208.31

Yet was the force so furious and so fell,
2 That horse and man it made to reele aside;
Nath'lesse the Prince would not forsake his sell:
4 For well of yore he learned had to ride,
But full of anger fiercely to him cride;
6 False traitour miscreant, thou broken hast
The law of armes, to strike foe vndefide.
8 But thou thy treasons fruit, I hope, shalt taste
Right sowre, and feele the law, the which thou hast defast.

1 Yet was the force so furious and so fell,

fell > fierce, terrible

2 That horse and man it made to reel aside;
3 Natheless the prince would not forsake his sell:

Natheless > Nevertheless
sell > saddle

4 For well of yore he learned had to ride,

yore > old

5 But, full of anger, fiercely to him cried:
6 "False traitor miscreant, you broken have

miscreant > unbeliever, infidel; villain; wretch

7 The law of arms, to strike foe undefied!
8 But you your treason's fruit, I hope, shall taste
9 Right sour, and feel the law which you have defaced."

Right > Very
defaced > defamed; _hence:_ brought ignominy upon

208.32

With that his balefull +speare,+ he fiercely bent
2 Against the Pagans brest, and therewith thought
His cursed life out of her lodge haue rent:
4 But ere the point arriued, where it ought,
That seuen-fold shield, which he from _Guyon_ brought
6 He cast betwene to ward the bitter stound:
Through all those foldes the steelehead passage wrought
8 And through his shoulder pierst; wherwith to ground
He groueling fell, all gored in his gushing wound.

1 speare, > speare _1609_

1 With that his baleful spear he fiercely bent

baleful > deadly, woe-dealing
bent > brought to bear

2 Against the pagan's breast, and therewith thought

therewith > with that

3 His cursed life out of its lodge have rent:

have rent > [to] have torn

4 But ere the point arrived where it ought,
5 That sevenfold shield, which he from Guyon brought,

sevenfold > seven-layered (see note at 203.1:9)

6 He cast between to ward the bitter stound:

ward > avert
stound > {Time of trial, time of pain (chiefly in northern dialect)}

7 Through all those folds the steelhead passage wrought

steelhead > [steel tang]

8 And through his shoulder pierced; wherewith to ground

wherewith > with which

9 He grovelling fell, all gored in his gushing wound.

grovelling > face