alive,

keep > preserve
gentlest > noblest

7 Else shall your loving lord you see no more,

Else > Otherwise
your loving lord > [Arthur]

8 But both of comfort him you shall deprive,
9 And eke yourself of honour, which you did achieve.

eke > also

305.27

Prouidence heauenly passeth liuing thought,
2 And doth for wretched mens reliefe make way;
For loe great grace or fortune thither brought
4 Comfort to him, that comfortlesse now lay.
In those same woods, ye well remember may,
6 How that a noble hunteresse did wonne,
She, that base _Braggadochio_ did affray,
8 And made him fast out of the forrest runne;
_Belph{oe}be_ was her name, as faire as _Ph{oe}bus_ sunne.

1 Providence heavenly passes living thought,

Providence heavenly passes > [Heavenly providence surpasses]

2 And does for wretched men's relief make way;

make way > open a passage; remove obstacles

3 For lo great grace, or fortune, thither brought
4 Comfort to him, that comfortless now lay.

comfortless > helpless, desolate

5 In those same woods, you well remember may
6 How a noble huntress did won,

won > dwell

7 She, that base Braggadocchio did affray,

affray > terrify (at 203.34 ff.)

8 And made him fast out of the forest run;
9 Belphoebe was her name, as fair as Phoebus' sun.

305.28

She on a day, as she pursewd the chace
2 Of some wild beast, which with her arrowes keene
She wounded had, the same along did trace
4 By tract of bloud, which she had freshly seene,
To haue besprinckled all the grassy greene;
6 By the great persue, which she there perceau'd,
Well hoped she the beast engor'd had beene,
8 And made more hast, the life to haue bereau'd:
But ah, her expectation greatly was deceau'd.

1 She on a day, as she pursued the chase
2 Of some wild beast, which with her arrows keen

keen > sharp

3 She wounded had, the same along did trace

along > continuously; in a line

4 By tract of blood, which she had freshly seen

tract > track, trace

5 To have besprinkled all the grassy green;

besprinkled > {Sprinkled all over; the prefix is an intensive}

6 By the great persue, which she there perceived,

persue > trail of blood

7 Well hoped she the beast engored had been,

engored > wounded deeply

8 And made more haste, the life to have bereaved:

the life to have bereaved > to have