Chapter VII · Chapter 7

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From this reading With daintie and delightsome straines of sweetest virelayes: Come louely shepheards sit we down and chant our _Betas_ prayse: And let vs sing so rare a verse, Our _Betas_ prayses to rehearse, 10 That little Birds shall silent be, to heare poore shepheards sing, And riuers backward bend their course, and flow vnto the spring.

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From this reading Yet needes the earth must droope with visage sad, When siluer dewes been turn'd to bitter stormes, 20 The Cheerful _Welkin_, once in sables clad, Her frownes foretell poore humaine creatures harmes.

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading With daintie and delightsome straines of sweetest virelayes: Come louely shepheards sit we down and chant our _Betas_ prayse: And let vs sing so rare a verse, Our _Betas_ prayses to rehearse, 10 That little Birds shall silent be, to heare poore shepheards sing, And riuers backward bend their course, and flow vnto the spring.

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From this reading Range all thy swannes faire Thames together on a rancke, And place them duely one by one, vpon thy stately banck, Then set together all agood, Recording to the siluer flood, And craue the tunefull Nightingale to helpe you with her lay, The Osel and the Throstlecocke, chiefe musicke of our maye.

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading And yet for all to make amends for this, The clouds sheed teares, and weepen at my misse.

Having no one else present.

From this reading _From Eclogue iij_ O thou fayre siluer Thames: O cleerest chrystall flood, _Beta_ alone the Phenix is, of all thy watery brood, The Queene of Virgins onely she: And thou the Queene of floods shalt be: Let all thy Nymphes be ioyfull then to see this happy day, Thy _Beta_ now alone shalbe the subiect of my laye.

a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury

From this reading And yet for all to make amends for this, The clouds sheed teares, and weepen at my misse.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading And yet for all to make amends for this, The clouds sheed teares, and weepen at my misse.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading And yet for all to make amends for this, The clouds sheed teares, and weepen at my misse.

at or to or toward the back or rear

From this reading With daintie and delightsome straines of sweetest virelayes: Come louely shepheards sit we down and chant our _Betas_ prayse: And let vs sing so rare a verse, Our _Betas_ prayses to rehearse, 10 That little Birds shall silent be, to heare poore shepheards sing, And riuers backward bend their course, and flow vnto the spring.

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From this reading Range all thy swannes faire Thames together on a rancke, And place them duely one by one, vpon thy stately banck, Then set together all agood, Recording to the siluer flood, And craue the tunefull Nightingale to helpe you with her lay, The Osel and the Throstlecocke, chiefe musicke of our maye.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading _From Eclogue iij_ O thou fayre siluer Thames: O cleerest chrystall flood, _Beta_ alone the Phenix is, of all thy watery brood, The Queene of Virgins onely she: And thou the Queene of floods shalt be: Let all thy Nymphes be ioyfull then to see this happy day, Thy _Beta_ now alone shalbe the subiect of my laye.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading Yet needes the earth must droope with visage sad, When siluer dewes been turn'd to bitter stormes, 20 The Cheerful _Welkin_, once in sables clad, Her frownes foretell poore humaine creatures harmes.

form a curve

From this reading With daintie and delightsome straines of sweetest virelayes: Come louely shepheards sit we down and chant our _Betas_ prayse: And let vs sing so rare a verse, Our _Betas_ prayses to rehearse, 10 That little Birds shall silent be, to heare poore shepheards sing, And riuers backward bend their course, and flow vnto the spring.

the 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet

From this reading _From Eclogue iij_ O thou fayre siluer Thames: O cleerest chrystall flood, _Beta_ alone the Phenix is, of all thy watery brood, The Queene of Virgins onely she: And thou the Queene of floods shalt be: Let all thy Nymphes be ioyfull then to see this happy day, Thy _Beta_ now alone shalbe the subiect of my laye.

plural of “beta” — the 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet

From this reading With daintie and delightsome straines of sweetest virelayes: Come louely shepheards sit we down and chant our _Betas_ prayse: And let vs sing so rare a verse, Our _Betas_ prayses to rehearse, 10 That little Birds shall silent be, to heare poore shepheards sing, And riuers backward bend their course, and flow vnto the spring.

plural of “bird” — warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings

From this reading With daintie and delightsome straines of sweetest virelayes: Come louely shepheards sit we down and chant our _Betas_ prayse: And let vs sing so rare a verse, Our _Betas_ prayses to rehearse, 10 That little Birds shall silent be, to heare poore shepheards sing, And riuers backward bend their course, and flow vnto the spring.

marked by strong resentment or cynicism

From this reading Yet needes the earth must droope with visage sad, When siluer dewes been turn'd to bitter stormes, 20 The Cheerful _Welkin_, once in sables clad, Her frownes foretell poore humaine creatures harmes.

think moodily or anxiously about something

From this reading _From Eclogue iij_ O thou fayre siluer Thames: O cleerest chrystall flood, _Beta_ alone the Phenix is, of all thy watery brood, The Queene of Virgins onely she: And thou the Queene of floods shalt be: Let all thy Nymphes be ioyfull then to see this happy day, Thy _Beta_ now alone shalbe the subiect of my laye.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Range all thy swannes faire Thames together on a rancke, And place them duely one by one, vpon thy stately banck, Then set together all agood, Recording to the siluer flood, And craue the tunefull Nightingale to helpe you with her lay, The Osel and the Throstlecocke, chiefe musicke of our maye.

recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm

From this reading With daintie and delightsome straines of sweetest virelayes: Come louely shepheards sit we down and chant our _Betas_ prayse: And let vs sing so rare a verse, Our _Betas_ prayses to rehearse, 10 That little Birds shall silent be, to heare poore shepheards sing, And riuers backward bend their course, and flow vnto the spring.

being full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits

From this reading Yet needes the earth must droope with visage sad, When siluer dewes been turn'd to bitter stormes, 20 The Cheerful _Welkin_, once in sables clad, Her frownes foretell poore humaine creatures harmes.

