8 Nor can Cephissus, nor Hebrus, match this well:
can > did; can Cephissus > (The waters of this Greek river were used to purify Deucalion and Pyrrha (Met. 1.369-70); and for washing and whitening fleeces (Pliny, Hist. Nat. 2.106)) Hebrus > (A river in Thrace with unusually pure water (see Horace, Epistles 1.16:13)) well > {Spring, spring with supernatural powers}
9 Into the same the knight, back overthrown, fell.
111.31
Now gan the golden Ph{oe}bus for to steepe
2 His fierie face in billowes of the west,
And his faint steedes watred in Ocean deepe,
4 Whiles from their iournall labours they did rest,
When that infernall Monster, hauing kest
6 His wearie foe into that liuing well,
Can high aduance his broad discoloured brest,
8 Aboue his wonted pitch, with countenance fell,
And clapt his yron wings, as victor he did dwell.
1 Now began the golden Phoebus to steep
Phoebus > (Who each day drives his chariot across the sky)
2 His fiery face in billows of the west, 3 And his faint steeds watered in ocean deep, 4 While from their journal labours they did rest,
journal > daily; diurnal; or: viatical (a "journal" was also a day's travel, or any journey)
5 When that infernal monster, having cast 6 His weary foe into that living well,