cut short (Latin _truncus_; cf. 108.10:8);
_hence:_ decapitated
fast > rapidly; _also, perhaps:_ close by, in close proximity [to
Guyon]
dight > deck, prepare; _hence:_ sully, befoul

205.5

Sore bruzed with the fall, he slow vprose,
2 And all enraged, thus him loudly shent;
Disleall knight, whose coward courage chose
4 To wreake it selfe on beast all innocent,
And shund the marke, at which it should be ment,
6 Thereby thine armes seeme strong, but manhood +fraile;+
So hast thou oft with guile thine honour blent;
8 But litle may such guile thee now +auaile+,
If wonted force and fortune +do not much me faile+.

6 fraile; > frayl: _1590_
8 auaile > auayl _1590_
9 do not much me faile > doe me not much fayl _1590_

1 Sore bruised with the fall, he slow uprose

Sore > Grievously

2 And, all enraged, thus him loudly shent:

shent > reviled

3 "Disleal knight, whose coward courage chose

Disleal > Disloyal, perfidious (Italian _disleale_: WU)
courage > spirit

4 To wreak itself on beast all innocent,

wreak > give expression to

5 And shunned the mark at which it should be meant,

meant > intended

6 Thereby your arms seem strong, but manhood frail;

frail > weak; morally weak

7 So have you oft with guile your honour blended;

blended > blended, mingled, stirred up; _hence:_ rendered turbid,
spoiled

8 But little may such guile you now avail,
9 If wonted force and fortune do not much me fail."

wonted > accustomed, customary

205.6

With that he drew his flaming sword, and strooke
2 At him so fiercely, that the vpper marge
Of his seuenfolded shield away it tooke,
4 And glauncing on his helmet, made a large
And open gash therein: were not his targe,
6 That broke the violence of his intent,
The weary soule from thence it would discharge;
8 Nathelesse so sore a buff to him it lent,
That made him reele, and to his brest his beuer bent.

1 With that he drew his flaming sword, and struck
2 At him so fiercely that the upper marge

marge > margin

3 Of his sevenfold shield away it took,

sevenfold > seven-layered (cf. 203.1:9)

4 And, glancing on his helmet, made a large
5 And open gash therein: were not his targe

were > [were it]
targe > shield

6 That broke the violence of his intent,
7 The weary soul from thence it would discharge;

it > ["his flaming sword"]

8 Nath