d ouerflowed all the fertill plaine,
As it had deawed bene with timely raine:
6 Life and long health that gratious ointment gaue,
And deadly woundes could +heale+ and reare againe
8 The senselesse corse appointed for the graue.
Into that same he fell: which did from death him saue.

7 heale > heale, _1590, 1609_

1 From that first tree forth flowed, as from a well,

well > {Spring, spring with supernatural powers}

2 A trickling stream of balm, most sovereign

sovereign > supremely efficacious

3 And dainty dear, which on the ground still fell,

dainty dear > preciously rare
still > continually

4 And overflowed all the fertile plain,
5 As it had dewed been with timely rain:

As > [As though]
timely > seasonal; seasonable, opportune

6 Life and long health that gracious ointment gave,

gracious > [imbued with heavenly grace]

7 And deadly wounds could heal, and rear again
8 The senseless corse appointed for the grave.

corse > body
appointed > made ready

9 Into that same he fell: which did from death him save.

111.49

For nigh thereto the euer damned beast
2 Durst not approch, for he was deadly made,
And all that life preserued, did detest:
4 Yet he it oft aduentur'd to inuade.
By this the drouping day-light gan to fade,
6 And yeeld his roome to sad succeeding night,
Who with her sable mantle gan to shade
8 The face of earth, and wayes of liuing wight,
And high her burning torch set vp in heauen bright.

1 For nigh thereto the ever-damned beast

thereto > to that

2 Dared not approach, for he was deadly made,

deadly > [of death]

3 And all that life preserved did detest:
4 Yet he it often adventured to invade.

adventured > ventured
invade > enter (SUS)

5 By this the drooping daylight began to fade,

By this > By this time

6 And yield its room to sad succeeding Night,

room > place, space
sad > dark, dismal
Night > (Nox; see 105.20 ff.)

7 Who with her sable mantle began to shade
8 The face of earth, and ways of living wight,

wight > creature, being, person

9 And high her burning torch set up in heaven bright.

her burning torch > [the moon]

111.50

When gentle _Vna_ saw the second fall
2 Of her deare knight, who wearie of long fight,
And faint through losse of bloud, mou'd not at all,
4 But lay as in a dreame of deepe delight,
Besmeard with