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From this reading Range all thy swannes faire Thames together on a rancke, And place them duely one by one, vpon thy stately banck, Then set together all agood, Recording to the siluer flood, And craue the tunefull Nightingale to helpe you with her lay, The Osel and the Throstlecocke, chiefe musicke of our maye.

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From this reading _From Eclogue iij_ O thou fayre siluer Thames: O cleerest chrystall flood, _Beta_ alone the Phenix is, of all thy watery brood, The Queene of Virgins onely she: And thou the Queene of floods shalt be: Let all thy Nymphes be ioyfull then to see this happy day, Thy _Beta_ now alone shalbe the subiect of my laye.

wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in combination

From this reading Yet needes the earth must droope with visage sad, When siluer dewes been turn'd to bitter stormes, 20 The Cheerful _Welkin_, once in sables clad, Her frownes foretell poore humaine creatures harmes.

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From this reading _From Eclogue iij_ O thou fayre siluer Thames: O cleerest chrystall flood, _Beta_ alone the Phenix is, of all thy watery brood, The Queene of Virgins onely she: And thou the Queene of floods shalt be: Let all thy Nymphes be ioyfull then to see this happy day, Thy _Beta_ now alone shalbe the subiect of my laye.

plural of “cloud” — any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible

From this reading And yet for all to make amends for this, The clouds sheed teares, and weepen at my misse.

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading With daintie and delightsome straines of sweetest virelayes: Come louely shepheards sit we down and chant our _Betas_ prayse: And let vs sing so rare a verse, Our _Betas_ prayses to rehearse, 10 That little Birds shall silent be, to heare poore shepheards sing, And riuers backward bend their course, and flow vnto the spring.

education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings

From this reading With daintie and delightsome straines of sweetest virelayes: Come louely shepheards sit we down and chant our _Betas_ prayse: And let vs sing so rare a verse, Our _Betas_ prayses to rehearse, 10 That little Birds shall silent be, to heare poore shepheards sing, And riuers backward bend their course, and flow vnto the spring.

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From this reading Range all thy swannes faire Thames together on a rancke, And place them duely one by one, vpon thy stately banck, Then set together all agood, Recording to the siluer flood, And craue the tunefull Nightingale to helpe you with her lay, The Osel and the Throstlecocke, chiefe musicke of our maye.

plural of “creature” — a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

From this reading Yet needes the earth must droope with visage sad, When siluer dewes been turn'd to bitter stormes, 20 The Cheerful _Welkin_, once in sables clad, Her frownes foretell poore humaine creatures harmes.

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From this reading With daintie and delightsome straines of sweetest virelayes: Come louely shepheards sit we down and chant our _Betas_ prayse: And let vs sing so rare a verse, Our _Betas_ prayses to rehearse, 10 That little Birds shall silent be, to heare poore shepheards sing, And riuers backward bend their course, and flow vnto the spring.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading _From Eclogue iij_ O thou fayre siluer Thames: O cleerest chrystall flood, _Beta_ alone the Phenix is, of all thy watery brood, The Queene of Virgins onely she: And thou the Queene of floods shalt be: Let all thy Nymphes be ioyfull then to see this happy day, Thy _Beta_ now alone shalbe the subiect of my laye.

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From this reading With daintie and delightsome straines of sweetest virelayes: Come louely shepheards sit we down and chant our _Betas_ prayse: And let vs sing so rare a verse, Our _Betas_ prayses to rehearse, 10 That little Birds shall silent be, to heare poore shepheards sing, And riuers backward bend their course, and flow vnto the spring.

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From this reading Yet needes the earth must droope with visage sad, When siluer dewes been turn'd to bitter stormes, 20 The Cheerful _Welkin_, once in sables clad, Her frownes foretell poore humaine creatures harmes.

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading With daintie and delightsome straines of sweetest virelayes: Come louely shepheards sit we down and chant our _Betas_ prayse: And let vs sing so rare a verse, Our _Betas_ prayses to rehearse, 10 That little Birds shall silent be, to heare poore shepheards sing, And riuers backward bend their course, and flow vnto the spring.

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From this reading Yet needes the earth must droope with visage sad, When siluer dewes been turn'd to bitter stormes, 20 The Cheerful _Welkin_, once in sables clad, Her frownes foretell poore humaine creatures harmes.

