Vain > Foolish; futile bootless > unavailing ward > keeping; prison
9 When the god to golden hue himself transferred.
hue > appearance, form
311.32
Then was he turnd into a snowy Swan,
2 To win faire Leda to his louely trade:
O wondrous skill, and sweet wit of the man,
4 That her in daffadillies sleeping made,
From scorching heat her daintie limbes to shade:
6 Whiles the proud Bird ruffing his fethers wyde,
And brushing his faire brest, did her inuade;
8 She slept, yet twixt her eyelids closely spyde,
How towards her he rusht, and smiled at his pryde.
1 Then was he turned into a snowy swan, 2 To win fair Leda to his lovely trade:
Leda > (Daughter of Thestius, a king of Sparta. Following Jupiter's seduction she brought forth two eggs, one containing Helen (over whom the Trojan war was fought) and the other Castor and Pollux) lovely trade > amorous dealings
3 O wondrous skill, and sweet wit of the man,
wit > wit; ingenuity
4 That her in daffodils sleeping made, 5 From scorching heat her dainty limbs to shade: