a sharp foresight, and working wit,

working wit > active intelligence

9 That never idle was, nor once could rest a whit.

idle > idle; weak-headed, unavailing

209.50

His chamber was dispainted all within,
2 With sundry colours, in the which were writ
Infinite shapes of things dispersed thin;
4 Some such as in the world were neuer yit,
Ne can deuized be of mortall wit;
6 Some daily seene, and knowen by their names,
Such as in idle fantasies doe flit:
8 Infernall Hags, _Centaurs_, feendes, _Hippodames_,
Apes, Lions, {AE}gles, Owles, fooles, louers, children, Dames.

1 His chamber was dispainted all within

dispainted > diversely painted (WU)

2 With sundry colours, in which were writ

writ > drawn, painted

3 Infinite shapes of things dispersed thin;
4 Some such as in the world were never yet,

yet > yet (adv.); cast, moulded (pa. ppl.); _hence:_ created

5 Nor can devised be of mortal wit;

of > by
wit > mind, intelligence

6 Some daily seen, and known by their names,
7 Such as in idle fantasies do flit:
8 Infernal hags, centaurs, fiends, hippodames,

centaur > {Fabulous creature with the head, arms and trunk of a man
and the lower parts of a horse}
hippodame > ?hippopotamus (from the medieval spelling "ypotame"; or
perhaps this is a new creature, invented by Spenser, half horse
and half woman, the female counterpart of the centaur.
"Centaurs" and "Hippodames" are the only words italicized in the
original stanza. See also 311.40:9)

9 Apes, lions, eagles, owls, fools, lovers, children, dames.

209.51

And all the chamber filled was with flyes,
2 Which buzzed all about, and made such sound,
That they encombred all mens eares and eyes,
4 Like many swarmes of Bees assembled round,
After their hiues with honny do abound:
6 All those were idle thoughts and fantasies,
Deuices, dreames, opinions vnsound,
8 Shewes, visions, sooth-sayes, and prophesies;
And all that fained is, as leasings, tales, and lies.

1 And all the chamber filled was with flies,
2 Which buzzed all about, and made such sound,
3 That they encumbered all men's ears and eyes,
4 Like many swarms of bees assembled round,

bees > ("_To have your head full of bees_. Full of devices,
crotchets, fancies, inventions, and dreamy theories." (Brewer,
1894))

5 After their hives with honey do abound:
6 All those were idle