This all > [This one was every bit]
aught > anything whatever

311.4

For as the sister did in feminine
2 And filthy lust exceede all woman kind,
So he surpassed his sex masculine,
4 In beastly vse +that I did euer+ find;
Whom when as _Britomart_ beheld behind
6 The fearefull boy so greedily pursew,
She was emmoued in her noble mind,
8 T'employ her puissaunce to his reskew,
And pricked fiercely forward, where she +him did+ vew.

4 that I did euer > all, that I euer _1590_
9 him did > did him _1590_

1 For as the sister did in feminine
2 And filthy lust exceed all womankind,
3 So he surpassed his sex masculine
4 In beastly use that I did ever find;

that > [compared with all whom that: see Textual Appendix]

5 Whom when Britomart beheld behind
6 The fearful boy so greedily pursue,

greedily > eagerly; greedily
pursue > [pursuing]

7 She was enmoved in her noble mind

enmoved > moved

8 To employ her puissance to his rescue,

puissance > strength (allied with prowess in arms)

9 And pricked fiercely forward, where she him did view.

pricked > spurred her horse

311.5

Ne was Sir _Satyrane_ her far behinde,
2 But with like fiercenesse did ensew the chace:
Whom when the Gyaunt saw, he soone resinde
4 His former suit, and from them fled apace;
They after both, and boldly bad him bace,
6 And each did striue the other to out-goe,
But he them both outran a wondrous space,
8 For he was long, and swift as any Roe,
And now made better speed, t'escape his feared foe.

1 Nor was Sir Satyrane her far behind,
2 But with like fierceness did ensue the chase:

like > similar
ensue the chase > pursue the quarry; follow the chase

3 Whom when the giant saw, he soon resigned
4 His former suit, and from them fled apace;

suit > pursuit, chase
apace > quickly

5 They after both, and boldly bade him base,

They after both > [They both went after him]
bade him base > challenged (alluding to the game of "prisoner's
base")

6 And each did strive the other to outgo,

outgo > {Outdistance; go faster than}

7 But he them both outran a wondrous space,

a > [by a]

8 For he was long, and swift as any roe,

roe > roedeer

9 And now made better speed, to escape his feared foe.

311.6

It was not _Satyrane_, whom he did feare,
2 But _Britomart_ the flowre of chastity;
For he the