bower > bed-chamber
8 Which through the earth have spread their living praise,
praise > praiseworthiness, virtue; hence: qualities, worth
9 That fame in trump of gold eternally displays.
trump > trumpet; trumpet-note displays > describes; makes manifest, makes a show of; spreads out, hence: blazons forth, broadcasts
303.4
Begin then, {o^} my dearest sacred Dame,
2 Daughter of Ph{oe}bus and of Memorie,
+That+ doest ennoble with immortall name
4 The warlike Worthies, from antiquitie,
In thy great volume of Eternitie:
6 Begin, {o^} Clio, and recount from hence
My glorious Soueraines goodly +auncestrie+,
8 Till that by dew degrees and long +protense+,
Thou haue it lastly brought vnto her Excellence.
3 That > Thou 1590 7 auncestrie > auncestie 1596 8 protense > pretence 1596
1 Begin then, O my dearest sacred dame,
my dearest sacred dame > (Clio, the Muse of history; cf. 100.2:1)