Acontius > (Who won Cydippe by means of a golden fruit: see Ovid, Heroides 20-1)
3 Whom he had long time sought with fruitless suit:
fruitless > (Even after four centuries this pun still raises a groan of protest)
4 Here eke that famous golden apple grew,
eke > also
5 Which amongst the gods false Ate threw;
Ate > (Goddess of discord, also called Eris. She threw a golden apple inscribed "To the fairest" among the guests at the wedding of Thetis and Peleus. A contest, held on Mount Ida, ensued between Minerva, Juno and Venus; Paris awarded the apple to Venus, who gave him Helen, and this led to the Trojan War. See Hyginus, Fabulae 42)
6 For which the Idaean ladies disagreed,
disagreed > quarrelled (cf. PL 2.497)
7 Till partial Paris deemed it Venus' due, 8 And had of her fair Helen for his meed,