t euen the wild beast shall dy in starued den.

6 outrage > autrage _1596_

1 "He in his fury all shall overrun,
2 And holy Church with faithless hands deface,

Church > [the institution]
deface > destroy; disgrace

3 That your sad people, utterly fordone,

That > [So that]
fordone > ruined

4 Shall to the utmost mountains fly apace:

fly apace > flee rapidly

5 Was never so great waste in any place,

waste > [a] devastation, [a] laying to waste

6 Nor so foul outrage done by living men:
7 For all your cities they shall sack and raze,
8 And the green grass that grows they shall burn,
9 That even the wild beast shall die in starved den.

That > [So that]

303.35

Whiles thus +thy+ Britons do in languour pine,
2 Proud _Etheldred_ shall from the North arise,
Seruing th'ambitious will of _Augustine_,
4 And passing _Dee_ with hardy enterprise,
Shall backe repulse the valiaunt _Brockwell_ twise,
6 And _Bangor_ with massacred Martyrs fill;
But the third time shall rew his foolhardise:
8 For _Cadwan_ pittying his peoples ill,
Shall stoutly him defeat, and thousand _Saxons_ kill.

1 thy > the _1596, 1609_

1 "While thus your Britons do in languor pine,

languor > sorrow, mental distress

2 Proud Ethelfrid shall from the north arise,
3 Serving the ambitious will of Augustine
4 And, passing Dee with hardy enterprise,

Dee > (The River Dee, in NW England)
hardy > audacious, bold; robust

5 Shall back repulse the valiant Brocmail twice,
6 And Bangor with massacred martyrs fill;
7 But the third time shall rue his foolhardice:

foolhardice > foolhardiness

8 For Cadwan, pitying his people's ill,

ill > distress

9 Shall stoutly him defeat, and thousand Saxons kill.

stoutly > bravely

303.36

But after him, _Cadwallin_ mightily
2 On his sonne _Edwin_ all those wrongs shall wreake;
Ne shall auaile the wicked sorcery
4 Of false _Pellite_, his purposes to breake,
But him shall slay, and on a gallowes bleake
6 Shall giue th'enchaunter his vnhappy +hire;+
Then shall the Britons, late dismayd and weake,
8 From their long vassalage gin to respire,
And on their Paynim foes auenge their ranckled ire.

6 hire; > hire _1596_

1 "But after him, Cadwalla mightily
2 On his son Edwin all those wrongs shall wreak;

his > [Ethelfrid's]
wreak > avenge

3 Nor shall avail the wicked sor