"Through long watch, and late daies weary toile,
She soundly slept, and carefull thoughts did quite assoile."
—Faerie Queene, III, i, 58.
[25.] bord. "Bed" and "board" are two associated terms, very frequently so used, which imply the performance of the two acts necessary for the maintenance of life—sleeping and eating. See Shakespeare's "Comedy of Errors," Act v, sc. i:
"In bed he slept not for my urging it,
At board he fed not for my urging it."
Also, "As You Like It," Act v, sc. iv:
"Wedding is great Juno's crown—
O blessed bond of board and bed!"
[26.] redoubled. Repeated.
undersong. Refrain, burden.
[27.] neighbour. See note [10], on Burns's "Cotter's Saturday Night."
[28.] shend. Outshine, shame, disgrace. From A.-S. scendan.