esh courage on the victor served:

served > attended; _hence:_ renewed her onslaught

8 But being all defeated, save a few,
9 Rather than fly or be captived, herself she slew.

fly > flee
captived > taken captive

210.56

O famous moniment of womens prayse,
2 Matchable either to _Semiramis_,
Whom antique history so high doth raise,
4 Or to _Hypsiphil_' or to _Thomiris_:
Her Host two hundred thousand numbred is;
6 Who whiles good fortune fauoured her might,
Triumphed oft against her enimis;
8 And yet though ouercome in haplesse fight,
She triumphed on death, in enemies despight.

1 O famous monument of women's praise,

monument of > record of, testament to
praise > praiseworthiness, virtue; _hence:_ qualities, worth

2 Matchable either to Semiramis',

Matchable > Comparable
Semiramis > (The legendary queen of King Ninus of Assyria, who was
her second husband. Before she acceded to the throne she
successfully led the daring siege of Bactra; five days after her
accession she had Ninus murdered. She went on to conquer many
nations in Asia, subdued Egypt and much of Ethiopia besides.
Some of her exploits are the same as those attributed to the
goddess Ishtar; Semiramis herself was said to be a daughter of
the Syrian goddess Dekarat. Her name derives from the Syrian
_Sammu-ramat_. See also 105.50:3-4)

3 Whom antique history so high does raise,

antique > ancient

4 Or to Hypsipyle's, or to Tomyris':

Hypsipyle > (Daughter of Thoas, king of Lemnos; she concealed and
thus saved her father when the Lemnian women killed all the men
in the island)
Tomyris > (Queen of the Massagetes, a Scythian people on the east
coast of the Caspian Sea. In a battle in 529 BC she decapitated
Cyrus, the founder of the Persian Empire, and threw his head into
a bag of human blood, so that, as she said, he might finally
satiate himself with it. (This follows Herodotus rather than
Xenophon))

5 Her host two hundred thousand numbered is;

host > army

6 Who, while good fortune favoured her might,
7 Triumphed oft against her enemies;
8 And yet though overcome in hapless fight,
9 She triumphed on death, in enemies' despite.

in enemies' despite > [scorning her enemies]

210.57

Her reliques _Fulgent_ hauing gathered,
2 Fought with _Seuerus_, and him ouerthrew;
Yet in the chace was slaine of them, that fled:
4 So made them victours, whom he