pass

5 Their purposed flight, free from all men's reclaim;

purposed > intended
reclaim > {Recall, power to bring back}

6 And Night, the patroness of love-stealth fair,

Night > (The goddess Nox, who first appears at 105.20. See esp.
304.55 ff.)

7 Gave them safe conduct till to end they came:
8 So been they gone yfere, a wanton pair

been > [were]
yfere > together

9 Of lovers loosely knit, where list them to repair.

list > it pleased
repair > go

310.17

Soone as the cruell flames yslaked were,
2 _Malbecco_ seeing, how his losse did lye,
Out of the flames, which he had quencht whylere
4 Into huge waues of griefe and gealosye
Full deepe emplonged was, and drowned nye,
6 Twixt inward doole and felonous despight;
He rau'd, he wept, he stampt, he lowd did cry,
8 And all the passions, that in man may light,
Did him attonce oppresse, and vex his caytiue spright.

1 Soon as the cruel flames slaked were,

Soon > [As soon]

2 Malbecco, seeing how his loss did lie,
3 Out of the flames, which he had quenched whilere,

whilere > erewhile: a while before

4 Into huge waves of grief and jealousy
5 Full deep implunged was, and drowned nigh,

Full > Very
implunged > plunged into (the prefix is here tautological, and thus
intensive)

6 'Twixt inward dole and felonous despite;

dole > grief, sorrow
felonous > {Cruel, wicked, befitting a felon}
despite > malice; rage

7 He raved, he wept, he stamped, he loud did cry,
8 And all the passions that in man may light

light > be incident; _hence:_ occur

9 Did him at once oppress, and vex his caitiff spirit.

at once > simultaneously; immediately
oppress > overwhelm
caitiff > wretched, despicable, servile

310.18

Long thus he chawd the cud of inward griefe,
2 And did consume his gall with anguish sore,
Still when he mused on his late mischiefe,
4 +Then+ still the smart thereof increased more,
And seem'd more grieuous, then it was before:
6 At last when sorrow he saw booted nought,
Ne griefe might not his loue to him restore,
8 He gan deuise, how her he reskew mought,
Ten thousand wayes he cast in his confused thought.

4 Then > So _1590_

1 Long thus he chawed the cud of inward grief,
2 And did consume his gall with anguish sore;

gall > (Rancour was said to have its seat in the gall)

3 Still when he mused on his late mischief,