gentlest > noblest; gentlest
9 Gay steed with spurs did prick, the good Sir Mordant was.
prick > spur; hence: ride
201.50
Was, (ay the while, that he is not so now)
2 My Lord my loue; my deare Lord, my deare loue,
So long as heauens iust with equall +brow,+
4 Vouchsafed to behold vs from aboue,
One day when him high courage did emmoue,
6 As wont ye knights to seeke aduentures wilde,
He pricked forth, his puissant force to proue,
8 Me then he left enwombed of this child,
This lucklesse child, whom thus ye see with bloud defild.
3 brow, > brow 1609
1 "Was (ay the while, that he is not so now!)
ay the while > alas the time (expressing grief at the present compared with the past)
2 My lord my love; my dear lord, my dear love,
dear > dear; grievous