mbling chord
Can tune their timely voyces cunningly,
8 And many Chroniclers, that can record
Old loues, and warres for Ladies doen by many a Lord.

1 commune > common _1609_

1 And forth he comes into the common hall,
2 Where early wait him many a gazing eye,
3 To weet what end to stranger knights may fall.

weet > know, find out

4 There many minstrels make melody,

minstrels > musicians

5 To drive away the dull melancholy,
6 And many bards, that to the trembling chord

bards > singers

7 Can tune their timely voices cunningly,

Can > Did; knew how to
timely > {Measured; keeping time with the music}

8 And many chroniclers, that can record

chroniclers > writers of epics
can > can, knew how to

9 Old loves, and wars for ladies done by many a lord.

105.4

Soone after comes the cruell Sarazin,
2 In wouen maile all armed warily,
And sternly lookes at him, who not a pin
4 Does care for looke of liuing creatures eye.
They bring them wines of _Greece_ and _Araby_,
6 And daintie spices fetcht from furthest _Ynd_,
To kindle heat of corage priuily:
8 And in the wine a solemne oth they bynd
T'obserue the sacred lawes of armes, that are assynd.

1 Soon after comes the cruel Saracen,

Saracen > {Arab or Moslem of the time of the Crusades; pagan}

2 In woven mail all armed warily,

mail > chain armour
warily > carefully

3 And sternly looks at him, who not a pin

sternly > fiercely

4 Does care for look of living creature's eye.
5 They bring them wines of Greece and Arabia,
6 And dainty spices fetched from furthest Ind,

dainty > precious
Ind > India

7 To kindle heat of courage privily:

privily > inwardly

8 And in the wine a solemn oath they bind,
9 To observe the sacred laws of arms, that are assigned.

105.5

At last forth comes that far renowmed Queene,
2 With royall pomp and Princely maiestie;
She is ybrought vnto a paled greene,
4 And placed vnder stately canapee,
The warlike feates of both those knights to see.
6 On th'other side in all mens open vew
_Duessa_ placed is, and on a tree
8 _Sans-foy_ his shield is hangd with bloudy hew:
Both those the lawrell girlonds to the victor dew.

1 At last forth comes that far renowned queen,
2 With royal pomp and princely majesty;
3 She is brought to a paled green,

paled > {Fenced, surrounded with p