7 To think of that true glorious type of yours,

type > image, representation

8 The argument of my afflicted style:

argument > subject-matter afflicted > humble, lowly; contemptible (Latin afflictus) style > literary composition; hence: poem, song (cf. SC, "Januarie", 10)

9 Which to hear vouchsafe, O dearest dread, awhile.

dread > {Object of awe or reverence}

CANTO I

The Patron of true Holinesse,
Foule Errour doth defeate:
Hypocrisie him to +entrape+,
Doth to his home entreate.

3 entrape > entrappe 1590; entrap 1609

1 The patron of true Holiness