6 Unseemly man to please fair ladies' eye; 7 Yet he of ladies oft was loved dear, of > by 8 When fairer faces were bid to stand by: 9 O who does know the bent of women's fantasy? 104.25 In a greene gowne he clothed was full faire, 2 Which vnderneath did hide his filthinesse, And in his hand a burning hart he bare, 4 Full of vaine follies, and new fanglenesse: For he was false, and fraught with ficklenesse, 6 And learned had to loue with secret lookes, And well could daunce, and sing with ruefulnesse, 8 And fortunes tell, and read in louing bookes, And thousand other wayes, to bait his fleshly hookes. 1 In a green gown he clothed was full fair, full > very, exceedingly 2 Which underneath did hide his filthiness, filthiness > obscenity, moral defilement 3 And in his hand a burning heart he bore, 4 Full of vain follies and new-fangleness: 5 For he was false, and fraught with fickleness, fraught > filled 6 And learned had to love with secret looks, 7 And well could dance, and sing with ruefulness, 8 And fortunes tell, and read in loving books, loving books > erotica 9 And thousand other ways to bait his fleshly hooks. fleshly > lustful 104.26 Inconstant man, that loued all he saw, 2 And lusted after all, that he did loue, Ne would his looser life be tide to law, 4 But ioyd weake wemens hearts to +tempt+ and proue If from their loyall loues he might them moue; 6 Which lewdnesse fild him with reprochfull paine Of that fowle euill, which all men reproue, 8 That rots the marrow, and consumes the braine: Such one was _Lecherie_, the third of all this traine. 4 tempt > tempt, _1590_ 1 Inconstant man, that loved all he saw, 2 And lusted after all that he did love, 3 Nor would his looser life be tied to law, looser > too-loose 4 But joyed weak women's hearts to tempt, and prove prove > test, try 5 If from their loyal loves he might them move; 6 Which lewdness filled him with reproachful pain reproachful > {Worthy of reproach or censure} 7 Of that foul evil, which all men reprove, that foul evil > [syphilis; or perhaps leprosy, noted by Hamilton (1980)] 8 That rots the marrow, and consumes the brain: 9 Such one was Lechery, the third of all this train. 104.27 And greedy _Auarice_ by him did ride, 2 Vpon a Camell loaden all with gold; Two iron +coffers+ hong on either side, 4 With precious mettall full, as they might hold, And in his lap an heape of coine he told; 6 For of his wicked pelfe his God he made, And vnto hell him selfe for money sold; 8 Accursed vsurie was all his trade, And right and wrong ylike in equall ballaunce waide. 3 coffers > coffets 1590 1 And greedy Avarice by him did ride, 2 Upon a camel laden all with gold: 3 Two iron coffers hung on either side, 4 With precious metal full as they might hold, might > could