busy > careful; solicitous pain > effort, labour
5 At last, when life recovered had the reign,
reign > reign; or, perhaps: rein (cf. 304.35:5)
6 And over-wrestled his strong enemy, 7 With faltering tongue, and trembling every vein, 8 "Tell on," quoth she, "the woeful tragedy, 9 Which these relics sad present to my eye.
these relics > [the arms and armour of the Redcross Knight]
107.25
Tempestuous fortune hath spent all her spight,
2 And thrilling sorrow throwne his vtmost dart;
Thy sad tongue cannot tell more heauy plight,
4 Then that I feele, and harbour in mine hart:
Who hath endur'd the whole, can beare each part.
6 If death it be, it is not the first wound,
That launched hath my brest with bleeding smart.
8 Begin, and end the bitter balefull stound;
If lesse, then that I +feare+ more fauour I haue found.
9 feare > feare, 1590, 1609
1 "Tempestuous Fortune has spent all her spite, 2 And thrilling Sorrow thrown his utmost dart;
thrilling > piercing