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And forst t'alight, on foot mote algates fare,
2 A traueller vnwonted to such way:
Need teacheth her this lesson hard and rare,
4 That fortune all in equall launce doth sway,
And mortall miseries doth make her play.
6 So long she trauelled, till at length she came
To an hilles side, which did to her bewray
8 A little valley, subiect to the same,
All couerd with thick woods, that quite it ouercame.
1 And forced to alight: on foot might algates fare,
might algates fare > [she must proceed; algates = at any rate, anyhow]
2 A traveller unwonted to such way;
unwonted > unaccustomed way > manner of travel
3 Need teaches her this lesson hard and rare,
rare > (An intensive, qualifying "hard")
4 That Fortune all in equal launce does sway,
equal > [an] impartial; [the] same launce > scales, balance (WU) sway > weigh; press down; sway