, which gaped wide,
7 Was next adjoining, ne them parted aught:

ne them parted aught > [nor did anything separate them; there was no
space between the two]

8 Betwixt them both was but a little stride,
9 That did the house of Richesse from hell-mouth divide.

Richesse > Wealth

207.25

Before the dore sat selfe-consuming Care,
2 Day and night keeping wary watch and ward,
For feare least Force or Fraud should vnaware
4 Breake in, and spoile the treasure there in gard:
Ne would he suffer Sleepe once thither-ward
6 Approch, albe his drowsie den were next;
For next to death is Sleepe to be compard:
8 Therefore his house is vnto his annext;
Here Sleep, there Richesse, and Hel-gate them both betwext.

1 Before the door sat self-consuming Care,
2 Day and night keeping wary watch and ward,

ward > guard ("watch and ward" was formerly a common compound sb.)

3 For fear lest Force or Fraud should unawares
4 Break in, and spoil the treasure there in guard:

spoil > plunder, rob
in > [under]

5 Nor would he suffer Sleep once thitherward

suffer > allow
thitherward > towards there, in that direction

6 Approach, albe his drowsy den was next;

albe > although
next > next adjoining (207.24:7), adjacent

7 For next to death is Sleep to be compared:

next > [most closely; cf. _Aen._ 6.278]

8 Therefore his house is to his annexed;
9 Here Sleep, there Richesse, and hell-gate them both betwixt.

Richesse > Wealth

207.26

So soone as _Mammon_ there arriu'd, the dore
2 To him did open, and affoorded way;
Him followed eke Sir _Guyon_ euermore,
4 Ne darkenesse him, ne daunger might dismay.
Soone as he entred was, the dore streight way
6 Did shut, and from behind it forth there lept
An vgly feend, more fowle then dismall day,
8 The which with monstrous stalke behind him stept,
And euer as he went, dew watch vpon him kept.

1 So soon as Mammon there arrived, the door
2 To him did open, and afforded way;
3 Him followed eke Sir Guyon evermore,

eke > also
evermore > constantly

4 Neither darkness him, nor danger might dismay.
5 Soon as he entered was, the door straightway

Soon > [As soon]

6 Did shut, and from behind it forth there leapt
7 An ugly fiend, more foul than dismal day,

dismal day > {_Dies mali_, one of the evil or unlucky days of the
medieval calendar}

8 Which with