so > in this manner luxury > excess; dissipation
7 Surfeit, misdiet, and unthrifty waste,
misdiet > improper diet unthrifty > senseless; profligate
8 Vain feasts, and idle superfluity: 9 All those this sense's fort assail incessantly.
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But the fift troupe most horrible of hew,
2 And fierce of force, +was+ dreadfull to report:
For some like Snailes, some did like spyders shew,
4 And some like vgly Vrchins thicke and short:
+Cruelly they+ +assayled+ that fift Fort,
6 Armed with darts of sensuall delight,
With stings of carnall lust, and strong effort
8 Of feeling pleasures, with which day and night
Against that same fift bulwarke they continued fight.
2 was > is 1590 5 Cruelly they > They cruelly 1609 5 assayled > assayed 1590: i.e. attempted, attacked
1 But the fifth troop, most horrible of hue,
hue > appearance; colour
2 And fierce of force, was dreadful to report: 3 For some like snails, some did like spiders show,