8 And a long bloody river through them railed,
railed > flowed
9 So lively and so like that living sense it failed.
lively > vivid, convincing like > lifelike failed > deceived (Latin fallere: WUFQ)
311.47
And at the vpper end of that faire rowme,
2 There was an Altar built of pretious stone,
Of passing valew, and of great renowme,
4 On which there stood an Image all alone,
Of massy gold, which with his owne light shone;
6 And wings it had with sundry colours dight,
More sundry colours, then the proud Pauone
8 Beares in his boasted fan, or Iris bright,
When her discolourd bow she spreds through +heauen bright+.
9 heauen bright > heuens hight conj. Church (following the 1590 spelling of "heuen")
1 And, at the upper end of that fair room, 2 There was an altar built of precious stone, 3 Of passing value, and of great renown,
passing > surpassing
4 On which there stood an image all alone,