7 He brought to her in bonds, as conquered
as > [as though]
8 To be her thrall, his fellow servant vile;
thrall > slave vile > lowly, wretched
9 All which she of him took with countenance meek and mild.
of > from mild > mild; gracious, kind (cf. 307.15:1)
307.18
But past awhile, when she fit season saw
2 To leaue that desert mansion, she cast
In secret wize her selfe thence to withdraw,
4 For feare of mischiefe, which she did forecast
Might +by+ the witch or +by+ her sonne compast:
6 Her wearie Palfrey closely, as she might,
Now well recouered after long repast,
8 In his proud furnitures she freshly dight,
His late miswandred wayes now to remeasure right.
5 by > be 1596, 1609 5 by > that _1596, 1609; in the 1590 reading, "be" must be understood before _compast
1 But past awhile, when she fit season saw