that stubborne fort to yilde:
8 For greater conquest of hard loue he gaynes,
That workes it to his will, then he that it constraines.

1 Who, after Archimago's foul defeat,
2 Led her away into a forest wild,
3 And, turning wrathful fire to lustful heat,
4 With beastly sin thought her to have defiled,
5 And made the vassal of his pleasures vile.

vassal > slave

6 Yet first he cast by treaty, and by trains,

cast > resolved, designed
treaty > entreaty, persuasion
trains > trickery

7 Her to persuade that stubborn fort to yield:
8 For greater conquest of hard love he gains,
9 That works it to his will, than he that it constrains.

constrains > forces; achieves by force

106.4

With fawning wordes he courted her a while,
2 And looking louely, and oft sighing sore,
Her constant hart did tempt with diuerse guile:
4 But +wordes+ and lookes, and sighes she did abhore,
As rocke of Diamond stedfast euermore.
6 Yet for to feed his fyrie lustfull eye,
He snatcht the vele, that hong her face before;
8 Then gan her beautie shine, as brightest skye,
And burnt his beastly hart t'efforce her chastitye.

4 wordes > wordes, _1590, 1609_

1 With fawning words he courted her awhile,
2 And looking lovely, and oft sighing sore,

lovely > lovingly

3 Her constant heart did tempt with diverse guile:

diverse > {Of different sorts}

4 But words, and looks, and sighs she did abhor,
5 As rock of diamond steadfast evermore.
6 Yet to feed his fiery lustful eye,
7 He snatched the veil that hung her face before;
8 Then gan her beauty shine as brightest sky,

gan > did

9 And burnt his beastly heart to efforce her chastity.

efforce > force, overcome by force (SUS); _hence:_ violate

106.5

So when he saw his flatt'ring arts to fayle,
2 And subtile engines bet from batteree,
With greedy force he gan the fort assayle,
4 Whereof he weend possessed soone to bee,
And +win+ rich spoile of ransackt chastetee.
6 Ah heauens, that do this hideous act behold,
And heauenly virgin thus outraged see,
8 How can ye vengeance iust so long withhold,
And hurle not flashing flames vpon that Paynim bold?

5 win > with _1596, 1609_

1 So when he saw his flattering arts fail,
2 And subtile engines beat from battery,

subtile engines > cunning engines of warfare
beat from battery > beaten back from the attack