ts thought to preuaile,
To bring her backe againe, or worke her finall bale.

1 All ways she sought, him to restore to plight,

plight > health

2 With herbs, with charms, with counsel, and with tears,

charms > spells

3 But tears, nor charms, nor herbs, nor counsel might

might > could

4 Assuage the fury which his entrails tears:
5 So strong is passion, that no reason hears.
6 Tho, when all other helps she saw to fail,

Tho > Then
helps > {Means of assistance}

7 She turned herself back to her wicked lears,

lears > doctrines, lessons

8 And by her devilish arts thought to prevail,
9 To bring her back again, or work her final bale.

work > cause
bale > torment, suffering; infliction of death (final bale = death:
cf. 106.48:7, 109.51:8)

307.22

Eftsoones out of her hidden caue she cald
2 An hideous beast, of horrible aspect,
That could the stoutest courage haue appald;
4 +Monstrous+ mishapt, and his backe was spect
With thousand spots of colours queint elect,
6 Thereto so swift, that it all beasts did pas:
Like neuer yet did liuing eye detect;
8 But likest it to an _Hyena_ was,
That feeds on womens flesh, as others feede on gras.

4 Monstrous > Monstrous, _1590_

1 Eftsoons out of her hidden cave she called

Eftsoons > Thereupon; forthwith; presently

2 A hideous beast, of horrible aspect,

hideous > hideous; odious; _perhaps:_ immense
aspect > appearance; visage

3 That could the stoutest courage have appalled;

stoutest > bravest; boldest
appalled > caused to fade; _hence:_ quelled

4 Monstrous mis-shapen, and his back was specked

mis-shapen > deformed; shaped with evil intent, misformed (as
101.55:9)

5 With thousand spots of colours quaint elect,

quaint > cunningly, ingeniously, strangely; _and adj._
elect > elected: chosen (if "quaint" is adv.); [and] select (if
"quaint" is adj.)

6 Thereto so swift that he all beasts did pass:

Thereto > Moreover
pass > surpass

7 Like never yet did living eye detect;

Like > [The like]

8 But likest he to a hyena was,

likest he to > [he most like]

9 That feeds on women's flesh as others feed on grass.

307.23

It forth she cald, and gaue it streight in charge,
2 Through thicke and thin her to pursew apace,
Ne once to stay to rest, or breath at large,
4 Till her he had attaind, and brought in place,
Or quite deuourd h