tried > undergone; hence: experienced
8 The power thereof, and loved so oft in vain, 9 That thing of course he counted, love to entertain.
thing of course > [a] thing to be expected counted > [it] reckoned; hence: [it] regarded
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Thenceforth to her he sought to intimate
2 His inward griefe, by meanes to him well knowne,
Now Bacchus fruit out of the siluer plate
4 He on the table dasht, as ouerthrowne,
Or of the fruitfull liquor ouerflowne,
6 And by the dauncing bubbles did diuine,
Or therein write to let his loue be showne;
8 Which well she red out of the learned line,
A sacrament prophane in mistery of wine.
1 Thenceforth to her he sought to intimate 2 His inward grief, by means to him well known: 3 Now Bacchus' fruit out of the silver plate
Bacchus' fruit > wine (Bacchus is the god of wine) plate > utensil, drinking-vessel; hence: goblet, wine-cup
4 He on the table dashed, as overthrown,
as overthrown > [as if it had been upset]
5 Or of the fruitful liquor overflowed,