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From this reading Range all thy swannes faire Thames together on a rancke, And place them duely one by one, vpon thy stately banck, Then set together all agood, Recording to the siluer flood, And craue the tunefull Nightingale to helpe you with her lay, The Osel and the Throstlecocke, chiefe musicke of our maye.

the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on

From this reading Yet needes the earth must droope with visage sad, When siluer dewes been turn'd to bitter stormes, 20 The Cheerful _Welkin_, once in sables clad, Her frownes foretell poore humaine creatures harmes.

a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life

From this reading _From Eclogue iij_ O thou fayre siluer Thames: O cleerest chrystall flood, _Beta_ alone the Phenix is, of all thy watery brood, The Queene of Virgins onely she: And thou the Queene of floods shalt be: Let all thy Nymphes be ioyfull then to see this happy day, Thy _Beta_ now alone shalbe the subiect of my laye.

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From this reading Range all thy swannes faire Thames together on a rancke, And place them duely one by one, vpon thy stately banck, Then set together all agood, Recording to the siluer flood, And craue the tunefull Nightingale to helpe you with her lay, The Osel and the Throstlecocke, chiefe musicke of our maye.

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From this reading _From Eclogue iij_ O thou fayre siluer Thames: O cleerest chrystall flood, _Beta_ alone the Phenix is, of all thy watery brood, The Queene of Virgins onely she: And thou the Queene of floods shalt be: Let all thy Nymphes be ioyfull then to see this happy day, Thy _Beta_ now alone shalbe the subiect of my laye.

the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land

From this reading _From Eclogue iij_ O thou fayre siluer Thames: O cleerest chrystall flood, _Beta_ alone the Phenix is, of all thy watery brood, The Queene of Virgins onely she: And thou the Queene of floods shalt be: Let all thy Nymphes be ioyfull then to see this happy day, Thy _Beta_ now alone shalbe the subiect of my laye.

plural of “flood” — the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land

From this reading _From Eclogue iij_ O thou fayre siluer Thames: O cleerest chrystall flood, _Beta_ alone the Phenix is, of all thy watery brood, The Queene of Virgins onely she: And thou the Queene of floods shalt be: Let all thy Nymphes be ioyfull then to see this happy day, Thy _Beta_ now alone shalbe the subiect of my laye.

the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)

From this reading With daintie and delightsome straines of sweetest virelayes: Come louely shepheards sit we down and chant our _Betas_ prayse: And let vs sing so rare a verse, Our _Betas_ prayses to rehearse, 10 That little Birds shall silent be, to heare poore shepheards sing, And riuers backward bend their course, and flow vnto the spring.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading And yet for all to make amends for this, The clouds sheed teares, and weepen at my misse.

foreshadow or presage

From this reading Yet needes the earth must droope with visage sad, When siluer dewes been turn'd to bitter stormes, 20 The Cheerful _Welkin_, once in sables clad, Her frownes foretell poore humaine creatures harmes.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading _From Eclogue iij_ O thou fayre siluer Thames: O cleerest chrystall flood, _Beta_ alone the Phenix is, of all thy watery brood, The Queene of Virgins onely she: And thou the Queene of floods shalt be: Let all thy Nymphes be ioyfull then to see this happy day, Thy _Beta_ now alone shalbe the subiect of my laye.

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From this reading Yet needes the earth must droope with visage sad, When siluer dewes been turn'd to bitter stormes, 20 The Cheerful _Welkin_, once in sables clad, Her frownes foretell poore humaine creatures harmes.

enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure

From this reading _From Eclogue iij_ O thou fayre siluer Thames: O cleerest chrystall flood, _Beta_ alone the Phenix is, of all thy watery brood, The Queene of Virgins onely she: And thou the Queene of floods shalt be: Let all thy Nymphes be ioyfull then to see this happy day, Thy _Beta_ now alone shalbe the subiect of my laye.

third-person singular of “harm” — cause or do harm to

From this reading Yet needes the earth must droope with visage sad, When siluer dewes been turn'd to bitter stormes, 20 The Cheerful _Welkin_, once in sables clad, Her frownes foretell poore humaine creatures harmes.

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From this reading With daintie and delightsome straines of sweetest virelayes: Come louely shepheards sit we down and chant our _Betas_ prayse: And let vs sing so rare a verse, Our _Betas_ prayses to rehearse, 10 That little Birds shall silent be, to heare poore shepheards sing, And riuers backward bend their course, and flow vnto the spring.

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From this reading Range all thy swannes faire Thames together on a rancke, And place them duely one by one, vpon thy stately banck, Then set together all agood, Recording to the siluer flood, And craue the tunefull Nightingale to helpe you with her lay, The Osel and the Throstlecocke, chiefe musicke of our maye.

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading Yet needes the earth must droope with visage sad, When siluer dewes been turn'd to bitter stormes, 20 The Cheerful _Welkin_, once in sables clad, Her frownes foretell poore humaine creatures harmes.

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From this reading Yet needes the earth must droope with visage sad, When siluer dewes been turn'd to bitter stormes, 20 The Cheerful _Welkin_, once in sables clad, Her frownes foretell poore humaine creatures harmes.

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From this reading _From Eclogue iij_ O thou fayre siluer Thames: O cleerest chrystall flood, _Beta_ alone the Phenix is, of all thy watery brood, The Queene of Virgins onely she: And thou the Queene of floods shalt be: Let all thy Nymphes be ioyfull then to see this happy day, Thy _Beta_ now alone shalbe the subiect of my laye.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Yet needes the earth must droope with visage sad, When siluer dewes been turn'd to bitter stormes, 20 The Cheerful _Welkin_, once in sables clad, Her frownes foretell poore humaine creatures harmes.

