4 Their tender buds or leaves to violate,
violate > spoil, corrupt
5 Nor scorching heat, nor cold intemperate 6 To afflict the creatures which therein did dwell, 7 But the mild air with season moderate 8 Gently attempered, and disposed so well,
attempered > regulated; tempered, moderated disposed > regulated
9 That still it breathed forth sweet spirit and wholesome smell.
still > ever spirit > {The breath of life, animating breath} smell > aroma, perfume
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More sweet and holesome, then the pleasaunt hill
2 Of Rhodope, on which the Nimphe, that bore
A gyaunt babe, her selfe for griefe did kill;
4 Or the Thessalian Tempe, where of yore
Faire Daphne Ph{oe}bus hart with loue did gore;
6 Or Ida, where the Gods lou'd to repaire,
When euer they their heauenly bowres forlore;
8 Or sweet Parnasse, the haunt of Muses faire;
+Or Eden selfe, if ought+ with Eden mote compaire.
9 Or Eden selfe, if ought > Of Eden, if ought 1596; Or Eden, if that ought 1609
1 More sweet and wholesome than the pleasant hill 2 Of Rhodope, on which the nymph that bore