9 And come to his rescue, ere his bitter bane.
bane > death, murder
211.30
So greatest and most glorious thing on ground
2 May often need the helpe of weaker hand;
So feeble is mans state, and life vnsound,
4 That in assurance it may neuer stand,
Till it dissolued be from earthly band.
6 Proofe be thou Prince, the prowest man aliue,
And noblest borne of all in Briton land;
8 Yet thee fierce Fortune did so nearely driue,
That had not grace thee blest, thou shouldest not +suruiue+.
9 suruiue > reuiue 1590 etc.: FE
1 So greatest and most glorious thing on ground
So > Thus, in this manner [the] on ground > in the world (cf. 208.11:2, where the same pun is used)
2 May often need the help of weaker hand; 3 So feeble is man's state, and life unsound, 4 That in assurance it may never stand,
assurance > security
5 Till it dissolved be from earthly band.