6 Or that the charm and venom, which they drank,
venom > poison drank > (Applies literally to the poison and figuratively to the charm)
7 Their blood with secret filth infected has, 8 Being diffused through the senseless trunk,
trunk > {Corpse; body considered apart from its soul}
9 That, through the great contagion, direful deadly stank.
202.5
Whom thus at gaze, the Palmer gan to bord
2 With goodly reason, and thus faire bespake;
Ye bene right +hard+ amated, gratious Lord,
4 And of your ignorance great maruell make,
Whiles cause not well conceiued ye mistake.
6 But know, that secret vertues are infusd
In euery fountaine, and in euery lake,
8 Which who hath skill them rightly to haue chusd,
To proofe of passing wonders hath full often vsd.
3 hard > hart 1590
1 Whom, thus at gaze, the palmer began to board
at gaze > {Gazing in wonder, bewilderment, or perplexity} board > draw near to and address, accost