conscience > innermost consciousness 4 Well knowing true all that he did rehearse; true > [to be true] rehearse > give an account of 5 And to his fresh remembrance did reverse reverse > recall 6 The ugly view of his deformed crimes, deformed > perverted, morally repulsive 7 That all his manly powers it did disperse, That > [So that] manly > {Pertaining to human beings; also: manly, in the modern sense} 8 As he were charmed with enchanted rhymes; As > [As though] 9 That oftentimes he quaked, and fainted oftentimes. That > [So that] fainted > lost heart oftentimes > many times, frequently 109.49 In which amazement, when the Miscreant 2 Perceiued him to wauer weake and fraile, Whiles trembling horror did his conscience dant, 4 And hellish anguish did his soule assaile, To driue him to despaire, and quite to quaile, 6 He shew'd him painted in a table plaine, The damned ghosts, that doe in torments waile, 8 And thousand feends that doe them endlesse paine With fire and brimstone, which for euer shall remaine. 1 In which amazement, when the miscreant amazement > stupefaction, confusion; amazement miscreant > unbeliever, infidel; wretch, villain 2 Perceived him to waver, weak and frail, frail > frail; morally weak 3 While trembling horror did his conscience daunt, 4 And hellish anguish did his soul assail, 5 To drive him to despair, and quite to quail, 6 He showed him, painted in a table plain, table > picture 7 The damned ghosts that do in torments wail, 8 And thousand fiends that do them endless pain do > cause 9 With fire and brimstone, which for ever shall remain. 109.50 The sight whereof so throughly him dismaid, 2 That nought but death before his eyes he saw, And euer burning wrath before him laid, 4 By righteous sentence of th'Almighties law: Then gan the villein him to ouercraw, 6 And brought vnto him swords, ropes, poison, fire, And all that might him to perdition draw; 8 And bad him choose, what death he would desire: For death was due to him, that had prouokt Gods ire. 1 The sight whereof so thoroughly him dismayed, whereof > of which 2 That naught but death before his eyes he saw, 3 And ever-burning wrath before him laid, 4 By righteous sentence of the Almighty's law: 5 Then began the villain him to overcrow, overcrow > crow over, exult over 6 And brought to him swords, ropes, poison, fire, 7 And all that might him to perdition draw; 8 And bade him choose what death he would desire: 9 For death was due to him that had provoked God's ire. 109.51