thereof sad sighs, and sorrows deep
7 Kept watch and ward about her warily,

ward > guard ("watch and ward" was formerly a common compound sb.)
warily > watchfully; carefully

8 That naught she did but wail, and often steep

That > [So that]

9 Her dainty couch with tears, which closely she did weep.

dainty > choice, delightful; _hence:_ fine, elegant
couch > bed
closely > secretly

302.29

And if that any drop of slombring rest
2 Did chaunce to still into her wearie spright,
When feeble nature felt her selfe opprest,
4 Streight way with dreames, and with fantasticke sight
Of dreadfull things the same was put to flight,
6 That oft out of her bed she did astart,
As one with vew of ghastly feends affright:
8 Tho gan she to renew her former smart,
And thinke of that faire visage, written in her hart.

1 And if any drop of slumbering rest
2 Did chance to still into her weary spirit,

still > instil, infuse

3 When feeble Nature felt herself oppressed,

oppressed > overwhelmed

4 Straightway with dreams, and with fantastic sight
5 Of dreadful things, the same was put to flight,
6 That oft out of her bed she did astart,

That > [So that]
astart > start up

7 As one with view of ghastly fiends affright:

ghastly > {Frightful, causing terror (esp. of the supernatural)}
affright > terrified

8 Tho began she to renew her former smart,

Tho > Then
renew > go over again; resume
smart > pain, suffering

9 And think of that fair visage written in her heart.

302.30

One night, when she was tost with such vnrest,
2 Her aged Nurse, whose name was _Glauce_ hight,
Feeling her leape out of her loathed nest,
4 Betwixt her feeble armes her quickly keight,
And downe againe +in her warme bed her+ dight;
6 Ah my deare daughter, ah my dearest dread,
What vncouth fit (said she) what euill plight
8 Hath thee opprest, and with sad drearyhead
Chaunged thy liuely cheare, and liuing made thee dead?

5 in her warme bed her > her in her warme bed _1590_

1 One night, when she was tossed with such unrest,
2 Her aged nurse, whose name was Glauce hight,

Glauce > (Perhaps from the Greek _glaukos_, "grey": though this
usually applies to glaucous greys, as of the olive, willow, or
vine, or to blue-greys, as of the eyes, and is in Greek mythology
a name of one of the nereids, a personification of the colour of
the s