so > such
2 Would fain have died: dead was his heart within,
fain > gladly, willingly
3 Yet outwardly some little comfort shows: 4 At last, recovering heart, he does begin 5 To rub her temples, and to chafe her chin,
chafe > {Rub in order to restore circulation and sensation} chin > cheek, lower jaw (from Old Norse kinn)
6 And every tender part does toss and turn: 7 So hardly he the flitted life does win
hardly > with difficulty win > persuade
8 To her native prison to return:
native prison > natural prison [of her soul]; hence: heart, body
9 Then begins her grieved ghost thus to lament and mourn: