vncouth, saluage, and vnciuile wight,
Of griesly hew, and fowle ill fauour'd sight;
6 His face with smoke was tand, and eyes were bleard,
His head and beard with sout were ill bedight,
8 His cole-blacke hands did seeme to haue beene seard
In smithes fire-+spitting+ forge, and nayles like clawes appeard.

9 spitting > spetting _1609_

1 At last he came to a gloomy glade,
2 Covered with boughs and shrubs from heaven's light,
3 Where he sitting found in secret shade

secret > hidden

4 An uncouth, savage, and uncivil wight,

uncouth > strange, clumsy, awkward
uncivil > uncivilized, barbaric
wight > person, creature

5 Of grisly hue, and foul ill-favoured sight;

grisly > horrible, fearsome
hue > colour; appearance (less likely in view of "ill fauour'd
sight")
ill-favoured sight > ugly appearance

6 His face with smoke was tanned, and eyes were bleared,

bleared > watery, inflamed

7 His head and beard with soot were ill bedight;

ill bedight > ill-adorned; _hence:_ disfigured

8 His coal-black hands did seem to have been seared
9 In smith's fire-spitting forge, and nails like claws appeared.

nails > [his nails]

207.4

His yron coate all ouergrowne with rust,
2 Was vnderneath enueloped with gold,
Whose glistring glosse darkned with filthy dust,
4 Well +yet+ appeared, to haue beene of old
A worke of rich entayle, and curious mould,
6 Wouen with antickes and wild Imagery:
And in his lap a masse of coyne he told,
8 And turned +vpsidowne+, to feede his eye
+And+ couetous desire with his huge threasury.

4 yet > it _1596 etc._
8 vpsidowne > vpside downe _1590_
9 And > A _1596_

1 His iron coat, all overgrown with rust,
2 Was underneath enveloped with gold,

enveloped > lined (catachr.; cf. 301.59:9)

3 Whose glistering gloss, darkened with filthy dust,
4 Well yet appeared to have been of old
5 A work of rich entail, and curious mould,

entail > ornament; carving; intaglio
curious > skilled, elaborate; exquisite
mould > form, style

6 Woven with antics and wild imagery:

antics > {Fantastic or grotesque representations of birds, animals,
plants}
imagery > idolatrous images (cf. 108.36:2, 212.60:5)

7 And in his lap a mass of coin he told

told > counted (cf. 104.27:5)

8 And turned upside-down, to feed his eye
9 And covetous desire with his huge treasury.

treasury > treasure

207.5