nd eke with fatnesse swollen were his eyne,
And like a Crane his necke was long and fyne,
6 With which he swallowd vp excessiue feast,
For want whereof poore people oft did pyne;
8 And all the way, most like a brutish beast,
He spued vp his gorge, that all did him deteast.

1 And by his side rode loathsome Gluttony,
2 Deformed creature, on a filthy swine;
3 His belly was up-blown with luxury,

up-blown > swollen
luxury > surfeit, excess; dissipation

4 And eke with fatness swollen were his eyes;

eke > moreover

5 And, like a crane's, his neck was long and fine,

fine > thin, scrawny

6 With which he swallowed up excessive feast,

excessive > greedy, excessive; intemperate

7 For want whereof poor people oft did pine;

pine > waste away

8 And all the way, most like a brutish beast,
9 He spewed up his gorge, that all did him detest.

gorge > {Contents of stomach}
that > [so that]

104.22

In greene vine leaues he was right fitly clad;
2 For other clothes he could not weare for heat,
And on his head an yuie girland had,
4 From vnder which fast trickled downe the sweat:
Still as he rode, he somewhat still did eat,
6 And in his hand did beare a bouzing can,
Of which he supt so oft, that on his seat
8 His dronken corse he scarse vpholden can,
In shape and life more like a monster, then a man.

1 In green vine-leaves he was right fitly clad:

fitly > (Spenser's Gluttony recalls Silenus (_Met._ 4.26-7, 11.89-
99); Silenus was the foster-father of Bacchus, god of wine)

2 For other clothes he could not wear for heat,
3 And on his head an ivy garland had,

ivy > (Sacred to Bacchus)

4 From under which fast trickled down the sweat.
5 Still as he rode he somewhat still did eat,

Still > Continually
somewhat > a little, something

6 And in his hand did bear a boozing can,

boozing > drinking

7 Of which he supped so oft, that on his seat
8 His drunken corse he scarce uphold can,

corse > body

9 In shape and life more like a monster than a man.

104.23

Vnfit he was for any worldly thing,
2 And eke +vnhable+ once to stirre or go,
Not meet to be of counsell to a king,
4 Whose mind in meat and drinke was drowned so,
That from his friend he +seldome+ knew his fo:
6 Full of diseases was his carcas blew,
And a +dry dropsie+ through his flesh did flow:
8 Which