8 All desperate of his fore-damned spirit,
desperate of > despairing of, without hope for fore-damned > [damned beforehand, by his former conduct]
9 That seemed no help for him was left in living sight.
That > [So that it; such that]
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But through long anguish, and selfe-murdring thought
2 He was so wasted and forpined quight,
That all his substance was consum'd to nought,
4 And nothing left, but like an aery Spright,
That on the rockes he fell so flit and light,
6 That he thereby receiu'd no hurt at all,
But chaunced on a craggy cliff to light;
8 Whence he with crooked clawes so long did crall,
That at the last he found a caue with entrance small.
1 But through long anguish, and self-murdering thought, 2 He was so wasted and forpined quite,
forpined > {Caused to pine, caused to starve}
3 That all his substance was consumed to naught, 4 And nothing left but like an airy sprite,
like > [something resembling]