es)
7 Or panace, or polygony,
panace > (A fabulous herb, said to be a cure-all; Spenser uses an
alternative spelling, "panacea", which has a different
derivation)
polygony > (_Polygonum_ sp., esp. snake-root, _P. bistorta_, whose
powdered root, when directly applied to a wound, will stop the
bleeding)
8 She found, and brought it to her patient dear,
dear > dear; grievous
9 Who all this while lay bleeding out his heart-blood near.
near > almost (he is all but bleeding to death)
305.33
The soueraigne weede betwixt two marbles plaine
2 She pownded small, and did in peeces bruze,
And then atweene her lilly handes twaine,
4 Into his wound the iuyce thereof did scruze,
And round about, as she could well it vze,
6 The flesh therewith she suppled and did steepe,
T'abate all spasme, and soke the swelling bruze,
8 And after hauing searcht the intuse deepe,
She with her scarfe did bind the wound from cold to keepe.
1 The sovereign weed betwixt two marbles plain
sovereign > supremely efficacious
marbles plain > [smooth slabs of marble]
2 She pounded small, and did in pieces bruise,
bruise > crush, grind down
3 And then, atween her lily hands twain,
atween > between
lily hands > (Cf. Liagore at 304.41:1, who is also versed in
"leaches craft")
twain > two
4 Into his wound the juice thereof did scruze,
scruze > squeeze
5 And round about, as she could well it use,
as she could well it use > [as well as she could]
6 The flesh therewith she suppled and did steep,
therewith > with that
suppled > softened, mollified
7 To abate all spasm, and soak the swelling bruise;
8 And, after having searched the intuse deep,
searched > examined, probed
intuse > interior [of the wound: from Latin adv. _intus_, within,
into, into the inside]; _or:_ bruise, contusion (from Latin
_intundere_, to bruise; this meaning is given in _OED_ and by
other editors but makes less contextual sense)
9 She with her scarf did bind the wound from cold to keep.
305.34
By this he had sweet life recur'd againe,
2 And groning inly deepe, at last his eyes,
His watry eyes, drizling like deawy raine,
4 He vp gan lift toward the azure skies,
From whence descend all hopelesse remedies:
6 Therewith he sigh'd, and turning him aside,
The goodly Mayd full of diuinities,
8 And gifts of heauenly grace he by him spide,
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