7 Besides, that more suspicion increased,
that more > [and that more greatly my]
8 I found her golden girdle cast astray, 9 Distained with dirt and blood, as relic of the prey."
Distained > Stained, sullied prey > {Act of preying, as 307.36:6}
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Aye me, (said Paridell) the signes be sad,
2 And but God turne the same to good soothsay,
That Ladies safetie is sore to be drad:
4 Yet will I not forsake my forward way,
Till triall doe more certaine truth bewray.
6 Faire Sir (quoth he) well may it you succeed,
Ne long shall Satyrane behind you stay,
8 But to the rest, which in this Quest proceed
My labour adde, and be partaker of their speed.
1 "Ay me," said Paridell, "the signs be sad,
Ay me > Ah me! Alas! (chiefly in northern dialect) be > [are] sad > ill-omened; grievous
2 And but God turn the same to good soothsay,
but > unless good soothsay > [a] favourable omen