o be vnbar'd, and forth he went.
Faire mote he thee, the prowest and most gent,
6 That euer brandished bright steele on hye:
Whom soone as that vnruly rablement,
8 With his gay Squire issuing did espy,
They reard a most outrageous dreadfull yelling cry.

1 Eftsoons himself in glittering arms he dight,

Eftsoons > Thereupon
arms > {Arms and armour}
dight > prepared; _hence:_ clad

2 And his well proved weapons to him hent;

hent > took

3 So, taking courteous cong{e/}, he behight

cong{e/} > leave
behight > bade (catachr.)

4 Those gates to be unbarred, and forth he went.
5 Fair might he thee, the prowest, and most gent,

Fair > Fairly, well
thee > thrive
prowest > bravest
gent > noble

6 That ever brandished bright steel on high:
7 Whom soon as that unruly rabblement,

soon > [as soon]
rabblement > rabble

8 With his gay squire issuing, did espy,

squire > knight's attendant

9 They reared a most outrageous dreadful yelling cry.

211.18

And therewith all attonce at him let fly
2 Their fluttring arrowes, thicke as flakes of snow,
And round about him flocke impetuously,
4 Like a great water flood, that tombling low
From the high mountaines, threats to ouerflow
6 With suddein fury all the fertile plaine,
And the sad husbandmans long hope doth throw
8 A downe the streame, and all his vowes make vaine,
Nor bounds nor banks his headlong ruine may sustaine.

1 And therewith all at once at him let fly

therewith > with that; thereupon
at once > simultaneously; immediately

2 Their fluttering arrows, thick as flakes of snow,
3 And round about him flock impetuously,
4 Like a great water flood that, tumbling low
5 From the high mountains, threats to overflow

threats > threatens

6 With sudden fury all the fertile plain,
7 And the sad husbandman's long hope does throw
8 Adown the stream, and all his vows make vain,

Adown > Down
vain > futile

9 Nor bounds nor banks his headlong ruin may sustain.

Nor > Neither
his > its (the flood's); his (the husbandman's)
ruin > downfall (of the water or the husbandman)
sustain > withstand

211.19

Vpon his shield their heaped hayle he bore,
2 And with his sword disperst the raskall flockes,
Which fled a sunder, and him fell before,
4 As withered leaues drop from their dried stockes,
When the wroth Western wind does reaue thei