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1. gilded: overlaid with a thin coating of gold.
4. besmear'd with sluttish time: i.e., smeared with the dirtiness or griminess caused by the passage of time.
6. broils: battles.
7. Mars: Roman god of war.
13. till the judgment that yourself arise: until God's last judgment when you yourself shall ascend to heaven.