covet > desire
8 To draw their boat within the utmost bound 9 Of its wide labyrinth, and then to have them drowned.
212.21
But th'+heedfull+ Boateman strongly forth did stretch
2 His brawnie armes, and all his body straine,
That th'vtmost sandy breach they shortly fetch,
4 Whiles the dred daunger does behind remaine.
Suddeine they see from midst of all the Maine,
6 The surging waters like a mountaine rise,
And the great sea puft vp with proud disdaine,
8 To swell aboue the measure of his guise,
As threatning to deuoure all, that his powre despise.
1 heedfull > earnest 1590
1 But the heedful boatman strongly forth did stretch 2 His brawny arms, and all his body strain, 3 That the utmost sandy breach they shortly fetch,
That > [So that] breach > bay, inlet; breaking surf (the intention is unclear; Hamilton (1980) surmises that the "sandy breach" might be the extreme edge of the quicksand, the channel between it and the whirlpool) fetch > reach, attain
4 While the dread danger does behind remain. 5 Sudden they see, from midst of all the main,
main > main ocean, high sea; hence: sea
6 The surging waters like a mountain rise, 7 And the great sea puffed up with proud disdain 8 To swell above the measure of its guise,