en (cognate with "dawn") _whence:_ arouse (i.e. sexually.
"Daw" (aphetic for "jackdaw") in early Scottish and northern
dialect also means "simpleton" (cf. _Hubberd_ 913); thus Spenser
might have intended that the verb "to adaw" should also connote
"to dumbfound")

5 And his base thought with terror and with awe
6 So inly smote that, as one who had gazed

inly > inwardly

7 On the bright sun unwares does soon withdraw

unwares > unwittingly

8 His feeble eyes, with too much brightness dazed,
9 So stared he on her, and stood long while amazed.

So > (The parenthesis causes a problem, but the meaning is clear)

307.14

Softly at last he gan his mother aske,
2 What mister wight that was, and whence deriued,
That in so straunge disguizement there did maske,
4 And by what accident she there arriued:
But she, as one nigh of her wits depriued,
6 With nought but ghastly lookes him answered,
Like to a ghost, that lately is reuiued
8 From _Stygian_ shores, where late it wandered;
So both at her, and each at other wondered.

1 Softly at last he gan his mother ask

gan > did

2 What mister wight that was, and whence derived,

mister wight > sort of person (mister = occupation; hence: class,
sort)

3 That in so strange disguisement there did mask,

so > such
disguisement > {Disguise; clothing different from that which is
considered customary}
mask > disguise [herself]; masquerade

4 And by what accident she there arrived:
5 But she, as one nigh of her wits deprived,
6 With naught but ghastly looks him answered,

ghastly > frightful, terrible (as if induced by fear of the
supernatural)

7 Like a ghost, that lately is revived

revived > brought back to life

8 From Stygian shores, where late it wandered;

Stygian > {Of the River Styx, one of the five rivers of hell; the
river across which dead souls must pass. See _Aen._ 6.312 ff.}
late > recently

9 So both at her, and each at other wondered.

wondered > marvelled

307.15

But the faire Virgin was so meeke and mild,
2 That she to them vouchsafed to embace
Her goodly port, and to their senses vild,
4 Her gentle speach applide, that in short space
She grew familiare in that desert place.
6 During which time, the Chorle through her so kind
And curteise vse conceiu'd affection bace,
8 And cast to loue her in his brutish mind;
No loue, but bruti