ame is certainly very old)
day > age; _hence:_ people

8 Finding in it fit ports for fishers' trade,
9 Gan more the same frequent, and further to invade.

Gan > Did; began to
invade > enter (SUS); _hence:_ explore

210.7

But farre in land a saluage nation dwelt,
2 Of hideous Giants, and halfe beastly men,
That neuer tasted grace, nor goodnesse felt,
4 But like wild beasts lurking in loathsome den,
And flying fast as Roebucke through the fen,
6 All naked without shame, or care of cold,
By hunting and by spoiling liued then;
8 Of stature huge, and eke of courage bold,
That sonnes of men amazd their sternnesse to behold.

1 But far inland a savage nation dwelt,
2 Of hideous giants and half beastly men,

hideous > immense; odious; terrific

3 That never tasted grace, nor goodness felt,
4 But like wild beasts, lurking in loathsome den,
5 And flying fast as roebuck through the fen,
6 All naked without shame, or care of cold,
7 By hunting and by spoiling lived then;

spoiling > pillaging

8 Of stature huge, and eke of courage bold,

eke > moreover

9 That sons of men amazed, their sternness to behold.

amazed > confounded, astounded
sternness > ferocity

210.8

But whence they sprong, or how they were begot,
2 Vneath is to assure; vneath to wene
That monstrous error, which doth some assot,
4 That _Dioclesians_ fiftie daughters shene
Into this land by chaunce haue driuen bene,
6 Where companing with feends and filthy Sprights,
Through vaine illusion of their lust vnclene,
8 They brought forth Giants and such dreadfull wights,
As farre exceeded men in their immeasurd mights.

1 But whence they sprang, or how they were begotten,
2 Uneath is to assure; uneath to ween

Uneath > Difficult
assure > establish; state positively; venture
ween > believe, accept

3 That monstrous error, which does some assot,

assot > make a fool of; _hence:_ deceive

4 That Diocletian's fifty daughters sheen

Diocletian > (Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus, 245-313, Roman
emperor 284-305; noted for his persecution of Christians. His
thirty-three daughters, like the fifty daughters of Danaus, are
said to have murdered their bridegrooms; except for Albine, from
whom Albion derived. See also 105.35:9)
sheen > beautiful

5 Into this land by chance have driven been,
6 Where, companying with fiends and fi