Therein is eaten out an hollow caue,
6 That seemes rough Masons hand with engines keene
Had long while laboured it to engraue:
8 There was his wonne, ne liuing wight was seene,
Saue one old _Nymph_, +hight+ _Panope_ to keepe it cleane.

9 hight > high _1590_

1 His bower is in the bottom of the main,

bower > dwelling
main > main ocean, high sea; sea

2 Under a mighty rock, gainst which do rave

gainst > against

3 The roaring billows in their proud disdain,

disdain > anger; malice, resentment

4 That with the angry working of the wave

That > [So that]

5 Therein is eaten out a hollow cave,

hollow > hollow; insincere, false, hungry

6 That seems rough mason's hand with engines keen

engines > tools; machines
keen > sharp

7 Had long while laboured, it to engrave:

engrave > sculpture; _hence:_ carve out

8 There was his won, nor living wight was seen,

won > dwelling-place
wight > creature

9 Save one old nymph, hight Panope, to keep it clean.

nymph > {Nymphs are the minor female divinities with whom the Greeks
peopled all parts of nature: the seas, springs, rivers, grottoes,
trees, mountains. This one is a nereid, a sea-nymph}
hight > named
Panope > "All Seeing" (Greek; she sees all the deeds enacted under
her master's roof. She reappears at 411.49:8, and see Hesiod,
_Theogony_ 250)

308.38

Thither he brought the sory _Florimell_,
2 And entertained her the best he might
And _Panope_ her entertaind eke well,
4 As an immortall mote a mortall wight,
To winne her liking vnto his delight:
6 With flattering words he sweetly wooed her,
And offered faire gifts t'allure her sight,
8 But she both offers and the offerer
Despysde, and all the fawning of the flatterer.

1 Thither he brought the sorry Florimell,

sorry > {Distressed; full of grief}

2 And entertained her the best he might;

might > could

3 And Panope her entertained eke well,

eke > in addition

4 As an immortal might a mortal wight,

wight > woman

5 To win her liking to his delight:

win > persuade
liking > inclination, approval, consent

6 With flattering words he sweetly wooed her,
7 And offered fair gifts to allure her sight,
8 But she both offers and the offerer
9 Despised, and all the fawning of the flatterer.

308.39

Daily he tempted her with this or that,
2 And neuer suffred her to be at