diverse > diverse; also: distracting (SUS) clove > cleft, divided
202.4
He wist not whether blot of foule offence
2 Might not be purgd with water nor with bath;
Or that high God, in +lieu+ of innocence,
4 Imprinted had that token of his wrath,
To shew how sore bloudguiltinesse he +hat'th+;
6 Or that the charme and venim, which they druncke,
Their bloud with secret filth infected hath,
8 Being diffused through the senselesse truncke,
That through the great contagion direfull deadly stunck.
3 lieu > loue sugg. Church 5 hat'th > hat'h 1590; cf. 109.31:5
1 He wist not whether blot of foul offence
wist > knew
2 Might not be purged with water nor with bath; 3 Or that high God, in lieu of innocence,
Or > Either in lieu > in place, instead
4 Imprinted had that token of His wrath, 5 To show how sore blood-guiltiness He hates;
sore > severely; seriously; intensely blood-guiltiness > responsibility for bloodshed