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From this reading _From Eclogue iij_ O thou fayre siluer Thames: O cleerest chrystall flood, _Beta_ alone the Phenix is, of all thy watery brood, The Queene of Virgins onely she: And thou the Queene of floods shalt be: Let all thy Nymphes be ioyfull then to see this happy day, Thy _Beta_ now alone shalbe the subiect of my laye.

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading _From Eclogue iij_ O thou fayre siluer Thames: O cleerest chrystall flood, _Beta_ alone the Phenix is, of all thy watery brood, The Queene of Virgins onely she: And thou the Queene of floods shalt be: Let all thy Nymphes be ioyfull then to see this happy day, Thy _Beta_ now alone shalbe the subiect of my laye.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading Range all thy swannes faire Thames together on a rancke, And place them duely one by one, vpon thy stately banck, Then set together all agood, Recording to the siluer flood, And craue the tunefull Nightingale to helpe you with her lay, The Osel and the Throstlecocke, chiefe musicke of our maye.

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From this reading _From Eclogue iij_ O thou fayre siluer Thames: O cleerest chrystall flood, _Beta_ alone the Phenix is, of all thy watery brood, The Queene of Virgins onely she: And thou the Queene of floods shalt be: Let all thy Nymphes be ioyfull then to see this happy day, Thy _Beta_ now alone shalbe the subiect of my laye.

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading _From Eclogue iij_ O thou fayre siluer Thames: O cleerest chrystall flood, _Beta_ alone the Phenix is, of all thy watery brood, The Queene of Virgins onely she: And thou the Queene of floods shalt be: Let all thy Nymphes be ioyfull then to see this happy day, Thy _Beta_ now alone shalbe the subiect of my laye.

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading With daintie and delightsome straines of sweetest virelayes: Come louely shepheards sit we down and chant our _Betas_ prayse: And let vs sing so rare a verse, Our _Betas_ prayses to rehearse, 10 That little Birds shall silent be, to heare poore shepheards sing, And riuers backward bend their course, and flow vnto the spring.

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From this reading With daintie and delightsome straines of sweetest virelayes: Come louely shepheards sit we down and chant our _Betas_ prayse: And let vs sing so rare a verse, Our _Betas_ prayses to rehearse, 10 That little Birds shall silent be, to heare poore shepheards sing, And riuers backward bend their course, and flow vnto the spring.

engage in

From this reading And yet for all to make amends for this, The clouds sheed teares, and weepen at my misse.

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From this reading Range all thy swannes faire Thames together on a rancke, And place them duely one by one, vpon thy stately banck, Then set together all agood, Recording to the siluer flood, And craue the tunefull Nightingale to helpe you with her lay, The Osel and the Throstlecocke, chiefe musicke of our maye.

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From this reading And yet for all to make amends for this, The clouds sheed teares, and weepen at my misse.

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From this reading Range all thy swannes faire Thames together on a rancke, And place them duely one by one, vpon thy stately banck, Then set together all agood, Recording to the siluer flood, And craue the tunefull Nightingale to helpe you with her lay, The Osel and the Throstlecocke, chiefe musicke of our maye.

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading Yet needes the earth must droope with visage sad, When siluer dewes been turn'd to bitter stormes, 20 The Cheerful _Welkin_, once in sables clad, Her frownes foretell poore humaine creatures harmes.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading And yet for all to make amends for this, The clouds sheed teares, and weepen at my misse.

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From this reading Yet needes the earth must droope with visage sad, When siluer dewes been turn'd to bitter stormes, 20 The Cheerful _Welkin_, once in sables clad, Her frownes foretell poore humaine creatures harmes.

European songbird noted for its melodious nocturnal song

From this reading Range all thy swannes faire Thames together on a rancke, And place them duely one by one, vpon thy stately banck, Then set together all agood, Recording to the siluer flood, And craue the tunefull Nightingale to helpe you with her lay, The Osel and the Throstlecocke, chiefe musicke of our maye.

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading _From Eclogue iij_ O thou fayre siluer Thames: O cleerest chrystall flood, _Beta_ alone the Phenix is, of all thy watery brood, The Queene of Virgins onely she: And thou the Queene of floods shalt be: Let all thy Nymphes be ioyfull then to see this happy day, Thy _Beta_ now alone shalbe the subiect of my laye.

