7 But with the woody nymphs when she did play,
woody > forest-dwelling nymphs > (Nymphs are the minor female divinities with whom the Greeks peopled all parts of nature: the seas, springs, rivers, grottoes, mountains. The "wooddie" nymphs referred to here are evidently the dryads and hamadryads, the nymphs associated with trees and woodland)
8 Or when the flying libbard she did chase,
libbard > leopard
9 She could them nimbly move, and after fly apace.
apace > swiftly
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And in her hand a sharpe bore-speare she held,
2 And at her backe a bow and quiuer gay,
Stuft with steele-headed darts, wherewith she queld
4 The saluage beastes in her victorious play,
Knit with a golden bauldricke, which forelay
6 Athwart her snowy brest, and did diuide
Her daintie paps; which like young fruit in May
8 Now little gan to swell, and being tide,
Through her thin weed their places only signifide.
1 And in her hand a sharp boar-spear she held, 2 And at her back a bow and quiver gay 3 (Stuffed with steel-headed darts, wherewith she quelled
darts > arrows wherewith > with which quelled > killed