3 (Looking with mild aspect upon the earth,
mild > gracious, kind
4 In the horoscope of her nativity), 5 That all the gifts of grace and chastity 6 On her they poured forth of plenteous horn;
plenteous horn > (The cornucopia, the horn of plenty, the symbol of fruitfulness and plenty)
7 Jove laughed on Venus from his sovereign see,
Venus > (The astrological combination of Jupiter and Venus is held to be especially favourable) see > throne
8 And Phoebus with fair beams did her adorn, 9 And all the Graces rocked her cradle being born.
Graces > (Three daughters of Jupiter, often described as the handmaids of Venus. They are especially associated with poetry) being > [once she had been]
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Her berth was of the wombe of Morning dew,
2 And her conception of the ioyous Prime,
And all her whole creation did her shew
4 Pure and vnspotted from all loathly crime,
That is ingenerate in fleshly slime.
6 So was this virgin borne, so was she bred,
So was she trayned vp from time to time,
8 In all chast vertue, and true bounti-hed
Till to her dew perfection she was ripened.