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From this reading _From Eclogue iij_ O thou fayre siluer Thames: O cleerest chrystall flood, _Beta_ alone the Phenix is, of all thy watery brood, The Queene of Virgins onely she: And thou the Queene of floods shalt be: Let all thy Nymphes be ioyfull then to see this happy day, Thy _Beta_ now alone shalbe the subiect of my laye.

a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust

From this reading _From Eclogue iij_ O thou fayre siluer Thames: O cleerest chrystall flood, _Beta_ alone the Phenix is, of all thy watery brood, The Queene of Virgins onely she: And thou the Queene of floods shalt be: Let all thy Nymphes be ioyfull then to see this happy day, Thy _Beta_ now alone shalbe the subiect of my laye.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading _From Eclogue iij_ O thou fayre siluer Thames: O cleerest chrystall flood, _Beta_ alone the Phenix is, of all thy watery brood, The Queene of Virgins onely she: And thou the Queene of floods shalt be: Let all thy Nymphes be ioyfull then to see this happy day, Thy _Beta_ now alone shalbe the subiect of my laye.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Range all thy swannes faire Thames together on a rancke, And place them duely one by one, vpon thy stately banck, Then set together all agood, Recording to the siluer flood, And craue the tunefull Nightingale to helpe you with her lay, The Osel and the Throstlecocke, chiefe musicke of our maye.

on one occasion

From this reading Yet needes the earth must droope with visage sad, When siluer dewes been turn'd to bitter stormes, 20 The Cheerful _Welkin_, once in sables clad, Her frownes foretell poore humaine creatures harmes.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading Range all thy swannes faire Thames together on a rancke, And place them duely one by one, vpon thy stately banck, Then set together all agood, Recording to the siluer flood, And craue the tunefull Nightingale to helpe you with her lay, The Osel and the Throstlecocke, chiefe musicke of our maye.

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From this reading _From Eclogue iij_ O thou fayre siluer Thames: O cleerest chrystall flood, _Beta_ alone the Phenix is, of all thy watery brood, The Queene of Virgins onely she: And thou the Queene of floods shalt be: Let all thy Nymphes be ioyfull then to see this happy day, Thy _Beta_ now alone shalbe the subiect of my laye.

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From this reading Range all thy swannes faire Thames together on a rancke, And place them duely one by one, vpon thy stately banck, Then set together all agood, Recording to the siluer flood, And craue the tunefull Nightingale to helpe you with her lay, The Osel and the Throstlecocke, chiefe musicke of our maye.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading With daintie and delightsome straines of sweetest virelayes: Come louely shepheards sit we down and chant our _Betas_ prayse: And let vs sing so rare a verse, Our _Betas_ prayses to rehearse, 10 That little Birds shall silent be, to heare poore shepheards sing, And riuers backward bend their course, and flow vnto the spring.

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From this reading _From Eclogue iij_ O thou fayre siluer Thames: O cleerest chrystall flood, _Beta_ alone the Phenix is, of all thy watery brood, The Queene of Virgins onely she: And thou the Queene of floods shalt be: Let all thy Nymphes be ioyfull then to see this happy day, Thy _Beta_ now alone shalbe the subiect of my laye.

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading Range all thy swannes faire Thames together on a rancke, And place them duely one by one, vpon thy stately banck, Then set together all agood, Recording to the siluer flood, And craue the tunefull Nightingale to helpe you with her lay, The Osel and the Throstlecocke, chiefe musicke of our maye.

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From this reading Yet needes the earth must droope with visage sad, When siluer dewes been turn'd to bitter stormes, 20 The Cheerful _Welkin_, once in sables clad, Her frownes foretell poore humaine creatures harmes.

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From this reading With daintie and delightsome straines of sweetest virelayes: Come louely shepheards sit we down and chant our _Betas_ prayse: And let vs sing so rare a verse, Our _Betas_ prayses to rehearse, 10 That little Birds shall silent be, to heare poore shepheards sing, And riuers backward bend their course, and flow vnto the spring.

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From this reading With daintie and delightsome straines of sweetest virelayes: Come louely shepheards sit we down and chant our _Betas_ prayse: And let vs sing so rare a verse, Our _Betas_ prayses to rehearse, 10 That little Birds shall silent be, to heare poore shepheards sing, And riuers backward bend their course, and flow vnto the spring.

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From this reading _From Eclogue iij_ O thou fayre siluer Thames: O cleerest chrystall flood, _Beta_ alone the Phenix is, of all thy watery brood, The Queene of Virgins onely she: And thou the Queene of floods shalt be: Let all thy Nymphes be ioyfull then to see this happy day, Thy _Beta_ now alone shalbe the subiect of my laye.

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From this reading Range all thy swannes faire Thames together on a rancke, And place them duely one by one, vpon thy stately banck, Then set together all agood, Recording to the siluer flood, And craue the tunefull Nightingale to helpe you with her lay, The Osel and the Throstlecocke, chiefe musicke of our maye.

an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"

From this reading Range all thy swannes faire Thames together on a rancke, And place them duely one by one, vpon thy stately banck, Then set together all agood, Recording to the siluer flood, And craue the tunefull Nightingale to helpe you with her lay, The Osel and the Throstlecocke, chiefe musicke of our maye.

not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness

From this reading With daintie and delightsome straines of sweetest virelayes: Come louely shepheards sit we down and chant our _Betas_ prayse: And let vs sing so rare a verse, Our _Betas_ prayses to rehearse, 10 That little Birds shall silent be, to heare poore shepheards sing, And riuers backward bend their course, and flow vnto the spring.

a signal that encodes something (e.g., picture or sound) that has been recorded

From this reading Range all thy swannes faire Thames together on a rancke, And place them duely one by one, vpon thy stately banck, Then set together all agood, Recording to the siluer flood, And craue the tunefull Nightingale to helpe you with her lay, The Osel and the Throstlecocke, chiefe musicke of our maye.

engage in a rehearsal

From this reading With daintie and delightsome straines of sweetest virelayes: Come louely shepheards sit we down and chant our _Betas_ prayse: And let vs sing so rare a verse, Our _Betas_ prayses to rehearse, 10 That little Birds shall silent be, to heare poore shepheards sing, And riuers backward bend their course, and flow vnto the spring.

