he not for all his great dismay
3 Give over to effect his first intent,

Give over > Desist from [trying]

4 And the utmost means of victory essay,

essay > attempt

5 Or the utmost issue of his own decay.

issue > outcome
decay > death

6 His own good sword Morddure, that never failed

Morddure > "Hard-biter" (see 208.20-1)

7 At need, till now, he lightly threw away,

lightly > lightly; quickly

8 And his bright shield, that naught him now availed,

And > [And also]
naught > not at all

9 And with his naked hands him forcibly assailed.

211.42

Twixt his two mightie armes him vp he snatcht,
2 And crusht his carkasse so against his brest,
That the disdainfull soule he thence dispatcht,
4 And th'idle breath all vtterly exprest:
Tho when he felt him dead, +a downe+ he kest
6 The lumpish corse vnto the senselesse grownd;
Adowne he kest it with so puissant wrest,
8 That backe againe it did aloft rebownd,
And gaue against his mother earth a gronefull sownd.

5 a downe > adowne _1590_

1 'Twixt his two mighty arms him up he snatched,
2 And crushed his carcase so against his breast
3 That the disdainful soul he thence dispatched,

disdainful > angry; indignant

4 And the idle breath all utterly expressed:

idle > empty
expressed > squeezed out

5 Tho when he felt him dead, adown he cast

Tho > Then
adown > down

6 The lumpish corse to the senseless ground;

lumpish > sluggishly inactive; low-spirited
corse > body

7 Adown he cast it with so puissant wrest,

so puissant wrest > such a powerful twist

8 That back again it did aloft rebound,
9 And gave against his mother earth a groanful sound.

groanful > groaning, lugubrious, mournful

211.43

As when _Ioues_ harnesse-bearing Bird from hie
2 Stoupes at a flying heron with proud disdaine,
The stone-dead quarrey fals so forciblie,
4 That it rebounds against the lowly plaine,
A second fall redoubling backe againe.
6 Then thought the Prince all perill sure was past,
And that he victor onely did remaine;
8 No sooner thought, then that the Carle as fast
Gan heap huge strokes on him, as ere he downe was cast.

1 As when Jove's harness-bearing bird from high

harness > {Military equipment or accoutrements}
bird > (The eagle, which carries his thunderbolts)

2 Stoops at a flying heron with proud disdain,

Stoops > Swoop