6 All wallowed in his own yet lukewarm blood,

wallowed > prostrated

7 That from his wound yet welled fresh, alas;
8 In which a rusty knife fast fixed stood,

rusty > blood-stained; dirty; rusty
fast > firmly

9 And made an open passage for the gushing flood.

109.37

Which piteous spectacle, approuing trew
2 The wofull tale that _Treuisan_ had told,
When as the gentle _Redcrosse_ knight did vew,
4 With firie zeale he burnt in courage bold,
Him to auenge, before his bloud were cold,
6 And to the villein said, Thou damned wight,
The author of this fact, we here behold,
8 What iustice can but iudge against thee right,
With thine owne bloud to price his bloud, here shed in sight.

1 Which piteous spectacle, proving true
2 The woeful tale that Trevisan had told,
3 When the gentle Redcross Knight did view,

gentle > courteous; generous

4 With fiery zeal he burnt in courage bold
5 Him to avenge, before his blood were cold,

his blood > [the Redcross Knight's metaphorical, or Sir Terwin's
literal, blood]

6 And to the villain said, "You damned wight,

wight > creature

7 The author of this fact we here behold,

fact > deed

8 What justice can but judge against you right,

justice can but > [system of justice can do anything but]

9 With your own blood to price his blood, here shed in sight?"

price > pay for

109.38

What franticke fit (quoth he) hath thus distraught
2 Thee, foolish man, so rash a doome to giue?
What iustice euer other iudgement taught,
4 But he should die, who merites not to liue?
None else to death this man despayring driue,
6 But his owne guiltie mind deseruing death.
Is then vniust to each his due to giue?
8 Or let him die, that loatheth +liuing+ breath?
Or let him die at ease, that liueth here vneath?

8 liuing > liniug _1596_

1 "What frantic fit," quoth he, "has thus distracted

frantic > deliriously mad, frenzied

2 You, foolish man, so rash a doom to give?

doom > judgement, sentence

3 What justice ever other judgement taught,

justice > [system of justice]

4 But he should die, who merits not to live?

But > [But that]

5 None else to death this man despairing drive,

drive > drives; drove

6 But his own guilty mind, deserving death.
7 Is then unjust to each his due to give,

Is > [Is it]

8 Or let him die, that loathes