griesy > squalid, hideous (see also Textual Appendix)
5 Disordered hung about his shoulders round, 6 And hid his face; through which his hollow eyes 7 Looked deadly dull, and stared as astounded;
as > [as though] astounded > {Stupefied; shocked with alarm, surprise, or wonder}
8 His raw-boned cheeks, through penury and pine,
raw-boned > {Gaunt; having projecting bones} pine > starvation, want
9 Were shrunk into his jaws, as he did never dine.
as > [as though]
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His garment nought but many ragged clouts,
2 With thornes together pind and patched was,
The which his naked sides he wrapt abouts;
4 And him beside there lay vpon the gras
A drearie corse, whose life away did pas,
6 All wallowd in his owne yet luke-warme blood,
That from his wound yet welled fresh alas;
8 In which a rustie knife fast fixed stood,
And made an open passage for the gushing flood.
1 His garment, naught but many ragged clouts,