4 That good knight of the Redcross to have slain: 5 Arise, and with like treason now maintain maintain > defend, uphold 6 Your guilty wrong, or else you guilty yield." 7 The Saracen, this hearing, rose amain, amain > abruptly, violently 8 And, catching up in haste his three-square shield three-square > equilaterally triangular 9 And shining helmet, soon him buckled to the field. him buckled to the field > made himself ready for the field of battle; buckled his armour 106.42 And drawing nigh him said, Ah misborne Elfe, 2 In euill houre thy foes thee hither sent, Anothers wrongs to wreake vpon thy selfe: 4 Yet ill thou blamest me, for hauing blent My name with guile and traiterous intent; 6 That _Redcrosse_ knight, perdie, I neuer slew, But had he beene, where earst his armes were lent, 8 Th'enchaunter vaine his errour should not rew: But thou his errour shalt, I hope now prouen trew. 1 And, drawing nigh him, said, "Ah, misborn Elf! misborn > {Base-born; born out of wedlock; deformed as a result of premature birth} 2 In evil hour your foes you hither sent, 3 Another's wrongs to wreak upon yourself: 4 Yet ill you blame me for having blended ill > wrongly blended > stirred up; _hence:_ rendered turbid, defiled 5 My name with guile and traitorous intent; 6 That Redcross Knight, pardie, I never slew, pardie > truly; "by God" 7 But had he been where erst his arms were lent, erst > lately (a reference to Sansloy's fight with the disguised Archimago at 103.34-39) 8 The enchanter vain his error should not rue: vain > feeble, weak; foolish; vainly 9 But you his error shall, I hope, now prove true." error > (Either Archimago's error in disguising himself as the Redcross Knight, or the error made by the Redcross Knight in killing Sansfoy, which ultimately led to Archimago being wounded and unhorsed) hope > think, predict prove > [through combat] 106.43 Therewith they gan, both furious and fell, 2 To thunder blowes, and fiersly to assaile Each other bent his enimy to quell, 4 That with their force they perst both plate and maile, And made wide furrowes in their fleshes fraile, 6 That it would pitty any liuing eie. Large floods of bloud adowne their sides did raile; 8 But floods of bloud could not them satisfie: Both hungred after death: both chose to win, or die. 1 Therewith they began, both furious and fell, Therewith > With that, thereupon fell > fierce, terrible 2 To thunder blows, and fiercely to assail, assail > attack (quasi-intransitive) 3 Each other bent his enemy to quell, bent > determined quell > kill (rather than merely vanquish: see line 9) 4 That with their force they pierced both plate and mail, That > [So that] plate and mail > (Implying that they are wearing armour consisting both of steel plates and of chain mail) 5 And made wide furrows in their fleshes frail, fleshes > bodies