be nought hereat dismayd, / Till well ye wote by graue intendiment, / What woman, and wherefore doth me vpbrayd […].

Poor Mhairi Smellie. Her first name, a Scots Gaelic name, was pronounced vary, which sounded close to very. The name Smellie was common enough in Scotland, but to be called something which sounded like very smelly was a singular misfortune, and indicative, surely, of a lack of parental foresight.

two-legged animals

to uncage (“to release from a cage”)