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pretty: sportive.
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befits: is fitting or appropriate (to the person's age and beauty).
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assailed: tried or attempted; in this instance sexual contact is to be attempted.
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sourly: with bitter effect. prevailed: succeeded.
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but yet thou mightest my seat forbear: i.e., but you might yet refrain from giving away my place in your affections.
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chide: scold.
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twofold truth: uprightness, chastity of both the beautiful youth and a woman who would desire him.