FOOTNOTES:

To youre faire selues a faire ensample frame,livOf this faire virgin, thisBelphœbefaire,To whom in perfect loue, and spotlesse fameOf chastitie, none liuing may compaire:Ne poysnous Enuy iustly can empaireThe prayse of her fresh flowring Maidenhead;For thy she standeth on the highest staireOf th’honorable stage of womanhead,That Ladies all may follow her ensample dead.In so great prayse of stedfast chastity,lvNathlesse she was so curteous and kind,Tempred with grace, and goodly modesty,That seemed those two vertues stroue to findThe higher place in her Heroick mind:So striuing each did other more augment,And both encreast the prayse of woman kind,And both encreast her beautie excellent;So all did make in her a perfect complement.

To youre faire selues a faire ensample frame,liv

Of this faire virgin, thisBelphœbefaire,

To whom in perfect loue, and spotlesse fame

Of chastitie, none liuing may compaire:

Ne poysnous Enuy iustly can empaire

The prayse of her fresh flowring Maidenhead;

For thy she standeth on the highest staire

Of th’honorable stage of womanhead,

That Ladies all may follow her ensample dead.

In so great prayse of stedfast chastity,lvNathlesse she was so curteous and kind,Tempred with grace, and goodly modesty,That seemed those two vertues stroue to findThe higher place in her Heroick mind:So striuing each did other more augment,And both encreast the prayse of woman kind,And both encreast her beautie excellent;So all did make in her a perfect complement.

In so great prayse of stedfast chastity,lv

Nathlesse she was so curteous and kind,

Tempred with grace, and goodly modesty,

That seemed those two vertues stroue to find

The higher place in her Heroick mind:

So striuing each did other more augment,

And both encreast the prayse of woman kind,

And both encreast her beautie excellent;

So all did make in her a perfect complement.

FOOTNOTES:[960]lx 4 bright?1590,1596[961]Arg. 4swound1609[962]ii 8 breathe1609[963]iii 2 till at the last1609[964]iv 6 account1609[965]v 5 A] And1596,1609[966]vi 9 where.1590,1596[967]viii 8 belou’d of a1596[968]xi 1 ye] you1596,1609[969]xii 6 douht1596[970]8 faithfall1596[971]xiii 8 strong.1596[972]xiv 2 beast;1590,1596[973]xvii 3 wade] made1590:corr. F. E.[974]xix 3 habericon1590[975]5 no] now1590[976]xxi 9 bloud] flood1590[977]xxx 7 better] bitter1590[978]xxxii 5 nursed1609[979]xxxvi 7 common1609[980]8 common1609[981]xxxvii 2 undertaken after her arriu’d1596: undertaken, after her arriu’d1609[982]xxxviii 9 forthwith1596[983]xxxix 9 his] their1590[984]xl 4 loues sweet] sweet loues1590[985]9 liuing] liking1590[986]xli 6 guarish1590[987]xliv 7 renew1596,1609[988]xlvi 5 restore:1590 &c.[989]l 8 To him and all1609[990]lii 6 admire1590,1596[991]liii 3 Reames1590[992]9 weare] were1590

[960]lx 4 bright?1590,1596

[961]Arg. 4swound1609

[962]ii 8 breathe1609

[963]iii 2 till at the last1609

[964]iv 6 account1609

[965]v 5 A] And1596,1609

[966]vi 9 where.1590,1596

[967]viii 8 belou’d of a1596

[968]xi 1 ye] you1596,1609

[969]xii 6 douht1596

[970]8 faithfall1596

[971]xiii 8 strong.1596

[972]xiv 2 beast;1590,1596

[973]xvii 3 wade] made1590:corr. F. E.

[974]xix 3 habericon1590

[975]5 no] now1590

[976]xxi 9 bloud] flood1590

[977]xxx 7 better] bitter1590

[978]xxxii 5 nursed1609

[979]xxxvi 7 common1609

[980]8 common1609

[981]xxxvii 2 undertaken after her arriu’d1596: undertaken, after her arriu’d1609

[982]xxxviii 9 forthwith1596

[983]xxxix 9 his] their1590

[984]xl 4 loues sweet] sweet loues1590

[985]9 liuing] liking1590

[986]xli 6 guarish1590

[987]xliv 7 renew1596,1609

[988]xlvi 5 restore:1590 &c.

[989]l 8 To him and all1609

[990]lii 6 admire1590,1596

[991]liii 3 Reames1590

[992]9 weare] were1590

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