betimes > in good time, early
6 For when they once to perfect strength do grow, 7 Strong wars they make, and cruel battery bend
battery > assault with many blows bend > direct, bring to bear
8 Against fort of Reason, it to overthrow: 9 Wrath, jealousy, grief, love, this squire have laid thus low.
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Wrath, gealosie, griefe, loue do thus expell:
2 Wrath is a fire, and gealosie a weede,
Griefe is a flood, and loue a monster fell;
4 The fire of sparkes, the weede of little seede,
The flood of drops, the Monster filth did breede:
6 But sparks, seed, drops, and filth do thus delay;
The sparks soone quench, the springing seed +outweed+
8 The drops dry vp, and filth wipe cleane away:
So shall wrath, gealosie, griefe, loue dye and decay.
7 outweed > outweed, 1609
1 "Wrath, jealousy, grief, love do thus expel:
expel > (Imperative mood)
2 Wrath is a fire, and jealousy a weed, 3 Grief is a flood, and love a monster fell;