2 His own dear mother (ah, why should he so?);

His own dear mother > [Venus]

3 Nor did he spare sometime to prick himself,

sometime > sometimes

4 That he might taste the sweet consuming woe

That > [So that]

5 Which he had wrought to many others more.

to > in

6 But to declare the mournful tragedies, 7 And spoils, wherewith he all the ground did strew:

wherewith > with which ground > surface, background (of the tapestry)