2 write > write; 1590, 1609

1 Her nether parts, the shame of all her kind, 2 My chaster Muse for shame does blush to write;

chaster > too-chaste write > write of, describe

3 But at her rump she growing had behind 4 A fox's tail, with dung all foully dight;

dight > dressed, fitted; hence: encrusted, smeared

5 And eke her feet most monstrous were in sight;

eke > moreover

6 For one of them was like an eagle's claw, 7 With gripping talons armed to greedy fight,

greedy > eager, rapacious

8 The other like a bear's uneven paw: