9 Yet no man to them can his careful pains compare.
careful > {Careful; full of cares}
206.16
The lilly, Ladie of the flowring field,
2 The Flowre-deluce, her louely Paramoure,
Bid thee to them thy fruitlesse labours yield,
4 And soone leaue off this toylesome wearie stoure;
Loe loe how braue she decks her bounteous boure,
6 With silken curtens and gold couerlets,
Therein to shrowd her sumptuous Belamoure,
8 Yet neither spinnes nor cardes, ne cares nor frets,
But to her mother Nature all her care she lets.
1 "The lily, lady of the flowering field,
lady > (The lily is a symbol of the feminine; cf. Henry VIII III i 151-2)
2 The flower deluce, her lovely paramour,
flower deluce > iris, flowering-lily, fleur-de-lis (heraldic ensign of the Bourbons -1594, and as such ambiguously an iris or the head of a sceptre or battle-axe; hence a phallic symbol; see also Winter's Tale IV iv 126-7) lovely > loving
3 Bid you to them your fruitless labours yield, 4 And soon leave off this toilsome weary stour;
stour > distress, unhappy condition; struggle [of everyday life]