9 How she might heal her son, whose senses were decayed.

decayed > rotted, ruined (cf. 307.20-1, even before he saw the girdle)

308.5

By their +aduise+, and her owne wicked wit,
2 She there deuiz'd a wondrous worke to frame,
Whose like on earth was neuer framed yit,
4 That euen Nature selfe enuide the same,
And grudg'd to see the counterfet should shame
6 The thing it selfe. In hand she boldly tooke
To make another like the former Dame,
8 Another Florimell, in shape and looke
So liuely and so like, that many it mistooke.

1 aduise > deuise 1590

1 By their advice, and her own wicked wit,

wit > intelligence, mental capacity; skill

2 She there devised a wondrous work to frame,

frame > fashion

3 Whose like on earth was never framed yet, 4 That even Nature herself envied the same,