And, lightly mounted, passes on his way;

lightly > quickly; easily

3 Neither ladies' loves, nor sweet entreaties might

might > could

4 Appease his heat, or hasty passage stay;

Appease > Assuage
heat > fit of passion

5 For he has vowed to be avenged that day
6 (That day itself him seemed all too long)

him seemed > [seemed to him]

7 On him that did Pyrochles dear dismay:

dear > grievously (adv.); dear, beloved (adj.)
dismay > defeat, overcome

8 So proudly pricks on his courser strong,

pricks on > spurs on

9 And Atin ay him pricks with spurs of shame and wrong.

ay > ever

CANTO VI

_Guyon is of immodest +Merth,+
2 led into loose desire,
Fights with Cymochles, whiles his bro-
3 ther burnes in furious fire._

1 _Merth,_ > _Merth 1609_

1 Guyon is of immodest Mirth

of > by
immodest > forward, impudent; unchaste (also, the Latin _immodestus_
means "intemperate", "unbridled")
Mirth > Phaedria (introduced at 206.3, named at 206.9; an early
meaning of "mirth" is "fun", "ridicule")

2 led into loose desire,
3 Fights with Cymochles, while his bro-

Fights > [And fights]
his > [Cymochles's (his brother is Pyrochles)]

4 ther burns in furious fire.

206.1

A Harder lesson, to learne Continence
2 In ioyous pleasure, then in grieuous paine:
For sweetnesse doth allure the weaker sence
4 So strongly, that vneathes it can refraine
From that, which feeble nature couets faine;
6 But griefe and wrath, that be her enemies,
And foes of life, she better can +restraine+;
8 Yet vertue vauntes in both +their+ victories,
And _Guyon_ in them all shewes goodly maisteries.

7 restraine > abstaine _1590_
8 their > her _1590_

1 A harder lesson, to learn continence
2 In joyous pleasure than in grievous pain:
3 For sweetness does allure the weaker sense

weaker > too-weak

4 So strongly, that uneath it can refrain

uneath > with difficulty

5 From that which feeble nature covets fain;

fain > eagerly

6 But grief and wrath (that be her enemies,

be > [are]

7 And foes of life) she better can restrain;

better > [more easily]

8 Yet virtue vaunts in both their victories,

vaunts > displays [itself]; advances [itself, its cause; the last
only if "vaunts" is taken to be aphetic for "avaunts"]
both their victories > [the victories of continence over both
sweetness and wrath]

9 And G