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