Vulgar words in The Faerie Queene — Volume 01 (Page 1)
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159 Soon after entered a fair lady in mourning weeds, riding on a weeds > clothing, attire 160 white ass, with a dwarf behind her leading a warlike steed, 161 that bore the arms of a knight, and his spear in the dwarf's arms > {Weapons, shield and armour} 162 hand.
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1 A lovely lady rode him fair beside, lovely > lovely; loving; lovable [by virtue of her admirable qualities] fair > fittingly, becomingly; skilfully 2 Upon a lowly ass more white than snow, 3 Yet she much whiter; but the same did hide the same > [her complexion she] 4 Under a veil, that wimpled was full low; wimpled > {Falling in folds} full > very, exceedingly 5 And over all a black stole she did throw, stole > robe 6 As one that inly mourned: so was she sad, inly > inwardly 7 And heavy sat upon her palfrey slow; heavy > sadly palfrey > {Saddle-horse for ladies} 8 Seemed in heart some hidden care she had, Seemed > [It seemed] in heart > in her heart; inwardly 9 And by her, in a line, a milk-white lamb she led.
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3 weene, > weene _1609_ 9 with > _omitted from 1596 and 1609_ 1 And she herself, of beauty sovereign queen, she > (Perhaps Una rather than Venus; Spenser's pointing is ambiguous) 2 Fair Venus, seemed to his bed to bring 3 Her, whom he, waking, evermore did ween waking > [when awake] ween > suppose 4 To be the chastest flower that ay did spring ay > ever 5 On earthly branch, the daughter of a king, 6 Now a loose leman to vile service bound: leman > slut, loose woman service > love-making; professed love 7 And eke the Graces seemed all to sing, eke > moreover Graces > (Three daughters of Jupiter, often described as the handmaids of Venus.
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1 But this was drawn of six unequal beasts, of > by unequal > different, ill-matched 2 On which her six sage counsellors did ride, 3 Taught to obey their bestial behests, 4 With like conditions to their kinds applied: With like conditions to their kinds applied > (Literally, "With similar qualities to their natures employed"; each beast was appropriate to its rider) 5 Of which the first, that all the rest did guide, 6 Was sluggish Idleness, the nurse of sin; Idleness > [Sloth] 7 Upon a slothful ass he chose to ride, 8 Arrayed in a habit black, and amice thin, amice > cap, hood, cape (of some religious order) 9 Like a holy monk, the service to begin.
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106.24 For all he taught the tender ymp, was but 2 To banish cowardize and bastard feare; His trembling hand he would him force to put 4 Vpon the Lyon and the rugged Beare, And from the she Beares teats her whelps to teare; 6 And eke wyld roring Buls he would him make To tame, and ryde their backes not made to beare; 8 And the Robuckes in flight to ouertake, That euery beast for feare of him did fly and quake.
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1 For all he taught the tender imp was but imp > child 2 To banish cowardice and bastard fear; bastard > base 3 His trembling hand he would him force to put 4 Upon the lion and the rugged bear, 5 And from the she bear's teats her whelps to tear; 6 And eke wild roaring bulls he would him make eke > also 7 To tame, and ride their backs, not made to bear; 8 And the roebucks in flight to overtake, 9 That every beast for fear of him did fly and quake.
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108.29 Forthwith he gaue in charge vnto his Squire, 2 That scarlot whore to keepen carefully; Whiles he himselfe with greedie great desire 4 Into the Castle entred +forcibly,+ Where liuing creature none he did espye; 6 Then gan he lowdly through the house to call: But no man car'd to answere to his crye.
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_1596_ 1 Forthwith he gave in charge to his squire 2 That scarlet whore to keep carefully; scarlet > (The colour of her clothing; and also, of sins: heinous, deep-dyed (_Isa._ 1.18)) 3 While he himself with greedy great desire greedy > eager 4 Into the castle entered forcibly, 5 Where living creature none he did espy; 6 Then began he loudly through the house to call: 7 But no man cared to answer to his cry.
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1 He that made love to the eldest dame 2 Was hight Sir Huddibras, a hardy man; hight > called Huddibras > (A name catalogued by Spenser in his roll of British kings at 210.25:4.
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203.42 In Princes court, The rest she would haue said, 2 But that the foolish man, fild with delight Of her sweet words, that all his sence dismaid, 4 And with her wondrous beautie rauisht quight, Gan burne in filthy lust, and leaping light, 6 Thought in his bastard armes her to embrace.
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1 "In prince's court ..." The rest she would have said, 2 But that the foolish man (filled with delight But > Except 3 Of her sweet words, that all his sense dismayed, dismayed > overcame 4 And with her wondrous beauty ravished quite), 5 Gan burn in filthy lust, and leaping light, Gan > Did; began to light > quickly 6 Thought in his bastard arms her to embrace.
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bastard > base, lowly 7 With that she, swerving back, her javelin bright swerving > shrinking; swerving 8 Against him bent, and fiercely did menace: bent > directed, brought to bear 9 So turned her about, and fled away apace.
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1 Some fell to dance, some fell to hazardry, hazardry > gambling 2 Some to make love, some to make merriment, 3 As diverse wits to divers things apply; divers > sundry 4 And all the while fair Malecasta bent bent > inclined, directed 5 Her crafty engines to her close intent.
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1 And his true love, fair Psyche, with him plays, Psyche > ("The Soul"; her allegorical story is told in _The Golden Ass_ by Apuleius) 2 Fair Psyche, to him lately reconciled 3 After long troubles and unmeet upbrays, unmeet > unfitting; _hence:_ unfair, unreasonable upbrays > reproaches, reproofs 4 With which his mother, Venus, her reviled, 5 And eke himself her cruelly exiled: eke > also 6 But now in steadfast love and happy state 7 She with him lives, and has him borne a child, 8 Pleasure, that does both gods and men aggrate, Pleasure > (Volupia or Voluptas, the personification of sensual pleasure) aggrate > please; gratify (SUS) 9 Pleasure, the daughter of Cupid and Psyche late.
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4 Is > It _1596_ 1 "Malbecco he, and Hellenore she, hight, Malbecco > "Evil Goat", "Misguided Cuckold" (Italian: _mal_, bad, wrong; _becco_, billy-goat, cuckold) Hellenore > "Beyond Helen" ("ore" is an obsolete spelling of "o'er", "over"; with possible pun on "whore".
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), _Lucius Apuleius, The Golden Ass_.