efforced been > are forced, are overcome by force
8 And eke the gate was wrought of substance light,
eke > moreover, also
9 Rather for pleasure than for battery or fight.
for > [to withstand] battery > {The action of battery, of being struck with a battering- ram}
212.44
Yt framed was of precious yuory,
2 That seemd a worke of admirable wit;
And therein all the famous history
4 Of Iason and Med{ae}a was ywrit;
Her mighty charmes, her furious louing fit,
6 His goodly conquest of the golden fleece,
His falsed faith, and loue too lightly flit,
8 The wondred Argo, which in venturous peece
First through the Euxine seas bore all the flowr of Greece.
1 It framed was of precious ivory,
framed > made, fashioned ivory > (Cf. 101.40:1)
2 That seemed a work of admirable wit;