tachr.)

4 A cruel shaft, headed with deadly ill,

shaft > arrow
ill > evil; _hence:_ poison

5 And feathered with an unlucky quill;

unlucky > {Mischievous, malicious; causing misfortune}

6 The wicked steel stayed not, till it did light

light > strike, alight

7 In his left thigh, and deeply did it thrill:

thrill > pierce

8 Exceeding grief that wound in him empight,

grief > pain, suffering
empight > implanted

9 But more that with his foes he could not come to fight.

305.21

At last through wrath and vengeaunce making way,
2 He on the bancke arriu'd with mickle paine,
Where the third brother did him sore assay,
4 And droue at him with all his might and maine
A forrest bill, which both his hands did straine;
6 But warily he did auoide the blow,
And with his speare requited him againe,
8 That both his sides were thrilled with the throw,
And a large streame of bloud out of the wound did flow.

1 At last, through wrath and vengeance making way,
2 He on the bank arrived with mickle pain,

mickle > much, great

3 Where the third brother did him sore assay,

assay > assail

4 And drove at him, with all his might and main,

main > strength, power

5 A forest bill, which both his hands did strain;

bill > {Long-bladed implement used for pruning and cutting wood}
strain > clasp

6 But warily he did avoid the blow,
7 And with his spear requited him again,

again > in return (pleonastic, and thus intensive)

8 That both his sides were thrilled with the throw,

That > [So that]
thrilled > pierced
with the throw > by the stroke

9 And a large stream of blood out of the wound did flow.

305.22

He tombling downe, with gnashing teeth did bite
2 The bitter earth, and bad to let him in
Into the balefull house of endlesse night,
4 Where wicked ghosts do waile their former sin.
Tho gan the battell freshly to begin;
6 For nathemore for that spectacle bad,
Did th'other two their cruell vengeaunce blin,
8 But both attonce on both sides him bestad,
And load vpon him layd, his life for to haue had.

1 He, tumbling down, with gnashing teeth did bite
2 The bitter earth, and bade to let him in,

to > [it to]

3 Into the baleful house of endless night,

baleful > deadly, miserable (with possible connotation of hell-fire:
cf. 101.16:7)

4 Where wicked ghosts do wail their