2. faines to dy: desires to die; pretends to die

6. arrest: seize upon

8. wrest: grasp

1. hable puissaunce: sufficient strength

2. corage: spirit, energy

5. aby: endure

8. gent: noble; elegant

1. mote algates: must in any case

7. bewray: reveal

3. Reeking: rising (without the later connotation of a stench)

5. wonne: dwell

9. envide: envied (bore a grudge against)

2. Hag: witch in league with infernal powers

6. Beldame: good mother

7. silly: innocent, harmless

6. s’deignfull: disdainful

2. dight: compose

3. loord: A lout (from Frlourdheavy)

6. ply: Aphetic form of ‘apply’.

9. lewd: ignorant; worthless; lower-class; lascivious

3. vyld: vile

6. Chorle: churl, a rustic; a base or contemptible male

8. cast: resolved

9. tind: kindled

1. Closely: secretly

7. ween’d: supposed

1. wildings: wild-growing fruits

1. past awhile: after a while

2. mansion: dwelling, without the connotation of opulence; from Lmanereto remain.

5. compast: (be) devised

6. closely: in secrecy

8. furnitures: harness and trappings

6. vnciuile: rude, unrefined

1. lewd: untaught; base; vile; lascivious

1. plight: state of health

7. leares: learning, i.e. witchcraft

9. her: Florimell

4. in place: back to the witch

9. passing: surpassing

9. ouerhent: overtook

5. flitt: fleet-footed

9. sickernesse: safety

7. fond: (archaic) would try

4. hoving: floating

8. shallop: A small boat used to navigate shallow waters

2. forward hope: anticipated success

6. idle: empty, useless

4. vnfilde: unpolished

5. compilde: constructed

9. thresh: thrash, beat with a flail

5. Maine: sea

3. cast: meant

1. Goshauke: a common species of large hawk

2. Culuer: dove

4. stouping: diving in attack

5. quarrey: prey, i.e. the culver

8. stare: in ME usage, ‘to shine’

9. bannes: curses

6. beame: shaft

8. brast: burst

6. n’ote: ‘ne mote’, might not

9. styre: stir

4. confusion: destruction

7. lightsom: bright (as opposed to the darkness of the womb)

8. yfere: together

8. mistreth not: is not necessary

2. read: declare

4. ywis: certainly

9. pledges: tokens of favor, e.g. handkerchiefs or other personal objects.

5. good partes: Personal qualities or attributes

2. stayd: settled in character

2. Courtisane: courtly prostitute

4. maintenaunce: condition; means of subsistence

1. Safe: except for

4. handsome: convenient

2. hent: taken