brake > fern, bracken
8 Upon his head he wore a helmet light, 9 Made of a dead man's skull, that seemed a ghastly sight.
ghastly > {Frightful, causing terror of the supernatural}
211.23
Maleger was his name, and after him,
2 There follow'd fast at hand two wicked Hags,
With hoarie lockes all loose, and visage grim;
4 Their feet vnshod, their bodies wrapt in rags,
And both as swift on foot, as chased Stags;
6 And yet the one her other legge had lame,
Which with a staffe, all full of litle snags
8 She did +support+, and Impotence her name:
But th'other was Impatience, arm'd with raging flame.
8 support > disport 1596, 1609
1 Maleger was his name, and after him 2 There followed fast at hand two wicked hags,
fast > closely; rapidly
3 With hoary locks all loose, and visage grim; 4 Their feet unshod, their bodies wrapped in rags, 5 And both as swift on foot as chased stags; 6 And yet the one her other leg had lame,
other > (Cf. 204.4:3)