mild > gracious, kindly
310.27
Then sighing sore, It is not long (said hee)
2 +Sith+ I enioyd the gentlest Dame aliue;
Of whom a knight, no knight at all perdee,
4 But shame of all, that doe for honor striue,
By treacherous deceipt did me depriue;
6 Through open outrage he her bore away,
And with fowle force vnto his will did driue,
8 Which all good knights, that armes do beare this day,
Are bound for to reuenge, and punish if they may.
2 Sith > Since 1609
1 Then, sighing sore, "It is not long," said he, 2 "Sith I enjoyed the gentlest dame alive;
Sith > Since gentlest > noblest
3 Of whom a knight (no knight at all pardie,
pardie > assuredly, "by God"
4 But shame of all that do for honour strive) 5 By treacherous deceit did me deprive; 6 Through open outrage he her bore away, 7 And with foul force to his will did drive, 8 Which all good knights, that arms do bear this day, 9 Are bound to revenge, and punish if they may.
may > can