5 in her warme bed her > her in her warme bed 1590

1 One night, when she was tossed with such unrest, 2 Her aged nurse, whose name was Glauce hight,

Glauce > (Perhaps from the Greek glaukos, "grey": though this usually applies to glaucous greys, as of the olive, willow, or vine, or to blue-greys, as of the eyes, and is in Greek mythology a name of one of the nereids, a personification of the colour of the sea. Or perhaps a reference is intended to the Greek glaux (feminine form glauxe), the owl, the traditional companion of Minerva, with whom Britomart is associated. In Cicero (De Natura Deorum 3.58), Glauce is the mother of Diana, with whom Britomart is also associated) hight > called (pleonastically); or: ordained; or, possibly: assuredly (i.e. "her name really is `Glauce' rather than the one you think I mean", in which case Spenser may be playing here some sophisticated game with meaning for those of his readers able to discern real people represented in FQ)

3 Feeling her leap out of her loathed nest, 4 Betwixt her feeble arms her quickly caught, 5 And down again in her warm bed her dight;

dight > put in order; hence: placed

6 "Ah my dear daughter, ah my dearest dread,

daughter > {Girl, maiden; also a term of affectionate address used by any older person to a girl or young woman} dread > loved one, object of reverence

7 What uncouth fit," said she, "what evil plight

uncouth > strange, unaccustomed; unseemly

8 Has you oppressed, and with sad drearihead