9 Whatever be the cause, it sure beseems you ill."
beseems > suits
209.38
Faire Sir, (said she halfe in disdainefull wise,)
2 How is it, that this +word+ in me ye blame,
And in your selfe do not the same aduise?
4 Him ill beseemes, anothers fault to name,
That may vnwares be blotted with the same:
6 Pensiue I yeeld I am, and sad in mind,
Through great desire of glory and of fame;
8 Ne ought I weene are ye therein behind,
That haue +twelue moneths+ sought one, yet no where can her find.
2 word > mood corr. Drayton, whose copy of 1611 was acquired by Collier; cf. 202.7:7 9 twelue moneths > three years 1590. The change agrees with 109.15; see also 209.7
1 "Fair sir," said she, half in disdainful wise,
wise > manner
2 "How is it that this word in me you blame,
word > (A colloquialism: the thing spoken of, the subject in hand; hence, here: mien, mood (see Textual Appendix)) blame > reprove
3 And in yourself do not the same advise?