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blessed wood: keys of the spinet or virginal.
3.
sway'st: governs, governest.
4.
confounds: i.e., overcomes with delight.
5.
jacks: actually, plectrums, upright pieces of wood fixed to the key-lever that pluck the spinet's inside wires when the outside keys are struck. (In a virginal, the key-lever is fitted with a quill which plucks the virginal's strings.)
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tender inward: delicate inside.
9.
they: my lips.
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jacks: actually, plectrums, upright pieces of wood fixed to the key-lever that pluck the spinet's inside wires when the outside keys are struck. (In a virginal, the key-lever is fitted with a quill which plucks the virginal's strings.)