wounded heart,
4 Her wisely comforted all that she might,

might > could

5 With goodly counsel and advisement right;

advisement > advice

6 And straightway sent with careful diligence
7 To fetch a leech, who had great insight

leech > physician

8 Into that disease of grieved conscience,
9 And well could cure the same; his name was Patience.

110.24

Who comming to that soule-diseased knight,
2 Could hardly him intreat, to tell his griefe:
Which knowne, and all that noyd his heauie spright,
4 Well searcht, eftsoones he gan apply +reliefe+
Of salues and med'cines, which had passing priefe,
6 And thereto added words of wondrous might:
By which to ease he him recured briefe,
8 And much asswag'd the passion of his plight,
That he his paine endur'd, as seeming now more light.

4 reliefe > relief _1590;_ reliefe. _1596_

1 Who, coming to that soul-diseased knight,
2 Could hardly him entreat to tell his grief:

hardly > with difficulty
entreat > persuade

3 Which known, and all that noyed his heavy spirit

noyed > troubled, harassed

4 Well searched, eftsoons he gan apply relief

searched > probed, examined
eftsoons > forthwith
gan > did

5 Of salves and medicines, which had passing proof,

passing > surpassing, excellent
proof > proven worth; _hence:_ efficacy

6 And thereto added words of wondrous might:

thereto > moreover, also

7 By which to ease he him recured brief,

ease > (Sb.)
recured > cured, restored
brief > rapidly; briefly, temporarily

8 And much assuaged the passion of his plight,

passion > suffering

9 That he his pain endured, as seeming now more light.

That > [So that]

110.25

But yet the cause and root of all his ill,
2 Inward corruption, and infected sin,
Not purg'd nor heald, behind remained still,
4 And festring sore did rankle yet within,
Close creeping twixt the marrow and the skin.
6 Which to extirpe, he laid him priuily
Downe in a darkesome lowly place farre in,
8 Whereas he meant his corrosiues to apply,
And with +streight+ diet tame his stubborne malady.

9 streight > streict _1609_

1 But yet the cause and root of all his ill

ill > trouble, disorder

2 (Inward corruption and infected sin)
3 Not purged nor healed, behind remained still,
4 And festering sore did rankle yet within,
5 Close creeping 'twixt the marrow and the