e story show

gan > did
show > make known, tell

6 Of false Acrasia, and her wicked wiles,
7 Which to avenge, the palmer him forth drew
8 From Faery court. So talked they; the whiles

Faery court > (See I:183: "The second day ther came in a
Palmer ...")
the whiles > meanwhile, during which time

9 They wasted had much way, and measured many miles.

209.10

And now faire _Ph{oe}bus_ gan decline in hast
2 His weary wagon to the Westerne vale,
Whenas they spide a goodly castle, plast
4 Foreby a riuer in a pleasaunt dale,
Which choosing for that euenings hospitale,
6 They thither marcht: but when they came in sight,
And from their sweaty Coursers did auale,
8 They found the gates fast barred long ere night,
And euery loup fast lockt, as fearing foes despight.

1 And now fair Phoebus gan decline in haste

Phoebus > (Who each day drives his chariot across the sky)
gan > did; began to

2 His weary wagon to the western vale,
3 When they spied a goodly castle, placed

goodly > beautiful, fine

4 Forby a river in a pleasant dale,

Forby > Hard by, near

5 Which choosing for that evening's hospital,

hospital > hospice, lodging-place

6 They thither marched: but when they came in sight,
7 And from their sweaty coursers did avale,

their sweaty coursers > (Perhaps we are to infer that Arthur's
squire has lent Guyon his, or a spare, horse)
avale > dismount

8 They found the gates fast barred long ere night,

fast > firmly

9 And every loop fast locked, as fearing foes' despite.

loop > loop-hole
fearing > [if in fear of]
despite > outrage

209.11

Which when they saw, they weened fowle reproch
2 Was to them doen, their entrance to forstall,
Till that the Squire gan nigher to approch;
4 And wind his horne vnder the castle wall,
That with the noise it shooke, as it would fall:
6 Eftsoones forth looked from the highest spire
The watch, and lowd vnto the knights did call,
8 To weete, what they so rudely did require.
Who gently answered, They entrance did desire.

1 Which when they saw, they weened foul reproach

weened > imagined, supposed

2 Was to them done, their entrance to forestall,
3 Till the squire began nigher to approach;
4 And wind his horn under the castle wall,

wind > blow (cf. 108.3-5)

5 That with the noise it shook, as it would fall:

That > [So that]
as >