l to report:
For some like Snailes, some did like spyders shew,
4 And some like vgly Vrchins thicke and short:
+Cruelly they+ +assayled+ that fift Fort,
6 Armed with darts of sensuall delight,
With stings of carnall lust, and strong effort
8 Of feeling pleasures, with which day and night
Against that same fift bulwarke they continued fight.

2 was > is _1590_
5 Cruelly they > They cruelly _1609_
5 assayled > assayed _1590: i.e. attempted, attacked_

1 But the fifth troop, most horrible of hue,

hue > appearance; colour

2 And fierce of force, was dreadful to report:
3 For some like snails, some did like spiders show,

show > appear, seem

4 And some like ugly urchins, thick and short:

urchins > hedgehogs

5 Cruelly they assailed that fifth fort,
6 Armed with darts of sensual delight,
7 With stings of carnal lust, and strong effort

effort > power

8 Of feeling pleasures, with which day and night
9 Against that same fifth bulwark they continued fight.

fight > [the fight, fighting]

211.14

Thus these twelue troupes with dreadfull puissance
2 Against that Castle restlesse siege did lay,
And euermore their hideous Ordinance
4 Vpon the Bulwarkes cruelly did play,
That now it gan to threaten neare decay:
6 And euermore their wicked Capitaine
Prouoked them the breaches to assay,
8 Somtimes with threats, somtimes with hope of gaine,
Which by the ransack of that peece they should attaine.

1 Thus these twelve troops with dreadful puissance

puissance > force, power

2 Against that castle restless siege did lay,
3 And evermore their hideous ordinance

hideous > immense, terrific; odious
ordinance > battle-array; _or, more probably:_ ordnance, artillery
(cf. 211.10:9, 211.12:1)

4 Upon the bulwarks cruelly did play,
5 That now it began to threaten near decay:

That > [So that]
decay > downfall, destruction; death

6 And evermore their wicked captain
7 Provoked them the breaches to assay,

assay > assault; attempt

8 Sometimes with threats, sometimes with hope of gain,

hope > promise; expectation

9 Which by the ransack of that piece they should attain.

piece > piece of work, contrivance [the castle]

211.15

On th'other side, th'assieged Castles ward
2 Their stedfast stonds did mightily maintaine,
And many bold repulse, and many hard
4 Atchieuement wrought wit