5 Her nursed had in true nobility: 6 There, whether it divine tobacco were,
tobacco > (Introduced to Europe in 1584 by Spenser's friend, Raleigh; "diuine" because it was held to have magical properties)
7 Or panace, or polygony,
panace > (A fabulous herb, said to be a cure-all; Spenser uses an alternative spelling, "panacea", which has a different derivation) polygony > (Polygonum sp., esp. snake-root, P. bistorta, whose powdered root, when directly applied to a wound, will stop the bleeding)
8 She found, and brought it to her patient dear,
dear > dear; grievous
9 Who all this while lay bleeding out his heart-blood near.
near > almost (he is all but bleeding to death)
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The soueraigne weede betwixt two marbles plaine
2 She pownded small, and did in peeces bruze,
And then atweene her lilly handes twaine,
4 Into his wound the iuyce thereof did scruze,
And round about, as she could well it vze,
6 The flesh therewith she suppled and did steepe,
T'abate all spasme, and soke the swelling bruze,
8 And after hauing searcht the intuse deepe,
She with her scarfe did bind the wound from cold to keepe.