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From this reading With daintie and delightsome straines of sweetest virelayes: Come louely shepheards sit we down and chant our _Betas_ prayse: And let vs sing so rare a verse, Our _Betas_ prayses to rehearse, 10 That little Birds shall silent be, to heare poore shepheards sing, And riuers backward bend their course, and flow vnto the spring.

plural of “sable” — an artist's brush made of sable hairs

From this reading Yet needes the earth must droope with visage sad, When siluer dewes been turn'd to bitter stormes, 20 The Cheerful _Welkin_, once in sables clad, Her frownes foretell poore humaine creatures harmes.

experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness

From this reading Yet needes the earth must droope with visage sad, When siluer dewes been turn'd to bitter stormes, 20 The Cheerful _Welkin_, once in sables clad, Her frownes foretell poore humaine creatures harmes.

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading _From Eclogue iij_ O thou fayre siluer Thames: O cleerest chrystall flood, _Beta_ alone the Phenix is, of all thy watery brood, The Queene of Virgins onely she: And thou the Queene of floods shalt be: Let all thy Nymphes be ioyfull then to see this happy day, Thy _Beta_ now alone shalbe the subiect of my laye.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading Range all thy swannes faire Thames together on a rancke, And place them duely one by one, vpon thy stately banck, Then set together all agood, Recording to the siluer flood, And craue the tunefull Nightingale to helpe you with her lay, The Osel and the Throstlecocke, chiefe musicke of our maye.

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From this reading _From Eclogue iij_ O thou fayre siluer Thames: O cleerest chrystall flood, _Beta_ alone the Phenix is, of all thy watery brood, The Queene of Virgins onely she: And thou the Queene of floods shalt be: Let all thy Nymphes be ioyfull then to see this happy day, Thy _Beta_ now alone shalbe the subiect of my laye.

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading With daintie and delightsome straines of sweetest virelayes: Come louely shepheards sit we down and chant our _Betas_ prayse: And let vs sing so rare a verse, Our _Betas_ prayses to rehearse, 10 That little Birds shall silent be, to heare poore shepheards sing, And riuers backward bend their course, and flow vnto the spring.

an old form of “shall”, used with “thou”

From this reading _From Eclogue iij_ O thou fayre siluer Thames: O cleerest chrystall flood, _Beta_ alone the Phenix is, of all thy watery brood, The Queene of Virgins onely she: And thou the Queene of floods shalt be: Let all thy Nymphes be ioyfull then to see this happy day, Thy _Beta_ now alone shalbe the subiect of my laye.

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading _From Eclogue iij_ O thou fayre siluer Thames: O cleerest chrystall flood, _Beta_ alone the Phenix is, of all thy watery brood, The Queene of Virgins onely she: And thou the Queene of floods shalt be: Let all thy Nymphes be ioyfull then to see this happy day, Thy _Beta_ now alone shalbe the subiect of my laye.

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From this reading And yet for all to make amends for this, The clouds sheed teares, and weepen at my misse.

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From this reading With daintie and delightsome straines of sweetest virelayes: Come louely shepheards sit we down and chant our _Betas_ prayse: And let vs sing so rare a verse, Our _Betas_ prayses to rehearse, 10 That little Birds shall silent be, to heare poore shepheards sing, And riuers backward bend their course, and flow vnto the spring.

marked by absence of sound

From this reading With daintie and delightsome straines of sweetest virelayes: Come louely shepheards sit we down and chant our _Betas_ prayse: And let vs sing so rare a verse, Our _Betas_ prayses to rehearse, 10 That little Birds shall silent be, to heare poore shepheards sing, And riuers backward bend their course, and flow vnto the spring.

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From this reading Yet needes the earth must droope with visage sad, When siluer dewes been turn'd to bitter stormes, 20 The Cheerful _Welkin_, once in sables clad, Her frownes foretell poore humaine creatures harmes.

deliver by singing

From this reading With daintie and delightsome straines of sweetest virelayes: Come louely shepheards sit we down and chant our _Betas_ prayse: And let vs sing so rare a verse, Our _Betas_ prayses to rehearse, 10 That little Birds shall silent be, to heare poore shepheards sing, And riuers backward bend their course, and flow vnto the spring.

be seated

From this reading With daintie and delightsome straines of sweetest virelayes: Come louely shepheards sit we down and chant our _Betas_ prayse: And let vs sing so rare a verse, Our _Betas_ prayses to rehearse, 10 That little Birds shall silent be, to heare poore shepheards sing, And riuers backward bend their course, and flow vnto the spring.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading With daintie and delightsome straines of sweetest virelayes: Come louely shepheards sit we down and chant our _Betas_ prayse: And let vs sing so rare a verse, Our _Betas_ prayses to rehearse, 10 That little Birds shall silent be, to heare poore shepheards sing, And riuers backward bend their course, and flow vnto the spring.

