gan despoile
8 Of puissant armes, and laid in easie bed;
His name was meeke _Obedience_ rightfully ared.

1 Then said the aged Caelia, "Dear dame,
2 And you, good sir, I wot that of your toil

wot > know

3 And labours long, through which you hither came,
4 You both forwearied be: therefore a while

forwearied > exhausted

5 I read you rest, and to your bowers recoil."

read you > advise you to
bowers > rooms
recoil > retire

6 Then called she a groom, that forth him led

groom > young man, manservant

7 Into a goodly lodge, and gan despoil

lodge > lodging, temporary abode
gan > did
despoil > strip

8 Of puissant arms, and laid in easy bed;

puissant > warlike
arms > {Weapons, shield and armour}

9 His name was meek Obedience, rightfully aread.

aread > made known, declared

110.18

Now when their wearie limbes with kindly rest,
2 And bodies were refresht with due repast,
Faire _Vna_ gan _Fidelia_ faire request,
4 To haue her knight into her schoolehouse plaste,
That of her heauenly learning he might taste,
6 And heare the wisedome of her words diuine.
She graunted, and that knight so much agraste,
8 That she him taught celestiall discipline,
And opened his dull eyes, that light mote in them shine.

1 Now when their weary limbs with kindly rest,

kindly > natural

2 And bodies were refreshed with due repast,

refreshed > (Takes both "bodies" and "limbes" as direct objects)

3 Fair Una gan Fidelia fair request

gan > did
fair > courteously

4 To have her knight into her schoolhouse placed,
5 That of her heavenly learning he might taste,

That > [So that]

6 And hear the wisdom of her words divine.
7 She granted, and that knight so much aggraced

aggraced > favoured

8 That she him taught celestial discipline,

celestial > heavenly
discipline > {Learning; mental and moral training}

9 And opened his dull eyes, that light might in them shine.

that > [so that]

110.19

And that her sacred Booke, with bloud ywrit,
2 That none could read, except she did them teach,
She vnto him disclosed euery whit,
4 And heauenly documents thereout did preach,
That weaker wit of man could neuer reach,
6 Of God, of grace, of iustice, of free will,
That wonder was to heare her goodly speach:
8 For she was able, with her words to kill,
And raise againe to life the har