²⁵¹Not … procured
previously she wished to be shut up from temptation, but now, in order to tempt everyone (or try everything), she has procured liberty

²⁵⁵fountains
springs, sources suggestive of “baptism”

²⁵⁷strong
victorious

²⁵⁸for
due to

congest
bring together

²⁵⁹compound
combined

physic
cure

²⁶⁰parts
qualities/ physical features

²⁶²they t’assail begun
my parts began to attack/her eyes began to assault her with images of me

²⁶³consecrations
religious dedications

²⁶⁴potential
powerful

²⁶⁵sting
strength/harsh consequences

confine
boundary, limit

²⁶⁷impressest
conscript into (military) service/stamp, make an impression

precepts
rules, injunctions

²⁷⁰filial fear
a child’s fear of disobeying a parent

fame
reputation

²⁷¹are peace, gainst
i.e. subdue the antagonism of

bears
brings with it

²⁷³aloes
bitterness

forces
acts of force

shocks
clashes of troops

²⁷⁵bleeding groans
each sigh was thought to cost the heart a drop of blood

²⁸⁰troth
good faith

²⁷⁸Lending … troth
i.e. giving their support to my courtship of you and trusting the strong vow I make, an oath that shall advance and guarantee my faith

²⁸¹dismount
lower

²⁸⁴brinish
salty

apace
swiftly

²⁸⁵channel
i.e. cheek

²⁸⁶Who
which (i.e. the stream)

gate
barrier

²⁹⁰inundation
flood

²⁹¹wear
be worn down, erode

²⁹³cleft
divided

wrath
ardor, passion

²⁹⁴extincture
extinction

²⁹⁵art of craft
skillful deceit

²⁹⁶resolved
dissolved (plays on the sense of “determined”)

²⁹⁷stole
robe/priest’s vestment

daffed
took off, threw aside

²⁹⁸guards
defenses

civil fears
decorous scruples

³⁰²subtle
crafty

³⁰³cautels
tricks, crafty devices

all … receives
assumes a variety of different forms

³⁰⁵takes … deceives
chooses between them, depending on which is better able to deceive

³⁰⁷rank
coarse

³⁰⁹level
aim, sights

³¹¹Showing … tame
demonstrating that a good disposition is both kind and compliant (or possibly “([his aim being to] give the appearance of a kind and gentle nature”)

³¹²them
i.e. his various pretenses, feigned emotions (or possibly “kindness and gentleness”)

³¹³Against … exclaim
he would denounce what he really wanted

³¹⁴luxury
lust

³¹⁶merely
entirely/only

grace
virtue

³¹⁸th’unexperient
the inexperienced

³¹⁹Which
he who

cherubin
guardian angel

³²⁰simple
inexperienced

lovered
provided with a lover

³²¹fell
succumbed sexually

³²²such a sake
the sake of someone like him