of > by wit > mind, intelligence
6 Some daily seen, and known by their names, 7 Such as in idle fantasies do flit: 8 Infernal hags, centaurs, fiends, hippodames,
centaur > {Fabulous creature with the head, arms and trunk of a man and the lower parts of a horse} hippodame > ?hippopotamus (from the medieval spelling "ypotame"; or perhaps this is a new creature, invented by Spenser, half horse and half woman, the female counterpart of the centaur. "Centaurs" and "Hippodames" are the only words italicized in the original stanza. See also 311.40:9)
9 Apes, lions, eagles, owls, fools, lovers, children, dames.
209.51
And all the chamber filled was with flyes,
2 Which buzzed all about, and made such sound,
That they encombred all mens eares and eyes,
4 Like many swarmes of Bees assembled round,
After their hiues with honny do abound:
6 All those were idle thoughts and fantasies,
Deuices, dreames, opinions vnsound,
8 Shewes, visions, sooth-sayes, and prophesies;
And all that fained is, as leasings, tales, and lies.
1 And all the chamber filled was with flies, 2 Which buzzed all about, and made such sound, 3 That they encumbered all men's ears and eyes, 4 Like many swarms of bees assembled round,
bees > ("To have your head full of bees. Full of devices, crotchets, fancies, inventions, and dreamy theories." (Brewer, 1894))
5 After their hives with honey do abound: 6 All those were idle thoughts and fantasies,
idle > foolish, weak-headed