ny noble Greeks and Trojans made to bleed.

207.56

The warlike +Elfe+ much wondred at this tree,
2 So faire and great, that shadowed all the ground,
And his broad braunches, laden with rich fee,
4 Did stretch themselues without the vtmost bound
Of this great gardin, compast with a mound,
6 Which ouer-hanging, they themselues did steepe,
In a blacke flood which flow'd about it round;
8 That is the riuer of _Cocytus_ deepe,
In which full many soules do endlesse waile and weepe.

1 Elfe > Elfe, _1596_

1 The warlike Elf much wondered at this tree,

wondered > marvelled

2 So fair and great, that shadowed all the ground,
3 And its broad branches, laden with rich fee,

fee > wealth

4 Did stretch themselves without the utmost bound

without > outside, beyond

5 Of this great garden, compassed with a mound,

compassed with > enclosed with; encircled by
mound > embankment

6 Which overhanging, they themselves did steep
7 In a black flood which flowed about it round;

flood > river

8 That is the river of Cocytus deep,

Cocytus > (The "stream of wailing": one of the five rivers of hell:
the others are Acheron, Phlegethon, Lethe, and Styx)

9 In which full many souls do endless wail and weep.

full > very, exceedingly

207.57

Which to behold, he clomb vp to the banke,
2 And looking downe, saw many damned wights,
In those sad waues, which direfull deadly stanke,
4 Plonged continually of cruell Sprights,
That with their pitteous cryes, and yelling shrights,
6 They made the further shore resounden wide:
Emongst the rest of those same ruefull sights,
8 One cursed +creature+ he by chaunce espide,
That drenched lay full deepe, vnder the Garden side.

8 creature > creature, _1596_

1 Which to behold, he climbed up to the bank,
2 And, looking down, saw many damned wights

wights > people

3 In those sad waves, which direful deadly stank,

sad > {Sorrowful, causing sorrow; dark; deep}
direful > dreadfully

4 Plunged continually of cruel sprites,

Plunged > Immersed, pushed under
of > by

5 That with their piteous cries and yelling shrikes

That > [So that, in such a way that]
their > [the "damned wights"']
shrikes > shrieks

6 They made the farther shore resound wide:

resound > echo, re-echo; ring

7 Amongst the rest of those same rueful sights,
8 One cursed creature he by ch