8 They greatly wondered whence so sumptuous guise
guise > appearance; mode of life
9 Might be maintained, and each gan diversely devise.
gan > did devise > conjecture, speculate
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The wals were round about apparelled
2 With costly clothes of Arras and of Toure,
In which with cunning hand was pourtrahed
4 The loue of Venus and her Paramoure
The faire Adonis, turned to a flowre,
6 A work of rare deuice, and wondrous wit.
First did it shew the bitter balefull stowre,
8 Which her assayd with many a feruent fit,
When first her tender hart was with his beautie smit.
1 The walls were round about apparelled 2 With costly cloths of Arras and of Tours,
Arras > (A town in Pas-de-Calais, France, famous for its rich tapestries, which were often made in the form of wall-hangings) Tours > (A town in Indre-et-Loire, France, likewise famous for its tapestries)
3 In which with cunning hand was portrayed
cunning > skilful