did read,
2 Nor yet has ended: for it was a great
3 And ample volume, that does far exceed
4 My leisure, so long leaves here to repeat:

so > such
leaves > pages
repeat > reproduce

5 It told, how first Prometheus did create

Prometheus > (Whose name means "Forethought": he stole fire from
heaven in a hollow tube, and taught mortals how to use it. In
one legend, he is said to have created man out of earth and
water, and to have bestowed on him a portion of the
characteristics possessed by all the other animals. See
_Odes_ I 16.13-16, _Met._ 1.82)

6 A man, of many parts from beasts derived,
7 And then stole fire from heaven, to animate
8 His work, for which he was by Jove deprived
9 Of life himself, and heartstrings of an eagle rived.

heartstrings > {Tendons or nerves supporting the heart; in citing
the heart rather than the liver, Spenser follows Cooper (1565)}
of > by
rived > torn (perpetually: as part of his punishment, Prometheus was
chained to a rock on Mount Caucasus, where each day an eagle
consumed his liver, which was then restored overnight. The eagle
was eventually killed, and Prometheus rescued, by Hercules)

210.71

That man so made, he called _Elfe_, to weet
2 Quick, the first authour of all Elfin kind:
Who wandring through the world with wearie feet,
4 Did in the gardins of _Adonis_ find
A goodly creature, whom he deemd in mind
6 To be no earthly wight, but either Spright,
Or Angell, th'authour of all woman kind;
8 Therefore a _Fay_ he her according hight,
Of whom all _Faeryes_ spring, and fetch their lignage right.

1 That man so made, he called Elf, to wit
2 Quick, the first author of all Elfin kind:

Quick > Alive (the derivation is the poet's)
author > ancestor, forefather

3 Who, wandering through the world with weary feet,
4 Did in the Gardens of Adonis find

Gardens of Adonis > (See 306.29 ff.)

5 A goodly creature, whom he deemed in mind

goodly > beautiful

6 To be no earthly wight, but either sprite

wight > mortal, woman

7 Or angel, the author of all womankind;
8 Therefore a fay he her according hight,

fay > fairy
according hight > accordingly called

9 Of whom all Faeries spring, and fetch their lineage right.

Of > From
fetch > derive
right > directly; in a straight line; correctly

210.72

Of these a mightie people shortly grew,
2 And puissaunt kings, which all