That > [So that] uncouth > strange; unseemly

6 Till Alma him bespoke: "Why wonder you,

bespoke > addressed

7 Fair sir, at that which you so much embrace? 8 She is the fountain of your modesty;

fountain > source, well-head

9 You shamefast are, but Shamefastness itself is she."

shamefast > shy, bashful; ashamed

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Thereat the Elfe did blush in priuitee,
2 And turnd his face away; but she the same
Dissembled faire, and faynd to ouersee.
4 Thus they awhile with court and goodly game,
Themselues did solace each one with his Dame,
6 Till that great Ladie thence away them sought,
To vew her castles other wondrous frame.
8 Vp to a stately Turret she them brought,
Ascending by ten steps of Alablaster wrought.

1 Thereat the Elf did blush in privity,