Grim-visag'd war hath smooth'd his wrinkled front; And now, instead of mounting barded steeds To fright the souls of fearful adversaries, He capers nimbly in a lady's chamber To the lascivious pleasing of a lute.

A Verticil or Whirl may be[…]Naked; that is without involucre, bracte or brittle. Bracted - or Involucred

He's conceited and opinionative and argues all the time, even when he knows perfectly well that he's talking through his hat.

My throat was so sore that I was unable to swallow.