Betwixt Reason and Appetite.
[how little trouble]
As Marcilius reads, Ἦ πολλῶν, &c.
[their genius]
Οἵῳ δαίμονι, Hierocles expounds οἵᾳ ψυχῇ. Genius includes both.
[what t' embrace]
Hierocles πάντα τὰ δέοντα, all that they ought to do.
[from the[3] body's stain]
Hierocles from the infection of the body.