1. Congè: formal farewell

3. coniure: put under oath

5. all that gentle noriture ensueth: everything that follows from, or is proper to, an aristocratic upbringing

4. kestrell kynd: a small breed of hawk that supports itself by facing into the wind

5. vaine: vein

7. portaunce: carriage or bearing

8. gree: favor

4. pranck: show off

7. ranck: headlong, recklessly

2. thrall: slave or prisoner

7. Miser: wretch

7. Offall: piece of refuse

2. liegeman: vassal sworn to the service of his feudal lord

5. Eftsoones: promptly

2. weened well: confidently supposed

3. foyle: defeat

4. Tho: then

4. louting: bowing down

7. gin: either the general quality of cunning or a specific trick

9. wreak: punish or avenge

5. doughtie valiaunce: stout courage

6. meed: reward

8. areed: declare

6. prowest: worthiest; most brave or gallant

7. approu’d: tested or proven.

8. wotest: know

1. Perdy: a mild oath

1. bliue: promptly

2. purchase to: obtain for

5. of: off

5. bug: ghost, scarecrow, or hobgoblin

6. faine: dissemble

1. Eft: then or soon (archaic)

6. Eftsoone: then or soon (archaic)

8. great worth: elevated rank

9. stately portance: dignified bearing

4. persant: piercing

5. bereau’d: took away

2. table: tablet

8. rubins: rubies

3. belgardes: amorous glances

8. descriue: describe or write down

4. Camus: tunic

7. aygulets: spangles

4. bendes: bands

4. entayld: engraved

5. curious antickes: elaborately wrought grotesque figures

5. aumayld: enamelled

6. Before: in front

7. entrayld: interwoven

5. port: gait or bearing

5. Knit: fastened

5. bauldricke: leather belt or girdle

6. Athwart: across, usually (as here) diagonally

1. crisped: curled

7. flouring: blossoming

8. rude: natural, uncultivated

1. hartlesse: without courage or passion

7. Groome: a male servant

3. mewd: hidden

6. to marke the beast: to pinpoint its location

6. stowre: predicament

9. wight: creature or being

4. emprize: chivalric undertaking

3. silly: defenseless

8. prune: preen

4. transmewd: transmuted

1. she: honor

6. bastard: debased; unauthorized

1. Perdy: a mild oath

1. grace: mark of divine favor

7. Weening: supposing

5. cheualree: knightly skills of combat, esp. (as here) horsemanship

9. erne: yearn