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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, Her
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