on his brothers shield, which hong thereby:
4 Therewith redoubled was his raging yre,
And said, Ah wretched sonne of wofull syre,
6 Doest thou sit wayling by black _Stygian_ lake,
Whilest here thy shield is hangd for victors hyre,
8 And sluggish german doest thy forces slake,
To after-send his foe, that him may ouertake?

1 At last the paynim chanced to cast his eye,

paynim > pagan, heathen

2 His sudden eye, flaming with wrathful fire,
3 Upon his brother's shield, which hung thereby:

thereby > near by

4 Therewith redoubled was his raging ire,

Therewith > With that; thereupon

5 And said, "Ah wretched son of woeful sire,

sire > father

6 Do you sit wailing by black Stygian lake,

Stygian lake > (The River Styx, the river across which dead souls
must pass)

7 Whilst here your shield is hung for victor's hire?

hire > wages

8 And, sluggish german, do your forces slake,

german > brother (now addressing himself rather than the soul of
Sansfoy)
slake > abate

9 To after-send his foe, that him may overtake?

105.11

Goe caytiue Elfe, him quickly ouertake,
2 And soone redeeme from his long wandring woe;
Goe guiltie ghost, to him my message make,
4 That I his shield haue quit from dying foe.
Therewith vpon his crest he stroke him so,
6 That twise he reeled, readie twise to fall;
End of the doubtfull battell deemed tho
8 The lookers on, and lowd to him gan call
The false _Duessa_, Thine the shield, and I, and all.

1 "Go, caitiff Elf, him quickly overtake,

caitiff > despicable, servile

2 And soon redeem from his long wandering woe;
3 Go, guilty ghost, to him my message make,

ghost > soul, spirit
make > represent, personify, frame (by virtue of your presence)

4 That I his shield have quit from dying foe."

quit > recovered, freed

5 Therewith upon his crest he struck him so,

Therewith > With that

6 That twice he reeled, ready twice to fall;
7 End of the doubtful battle deemed tho

doubtful > doubtful (of uncertain outcome); _also:_ fearful, awful
tho > thereupon, then

8 The lookers on, and loud to him gan call

gan > did

9 The false Duessa, "Yours the shield, and I, and all!"

105.12

Soone as the Faerie heard his Ladie speake,
2 Out of his swowning dreame he gan awake,
And quickning faith, that earst was woxen weake,
4 The creeping deadly cold aw