that > [so that]
4 Yet was not that same her own native hue,
native hue > natural appearance
5 But wrought by art and counterfeited show, 6 Thereby more lovers to her to call; 7 Natheless most heavenly fair in deed and view
Natheless > Nevertheless view > appearance
8 She by creation was, till she did fall; 9 Thenceforth she sought for helps, to cloak her crime withal.
helps > remedies; hence: artificial aids crime > {Wrong-doing, sins taken collectively}
207.46
There, as in glistring glory she did sit,
2 She held a great gold chaine ylincked well,
Whose vpper end to highest heauen was knit,
4 And lower part did reach to lowest Hell;
And all that preace did round about her swell,
6 To catchen hold of that long chaine, thereby
To clime aloft, and others to excell:
8 That was Ambition, rash desire to sty,
And euery lincke thereof a step of dignity.
1 There, as in glistering glory she did sit, 2 She held a great gold chain linked well,