toys > games; amorous games

3 Now singing sweetly, to surprise her spirits,

surprise > capture; lead unawares (into doing something not intended)

4 Now making lays of love and lovers' pain,

lays > songs

5 Branles, ballads, virelays, and verses vain;

Branle > {A French dance, or the music for it} virelay > {A sort of song originating in France. See SC, gloss to "November"} vain > foolish; empty; weak

6 Oft purposes, oft riddles he devised,

purposes > riddles; games of questions-and-answers

7 And thousands like, which flowed in his brain, 8 With which he fed her fancy, and enticed