2 And gentle pangs with which he made meek
he > [Cupid]
3 The mighty Mars, to learn his wanton plays:
learn > learn; teach plays > sports, amorous sports
4 How oft for Venus, and how often eke
eke > also
5 For many other nymphs he sore did shriek,
nymph > (Nymphs are the minor female divinities with whom the Greeks peopled all parts of nature: the seas, springs, rivers, grottoes, trees, mountains) he > [Mars]
6 With womanish tears, and with unwarlike smarts,
smarts > pains