ant spelling of: troth,
good faith}

3 Did earnestly commit, and her conjure

conjure > implore; adjure

4 In virtuous lore to train his tender youth,

lore > doctrine, teaching

5 And all that gentle nouriture ensues:

gentle > noble
nouriture > {Nurture, the business of bringing up a child}
ensues > follows, conforms to; _hence:_ involves, entails

6 And that (so soon as riper years he raught)

raught > reached

7 He might, for memory of that day's ruth,

ruth > sorrow; calamity; occasion of regret

8 Be called Ruddymane, and thereby taught

Ruddymane > "Bloody-handed"

9 To avenge his parents' death on them that had it wrought.

203.3

So forth he far'd, as now befell, on foot,
2 Sith his good steed is lately from him gone;
Patience perforce; helpelesse what may it boot
4 To fret for anger, or for griefe to mone?
His Palmer now shall foot no more alone:
6 So fortune wrought, as vnder greene woods syde
He lately heard that dying Lady grone,
8 He left his steed without, and speare besyde,
And rushed in on foot to ayd her, ere she dyde.

1 So forth he fared, as now befell, on foot,
2 Sith his good steed is lately from him gone;

Sith > Since

3 Patience perforce; helpless, what may it boot

Patience perforce > (Proverbial: patience upon compulsion, i.e. when
there is no other course. Cf. 310.3:1)
boot > avail

4 To fret for anger, or for grief to moan?

moan > lament, bewail one's lot

5 His palmer now shall foot no more alone:

foot > walk

6 So Fortune wrought, as under green wood's side

wrought > fashioned [it]
green > [a] green

7 He lately heard that dying lady groan:
8 He left his steed without, and spear beside,

without > outside (the thicket)

9 And rushed in on foot to aid her, ere she died.

203.4

The whiles a losell wandring by the way,
2 One that to bountie neuer cast his mind,
Ne thought of honour euer did assay
4 His baser brest, but in his kestrell kind
A pleasing vaine of glory +vaine+ did find,
6 To which his flowing toung, and troublous spright
Gaue him great ayd, and made him more inclind:
8 He that braue steed there finding ready dight,
Purloynd both steed and speare, and ran away full light.

5 vaine > he _1590_

1 The whiles a losel wandering by the way

The whiles > Meanwhile
losel > scoundrel, ne'er-do-well, ragamuffin (one who is