maid martial > [warlike maiden]
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And sooth, it ought your courage much inflame,
2 To heare so often, in that royall hous,
From whence to none inferiour ye came:
4 Bards tell of many women valorous
Which haue full many feats aduenturous
6 Performd, in paragone of proudest men:
The bold Bunduca, whose victorious
8 Exploits made Rome to quake, stout Guendolen,
Renowmed Martia, and redoubted Emmilen.
1 "And sooth, it ought your courage much inflame,
sooth > in truth
2 To hear so often, in that royal house, 3 From whence to none inferior you came: 4 Bards tell of many women valorous 5 Who have full many feats adventurous
full > very, exceedingly
6 Performed, in paragon of proudest men:
paragon of > competition with; emulation of; also, perhaps: as consorts of
7 The bold Boadicea, whose victorious 8 Exploits made Rome to quake, stout Guendolen,