s Latona (Diana,
in some accounts): he was killed, stretched out on a rack, and
condemned to having his liver perpetually eaten by two vultures.
See _Virgil's Gnat_ 377)
maw > stomach

7 Typhoeus' joints were stretched on a gin;

Typhoeus > (Another name for Typhon, a fearsome giant who contended
with the gods)
gin > engine [of torture], rack (a long table with a roller at each
end to which the ankles and wrists were attached by ropes)

8 Theseus, condemned to endless sloth by law;

Theseus > (Condemned for helping Pirithous in his attempt to abduct
Proserpine; he was bound to the Chair of Forgetfulness, but was
eventually rescued by Hercules. See _Aen._ 6.617-8)

9 And fifty sisters water in leaky vessels draw.

fifty sisters > (The Belides or Dana{i"}des, daughters of Dana{u"}s,
condemned endlessly to draw water in sieves. They killed their
bridegrooms, the fifty sons of Aegyptus; strictly, only forty-
nine sisters were thus condemned, since one of their number,
Hypermnestra, spared her husband. In the interests of scansion,
Spenser wisely overlooks this detail. See _Virgil's Gnat_ 393-6)

105.36

They all beholding worldly wights in place,
2 Leaue off their worke, vnmindfull of their smart,
To gaze on them; who forth by them doe pace,
4 Till they be come vnto the furthest part:
Where was a Caue ywrought by wondrous art,
6 Deepe, darke, vneasie, dolefull, comfortlesse,
In which sad {AE}_sculapius_ farre +a part+
8 Emprisond was in chaines remedilesse,
For that _Hippolytus_ rent corse he did redresse.

7 a part > apart _1590, 1609_

1 They all, beholding worldly wights in place,

worldly > mortal
wights > creatures, people
in place > there

2 Leave off their work, unmindful of their smart,

smart > suffering; sorrow; pain

3 To gaze on them; who forth by them do pace,
4 Till they be come to the furthest part:
5 Where was a cave wrought by wondrous art,
6 Deep, dark, uneasy, doleful, comfortless,

uneasy > disagreeable; without ease

7 In which sad Aesculapius, far apart,

Aesculapius > (God of medicine and healing, son of Apollo and
Coronis)

8 Imprisoned was in chains remediless,

remediless > without hope of rescue

9 For that Hippolytus' rent corse he did redress.

For that > Because
Hippolytus > (Son of Theseus and Hippolyte (or her sister Antiope):
see _Met._ 15.497 ff., _Aen._ 7.761 ff., _DGDG_ 10.50)
rent corse