envy > begrudge

3 And daily war against his foeman moves,

foeman > foe, enemy
moves > stirs up

4 In hope to win more favour with his mate,
5 And the other's pleasing service to abate,
6 To magnify his own. But when they heard
7 How in that place strange knight arrived late,

strange > [a foreign, an unknown]
late > recently

8 Both knights and ladies forth right angry fared,

right > at once; very

9 And fiercely to battle stern themselves prepared.

stern > hard, stubbornly contested; fierce

202.20

But ere they could proceede vnto the place,
2 Where he abode, themselues at discord fell,
And cruell combat ioynd in middle space:
4 With horrible assault, and furie fell,
They heapt huge strokes, the scorned life to quell,
6 That all on vprore from her settled seat,
The house was raysd, and all that in did dwell;
8 Seemd that lowde thunder with amazement great
Did rend the ratling skyes with flames of fouldring heat.

1 But ere they could proceed to the place
2 Where he abode, themselves at discord fell,
3 And cruel combat joined in middle space:

joined > (To "join battle" is to come together and begin fighting)

4 With horrible assault, and fury fell,

fell > fierce, terrible

5 They heaped huge strokes, the scorned life to quell,

the > (Each other's; and each is also careless of his own)
quell > destroy; extinguish

6 That all on uproar from its settled seat

That > [So that]

7 The house was raised, and all that in did dwell;
8 Seemed that loud thunder with amazement great

Seemed > [It seemed]
amazement > consternation, frenzy

9 Did rend the rattling skies with flames of fouldering heat.

fouldering > {Flashing or thundering forth; cf. 111.40:2}

202.21

The noyse thereof +calth+ forth that straunger knight,
2 To weet, what dreadfull thing was there in +hand+;
Where when as two braue knights in bloudy fight
4 With deadly rancour he enraunged fond,
His sunbroad shield about his wrest he bond,
6 And shyning blade vnsheathd, with which he ran
Vnto that stead, their strife to vnderstond;
8 And at his first arriuall, them began
With goodly meanes to pacifie, well as he can.

1 calth > cald _1590_
2 hand > hond _1609_

1 The noise thereof called forth that stranger knight,

stranger > new-come; foreign; unknown

2 To weet what dreadful thing was there in hand