iltlesse bloud pourd oft on ground,
The crowned often slaine, the slayer cround,
6 The sacred Diademe in peeces rent,
And purple robe gored with many a wound;
8 Castles surprizd, great cities sackt and brent:
So mak'st thou kings, and gaynest wrongfull gouernement.

1 "Nor yours be kingdoms, nor the sceptres yours;
2 But realms and rulers you do both confound,

confound > overthrow, subvert

3 And loyal truth to treason do incline;

incline > dispose, direct; _hence:_ pervert

4 Witness the guiltless blood poured oft on ground,
5 The crowned often slain, the slayer crowned,
6 The sacred diadem in pieces rent,

diadem > crown
rent > torn

7 And purple robe gored with many a wound;

purple robe > (Traditionally worn by emperors and kings: Tyrian
purple was a dye obtained in the eastern Mediterranean from the
whelks _Murex trunculus_ and _M. brandaris_ and processed at the
Phoenician city of Tyre, whence it was sold at high price to the
Romans. "Purple" also = "blood-red" (cf. e.g. 206.29:9), thus
adding more meaning to the phrase)

8 Castles surprised, great cities sacked and burnt:

surprised > {Captured using surprise tactics}

9 So make you kings, and gain wrongful government.

So > Thus, in this manner

207.14

Long were to tell the troublous stormes, that tosse
2 The priuate state, and make the life vnsweet:
Who swelling sayles in Caspian sea doth crosse,
4 And in frayle wood on _Adrian_ gulfe doth fleet,
Doth not, I weene, so many euils meet.
6 Then _Mammon_ wexing wroth, And why then, said,
Are mortall men so fond and vndiscreet,
8 So euill thing to seeke vnto their ayd,
And hauing not complaine, and hauing it vpbraid?

1 "Long were to tell the troublous storms that toss

Long were > [It would take a long time]
tell > describe

2 The private state, and make the life unsweet:

private state > private condition, personal life

3 Who swelling sails in Caspian Sea does cross,

Who > [Whoever, he who]
cross > hoist, set in position

4 And in frail wood on Adrian Gulf does fleet,

Adrian Gulf > (The Adriatic Sea, which, like the Caspian, was
notoriously stormy)
fleet > float; sail

5 Does not, I ween, so many evils meet."

ween > think

6 Then Mammon, waxing wroth, "And why then," said,

waxing > growing, becoming

7 "Are mortal men so fond and undiscreet,

fond > foolish
undisc