age:
rudely > violently, clumsily
8 Yet sithence help, he saw, he needed more
sithence > since
9 Than pity, he in haste approached the shore.
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And cald, _Pyrochles_, what is this, I see?
2 What hellish furie hath at earst thee hent?
Furious euer I thee knew to bee,
4 Yet neuer in this straunge astonishment.
These flames, these flames (he cryde) do me torment.
6 What flames (quoth he) when I thee present see,
In daunger rather to be drent, then brent?
8 Harrow, the flames, which me consume (said hee)
Ne can be quencht, within my secret bowels bee.
1 And called, "Pyrochles, what is this I see?
2 What hellish fury has at erst you hent?
fury > frenzy, madness (cf. I:261); _or:_ Fury (one of the avenging
deities sent from hell to punish wrongdoers)
at erst > lately
hent > seized
3 Furious ever I you knew to be,
4 Yet never in this strange astonishment."
strange > extreme; severe; new-come, new-found
astonishment > {Loss of sense or wits}
5 "These flames, these flames," he cried, "do me torment."
6 "What flames," quoth he, "when I you present see,
7 In danger rather to be drenched, than burnt?"
drenched > drowned
8 "Harrow, the flames, which me consume," said he,
Harrow > {A cry of distress or alarm}
9 Ne can be quenched, within my secret bowels be.
Ne can > And cannot
secret > unseen, invisible
bowels > {Internal organs generally}
be > [are]
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That cursed man, that cruell feend of hell,
2 _Furor_, oh _Furor_ hath me thus bedight:
His deadly wounds within my +liuer+ swell,
4 And his whot fire burnes in mine entrails bright,
Kindled through his infernall brond of spight,
6 Sith late with him I batteil vaine would boste;
That now I weene _Ioues_ dreaded thunder light
8 Does scorch not halfe so sore, nor damned ghoste
In flaming _Phlegeton_ does not so felly roste.
3 liuer > liuers _1596_
1 "That cursed man, that cruel fiend of hell,
2 Furor, O Furor has me thus bedight:
bedight > arrayed, adorned; _hence:_ treated, maltreated
3 His deadly wounds within my liver swell,
liver > (The supposed seat of love and violent passion)
4 And his hot fire burns in my entrails brightly,
5 Kindled through his infernal brand of spite,
6 Sith late with him I battle vain would boast;
Sith late > Since lately
vain > futile; foolish
boast > threaten
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