and shrieks so loud did bray,

bray > cry, cry out

6 That all the woods and forests did resound;
7 A troop of fauns and satyrs far away

fauns > (Horned forest spirits, man-like above and goat-like below;
comparatively benign)
satyrs > (Horned forest spirits, man-like above and goat-like below;
usually portrayed as more or less lustful. In Roman mythology,
Satyr, one of the satyrs, is a companion of Bacchus with long,
pointed ears, behind which are the stumps of horns, with the tail
of a goat, bristly hair, and a flat nose)

8 Within the wood were dancing in a round,

round > {Ring; a dance in which the performers move in a ring}

9 While old Silvanus slept in shady arbour sound.

Silvanus > (Roman god of forests and the country; identified with
Pan)
sound > soundly

106.8

Who when they heard that pitteous strained voice,
2 In haste forsooke their rurall meriment,
And ran towards the far rebownded noyce,
4 To weet, what wight so loudly did lament.
Vnto the place they come incontinent:
6 Whom when the raging Sarazin espide,
A rude, +misshapen+, monstrous rablement,
8 Whose like he neuer saw, he durst not bide,
But got his ready steed, and fast away gan ride.

7 misshapen > mishappen _1590;_ mishapen _1596_

1 Who, when they heard that piteous strained voice,
2 In haste forsook their rural merriment,
3 And ran towards the far rebounded noise,

rebounded > re-echoed, reverberated

4 To weet what wight so loudly did lament.

weet > find out
wight > creature, person

5 To the place they come incontinent:

incontinent > immediately, straightway

6 Whom when the raging Saracen espied

Saracen > {Arab or Moslem of the time of the Crusades; pagan}

7 (A rude, misshapen, monstrous rabblement,

rabblement > rabble

8 Whose like he never saw), he dared not abide,
9 But got his ready steed, and fast away gan ride.

ready > ready; willing
gan > did

106.9

The wyld woodgods arriued in the place,
2 There find the virgin dolefull desolate,
With ruffled rayments, and faire blubbred face,
4 As her outrageous foe had left her late,
And trembling yet through feare of former hate;
6 All stand amazed at so vncouth sight,
And gin to pittie her vnhappie state,
8 All stand astonied at her beautie bright,
In their rude eyes vnworthie of so wofull plight.

1 The wild wood-gods, arrived in the place,