orthwith he gaue in charge vnto his Squire,
2 That scarlot whore to keepen carefully;
Whiles he himselfe with greedie great desire
4 Into the Castle entred +forcibly,+
Where liuing creature none he did espye;
6 Then gan he lowdly through the house to call:
But no man car'd to answere to his crye.
8 There raignd a solemne silence ouer all,
Nor voice was heard, nor wight was seene in bowre or hall.

4 forcibly, > forcibly. _1596_

1 Forthwith he gave in charge to his squire
2 That scarlet whore to keep carefully;

scarlet > (The colour of her clothing; and also, of sins: heinous,
deep-dyed (_Isa._ 1.18))

3 While he himself with greedy great desire

greedy > eager

4 Into the castle entered forcibly,
5 Where living creature none he did espy;
6 Then began he loudly through the house to call:
7 But no man cared to answer to his cry.
8 There reigned a solemn silence over all;
9 Nor voice was heard, nor wight was seen in bower or hall.

Nor > Neither [a]
wight > creature, being, person
bower > room, chamber
hall > {A spacious public room in a castle, palace, etc., used for
banquets and receptions, much larger than the inner rooms or
bowers}

108.30

At last with creeping crooked pace forth came
2 +An+ old old man, with beard as white as snow,
That on a staffe his feeble steps did frame,
4 And guide his wearie gate both too and fro:
For his eye sight him failed long ygo,
6 And on his arme a bounch of keyes he bore,
The which vnused rust did ouergrow:
8 Those were the keyes of euery inner dore,
But he could not them vse, but kept them still in store.

2 An > And _1596_

1 At last, with creeping crooked pace, forth came
2 An old old man, with beard as white as snow,

old man > (This compound word can be taken here in its literal sense
and as a synonym for unregenerate human nature, as in "Old Adam")

3 That on a staff his feeble steps did frame,

frame > give shape to, direct

4 And guide his weary gait both to and fro:
5 For his eyesight him failed long ago,
6 And on his arm a bunch of keys he bore,
7 Which, unused, rust did overgrow:
8 Those were the keys of every inner door,
9 But he could not them use, but kept them still in store.

still > yet; stationary (i.e. unused, unturned)

108.31

But very vncouth sight was to behold,
2 How he did fashion his vntoward pace,
For as