the season of growth

From this reading With daintie and delightsome straines of sweetest virelayes: Come louely shepheards sit we down and chant our _Betas_ prayse: And let vs sing so rare a verse, Our _Betas_ prayses to rehearse, 10 That little Birds shall silent be, to heare poore shepheards sing, And riuers backward bend their course, and flow vnto the spring.

impressive in appearance

From this reading Range all thy swannes faire Thames together on a rancke, And place them duely one by one, vpon thy stately banck, Then set together all agood, Recording to the siluer flood, And craue the tunefull Nightingale to helpe you with her lay, The Osel and the Throstlecocke, chiefe musicke of our maye.

third-person singular of “storm” — behave violently, as if in state of a great anger

From this reading Yet needes the earth must droope with visage sad, When siluer dewes been turn'd to bitter stormes, 20 The Cheerful _Welkin_, once in sables clad, Her frownes foretell poore humaine creatures harmes.

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From this reading With daintie and delightsome straines of sweetest virelayes: Come louely shepheards sit we down and chant our _Betas_ prayse: And let vs sing so rare a verse, Our _Betas_ prayses to rehearse, 10 That little Birds shall silent be, to heare poore shepheards sing, And riuers backward bend their course, and flow vnto the spring.

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From this reading _From Eclogue iij_ O thou fayre siluer Thames: O cleerest chrystall flood, _Beta_ alone the Phenix is, of all thy watery brood, The Queene of Virgins onely she: And thou the Queene of floods shalt be: Let all thy Nymphes be ioyfull then to see this happy day, Thy _Beta_ now alone shalbe the subiect of my laye.

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From this reading Range all thy swannes faire Thames together on a rancke, And place them duely one by one, vpon thy stately banck, Then set together all agood, Recording to the siluer flood, And craue the tunefull Nightingale to helpe you with her lay, The Osel and the Throstlecocke, chiefe musicke of our maye.

superlative of “sweet” — having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar

From this reading With daintie and delightsome straines of sweetest virelayes: Come louely shepheards sit we down and chant our _Betas_ prayse: And let vs sing so rare a verse, Our _Betas_ prayses to rehearse, 10 That little Birds shall silent be, to heare poore shepheards sing, And riuers backward bend their course, and flow vnto the spring.

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From this reading And yet for all to make amends for this, The clouds sheed teares, and weepen at my misse.

the longest river in England; flows eastward through London to the North Sea

From this reading _From Eclogue iij_ O thou fayre siluer Thames: O cleerest chrystall flood, _Beta_ alone the Phenix is, of all thy watery brood, The Queene of Virgins onely she: And thou the Queene of floods shalt be: Let all thy Nymphes be ioyfull then to see this happy day, Thy _Beta_ now alone shalbe the subiect of my laye.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading With daintie and delightsome straines of sweetest virelayes: Come louely shepheards sit we down and chant our _Betas_ prayse: And let vs sing so rare a verse, Our _Betas_ prayses to rehearse, 10 That little Birds shall silent be, to heare poore shepheards sing, And riuers backward bend their course, and flow vnto the spring.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Yet needes the earth must droope with visage sad, When siluer dewes been turn'd to bitter stormes, 20 The Cheerful _Welkin_, once in sables clad, Her frownes foretell poore humaine creatures harmes.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading With daintie and delightsome straines of sweetest virelayes: Come louely shepheards sit we down and chant our _Betas_ prayse: And let vs sing so rare a verse, Our _Betas_ prayses to rehearse, 10 That little Birds shall silent be, to heare poore shepheards sing, And riuers backward bend their course, and flow vnto the spring.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading Range all thy swannes faire Thames together on a rancke, And place them duely one by one, vpon thy stately banck, Then set together all agood, Recording to the siluer flood, And craue the tunefull Nightingale to helpe you with her lay, The Osel and the Throstlecocke, chiefe musicke of our maye.

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading _From Eclogue iij_ O thou fayre siluer Thames: O cleerest chrystall flood, _Beta_ alone the Phenix is, of all thy watery brood, The Queene of Virgins onely she: And thou the Queene of floods shalt be: Let all thy Nymphes be ioyfull then to see this happy day, Thy _Beta_ now alone shalbe the subiect of my laye.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading And yet for all to make amends for this, The clouds sheed teares, and weepen at my misse.

an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person

From this reading _From Eclogue iij_ O thou fayre siluer Thames: O cleerest chrystall flood, _Beta_ alone the Phenix is, of all thy watery brood, The Queene of Virgins onely she: And thou the Queene of floods shalt be: Let all thy Nymphes be ioyfull then to see this happy day, Thy _Beta_ now alone shalbe the subiect of my laye.

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From this reading Range all thy swannes faire Thames together on a rancke, And place them duely one by one, vpon thy stately banck, Then set together all agood, Recording to the siluer flood, And craue the tunefull Nightingale to helpe you with her lay, The Osel and the Throstlecocke, chiefe musicke of our maye.

an old word for “your”, speaking to one person

From this reading _From Eclogue iij_ O thou fayre siluer Thames: O cleerest chrystall flood, _Beta_ alone the Phenix is, of all thy watery brood, The Queene of Virgins onely she: And thou the Queene of floods shalt be: Let all thy Nymphes be ioyfull then to see this happy day, Thy _Beta_ now alone shalbe the subiect of my laye.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Yet needes the earth must droope with visage sad, When siluer dewes been turn'd to bitter stormes, 20 The Cheerful _Welkin_, once in sables clad, Her frownes foretell poore humaine creatures harmes.

in contact with each other or in proximity

From this reading Range all thy swannes faire Thames together on a rancke, And place them duely one by one, vpon thy stately banck, Then set together all agood, Recording to the siluer flood, And craue the tunefull Nightingale to helpe you with her lay, The Osel and the Throstlecocke, chiefe musicke of our maye.

