attendance > attention; service
8 The knights were willing all things to excuse 9 (Though naught believed), and entrance late did not refuse.
naught believed > [they believed none of it]
309.19
They bene ybrought into a comely bowre,
2 And seru'd of all things that mote needfull bee;
Yet secretly their hoste did on them lowre,
4 And welcomde more for feare, then charitee;
But they dissembled, what they did not see,
6 And welcomed themselues. Each gan vndight
Their garments wet, and weary armour free,
8 To dry them selues by Vulcanes flaming light,
And eke their lately bruzed parts to bring in plight.
1 They been brought into a comely bower,
been > [were] bower > room
2 And served of all things that might needful be;
of > with
3 Yet secretly their host did on them lour, 4 And welcomed more for fear than charity; 5 But they dissembled what they did not see, 6 And welcomed themselves. Each gan undight