glittering light does all men's eyes amaze.
104.17
So forth she comes, and to her coche does clyme,
2 Adorned all with gold, and girlonds gay,
That seemd as fresh as _Flora_ in her prime,
4 And stroue to match, in royall rich array,
Great _Iunoes_ golden chaire, the which they say
6 The Gods stand gazing on, when she does ride
To _Ioues_ high house through heauens bras-paued way
8 Drawne of faire Pecocks, that excell in pride,
And full of _Argus_ eyes their tailes dispredden wide.
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