6 sweete > sweet, _1609_ 9 seeldom > sildom _1609 passim_ 1 The laurel, meed of mighty conquerors meed > reward (the laurel, sacred to Apollo, was used to make a crown for conquerors or poets) 2 And poets sage; the fir that weeps still; weeps still > continuously exudes resin 3 The willow, worn of forlorn paramours; of > by; habitually by 4 The yew, obedient to the bender's will; bender > [archer: the yew was traditionally used for longbows] 5 The birch for shafts; the sallow for the mill; mill > ?mill-wheel; ?cogs of the mill (or because the sallow grows by water) 6 The myrrh sweet bleeding in the bitter wound; myrrh > (The aromatic resin of the gum myrrh tree (_Commiphora myrrha_) is used herbally as an antiseptic and disinfectant. But the reference also evokes (noted by Bayley (1966) 264-5) the story of Myrrha (_Met._ 10), whose incestuous desire for her own father led to her transformation into a myrrh tree: in that form she gave agonizing birth to Adonis. In _Song Sol._ 1.13, myrrh is mentioned in a celebration of sexual congress. The word "myrrh" itself is derived from an Arabic word meaning "bitter". Here in one line is a perfect example of the richness of Spenser's art) 7 The warlike beech; the ash for nothing ill; warlike > (Because war-chariots in antiquity were reputedly made of beech) 8 The fruitful olive; and the platan round; platan > plane-tree 9 The carver holm; the maple seldom inward sound. holm > (Holm oak, _Quercus ilex_, whose wood is suitable for carving) 101.10 Led with delight, they thus beguile the way, 2 Vntill the blustring storme is ouerblowne; When weening to returne, whence they did stray, 4 +They+ cannot finde that path, which first was showne, But wander too and fro in wayes vnknowne, 6 Furthest from end then, when they neerest weene, That makes them doubt, their wits be not their owne: 8 So many pathes, so many turnings seene, That which of them to take, in diuerse doubt they been. 4 They > The _1596_ 1 Led with delight, they thus beguile the way beguile the way > evade the labour of travel; dawdle 2 Until the blustering storm is overblown; 3 When, weening to return whence they did stray, weening > expecting 4 They cannot find that path, which first was shown, 5 But wander to and fro in ways unknown, 6 Furthest from end then, when they nearest ween, ween > suppose, imagine [themselves to be nearest the end of their uncertainty] 7 That makes them doubt their wits be not their own: doubt > fear 8 So many paths, so many turnings seen, 9 That which of them to take, in diverse doubt they been. diverse > diverse; _also:_ distracting (SUS) been > [were] 101.11