1 "Now has fair Phoebe with her silver face 2 Thrice seen the shadows of the nether world, 3 Sith last I left that honourable place

Sith > Since (i.e. three months have passed)

4 In which her royal presence is introld;

introld > (Meaning uncertain; see Textual Appendix. "Enrolled" = "inscribed", "recorded", and hence "celebrated". Cf. 210.4:8)

5 Nor ever shall I rest in house nor hold,

hold > {Place of refuge or shelter; fort; prison cell}

6 Till I that false Acrasia have won;

won > overcome, defeated

7 Of whose foul deeds, too hideous to be told, 8 I witness am, and this their wretched son,

this their wretched son > ([Likewise] the baby)