smarts > pains

4 Of them, that to him buxom are and prone:

buxom > yielding prone > ready [in mind], eager; given, inclined

5 So thought this maid (as maidens use to do)

thought > considered (esp. in connexion with marriage) use > are accustomed

6 Whom Fortune for her husband would allot,

Whom > [He whom]

7 Not that she lusted after anyone; 8 For she was pure from blame of sinful blot,

blame > fault; charge, accusation

9 Yet wist her life at last must link in that same knot.