9 steemd. > steemd, 1596

1 For-thy she would not in discourteous wise

For-thy > For this reason, therefore wise > fashion

2 Scorn the fair offer of goodwill professed; 3 For great rebuke it is, love to despise,

rebuke > shame, disgrace

4 Or rudely sdeign a gentle heart's request;

sdeign > disdain

5 But with fair countenance, as beseemed best,

fair countenance > courteous demeanour beseemed best, > [seemed most fitting, Britomart]

6 Her entertained; natheless she inly deemed