ranks along enranged were,

enranged > arranged

9 That seemed the ocean could not contain them there.

That > [So that it]
ocean > {The main seas of the world considered as one body of water}

306.36

Daily they grow, and daily forth are sent
2 Into the world, it to replenish more;
Yet is the stocke not lessened, nor spent,
4 But still remaines in euerlasting store,
As it at first created was of yore.
6 For in the wide wombe of the world there lyes,
In hatefull darkenesse and in deepe horrore,
8 An huge eternall _Chaos_, which supplyes
The substances of natures fruitfull progenyes.

1 Daily they grow, and daily forth are sent
2 Into the world, it to replenish more;
3 Yet is the stock not lessened, nor spent,
4 But still remains in everlasting store,

still > ever, continually

5 As it at first created was of yore.

yore > old

6 For in the wide womb of the world there lies,
7 In hateful darkness and in deep horror,
8 A huge eternal chaos, which supplies

chaos > (The vacant and infinite space which, in the ancient
cosmogonies, existed before the creation of the world. Chaos was
called the mother of Erebus (Darkness) and Nox (Night). Cf. _RR_
22, _De Rerum Natura_ 5.259, _DGDG_ 1.2, _PL_ 2.907-20, 204.41:9)

9 The substances of Nature's fruitful progenies.

306.37

All things from thence doe their first being fetch,
2 And borrow matter, whereof they are made,
Which when as forme and feature it does ketch,
4 Becomes a bodie, and doth then inuade
The state of life, out of the griesly shade.
6 That substance is eterne, and bideth so,
Ne when the life decayes, and forme does fade,
8 Doth it consume, and into nothing go,
But chaunged is, and often altred to and fro.

1 All things from thence do their first being fetch,
2 And borrow matter whereof they are made,

whereof > of which

3 Which, when form and feature it does catch,
4 Becomes a body, and does then invade

invade > enter (SUS); intrude upon

5 The state of life, out of the grisly shade.

grisly > horrible, fearsome

6 That substance is eterne, and bides so,

eterne > eternal
bides > remains

7 Nor when the life decays, and form does fade,
8 Does it consume, and into nothing go,

consume > waste away

9 But changed is, and often altered to and fro.

306.38

The substance is not chaunged, nor altered,