"No seas so rich, so gay no banks appear,
No lake so gentle, and no spring so clear."
—Windsor Forest, 227.
See, also, Spenser's "Faerie Queene," IV, xi.
[4.] rutty. Rooty.
[5.] Against. For, or in preparation for; to provide for. Compare Genesis xliii. 25: "And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon." And Shakespeare's "Midsummer Night's Dream," Act iii, sc. ii:
"I'll charm his eyes against she do appear."
[6.] Flood. This word was often used, as here, to denote simply a river. Pope addresses the river Thames:
"Thou, too, great father of the British floods!"
[7.] all loose untyde. Steevens says: "Brides formerly walked to church with their hair hanging loose behind."
[8.] entrayled. Twisted, interlaced.