purple > red, blood-red beray > defile; asperse, bespatter

5 Als in her lap a lovely babe did play

Als > As; also

6 His cruel sport, instead of sorrow due;

due > fitting, proper; merited

7 For in her streaming blood he did embay

embay > bathe

8 His little hands, and tender joints imbrue;

joints > arms; limbs imbrue > steep; defile

9 Pitiful spectacle as ever eye did view.