which

3 But he on it looked scornfully askew,
4 As much disdaining to be so misdeemed,

misdeemed > misjudged

5 Or a warmonger to be basely named;

warmonger > mercenary soldier

6 And said: "Your offers base I greatly loathe,
7 And eke your words uncourteous and unkempt;

eke > also
unkempt > inelegant, unpolished; rude

8 I tread in dust you and your money both,
9 That, were it not for shame ..." So turned from him wroth.

That > [So that]
shame > [the shame incurred by striking one of vastly inferior rank]
So > Thus

310.30

But _Trompart_, that his maisters humor knew,
2 In lofty lookes to hide an humble mind,
Was inly tickled with that golden vew,
4 And in his eare him +rounded+ close behind:
Yet stoupt he not, but lay still in the wind,
6 Waiting aduauntage on the pray to sease;
Till _Trompart_ lowly to the ground inclind,
8 Besought him his great courage to appease,
And pardon simple man, that rash did him displease.

4 rounded > rownded _1590;_ grounded _1596_

1 But Trompart, that his master's humour knew

humour > frame of mind

2 (In lofty looks to hide a humble mind),

humble > low, inferior

3 Was inly tickled with that golden view,

inly > inwardly

4 And in his ear him rounded close behind:

rounded > addressed in a whisper

5 Yet stooped he not, but lay still in the wind,

stooped > swooped, dived for the kill (a term in falconry)

6 Waiting advantage on the pray to seize;

advantage > [a] time of advantage, [an] occasion, [an] opportunity

7 Till Trompart, lowly to the ground inclined,
8 Besought him his great courage to appease,

courage > wrath; spirit

9 And pardon simple man, that rash did him displease.

simple > [a] humble

310.31

Bigge looking like a doughtie Doucepere,
2 At last he thus; Thou clod of vilest clay,
I pardon yield, +and with+ thy rudenesse beare;
4 But weete henceforth, that all that golden pray,
And all that else the vaine world vaunten may,
6 I loath as doung, ne deeme my dew reward:
Fame is my meed, and glory +vertues+ +pray+.
8 But minds of mortall men are muchell mard,
And mou'd amisse with massie mucks vnmeet regard.

3 and with > and that with _1590_
7 vertues > vertuous _1590_
7 pray > pay _1609, avoiding the duplication from line 4_

1 Big-looking, like a doughty doucepere,

doucepere > {In the old romances, on