eke > likewise fain > obliged; eager 101.7 Enforst to seeke some couert nigh at hand, 2 A shadie groue not far away they spide, That promist ayde the +tempest+ to withstand: 4 Whose loftie trees yclad with sommers pride, Did spred so broad, that heauens light did hide, 6 Not perceable with power of any starre: And all within were pathes and alleies wide, 8 With footing worne, and leading inward farre: Faire harbour that them seemes; so in they entred arre. 3 tempest > tempests _1609_ 1 Enforced to seek some covert nigh at hand, 2 A shady grove not far away they spied, 3 That promised aid, the tempest to withstand: 4 Whose lofty trees, clad with summer's pride, pride > splendour; splendid adornment (with connotations of "pride" (1) in its modern sense, and (2) in the sense "sexual heat", "sexual desire". In combination, these are the undoing of the knight. Cf. "iolly" at 101.1:8) 5 Did spread so broad that heaven's light did hide, did > [they did] 6 Not pierceable with power of any star: pierceable > able to be pierced 7 And all within were paths and alleys wide, 8 With footing worn, and leading inward far: footing > {The passage of feet} 9 Fair harbour that them seems; so in they entered are. harbour > refuge; _also:_ arbour that them > [that to them] 101.8 And foorth they passe, with pleasure forward led, 2 Ioying to heare the birdes sweete harmony, Which therein shrouded from the tempest dred, 4 Seemd in their song to scorne the cruell sky. Much can they prayse the trees so straight and hy, 6 The sayling Pine, the Cedar proud and tall, The vine-prop Elme, the Poplar neuer dry, 8 The builder Oake, sole king of forrests all, The Aspine good for staues, the Cypresse funerall. 1 And forth they pass, with pleasure forward led, 2 Joying to hear the birds' sweet harmony, 3 Which, therein shrouded from the tempest dread, shrouded > sheltered 4 Seemed in their song to scorn the cruel sky. 5 Much can they praise the trees so straight and high, can > did; can 6 The sailing pine; the cedar proud and tall; sailing > (Figuratively; also because pine was used to make masts for sailing-ships) 7 The vine-prop elm; the poplar never dry; never dry > (Because the poplar grows beside water) 8 The builder oak, sole king of forests all; 9 The aspen good for staves; the cypress funeral; funeral > funereal (because of its association with death and grief) 101.9 The Laurell, meed of mightie Conquerours 2 And Poets sage, the Firre that weepeth still, The Willow worne of forlorne Paramours, 4 The Eugh obedient to the benders will, The Birch for shaftes, the Sallow for the mill, 6 The Mirrhe +sweete+ bleeding in the bitter wound, The warlike Beech, the Ash for nothing ill, 8 The fruitfull Oliue, and the Platane round, The caruer Holme, the Maple +seeldom+ inward sound.