cobbled > mended (usually repeatedly)
3 Nor scarce good morsel all his life did taste, 4 But both from back and belly still did spare,
still > always, continually
5 To fill his bags, and richesse to compare;
richesse > wealth compare > acquire, get
6 Yet child nor kinsman living had he none 7 To leave them to; but through daily care 8 To get, and nightly fear to lose, his own, 9 He led a wretched life, to himself unknown.
life, to himself unknown > [existence, not even realizing it; or, with a change in punctuation: life to himself, unknown (he was a solitary miser). Spenser may have intended both senses]
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Most wretched wight, whom nothing might suffise,
2 Whose greedy lust did lacke in greatest store,
Whose need had end, but no end couetise,
4 Whose wealth was want, whose plenty made him pore,
Who had enough, yet wished +euer more+;
6 A vile disease, and eke in foote and hand
A grieuous gout tormented him full sore,
8 That well he could not touch, nor go, nor stand:
Such one was Auarice, the +fourth+ of this faire band.
5 euer more > euermore 1609 9 fourth > forth 1590