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,