An angry wasp the one in a vial had,
8 The other in hers a honey-lady bee;

hers > (Presumably, her vial)
honey-lady bee > honey-laden bee; _or, less likely:_ lady honeybee,
_hence:_ female honeybee, worker bee, queen bee

9 Thus marched these six couples forth in fair degree.

degree > manner; order

312.19

After all these there marcht a most faire Dame,
2 Led of two grysie villeins, th'one _Despight_,
The other cleped _Cruelty_ by name:
4 She dolefull Lady, like a dreary Spright,
Cald by strong charmes out of eternall night,
6 Had deathes owne image figurd in her face,
Full of sad signes, fearefull to liuing sight;
8 Yet in that horror shewd a seemely grace,
And with her feeble feet did moue a comely pace.

1 After all these there marched a most fair dame,
2 Led of two grisy villeins, the one Despite,

of > by
grisy > horrible, grim, grisly
villeins > villains; serfs
Despite > Malice; Rage

3 The other cleped Cruelty by name:

cleped > called

4 She, doleful lady, like a dreary sprite,

dreary > cruel, horrid; _or:_ doleful, melancholy (see below, under
"charms")
sprite > sprite; _or:_ spirit (see below, under "charms")

5 Called by strong charms out of eternal night,

charms > spells (perhaps cast by Busirane: the lady is Amoret. This
and the preceding line give rise to at least three possible
readings. (1) She, doleful lady, (like a cruel sprite Called by
strong charms out of eternal night) Had death's own image ...
(2) She, doleful lady (like a melancholy spirit Called by strong
charms out of eternal night), Had death's own image ... (3) She,
doleful lady (like a melancholy spirit), Called [i.e. summoned by
Busirane] by strong charms out of eternal night, Had death's own
image ...)

6 Had death's own image figured in her face,
7 Full of sad signs, fearful to living sight;
8 Yet in that horror showed a seemly grace,
9 And with her feeble feet did move a comely pace.

comely > pleasing; becoming

312.20

Her brest all naked, as net iuory,
2 Without adorne of gold or siluer bright,
Wherewith the Craftesman wonts it beautify,
4 Of her dew honour was despoyled quight,
And a wide wound therein (O ruefull sight)
6 Entrenched deepe with knife accursed keene,
Yet freshly bleeding forth her fainting spright,
8 (The worke of cruell hand) was to be seene,
That dyde in sanguine red her skin all sn