Eftsoones he gan aduance his haughtie crest,
6 As chauffed Bore his bristles doth vpreare,
And shoke his scales to battell readie drest;
8 That made the _Redcrosse_ knight nigh quake for feare,
As bidding bold defiance to his foeman neare.

1 So dreadfully he towards him did pas,

pas > pace; pass

2 Forelifting up aloft his speckled breast,

Forelifting up > [Lifting up before, lifting up in front]

3 And often bounding on the bruised grass,
4 As for great joyance of his new-come guest.

As > [As though]
joyance of > delight in; _hence:_ delight in the arrival of

5 Eftsoons he gan advance his haughty crest,

Eftsoons > Thereupon
gan > did
haughty > arrogant; high, imposing

6 As chafed boar his bristles does uprear,

chafed > enraged; fretting

7 And shook his scales to battle ready dressed;

dressed > arrayed

8 That made the Redcross Knight nigh quake for fear,
9 As bidding bold defiance to his foeman near.

bidding > offering, proclaiming, threatening
foeman > foe, enemy, enemy in war

111.16

The knight gan fairely couch his steadie speare,
2 And fiercely ran at him with rigorous might:
The pointed steele arriuing rudely theare,
4 His harder hide would neither perce, nor bight,
But glauncing by forth passed forward right;
6 Yet sore amoued with so puissant push,
The wrathfull beast about him turned light,
8 And him so rudely passing by, did brush
With his long tayle, that horse and man to ground did rush.

1 The knight gan fairly couch his steady spear,

gan fairly > did expertly
couch > {Place it in its rest and hold it ready for attack}

2 And fiercely ran at him with rigorous might:
3 The pointed steel, arriving rudely there,

rudely > violently; roughly

4 His harder hide would neither pierce nor bite,

harder > too-hard; _or:_ harder [than the spear]

5 But, glancing by, forth passed forward right;

glancing > darting, shooting (esp. obliquely)

6 Yet, sore moved with so puissant push,

puissant > powerful [a]

7 The wrathful beast about him turned light,

light > at once; nimbly, quickly

8 And him so rudely passing by, did brush
9 With his long tail, that horse and man to ground did rush.

111.17

Both horse and man vp lightly rose againe,
2 And fresh encounter towards him addrest:
But th'idle stroke yet backe recoyld in vaine,
4 And found no pla