way
7 It made, and on his acton did light,

acton > {Stuffed jerkin worn under chain-mail; later, a leather
jacket covered with chain-mail}
light > strike; fall, alight

8 Which dividing with importune sway,

importune sway > grievous force

9 It seized in his right side, and there the dint did stay.

seized > fastened, fixed itself (SUS)
dint > blow, stroke
stay > cease, delay; _hence:_ arrest itself

208.39

Wyde was the wound, and a large lukewarme flood,
2 Red as the Rose, thence gushed grieuously;
That when the Paynim spyde the streaming blood,
4 Gaue him great hart, and hope of victory.
On th'other side, in huge perplexity,
6 The Prince now stood, hauing his weapon broke;
Nought could he hurt, but still at ward did ly:
8 Yet with his troncheon he so rudely stroke
_Cymochles_ twise, that twise him forst his foot reuoke.

1 Wide was the wound, and a large lukewarm flood,
2 Red as the rose, thence gushed grievously;
3 That (when the paynim spied the streaming blood),

paynim > pagan, heathen

4 Gave him great heart, and hope of victory.
5 On the other side, in huge perplexity,

perplexity > distress

6 The prince now stood, having his weapon broke;
7 Naught could he hurt, but still at ward did lie:

Naught > Not at all
at ward > on guard, on the defensive
lie > remain

8 Yet with his truncheon he so rudely struck

truncheon > broken lance
rudely > violently

9 Cymochles twice, that twice him forced his foot revoke.

that > [that it, that he]
revoke > [to] draw back (cf. 101.12:7)

208.40

Whom when the Palmer saw in such distresse,
2 Sir _Guyons_ sword he lightly to him raught,
And said; +faire+ Son, great God thy right hand blesse,
4 To vse that sword +so wisely as+ it ought.
Glad was the knight, and with fresh courage fraught,
6 When as againe he armed felt his hond;
Then like a Lion, which hath long time saught
8 His robbed whelpes, and at the last them fond
Emongst the shepheard swaynes, then wexeth wood and yond.

3 faire > fayre _1590;_ Faire _1609_
4 so wisely as > so well, as he _1590, i.e. "as well as he who owned
it", "ought" being the past tense of "owe" in the sense "owned",
"possessed". 1596 means "as wisely as it ought to be used": the
change might have been "a correction of the printer, who
misunderstood `ought'" (Smith)_

1 Whom when the palmer saw in such distres