his fair sister > (The moon: Phoebe (Diana) is the twin sister of Phoebus Apollo)

4 Ministers matter fit, which, tempered right

Ministers > Manages; furnishes; dispenses (Spenser's chief source for this account of spontaneous generation is Met. 1.416-37)

5 With heat and humour, breeds the living wight.

humour > moisture wight > creature

6 So sprang these twins in womb of Chrysogone, 7 Yet wist she naught thereof, but sore affright,

Yet wist she naught thereof, but sore affright > (Two inter- pretations seem possible: (1) "Yet knew she nothing thereof, but, sorely terrified," in which case "Wondered" at the start of line 8 means "Marvelled"; and (2) "Yet she knew nothing thereof but sore terror," giving "Wondered" the meaning "Filled with wonder")

8 Wondered to see her belly so up-blown,

up-blown > swollen

9 Which still increased, till she her term had full outgone.