her element. In order to crush and kill him, Hercules had
to lift him into the air first)

2 How the Earth his mother was, and first him bore;
3 She eke so often, as his life decayed,

eke > also
decayed > declined

4 Did life with usury to him restore,

usury > interest

5 And raised him up much stronger than before,
6 So soon as he to her womb did fall;
7 Therefore to ground he would him cast no more,
8 Nor him commit to grave terrestrial,
9 But bear him far from hope of succour usual.

211.46

Tho vp he caught him twixt his puissant hands,
2 And hauing scruzd out of his carrion corse
The lothfull life, now loosd from sinfull bands,
4 Vpon his shoulders carried him perforse
Aboue three furlongs, taking his full course,
6 Vntill he came vnto a standing lake;
Him thereinto he threw without remorse,
8 Ne stird, till hope of life did him forsake;
So end of that Carles dayes, and his owne paines did make.

1 Tho up he caught him 'twixt his puissant hands,

Tho > Then
puissant > powerful

2 And having scruzed out of his carrion corse

scruzed > squeezed
corse > body

3 The loathful life, now loosed from sinful bonds,

loathful > loathsome; reluctant

4 Upon his shoulders carried him perforce

perforce > forcibly

5 Above three furlongs, taking his full course,

Above > More than
furlong > {An eighth of a mile, 220 yards, about 201 metres; cf.
111.11:7}

6 Until he came to a standing lake;

standing > tideless

7 Him thereinto he threw without remorse,

remorse > pity, compunction

8 Nor stirred, till hope of life did him forsake;
9 So end of that carl's days, and his own pains, did make.

carl > villain, churl
pains > efforts; pains

211.47

Which when those wicked Hags from farre did spy,
2 Like two mad dogs they ran about the lands,
And th'one of them with dreadfull yelling cry,
4 Throwing away her broken chaines and bands,
And hauing quencht her burning fier brands,
6 Hedlong her selfe did cast into that lake;
But _Impotence_ with her owne wilfull hands,
8 One of _Malegers_ cursed darts did take,
So riu'd her trembling hart, and wicked end did make.

1 Which when those wicked hags from far did spy,
2 Like two mad dogs they ran about the lands,
3 And one of them with dreadful yelling cry,

one of them > (Impatience - see line 7)

4 Throwing away her