skill > knowledge; skill
6 I might do service to gentle dames;
do service to > profess love to; supply the sexual needs of, copulate with gentle > gentle; gracious
7 That I the same should faithfully fulfil, 8 And, at the twelve months' end, should bring their names 9 And pledges as the spoils of my victorious games.
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So well I to faire Ladies seruice did,
2 And found such fauour in their louing hartes,
That ere the yeare his course had compassid,
4 Three hundred pledges for my good desartes,
And thrise three hundred thanks for my good partes
6 I with me brought, and did to her present:
Which when she saw, more bent to eke my smartes,
8 Then to reward my trusty true intent,
She gan for me deuise a grieuous punishment.
1 "So well I to fair ladies service did, 2 And found such favour in their loving hearts, 3 That, ere the year its course had compassed,
compassed > accomplished; encircled
4 Three hundred pledges for my good deserts,
deserts > deeds, merits