the ragged shore,
4 As they the earth would shoulder from her seat,
And greedie gulfe does gape, as he would eat
6 His neighbour element in his reuenge:
Then gin the blustring brethren boldly threat,
8 To moue the world from off his stedfast henge,
And boystrous battell make, each other to auenge.

1 He cried, as raging seas are wont to roar

wont > accustomed

2 When wintry storm its wrathful wreck does threaten;

wreck > destruction, overthrow of order

3 The rolling billows beat the ragged shore,
4 As they the earth would shoulder from her seat,

As > [As though]

5 And greedy gulf does gape, as it would eat

gulf > depths; abyss; _also:_ chasm, ravine; _perhaps:_ throat [?the
hollow beneath a comber on the point of breaking]
as > [as though]

6 Its neighbour element in its revenge:

neighbour element > (Earth and Water being two of the four elements
of ancient philosophy, the others being Air and Fire)

7 Then gin the blustering brethren boldly threat

gin > do
brethren > [brother waves]
threat > threaten

8 To move the world from off its steadfast hinge,

hinge > axis

9 And boisterous battle make, each other to avenge.

boisterous > violently fierce, truculent, boisterous

111.22

The steely head stucke fast still in his flesh,
2 Till with his cruell clawes he snatcht the wood,
And quite a sunder broke. Forth flowed fresh
4 A gushing riuer of blacke goarie blood,
That drowned all the land, whereon he stood;
6 The streame thereof would driue a water-mill.
Trebly augmented was his furious mood
8 With bitter sense of his deepe rooted ill,
That flames of fire he threw forth from his large nosethrill.

1 The steely head stuck fast still in his flesh,

fast > firmly

2 Till with his cruel claws he snatched the wood,
3 And quite asunder broke. Forth flowed fresh
4 A gushing river of black gory blood,
5 That drowned all the land whereon he stood;
6 The stream thereof would drive a water-mill.
7 Trebly augmented was his furious mood
8 With bitter sense of his deep-rooted ill,

sense > sensation, awareness
ill > injury; distress; _also:_ wickedness

9 That flames of fire he threw forth from his large nostril.

That > [So that]

111.23

His hideous tayle then hurled he about,
2 And therewith all enwrapt the nimble thyes
Of his froth-fomy steed, whose courage stout