6 The infernal fiends with it he can assuage,
assuage > pacify, appease
7 And Orcus tame, whom nothing can persuade,
Orcus > (Another name for Pluto, god of the underworld)
8 And rule the Furies, when they most do rage: 9 Such virtue in his staff had eke this palmer sage.
virtue > power, efficacy, occult power eke > also, likewise
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Thence passing forth, they shortly do arriue,
2 Whereas the Bowre of Blisse was situate;
A place pickt out by choice of best aliue,
4 That natures worke by art can imitate:
In which what euer in this worldly state
6 Is sweet, and pleasing vnto liuing sense,
Or that may +dayntiest+ fantasie aggrate,
8 Was poured forth with plentifull dispence,
And made there to abound with lauish affluence.
7 dayntiest > dayntest 1590
1 Thence passing forth, they shortly do arrive 2 Where the Bower of Bliss was situate;