7 From which forth gushed a stream of goreblood thick,
goreblood > {?Gory blood; ?blood shed by carnage or butchery}
8 That all her goodly garments stained around, 9 And into a deep sanguine dyed the grassy ground.
sanguine > blood-red
201.40
Pittifull spectacle of deadly smart,
2 Beside a bubbling fountaine low she lay,
Which she increased with her bleeding hart,
4 And the cleane waues with purple +gore+ did ray;
Als in her lap a +louely+ babe did play
6 His cruell sport, in stead of sorrow dew;
For in her streaming blood he did embay
8 His litle hands, and tender ioynts embrew;
Pitifull spectacle, as euer eye did view.
4 gore > gold 1596, 1609 5 louely > little 1609
1 Pitiful spectacle of deadly smart,
smart > {Grief, sorrow; suffering; sharp or biting pain. Spenser may have known that "smart" is perhaps related to the Latin mordere, to bite: see 201.0:3}
2 Beside a bubbling fountain low she lay, 3 Which she increased with her bleeding heart, 4 And the clean waves with purple gore did beray;