speech,

plaintive > {Plaintive; also: pertaining to a plaintiff}

5 As if his days were come to their last reach.

last reach > utmost extent; _hence:_ end

6 Which when she heard, and saw the ghastly fit

ghastly > terrible

7 Threatening into his life to make a breach,
8 Both with great ruth and terror she was smitten,

ruth > pity

9 Fearing lest from its cage the weary soul would flit.

its cage > [Scudamour's body: cf. Una's "natiue prison" at 107.21:8]

311.13

Tho stooping downe she him amoued light;
2 Who therewith somewhat starting, vp gan looke,
And seeing him behind a straunger knight,
4 Whereas no liuing creature he mistooke,
With great indignaunce he that sight forsooke,
6 And downe againe himselfe disdainefully
+Abiecting,+ th'earth with his faire forhead strooke:
8 Which the bold Virgin seeing, gan apply
Fit medcine to his griefe, and spake thus courtesly.

7 Abiecting, > Abiecting _1596_

1 Tho stooping down she him amoved light;

Tho > Then
amoved > moved, touched; aroused (last is SUS; cf. _Daphn._ 545)

2 Who therewith somewhat starting, up gan look,

therewith > with that; thereupon
gan > did

3 And seeing him behind a stranger knight

him behind > [behind him]
stranger > new-come; foreign; unknown

4 Where no living creature he mistook,

mistook > [had erroneously taken to be; hence: had supposed to be]

5 With great indignance he that sight forsook,

indignance > indignation

6 And down again himself disdainfully
7 Abjecting, the earth with his fair forehead struck;

Abjecting > Casting down ("down" in line 6 is thus tautological and
intensive)

8 Which the bold virgin seeing, gan apply

Which the bold virgin seeing, gan > [Which seeing, the bold virgin
did]

9 Fit medicine to his grief, and spoke thus courteously:

Fit > Appropriate

311.14

Ah gentle knight, whose deepe +conceiued+ griefe
2 Well seemes t'exceede the powre of patience,
Yet if that heauenly grace some good reliefe
4 You send, submit you to high prouidence,
And euer in your noble hart prepense,
6 That all the sorrow in the world is lesse,
Then vertues might, and values confidence,
8 For who nill bide the burden of distresse,
Must not here thinke to liue: for life is wretchednesse.

1 conceiued > cenceiued _1596_

1 "Ah gentle knight, whose deep conceived grief

gentle > noble