keep > preserve gentlest > noblest
7 Else shall your loving lord you see no more,
Else > Otherwise your loving lord > [Arthur]
8 But both of comfort him you shall deprive, 9 And eke yourself of honour, which you did achieve.
eke > also
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Prouidence heauenly passeth liuing thought,
2 And doth for wretched mens reliefe make way;
For loe great grace or fortune thither brought
4 Comfort to him, that comfortlesse now lay.
In those same woods, ye well remember may,
6 How that a noble hunteresse did wonne,
She, that base Braggadochio did affray,
8 And made him fast out of the forrest runne;
Belph{oe}be was her name, as faire as Ph{oe}bus sunne.
1 Providence heavenly passes living thought,
Providence heavenly passes > [Heavenly providence surpasses]
2 And does for wretched men's relief make way;