hose covetousness had no end]
4 Whose wealth was want, whose plenty made him poor,
5 Who had enough, yet wished ever more;
wished ever > [ever wished]
6 A vile disease, and eke in foot and hand
eke > moreover, in addition
7 A grievous gout tormented him full sore,
full > exceedingly
8 That well he could not touch, nor go, nor stand:
That > [So that]
go > walk
9 Such one was Avarice, the fourth of this fair band.
104.30
And next to him malicious _Enuie_ rode,
2 Vpon a rauenous wolfe, and still did chaw
Betweene his cankred teeth a venemous tode,
4 That all the poison ran about his +chaw+;
But inwardly he chawed his owne maw
6 At neighbours wealth, that made him euer sad;
For death it was, when any good he saw,
8 And wept, that cause of weeping none he had,
But when he heard of harme, he wexed wondrous glad.
4 chaw > jaw _1609_
1 And next to him malicious Envy rode
next to > immediately after
2 Upon a ravenous wolf, and still did chaw
still > ever, continually
chaw > chew, champ upon; _fig.:_ ruminate, brood upon
3 Between his cankered teeth a venomous toad,
cankered > ulcerated
4 That all the poison ran about his chaw;
That > [So that]
chaw > jaw, jaws
5 But inwardly he chawed his own maw
maw > stomach
6 At neighbour's wealth, that made him ever sad;
neighbour > [specifically, perhaps, Avarice]
wealth > wealth; _or:_ well-being
7 For death it was, when any good he saw,
8 And wept, that cause of weeping none he had,
9 But when he heard of harm he waxed wondrous glad.
waxed > grew
104.31
All in a kirtle of discolourd say
2 He clothed was, ypainted full of eyes;
And in his bosome secretly there lay
4 An hatefull Snake, the which his taile vptyes
In many folds, and mortall sting implyes.
6 Still as he rode, he gnasht his teeth, to see
Those heapes of gold with griple Couetyse,
8 And grudged at the great felicitie
Of proud _Lucifera_, and his owne companie.
1 All in a kirtle of discoloured say
kirtle > coat (reaching to knees or beyond)
discoloured > varicoloured
say > {A thin material used for cloaks, etc.}
2 He clothed was, painted full of eyes;
3 And in his bosom secretly there lay
4 A hateful snake, which its tail upties
5 In many folds, and mortal sting implies.
mortal > lethal
implies > (Literally) enfolds; conceals
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