According
to the physiology of Spenser's age, love was supposed to dry
up the humors ("moysture") of the body.
Spenser - Faerie Queene - 1
WITH FORCED FURY, etc., supplying "me" from "my" in l. 58 the meaning
is: the wound ... brought ... me following its bidding with compulsive
(passionate) fury, etc. In the sixteenth century _his_ was still almost
always used as the possessive of _it_. _Its_ does not occur in the King
James Version of the Bible (1611).
63. COULD EVER FIND (the heart) to grieve, etc. A Euphuistic conceit.
64. According
to the physiology of Spenser's age, love was supposed to dry
up the humors ("moysture") of the body.
70. BUT TOLD, i.e. if it (my love) is told.
100. ENSAMPLE MAKE OF HIM, witness him (the Redcross knight).
113. WHILES EVERY SENCE, etc., while the sweet moisture bathed all my
senses.
146. NEXT TO THAT LADIES LOVE, i.e. next to his love (loyalty) for
Gloriana. Does the poet mean that allegiance to queen and country comes
before private affection?
