thence amounted straight.

amounted > mounted, mounted up
straight > straightway

2 Which when the carl beheld, and saw his guest

carl > villain, churl

3 Would safe depart, for all his subtle sleight,

for > despite
subtle > crafty, sly
sleight > trickery; knowledge; nimbleness of mind

4 He chose a halter from among the rest,
5 And with it hanged himself, unbid, unblessed.

unbid > not prayed for (cf. 101.30:7, 110.3:8)

6 But death he could not work himself thereby;
7 For thousand times he so himself had dressed,

dressed > disposed; put in that position; arrayed [with the halter]

8 Yet natheless it could not do him die,

natheless > nevertheless
do him die > kill him

9 Till he should die his last, that is, eternally.

CANTO X

_Her faithfull knight faire Vna brings
2 to house of Holinesse,
Where he is taught repentance, and
4 the way to heauenly blesse._

1 Her faithful knight fair Una brings
2 to House of Holiness,
3 Where he is taught repentance, and
4 the way to heavenly bliss.

110.1

WHat man is he, that boasts of fleshly might,
2 And vaine assurance of mortality,
Which all so soone, as it doth come to fight,
4 Against spirituall foes, yeelds by and by,
Or from the field most cowardly doth fly?
6 Ne let the man ascribe it to his skill,
That thorough grace hath gained victory.
8 If any strength we haue, it is to ill,
But all the good is Gods, both power and eke will.

1 What man is he, that boasts of fleshly might
2 And vain assurance of mortality,
3 Who, all so soon as it does come to fight

all so > just as

4 Against spiritual foes, yields by and by,

by and by > before long; straightway

5 Or from the field most cowardly does fly?

field > battle; field of battle
fly > flee

6 Nor let the man ascribe it to his skill,
7 That through grace has gained victory.
8 If any strength we have, it is to ill,

ill > evil, wickedness; ill purpose, ill result

9 But all the good is God's, both power and eke will.

eke > also

110.2

By that, which lately hapned, _Vna_ saw,
2 That this her knight was feeble, and too faint;
And all his sinews woxen weake and raw,
4 Through long +enprisonment+, and hard constraint,
Which he endured in his late restraint,
6 That yet he was vnfit for bloudie fight:
Therefore to cherish him with diets daint,