8 But palmer, if it might you so aggrate,

aggrate > please

9 Let them returned be to their former state."

212.86

Streight way he with his vertuous staffe them strooke,
2 And streight of beasts they comely men became;
Yet being men they did vnmanly looke,
4 And stared ghastly, some for inward shame,
And some for wrath, to see their captiue Dame:
6 But one aboue the rest in speciall,
That had an hog beene late, hight Grille by name,
8 Repined greatly, and did him miscall,
That had from hoggish forme him brought to naturall.

1 Straightway he with his virtuous staff them struck,

virtuous > {Possessing occult power; cf. 212.26:6, 212.40:8}

2 And straight of beasts they comely men became;

straight > straightway, immediately of > [from the form of]

3 Yet being men they did unmanly look,