OED has
† brame1. Obs. rare1.
[Prob. ad. It. brama ‘earnest desire or wishing’.]
Longing.
1596 Spenser F.Q. iii. ii. 52 Through..hart-burning brame, She shortly like a
pyned ghost became.
- this looks like the right sort of register. If, as Dan suggests, bigning =
beginning, then we could paraphrase as "desire-provoking".
All the best,
Matt
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