6 And straightway sent with careful diligence 7 To fetch a leech, who had great insight
leech > physician
8 Into that disease of grieved conscience, 9 And well could cure the same; his name was Patience.
110.24
Who comming to that soule-diseased knight,
2 Could hardly him intreat, to tell his griefe:
Which knowne, and all that noyd his heauie spright,
4 Well searcht, eftsoones he gan apply +reliefe+
Of salues and med'cines, which had passing priefe,
6 And thereto added words of wondrous might:
By which to ease he him recured briefe,
8 And much asswag'd the passion of his plight,
That he his paine endur'd, as seeming now more light.
4 reliefe > relief 1590; reliefe. 1596
1 Who, coming to that soul-diseased knight, 2 Could hardly him entreat to tell his grief:
hardly > with difficulty entreat > persuade
3 Which known, and all that noyed his heavy spirit
noyed > troubled, harassed