;

weet > find out

3 Where when two brave knights in bloody fight

brave > brave; splendid

4 With deadly rancour he enranged found,

enranged > arranged; ranged [in battle]

5 His sun-broad shield about his wrist he bound,
6 And shining blade unsheathed, with which he ran
7 To that stead, their strife to understand;

stead > place

8 And at his first arrival them began
9 With goodly means to pacify, well as he can.

well > [as well]

202.22

But they him spying, both with greedy forse
2 Attonce vpon him ran, and him beset
With strokes of mortall steele without remorse,
4 And on his shield like yron sledges bet:
As when a Beare and Tygre being met
6 In cruell fight on lybicke Ocean wide,
Espye a traueiler with feet surbet,
8 Whom they in equall pray hope to deuide,
They stint their strife, and him assaile on euery side.

1 But they, him spying, both with greedy force

greedy > eager; mad, reckless

2 At once upon him ran, and him beset

At once > Immediately; together, simultaneously

3 With strokes of mortal steel without remorse,

remorse > {Compunction; mitigation; also: biting or cutting force
(SUFQ; cf. 402.15:3)}

4 And on his shield like iron sledges beat:

sledges > sledge-hammers

5 As when a bear and tiger, being met
6 In cruel fight on Libyan ocean wide,

ocean > {A great expanse of anything; hence: desert}

7 Espy a traveller with feet surbated,

surbated > bruised, sore (from too much walking)

8 Whom they in equal prey hope to divide,
9 They stint their strife, and him assail on every side.

202.23

But he, not like a wearie traueilere,
2 Their sharpe assault right +bloudy+ did rebut,
And suffred not their blowes to byte him nere,
4 But with redoubled buffes them backe did put:
Whose grieued mindes, which choler did englut,
6 Against themselues turning their wrathfull spight,
Gan with new rage their shields to hew and cut;
8 But still when _Guyon_ came to part their fight,
With heauie load on him they freshly gan to smight.

2 bloudy > boldly _1590;_ boldy _1609_

1 But he, not like a weary traveller,

not like > unlike

2 Their sharp assault right boldly did rebut,
3 And suffered not their blows to bite him near,

suffered > allowed

4 But with redoubled buffs them back did put:

buffs > buffets, blows

5 Whose grieved minds, whic