8 The bloody battle and to stir up strife,
to stir up > [the stirring up of]
9 But, after all his war, to rest his weary knife.
knife > sword
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And for his more assurance, she inquir'd
2 One day of Proteus by his mightie spell,
(For Proteus was with prophecie inspir'd)
4 Her deare sonnes destinie to her to tell,
And the sad end of her sweet Marinell.
6 Who through foresight of his eternall skill,
Bad her from womankind to keepe him well:
8 For of a woman he should haue much ill,
A virgin strange and stout him should dismay, or kill.
1 And, for his more assurance, she inquired
more > greater assurance > security
2 One day of Proteus, by his mighty spell
Proteus > (The Old Man of the Sea, a god who can foretell the future (see Met. 11.249-56, Odyssey 4)) spell > occult power