9 But hung still on the shield, as it at first was pight.
as > [just as] pight > pitched, placed; hence: held, held down, held in place
111.44
For griefe thereof, and diuelish despight,
2 From his infernall fournace forth he threw
Huge flames, that dimmed all the heauens light,
4 Enrold in duskish smoke and brimstone blew;
As burning Aetna from his boyling stew
6 Doth belch out flames, and rockes in peeces broke,
And ragged ribs of mountaines molten new,
8 Enwrapt in coleblacke clouds and filthy smoke,
That all the land with stench, and heauen with horror choke.
1 For grief thereof, and devilish despite,
grief > pain despite > spite, malice
2 From his infernal furnace forth he threw 3 Huge flames that dimmed all the heavens' light, 4 Enrolled in duskish smoke and brimstone blue;
blue > {Burning without redness, as a candle is said to do in the presence of ghosts, death, or Satan}
5 As burning Etna from its boiling stew
Etna > (The volcano in Sicily, which was very active in the 16th century; see also Aen. 3.571-7) stew > cauldron