eiue
2 In that foule plight a comely personage,
And louely face, made fit for to deceiue
4 Fraile Ladies hart with loues consuming rage,
Now in the blossome of his freshest age:
6 He reard him vp, and loosd his yron bands,
And after gan inquire his parentage,
8 And how he fell into +that+ Gyaunts hands,
And who that was, which chaced her along the lands.

8 that > the _1590_

1 To whom approaching, well he might perceive

might > could

2 In that foul plight a comely personage,

foul plight > [befouled state, i.e. the squire is covered in mud]
personage > {The body and appearance as distinct from the clothing}

3 And lovely face, made fit to deceive

lovely > loving, kind; lovable
deceive > betray, prove false to

4 Frail ladies' heart with love's consuming rage,

Frail > weak; morally weak

5 Now in the blossom of his freshest age:
6 He reared him up, and loosed his iron bonds,

iron > [wire: see 307.37:8]

7 And after gan inquire his parentage,

gan inquire > did ask about

8 And how he fell into that giant's hands,
9 And who that was, who chased her along the lands.

lands > land, landscape (contrived for the rhyme)

307.47

Then trembling yet through feare, the Squire bespake,
2 That Geauntesse _Argante_ is behight,
A daughter of the _Titans_ which did make
4 Warre against heauen, and heaped hils on hight,
To scale the skyes, and put _Ioue_ from his right:
6 Her sire _Typh{oe}us_ was, who mad through merth,
And drunke with bloud of men, slaine by his might,
8 Through incest, her of his owne mother Earth
Whilome begot, being but halfe twin of that berth.

1 Then, trembling yet through fear, the squire bespoke,

bespoke > said

2 "That giantess Argante is behight,

Argante > "Shining", "Glistening" (i.e. with lust); "Swift-footed"
(_argos_, shining, glistening, is also applied in classical Greek
to the legs of running dogs, as rapid motion is said to cause a
flickering light. Argante is described as "fast flying" at
307.37:3, and has a "sun-broad shield" (307.40:4). Alter-
natively, the name might be derived from that of Arges, one of
the Titans)
behight > named (catachr.)

3 A daughter of the Titans which did make

Titans > (A slip for the Giants, who piled Mount Ossa on Mount
Pelion in order to scale Mount Olympus and dethrone Jupiter
(_Met._ 1.151 ff.))

4 War against heaven, a