by misdiet daily greater grew:
Such one was _Gluttony_, the second of that crew.

2 vnhable > vnable _1609_
5 seldome > seeldome _1590;_ sildom _1609_
7 dry dropsie > drydropsie _1590;_ dire dropsie _conj. Upton after
Horace's _dirus hydrops_; _hydropsy _sugg. Collier_

1 Unfit he was for any worldly thing,
2 And eke unable once to stir or go;

eke > also
once > ever, at all
go > walk

3 Not meet to be of counsel to a king,

meet > fit
king > [sovereign, i.e. Lucifera]

4 Whose mind in meat and drink was drowned so,
5 That from his friend he seldom knew his foe:
6 Full of diseases was his carcase blue,

blue > (The colour of putrid flesh)

7 And a dry dropsy through his flesh did flow,

dry dropsy > ?swelling, corpulence (a "wet" dropsy is a disease in
which watery fluid collects in the tissues and body cavities.
See also Textual Appendix)

8 Which by misdiet daily greater grew:

misdiet > improper diet

9 Such one was Gluttony, the second of that crew.

104.24

And next to him rode lustfull _Lechery_,
2 Vpon a bearded Goat, whose rugged haire,
And whally eyes (the signe of gelosy,)
4 Was like the person selfe, whom he did beare:
Who rough, and blacke, and filthy did appeare,
6 Vnseemely man to please faire Ladies eye;
Yet he of Ladies oft was loued deare,
8 When fairer faces were bid standen by:
O who does know the bent of womens fantasy?

1 And next to him rode lustful Lechery,

next to > immediately after; _the arrangement is:

FRONT Sloth Gluttony
Avarice Lechery
Envy Wrath
Satan
BACK Lucifera_

2 Upon a bearded goat, whose rugged hair

rugged > shaggy

3 And wall eyes (the sign of jealousy),

wall > whitely opaque; glaring

4 Was like the person himself whom it did bear:

Was like > [Resembled those of]

5 Who, rough and black, and filthy, did appear

appear > (Or "appear:", meaning "seem", "present himself to view")

6 Unseemly man to please fair ladies' eye;
7 Yet he of ladies oft was loved dear,

of > by

8 When fairer faces were bid to stand by:
9 O who does know the bent of women's fantasy?

104.25

In a greene gowne he clothed was full faire,
2 Which vnderneath did hide his filthinesse,
And in his hand a burning hart he bare,
4 Full of vaine follies, and new fanglenesse:
For he was false, and fraught with fickl