affronted them so sore,
8 And their +deuouring+ couetize restraynd,
Thereat she sighed deepe, and after thus complaynd.

1 alighted > a lighted _1596_
8 deuouring > deuoring _1596_

1 There she alighted from her lightfoot beast

lightfoot > light-footed

2 And, sitting down upon the rocky shore,
3 Bade her old squire unlace her lofty crest;

squire > attendant [Glauce]
crest > helmet

4 Tho, having viewed awhile the surges hoar,

Tho > Then, next
hoar > grey-white, _hence:_ foamy (cf. 212.10:3)

5 That gainst the craggy cliffs did loudly roar,

gainst > against

6 And in their raging surquidry disdained

surquidry > arrogance
disdained > took offence

7 That the fast earth affronted them so sore

That > [In that]
fast > firm, stable, firmly fixed
affronted > defied, confronted (with further connotations of the
Latin _frons_, in at least two senses: (1) "forehead" (cf.
102.16:3), and (2) "front line", "military vanguard")

8 And their devouring covetise restrained,

covetise > avarice

9 Thereat she sighed deep, and after thus complained:

Thereat > Thereupon (redundant in view of "Tho" in line 4)

304.8

Huge sea of sorrow, and tempestuous griefe,
2 Wherein my feeble barke is tossed long,
Far from the hoped hauen of reliefe,
4 +Why+ do thy cruell billowes beat so strong,
And thy moyst mountaines each on others throng,
6 Threatning to swallow vp my fearefull life?
O do thy cruell wrath and spightfull wrong
8 At length allay, and stint thy stormy strife,
Which in +these+ troubled bowels raignes, and rageth rife.

4 Why > Who _1596, 1609_
9 these > thy _1590_

1 "Huge sea of sorrow and tempestuous grief,
2 Wherein my feeble bark is tossed long,

bark > vessel

3 Far from the hoped haven of relief,
4 Why do your cruel billows beat so strong,
5 And your moist mountains each on others throng,
6 Threatening to swallow up my fearful life?
7 O do your cruel wrath and spiteful wrong
8 At length allay, and stint your stormy strife,

stint > cease

9 Which in these troubled bowels reigns, and rages rife.

bowels > {Heart, breast; internal organs generally}
rife > abundantly, largely; _hence:_ strongly

304.9

For else my feeble vessell crazd, and crackt
2 Through thy strong buffets and outrageous blowes,
Cannot endure, but needs it must be wrackt
4 On the rough rocks, or on the sandy s