1 It falls me here to write of chastity,
falls > befalls
2 That fairest virtue, far above the rest; 3 For which what needs me fetch from Faery
needs me > do I need to; need do I have to
4 Foreign examples, it to have expressed?
expressed > portrayed, represented; represented symbolically
5 Sith it is shrined in my sovereign's breast,
Sith > Since shrined > enclosed, enshrined
6 And formed so lively in each perfect part,
lively > {Livelily, in a lifelike manner}