fter _1590_
7 monstrous > monstrons _1596_

1 And after, all the rascal many ran,

rascal > rabble (adj.)
many > [many people; hence: multitude]

2 Heaped together in rude rabblement,

rude > [a] rough, clumsy; simple, uneducated
rabblement > tumult

3 To see the face of that victorious man:
4 Whom all admired, as from heaven sent,

admired > [viewed with wonder or surprise; admired]

5 And gazed upon with gaping wonderment.
6 But when they came where that dead dragon lay,
7 Stretched on the ground in monstrous large extent,
8 The sight with idle fear did them dismay:

idle > empty, baseless; weak-headed

9 None dared approach him nigh, to touch, or once assay.

assay > test; _hence:_ find out whether the dragon was still alive

112.10

Some feard, and fled; some feard and well it faynd;
2 One that would wiser seeme, then all the rest,
Warnd him not touch, for yet perhaps remaynd
4 Some lingring life within his hollow brest,
Or in his wombe might lurke some hidden nest
6 Of many Dragonets, his fruitfull seed;
Another said, that in his eyes did rest
8 Yet sparckling fire, and bad thereof take heed;
Another said, he saw him moue his eyes indeed.

1 Some feared, and fled; some feared and well it feigned;

feigned > concealed (SUS)

2 One, that would wiser seem than all the rest,
3 Warned him not touch, for yet perhaps remained

touch > [to touch]

4 Some lingering life within his hollow breast,
5 Or in his womb might lurk some hidden nest
6 Of many dragonets, his fruitful seed;

fruitful seed > abundant offspring

7 Another said that in his eyes did rest
8 Yet sparkling fire, and bade thereof take heed;
9 Another said, he saw him move his eyes indeed.

112.11

One mother, when as her foolehardie chyld
2 Did come too neare, and with his talants play,
Halfe dead through feare, her litle babe reuyld,
4 And to her +gossips+ gan in counsell say;
How can I tell, but that his +talants+ may
6 Yet scratch my sonne, or rend his tender hand?
So diuersly themselues in vaine they fray;
8 Whiles some more bold, to measure him nigh stand,
To proue how many acres he did spread of land.

4 gossips > gossibs _1590_
5 talants > talents _1590 etc.: FE_

1 One mother, when her foolhardy child
2 Did come too near, and with his talons play,
3 Half dead through fear, her little babe revil