the world warrayd,
And to them selues all Nations did subdew:
4 The first and eldest, which that scepter swayd,
Was _Elfin_; him all _India_ obayd,
6 And all that now _America_ men call:
Next him was noble _Elfinan_, who layd
8 _Cleopolis_ foundation first of all:
But _Elfiline_ enclosd it with a golden wall.

1 Of these a mighty people shortly grew,

Of > From

2 And puissant kings, which all the world warrayed,

puissant > powerful
warrayed > ravaged by war

3 And to themselves all nations did subdue:
4 The first and eldest which that sceptre swayed

eldest > earliest, most ancient
swayed > wielded; brandished

5 Was Elfin; him all India obeyed,
6 And all that now America men call:
7 Next him was noble Elfinan, who laid

Next > After, immediately after (chronologically or in importance)

8 Cleopolis' foundation first of all:

Cleopolis > "City of Glorious Fame" (Greek; allegorically, London)

9 But Elfiline enclosed it with a golden wall.

210.73

His sonne was _Elfinell_, who ouercame
2 The wicked _Gobbelines_ in bloudy field:
But _Elfant_ was of most renowmed fame,
4 Who all of Christall did _Panthea_ build:
Then _Elfar_, who two brethren gyants kild,
6 The one of which had two heads, th'other three:
Then _Elfinor_, who was in Magick skild;
8 He built by art vpon the glassy See
A bridge of bras, whose sound heauens thunder seem'd to +bee.+

9 bee. > bee _1596_

1 His son was Elfinell, who overcame
2 The wicked Gobbelines in bloody field:

Gobbelines > (See _SC_, gloss to "June")
field > battle, field of battle

3 But Elfant was of most renowned fame,
4 Who all of crystal did Panthea build:

Panthea > "All Sights", "Totality of Visions" (Greek, meaning
"Nonesuch", "Nonpareil". Possibly identifiable as Westminster
Abbey or the Queen's Palace of Richmond)

5 Then Elfar, who two brethren giants killed,
6 One of which had two heads, the other three:
7 Then Elfinor, who was in magic skilled;
8 He built by art upon the glassy sea

glassy sea > [River Thames]

9 A bridge of brass, whose sound heaven's thunder seemed to be.

whose sound > (?The sound of the river; or: ?the sound of hoofs
passing over the bridge. The allegory is unclear)

210.74

He left three sonnes, the which in order raynd,
2 And all their Ofspring, in their dew descents,
Euen seuen hundred Princ