Pleasure > [Acrasia; cf. 201.0:4] devised > assigned, directed; conjectured, considered; artfully contrived, feigned; bequeathed
9 Holding a staff in hand for more formality.
212.49
With diuerse flowres he daintily was deckt,
2 And strowed round about, and by his side
A mighty Mazer bowle of wine was set,
4 As if it had to him bene sacrifide;
Wherewith all new-come guests he gratifide:
6 So did he eke Sir Guyon passing by:
But he his idle curtesie defide,
8 And ouerthrew his bowle disdainfully;
And broke his staffe, with which he charmed semblants sly.
1 With diverse flowers he daintily was decked,
diverse > {Of different sorts}
2 And strewn round about, and by his side 3 A mighty mazer bowl of wine was set,
mazer > {Some hard wood, usually maple, used for carving bowls and cups}
4 As if it had to him been sacrified;
sacrified > offered as a sacrifice