7 For which men swink and sweat incessantly,
swink > toil
8 From me do flow into an ample flood, 9 And in the hollow earth have their eternal brood.
brood > breeding, hatching
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Wherefore if me thou deigne to serue and sew,
2 At thy commaund lo all these mountaines bee;
Or if to thy great mind, or greedy vew
4 All these may not suffise, there shall to thee
Ten times so much be numbred francke and free.
6 Mammon (said he) thy godheades vaunt is vaine,
And idle offers of thy golden fee;
8 To them, that couet such eye-glutting gaine,
Proffer thy giftes, and fitter seruaunts entertaine.
1 "Wherefore if me you deign to serve and sue,
Wherefore > On which account; in consequence of which serve and sue > do service and homage (sue = follow as an attendant, take as a model, pattern, or ideal)
2 At your command lo all these mountains be; 3 Or if to your great mind, or greedy view,
greedy > eager; rapacious