n gan the cursed wretch aloud to cry,
Accusing highest _Ioue_ and gods ingrate,
8 And eke blaspheming heauen bitterly,
As authour of vniustice, there to let him dye.

4 intemperate > more temperate _1590_

1 "Nay, nay, you greedy Tantalus," quoth he,
2 "Abide the fortune of your present fate,

Abide > Endure; await the issue of

3 And, to all that live in high degree,

degree > social station

4 Example be of mind intemperate,
5 To teach them how to use their present state."
6 Then began the cursed wretch aloud to cry,
7 Accusing highest Jove and gods ingrate,

ingrate > unfriendly; unpleasant

8 And eke blaspheming heaven bitterly,

eke > also

9 As author of injustice, there to let him die.

207.61

He lookt a little further, and espyde
2 Another wretch, whose carkasse deepe was drent
Within the riuer, which the same did hyde:
4 But both his hands most filthy feculent,
Aboue the water were on high extent,
6 And faynd to wash themselues incessantly;
Yet nothing cleaner were for such intent,
8 But rather fowler seemed to the eye;
So lost his labour vaine and idle industry.

1 He looked a little further, and espied
2 Another wretch, whose carcase deep was drenched

drenched > immersed

3 Within the river, which the same did hide:
4 But both his hands, most filthy feculent,

feculent > {Covered with faecal matter: SU}

5 Above the water were on high extent,

extent > extended

6 And fained to wash themselves incessantly;

fained > were anxious, _hence:_ tried; _or:_ feigned

7 Yet nothing cleaner were for such intent,

nothing > not at all

8 But rather fouller seemed to the eye;
9 So lost his labour vain and idle industry.

vain > futile
idle > unavailing, empty

207.62

The knight him calling, asked who he was,
2 Who lifting vp his head, him answerd thus:
I _Pilate_ am the falsest Iudge, alas,
4 And most vniust, that by vnrighteous
And wicked doome, to Iewes despiteous
6 Deliuered vp the Lord of life to die,
And did acquite a murdrer felonous;
8 The whiles my hands I washt in puritie,
The whiles my soule was soyld with foule iniquitie.

1 The knight, him calling, asked who he was,
2 Who, lifting up his head, him answered thus:
3 "I Pilate am, the falsest judge, alas,

Pilate > (See _Matt._ 27.11-24)

4 And most unjust, that by unrighteo