arse > coffin; tomb, grave

9 Or do they only sleep, and shall again reverse?

reverse > return

304.2

If they be dead, then woe is me therefore:
2 But if they sleepe, {o^} let them soone awake:
For all too long I burne with enuy sore,
4 To heare the warlike feates, which _Homere_ spake
Of bold _P{ae}nthesilee_, which made a lake
6 Of _Greekish_ bloud so oft in _Troian_ plaine;
But when I read, how stout _Debora_ strake
8 Proud _Sisera_, and how _Camill_' hath slaine
The huge _Orsilochus_, I swell with great disdaine.

1 If they be dead, then woe is me therefore:

be > [are]

2 But if they sleep, O let them soon awake:

soon > soon; immediately

3 For all too long I burn with envy sore

envy > desire, enthusiasm

4 To hear the warlike feats which Homer spoke
5 Of bold Penthesilea, which made a lake

Penthesilea > (Daughter of Mars and Otrera, the queen of the Amazons.
After Hector's death, she came to the aid of the Trojans, but was
finally killed by Achilles (or his son Neoptolemus, according to
popular legend). She is not, incidentally, described by Homer,
but see _Aen._ 1.490-3, where she leads the Amazons into battle)
which > (Referring to Penthesilea or her feats)

6 Of Greekish blood so oft in Trojan plain;

Greekish > Greek

7 But when I read how stout Deborah struck

stout > bold, brave; proud
Deborah > (See _Judg._ 4.4-21; Sisera was actually dispatched by
Jael)

8 Proud Sisera, and how Camilla has slain

Camilla > (The daughter of King Metabus; she slew various Trojans,
including two of the tallest, Orsilochus and But{e"}s. See _Aen._
11.650 ff.)

9 The huge Orsilochus, I swell with great disdain.

disdain > indignation (occasioned by the modern absence of such
feats); _or, perhaps:_ scorn (excited by the suppression by men
of such feats performed by modern women)

304.3

Yet these, and all that else had puissaunce,
2 Cannot with noble _Britomart_ compare,
Aswell for glory of great valiaunce,
4 As for pure chastitie and vertue rare,
That all her goodly deeds do well declare.
6 Well worthy stock, from which the branches sprong,
That in late yeares so faire a blossome bare,
8 As thee, {o^} Queene, the matter of my song,
Whose lignage from this Lady I deriue along.

1 Yet these, and all that else had puissance,

that else > who otherwise
puissance > power, strength (allied with