4 that nigh her breth was gone > as merry as Pope Ione 1590 6 might to her > to her might 1590
1 And therein sat a lady fresh and fair, 2 Making sweet solace to herself alone;
solace > pleasure, amusement; entertainment
3 Sometimes she sang, as loud as lark in air, 4 Sometimes she laughed, that nigh her breath was gone, 5 Yet was there not with her else anyone
else anyone > [anyone else]
6 That might to her move cause of merriment: 7 Matter of mirth enough, though there were none 8 She could devise, and thousand ways invent, 9 To feed her foolish humour, and vain jolliment.
humour > state of mind; hence: tastes jolliment > jollity, mirth
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Which when farre off Cymochles heard, and saw,
2 He loudly cald to such, as were a bord,
The little barke vnto the shore to draw,
4 And him to ferrie ouer that deepe ford:
The merry marriner vnto his word
6 Soone hearkned, and her painted bote streightway
Turnd to the shore, where that same warlike Lord
8 She in receiu'd; but Atin by no way
She would admit, albe the knight her much did pray.
1 Which when far off Cymochles heard, and saw,