hrust downe to hell below,
Where by the grim floud of _Cocytus_ slow
6 Thy dwelling is, in _Herebus_ blacke hous,
(Blacke _Herebus_ thy husband is the foe
8 Of all the Gods) where thou vngratious,
Halfe of thy dayes doest lead in horrour hideous.

1 "Night, you foul mother of Annoyance sad,
2 Sister of heavy Death, and nurse of Woe;
3 Who was begotten in heaven, but for your bad

begotten > (See 105.22, 204.41)
for > because of, for the sake of

4 And brutish shape thrust down to hell below,
5 Where by the grim flood of Cocytus slow

grim > harsh; cruel, formidable
flood > river
Cocytus > ("The stream of wailing": one of the five rivers of Hell)

6 Your dwelling is, in Erebus' black house,
7 (Black Erebus, your husband, is the foe
8 Of all the gods) where you, ungracious,

ungracious > devoid of spiritual grace, unregenerate; malignant;
repulsive, offensive

9 Half of your days do lead in horror hideous.

hideous > odious; immense

304.56

What had th'eternall Maker need of thee,
2 The world in his continuall course to keepe,
That doest all things deface, ne lettest see
4 The beautie of his worke? Indeed in sleepe
The slouthfull bodie, that doth loue to steepe
6 His lustlesse limbes, and drowne his baser mind,
Doth praise thee oft, and oft from _Stygian_ deepe
8 Calles thee, his goddesse in his error blind,
And great Dame Natures handmaide, chearing euery kind.

1 "What had the eternal Maker need of you,
2 The world in its continual course to keep,
3 That do all things deface, nor let see

deface > deface, destroy; cast in the shade

4 The beauty of His work? Indeed in sleep
5 The slothful body, that does love to steep

steep > {Bathe in slumber or rest}

6 His lustless limbs, and drown his baser mind,

lustless > {Listless; joyless, lacking pleasure or delight}
baser > too-base; more base; most base

7 Does praise you oft, and oft from Stygian deep

Stygian > {Of the River Styx, one of the five rivers of hell; the
river which dead souls must cross}

8 Calls you, his goddess in his error blind,
9 And great Dame Nature's handmaid, cheering every kind.

kind > race, species

304.57

But well I wote, that to an heauy hart
2 Thou art the root and nurse of bitter cares,
Breeder of new, renewer of old smarts:
4 In stead of rest thou lendest rayling teares,
In stead o