Faire seemly pleasaunce each to other makes, 2 With goodly purposes there as they sit: And in his falsed fancy he her takes 4 To be the fairest wight, that liued yit; Which to expresse, he bends his gentle wit, 6 And thinking of those braunches greene to frame A girlond for her dainty forehead fit, 8 He pluckt a bough; out of whose rift there came Small drops of gory bloud, that trickled downe the same. 1 Fair seemly pleasance each to other makes, pleasance > courtesy, pleasing behaviour 2 With goodly purposes, there as they sit: goodly > (Ironic) fine, elevated; courteous purposes > intentions 3 And in his falsed fancy he her takes falsed > corrupted; failing 4 To be the fairest wight that lived yet; wight > person, woman 5 Which to express, he bends his gentle wit, bends > turns, applies; perverts from its usual trend; _also, from Old English:_ puts in bonds; _hence:_ constrains, confines 6 And, thinking of those branches green to frame 7 A garland for her dainty forehead fit, dainty > {Delightful; of delicate beauty} 8 He plucked a bough; out of whose rift there came rift > fissure 9 Small drops of gory blood, that trickled down the same. 102.31 Therewith a piteous yelling voyce was heard, 2 Crying, O spare with guilty hands to teare My tender sides in this rough rynd embard, 4 But fly, ah fly far hence away, for feare Least to you hap, that happened to me heare, 6 And to this wretched Lady, my deare loue, O too deare loue, loue bought with death too deare. 8 Astond he stood, and vp his haire did houe, And with that suddein horror could no member moue. 1 Therewith a piteous yelling voice was heard, Therewith > With that; thereupon 2 Crying, "O spare with guilty hands to tear guilty > criminal; conscious, cognizant 3 My tender sides, in this rough rind embarred: embarred > imprisoned 4 But fly, ah! fly far hence away, for fear fly > flee 5 Lest to you hap that happened to me here, that > [that which] 6 And to this wretched lady, my dear love; 7 O too dear love, love bought with death too dear!" dear > grievous, hard 8 Astound he stood, and up his hair did hove, Astound > Stunned, confounded hove > rise 9 And with that sudden horror could no member move. 102.32 At last whenas the dreadfull passion 2 Was ouerpast, and manhood well awake, Yet musing at the straunge occasion, 4 And doubting much his sence, he thus bespake; What voyce of damned Ghost from _Limbo_ lake, 6 Or guilefull spright wandring in empty aire, Both which fraile men do oftentimes mistake, 8 Sends to my doubtfull eares these speaches rare, And ruefull plaints, me bidding +guiltlesse+ bloud to spare? 9 guiltlesse > guitlesse _1596_ 1 At last when the dreadful passion dreadful > [full of dread, full of fear] 2 Was overpassed, and manhood well awake, overpassed > past