9 That now all Britain does burn in arms bright.
That > [So that] arms > deeds of arms; hence: war
303.53
That therefore nought our passage may empeach,
2 Let vs in feigned armes our selues disguize,
And our weake hands +(whom need new strength shall teach)+
4 The dreadfull speare and shield to exercize:
Ne certes daughter that same warlike wize
6 I weene, would you misseeme; for ye bene tall,
And large of limbe, t'atchieue an hard emprize,
8 Ne ought ye want, but skill, which practize small
Will bring, and shortly make you a mayd Martiall.
3 (whom need new strength shall teach) > (need makes good schollers) teach 1590; (whom need new strength shall teach _1596, 1609; only the 1590 reading makes sense, though 1596 is clearly an author's correction. The given version is a conjecture of various editors. The closing bracket after teach may have been overlooked because line 3 is too wide to fit the page; the final word has been broken and placed at the end of line 2, separated from it with an opening bracket, thus:_ … selues disguize, (teach
1 "That, therefore, naught our passage may impeach,
That > [So that] impeach > impede
2 Let us in feigned arms ourselves disguise,
feigned > {Feigning; serving as a disguise} arms > armour
3 And our weak hands (whom need new strength shall teach)