to faine.
At last they heard a horne, that shrilled cleare
8 Throughout the wood, that ecchoed againe,
And made the forrest ring, as it would riue in twaine.

5 their haire on end does reare > does vnto them affeare _1590;_
does greatly them affeare _FE; perhaps the 1590 reading is a mis-
print of _appeare_, with Spenser subsequently forgetting this, or
changing his mind, when compiling FE and again when revising the
text of 1590 for the 1596 edition (Smith)_

1 Till they come to a forest green,
2 In which they shroud themselves from causeless fear;

shroud > shelter; conceal

3 Yet fear them follows still, whereso they be,

still > continually
whereso > wherever

4 Each trembling leaf and whistling wind they hear
5 As ghastly bug their hair on end does rear:

As > [Like a]
ghastly > {Ghostly; causing terror of the supernatural}
bug > {Bugbear, bogy, object of needless dread}

6 Yet both do strive their fearfulness to feign.

feign > conceal (SUS; cf. 112.10:1)

7 At last they heard a horn, that shrilled clear
8 Throughout the wood, that echoed again,
9 And made the forest ring, as it would rive in twain.

it would rive > [if it would split it]
twain > two

203.21

Eft through the thicke they heard one rudely rush;
2 With noyse whereof he from his loftie steed
Downe fell to ground, and crept into a bush,
4 To hide his coward head from dying dreed.
But _Trompart_ stoutly stayd to taken +heed,+
6 Of what might hap. Eftsoone there stepped forth
A goodly Ladie clad in hunters weed,
8 That seemd to be a woman of great worth,
And by her stately portance, borne of heauenly birth.

5 heed, > heed _1609_

1 Eft through the thick they heard one rudely rush;

Eft > Thereupon (aphetic for "eftsoons")
thick > thicket, copse
rudely > violently

2 With noise whereof he from his lofty steed

he > [Braggadocchio]

3 Down fell to ground, and crept into a bush,
4 To hide his coward head from dying dread.

dying dread > fear of dying

5 But Trompart stoutly stayed to take heed

stoutly > bravely

6 Of what might hap. Eftsoons there stepped forth

hap > happen, come about by chance
Eftsoons > Soon, soon afterwards

7 A goodly lady clad in hunter's weed,

goodly > beautiful; fine
weed > garb

8 That seemed to be a woman of great worth,

worth > merit, rank

9 And, by her stately portance, born of heaven