scruzed > squeezed corse > body
3 The loathful life, now loosed from sinful bonds,
loathful > loathsome; reluctant
4 Upon his shoulders carried him perforce
perforce > forcibly
5 Above three furlongs, taking his full course,
Above > More than furlong > {An eighth of a mile, 220 yards, about 201 metres; cf. 111.11:7}
6 Until he came to a standing lake;
standing > tideless
7 Him thereinto he threw without remorse,