104.50
O but I feare the fickle freakes (quoth shee)
2 Of fortune +false+, and oddes of armes in field.
Why dame (quoth he) what oddes can euer bee,
4 Where both do fight alike, to win or yield?
Yea but (quoth she) he beares a charmed shield,
6 And eke enchaunted armes, that none can perce,
Ne none can wound the man, that does them wield.
8 Charmd or enchaunted (answerd he then ferce)
I no whit reck, ne you the like need to reherce.
2 false > salse 1596
1 "O but I fear the fickle freaks," quoth she,
freaks > whims
2 "Of Fortune false, and odds of arms in field."
odds > differences, inequalities field > battle, the field of battle
3 "Why, dame," quoth he, "what odds can ever be, 4 Where both do fight alike, to win or yield?"
alike > [in equal lists: see 104.40:9]
5 "Yes, but," quoth she, "he bears a charmed shield, 6 And eke enchanted arms, that none can pierce,