Basciante > "Kissing"
6 But fierce Bacchante seemed too fell and keen;
Bacchante > "Carousing" fell > terrible, fierce keen > {Bold, daring; piercing, having a sharp point}
7 And yet in arms Noctante greater grew:
in arms > in arms; and also: in a woman's arms Noctante > "Nocturnally Active" (the six names have aptly been called "a ladder of lechery" (Gilbert 1941, quoted by Roche 1978). Compare Lucifera's "six sage Counsellours", 104.18 ff.) grew > (Again with a double entendre)
8 All were fair knights, and goodly well beseen,
goodly > excellently well beseen > good looking
9 But to fair Britomart they all but shadows been.
been > [were]
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