Eftsoones her shallow ship away did slide,
2 More swift, then swallow sheres the liquid skie,
Withouten oare or Pilot it to guide,
4 Or winged canuas with the wind to flie,
Only she turn'd a pin, and by and by
6 It cut +away+ vpon the yielding waue,
Ne cared she her course for to apply:
8 For it was taught the way, which she would haue,
And both from rocks and flats it selfe could wisely saue.
6 away > a way 1611, and independently conj. Smith
1 Eftsoons her shallow ship away did slide,
Eftsoons > Soon
2 More swift than swallow shears the liquid sky,
swift > swiftly liquid > clear, transparent; bright
3 Without oar or pilot it to guide,
it > (Spenser here subordinates the gender of the boat to clarity; cf. 206.11:5 etc.)
4 Or winged canvas with the wind to fly, 5 Only she turned a pin, and by and by
by and by > straight away