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From this reading Range all thy swannes faire Thames together on a rancke, And place them duely one by one, vpon thy stately banck, Then set together all agood, Recording to the siluer flood, And craue the tunefull Nightingale to helpe you with her lay, The Osel and the Throstlecocke, chiefe musicke of our maye.

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From this reading Yet needes the earth must droope with visage sad, When siluer dewes been turn'd to bitter stormes, 20 The Cheerful _Welkin_, once in sables clad, Her frownes foretell poore humaine creatures harmes.

literature in metrical form

From this reading With daintie and delightsome straines of sweetest virelayes: Come louely shepheards sit we down and chant our _Betas_ prayse: And let vs sing so rare a verse, Our _Betas_ prayses to rehearse, 10 That little Birds shall silent be, to heare poore shepheards sing, And riuers backward bend their course, and flow vnto the spring.

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From this reading With daintie and delightsome straines of sweetest virelayes: Come louely shepheards sit we down and chant our _Betas_ prayse: And let vs sing so rare a verse, Our _Betas_ prayses to rehearse, 10 That little Birds shall silent be, to heare poore shepheards sing, And riuers backward bend their course, and flow vnto the spring.

plural of “virgin” — a person who has never had sex

From this reading _From Eclogue iij_ O thou fayre siluer Thames: O cleerest chrystall flood, _Beta_ alone the Phenix is, of all thy watery brood, The Queene of Virgins onely she: And thou the Queene of floods shalt be: Let all thy Nymphes be ioyfull then to see this happy day, Thy _Beta_ now alone shalbe the subiect of my laye.

the human face (“kisser” and “smiler” and “mug” are informal terms for “face” and “phiz” is British)

From this reading Yet needes the earth must droope with visage sad, When siluer dewes been turn'd to bitter stormes, 20 The Cheerful _Welkin_, once in sables clad, Her frownes foretell poore humaine creatures harmes.

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From this reading With daintie and delightsome straines of sweetest virelayes: Come louely shepheards sit we down and chant our _Betas_ prayse: And let vs sing so rare a verse, Our _Betas_ prayses to rehearse, 10 That little Birds shall silent be, to heare poore shepheards sing, And riuers backward bend their course, and flow vnto the spring.

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From this reading Range all thy swannes faire Thames together on a rancke, And place them duely one by one, vpon thy stately banck, Then set together all agood, Recording to the siluer flood, And craue the tunefull Nightingale to helpe you with her lay, The Osel and the Throstlecocke, chiefe musicke of our maye.

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From this reading With daintie and delightsome straines of sweetest virelayes: Come louely shepheards sit we down and chant our _Betas_ prayse: And let vs sing so rare a verse, Our _Betas_ prayses to rehearse, 10 That little Birds shall silent be, to heare poore shepheards sing, And riuers backward bend their course, and flow vnto the spring.

filled with water

From this reading _From Eclogue iij_ O thou fayre siluer Thames: O cleerest chrystall flood, _Beta_ alone the Phenix is, of all thy watery brood, The Queene of Virgins onely she: And thou the Queene of floods shalt be: Let all thy Nymphes be ioyfull then to see this happy day, Thy _Beta_ now alone shalbe the subiect of my laye.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading With daintie and delightsome straines of sweetest virelayes: Come louely shepheards sit we down and chant our _Betas_ prayse: And let vs sing so rare a verse, Our _Betas_ prayses to rehearse, 10 That little Birds shall silent be, to heare poore shepheards sing, And riuers backward bend their course, and flow vnto the spring.

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From this reading And yet for all to make amends for this, The clouds sheed teares, and weepen at my misse.

the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected

From this reading Yet needes the earth must droope with visage sad, When siluer dewes been turn'd to bitter stormes, 20 The Cheerful _Welkin_, once in sables clad, Her frownes foretell poore humaine creatures harmes.

at the time that

From this reading Yet needes the earth must droope with visage sad, When siluer dewes been turn'd to bitter stormes, 20 The Cheerful _Welkin_, once in sables clad, Her frownes foretell poore humaine creatures harmes.

in the company of; together with

From this reading Yet needes the earth must droope with visage sad, When siluer dewes been turn'd to bitter stormes, 20 The Cheerful _Welkin_, once in sables clad, Her frownes foretell poore humaine creatures harmes.

but in spite of that

From this reading Yet needes the earth must droope with visage sad, When siluer dewes been turn'd to bitter stormes, 20 The Cheerful _Welkin_, once in sables clad, Her frownes foretell poore humaine creatures harmes.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Range all thy swannes faire Thames together on a rancke, And place them duely one by one, vpon thy stately banck, Then set together all agood, Recording to the siluer flood, And craue the tunefull Nightingale to helpe you with her lay, The Osel and the Throstlecocke, chiefe musicke of our maye.