d)

dissolute > enfeebled, debauched; off guard

4 Unwares surprised, and with mighty maul

Unwares > Unexpectedly, suddenly
maul > club

5 The monster merciless him made to fall,
6 Whose fall did never foe before behold;
7 And now in darksome dungeon, wretched thrall,

thrall > captive

8 Remediless for ay he does him hold;

Remediless > Without hope of rescue
ay > ever, always

9 This is my cause of grief, more great than may be told."

107.52

Ere she had ended all, she gan to faint:
2 But he her comforted and faire bespake,
Certes, Madame, ye haue great cause of plaint,
4 +That+ stoutest heart, I weene, could cause to quake.
But be of cheare, and comfort to you take:
6 For till I haue acquit your captiue knight,
Assure your selfe, I will you not forsake.
8 His chearefull words reuiu'd her chearelesse spright,
So forth they went, the Dwarfe them guiding euer right.

4 That > The _conj. Morris_

1 Ere she had ended all, she began to faint:
2 But he her comforted, and fair bespoke:

bespoke > addressed

3 "Certes, madam, you have great cause of plaint,

Certes > Assuredly
plaint > lamentation; complaint

4 That stoutest heart, I ween, could cause to quake.

That > [The; That the; or, perhaps: That cause of plaint the]
ween > think

5 But be of cheer, and comfort to you take:
6 For till I have acquitted your captive knight,

acquitted > delivered, freed

7 Assure yourself, I will you not forsake."
8 His cheerful words revived her cheerless spirit,
9 So forth they went, the dwarf them guiding ever right.

CANTO VIII

1 _Faire virgin to redeeme her deare
2 brings Arthur to the fight:
3 Who slayes +the Gyant+, wounds the beast,
4 and strips Duessa quight._

3 _the Gyant_ > _that Gyaunt 1590 etc.: FE_

Fair virgin, to redeem her dear,
2 brings Arthur to the fight:
Who slays the giant, wounds the beast,
4 and strips Duessa quite.

108.1

AY me, how many perils doe enfold
2 The righteous man, to make him daily fall?
Were not, that heauenly grace doth him vphold,
4 And stedfast truth acquite him out of all.
Her loue is firme, her care continuall,
6 So oft as he through his owne foolish pride,
Or weaknesse is to sinfull bands made thrall:
8 Else should this _Redcrosse_ knight in bands haue dyde,
For whose deliuerance she this Prince doth thither guide.