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Who thereat wondrous wroth, the sleeping spark
2 Of natiue vertue gan eftsoones reuiue,
And at his haughtie helmet making mark,
4 So hugely +stroke+, that it the steele did riue,
And cleft his head. He tumbling downe aliue,
6 With bloudy mouth his mother earth did kis,
Greeting his graue: his grudging ghost did striue
8 With the fraile flesh; at last it flitted is,
Whither the soules do fly of men, that liue amis.
4 stroke > strooke 1609
1 Who, thereat wondrous wroth, the sleeping spark 2 Of native virtue gan eftsoons revive,
native > innate virtue > strength, worth; valour gan > did eftsoons > thereupon
3 And at his haughty helmet making mark,
haughty > proud; lofty
4 So hugely struck that it the steel did rive, 5 And cleft his head. He, tumbling down alive,
cleft > split
6 With bloody mouth his mother earth did kiss, 7 Greeting his grave: his grudging ghost did strive