[132.] that mirrhour rare, that model of beauty. So Sidney was called "the mirror of chivalry."
[134.] faire Dryope, a princess of Æchalia, who became a forest nymph. Pholoe, mentioned in l. 135, is probably a fictitious creation of the author's.
[146.] dearest Cyparisse, a youth of Cea, who accidentally killed his favorite stag and dying of grief was changed into a cypress. He was beloved by Apollo and Sylvanus.
[148.] not faire to this, i.e. compared to this.
[152.] n'ould after joy, would not afterwards be cheerful.
[153.] selfe-wild annoy, self-willed distress.
[154.] faire Hamadryades, the nymphs who dwelt in the forest trees and died with them.
[156.] light-foot Naiades, the fresh water nymphs, companions of the fauns and satyrs.
[161.] their woody kind, the wood-born creatures of their own kind, e.g. nymphs or satyrs.
[163.] Una was "luckelesse" in having lost her knights, but "lucky" in the friendship of the Satyrs. Note the Euphuistic phrasing.