2. despoyld: stripped of his armor

3. Whom: Guyon

3. euilles: sufferings

2. succour: aid, assist, or bring reinforcements to

4. flitting: unstable

4. Pursuiuant: a royal messenger

2. whyleare: formerly

3. efforced: uttered with effort

4. by and by: immediately

4. equall peares: coevals

6. Phoebus: the sun’s

8. diuerse: multi-colored

9. corage bold respire: again breathe courageous spirit

1. arrett: entrust

7. offend: attack

9. painted: brightly colored

8. courd: covered

2. Paynim: heathen

1. dearly: heartily; keenly; at a high cost

4. stryful: strife-full

5. whot: hot

7. slombred: unconscious;corse: body

9. debate: combat

3. brutenesse shendst: stupidity disgrace

4. caytiue: vile

7. stile: title

2. recke: care

7. hire: spoils

3. blame: bring into disrepute

4. weed: garments

7. trap: deck

8. dight: decked with trappings

6. heben: ebony

8. amenaunce: bearing

1. byliue: ‘belive’, immediately

3. prowest: worthiest, having the most ‘prowess’

6. Sar’zins: Saracens

5. faine: willingly

6. Beteeme: yield

8. kend: understood, discovered

4. his: its

4. brond: poeticism for ‘sword’

2. salued: saluted

4. stomachous: angry

7. demayne: demeanor

4. redoubted: feared or reverenced

8. cace: condition (of his body)

9. deface: destroy

2. ghost: soul or spirit

2. prolong: delay

3. let: prevent

8. deare abye: pay dearly

3. Nephewes: grandson’s

5. bereaue: take away

6. streightly: strictly

2. felon: villain

5. sad: heavy

3. sell: saddle

6. miscreaunt: misbeliever

9. defast: disfigured; discredited; erased

1. bent: aimed

6. stownd: shock, attack

4. aby: pay for; cf. 28.8.

3. doe him small redresse: give him little help

2. importable: insupportable

3. his ground to trauerse: to shift his ground

4. stowre: battle, onslaught

1. assay: attack

3. poynant: piercing

3. puissant sway: powerful force

9. plesh: puddle

5. very felnesse: utter rage

6. Caytiue: wretch

1. he: Cymochles

1. thother: Pyrochles

5. th’other: now Cymochles

5. troncheon: spear-stump

7. hacqueton: jacket worn under the chain mail

8. importune: inopportune; pressing

9. dint: blow

7. at warde: in a defensive stance

9. his foot reuoke: retreat

2. raught: reached

4. as he it ought: as he who owns it (Guyon)

9. wood: mad

9. yond: savage

3. throwes: strokes

4. told: numbered

8. hart-thrilling: heart-piercing

1. smitt: smote

2. appeached: accused

6. haubergh: armor that protects the neck and shoulders

8. thore: through (archaic)

1. renfierst: re-enfierced

3. burganet: helmet

1. german: brother

4. frayd: made afraid

9. lenger day: a day longer

5. foynd: lunged or thrust

9. this . . . that: Pyrochles . . . Arthur

2. Bittur: bittern

8. sad melancholy: sullen anger

4. decay: destruction

5. dismall day: day of doom

6. miscreaunce: misbelief

7. for ay: for ever

8. valiaunce: valor

9. souenaunce: memory

2. embayd: bathed

1. Infant: prince