Eternall prouidence exceeding thought, 2 Where none appeares can make her selfe a way: A wondrous way it for this Lady wrought, 4 From Lyons clawes to pluck the griped pray. Her shrill outcryes and shriekes so loud did bray, 6 That all the woodes and forestes did resownd; A troupe of _Faunes_ and _Satyres_ far away 8 Within the wood were dauncing in a rownd, Whiles old _Syluanus_ slept in shady arber sownd. 1 Eternal providence, exceeding thought, exceeding thought > [transcending human thought] 2 Where none appears, can make itself a way: 3 A wondrous way it for this lady wrought, 4 From lion's claws to pluck the gripped pray. 5 Her shrill outcries and shrieks so loud did bray, bray > cry, cry out 6 That all the woods and forests did resound; 7 A troop of fauns and satyrs far away fauns > (Horned forest spirits, man-like above and goat-like below; comparatively benign) satyrs > (Horned forest spirits, man-like above and goat-like below; usually portrayed as more or less lustful. In Roman mythology, Satyr, one of the satyrs, is a companion of Bacchus with long, pointed ears, behind which are the stumps of horns, with the tail of a goat, bristly hair, and a flat nose) 8 Within the wood were dancing in a round, round > {Ring; a dance in which the performers move in a ring} 9 While old Silvanus slept in shady arbour sound. Silvanus > (Roman god of forests and the country; identified with Pan) sound > soundly 106.8 Who when they heard that pitteous strained voice, 2 In haste forsooke their rurall meriment, And ran towards the far rebownded noyce, 4 To weet, what wight so loudly did lament. Vnto the place they come incontinent: 6 Whom when the raging Sarazin espide, A rude, +misshapen+, monstrous rablement, 8 Whose like he neuer saw, he durst not bide, But got his ready steed, and fast away gan ride. 7 misshapen > mishappen _1590;_ mishapen _1596_ 1 Who, when they heard that piteous strained voice, 2 In haste forsook their rural merriment, 3 And ran towards the far rebounded noise, rebounded > re-echoed, reverberated 4 To weet what wight so loudly did lament. weet > find out wight > creature, person 5 To the place they come incontinent: incontinent > immediately, straightway 6 Whom when the raging Saracen espied Saracen > {Arab or Moslem of the time of the Crusades; pagan} 7 (A rude, misshapen, monstrous rabblement, rabblement > rabble 8 Whose like he never saw), he dared not abide, 9 But got his ready steed, and fast away gan ride. ready > ready; willing gan > did 106.9