, and sought to suppress;

hard > closely; strenuously
suppress > stop, arrest; vanquish

6 She bore before her lap a doleful squire

squire > knight's attendant

7 (Lying athwart her horse in great distress,
8 Fast bound, hand and foot, with cords of wire),

Fast > Firmly

9 Whom she did mean to make the thrall of her desire.

thrall > slave

307.38

Which whenas _Satyrane_ beheld, in hast
2 He left his captiue Beast at liberty,
And crost the nearest way, by which he cast
4 Her to encounter, ere she passed by:
But she the way shund nathemore for thy,
6 But forward gallopt fast; which when he spyde,
His mighty speare he couched warily,
8 And at her ran: she hauing him descryde,
Her selfe to fight addrest, and threw her lode aside.

1 Which when Satyrane beheld, in haste
2 He left his captive beast at liberty,
3 And crossed the nearest way, by which he cast

cast > contrived; resolved

4 Her to encounter, ere she passed by:

encounter > go to meet; face as an adversary

5 But she the way shunned nathemore for-thy,

But > (Pleonastic)
nathemore for-thy > not at all for that reason (i.e. she did not
alter her course because of that)

6 But forward galloped fast; which when he spied,
7 His mighty spear he couched warily,

couched warily > {Carefully lowered and placed in its rest, ready
for attack}

8 And at her ran: she, having him descried,
9 Herself to fight addressed, and threw her load aside.

addressed > prepared

307.39

Like as a Goshauke, that in foote doth beare
2 A trembling Culuer, hauing spied on hight
An Egle, that with plumy wings doth sheare
4 The subtile ayre, stouping with all his might,
The quarrey throwes to ground with fell despight,
6 And to the battell doth her selfe prepare:
So ran the Geauntesse vnto the fight;
8 Her firie eyes with furious sparkes did stare,
And with blasphemous bannes high God in peeces tare.

1 Like a goshawk, that in foot does bear
2 A trembling culver, having spied on high

culver > dove; woodpigeon

3 An eagle (that with plumy wings does shear
4 The subtile air, stooping with all his might),

subtile > rarefied
stooping > swooping; descending from a height; descending on his
prey

5 The quarry throws to ground with fell despite,

The quarry > [Her prey]
fell > fierce, terrible
despite > rage; defiance

6 And to