Upstarted > Started up lightly > quickly looser > looser (in the modern moral sense); _also:_ too-loose make > companion, mate 9 And his unready weapons began in hand to take. 107.8 But ere he could his armour on him dight, 2 Or get his shield, his monstrous enimy With sturdie steps came stalking in his sight, 4 An hideous Geant horrible and hye, That with his talnesse seemd to threat the skye, 6 The ground eke groned vnder him for dreed; His liuing like saw neuer liuing eye, 8 Ne durst behold: his stature did exceed The hight of three the tallest sonnes of mortall seed. 1 But ere he could his armour on him dight, dight > make ready, array; _hence:_ fasten 2 Or get his shield, his monstrous enemy 3 With sturdy steps came stalking in his sight, sturdy > stern; surly; reckless stalking > {Advancing with a striding, swaggering gait} 4 A hideous giant, horrible and high, 5 That with his tallness seemed to threaten the sky, 6 The ground eke groaned under him for dread; eke > moreover, in addition 7 His living like saw never living eye, 8 Nor dared behold: his stature did exceed 9 The height of three the tallest sons of mortal seed. three > [three of] seed > children, offspring 107.9 The greatest Earth his vncouth mother was, 2 And blustring _AEolus_ his boasted sire, Who with his breath, which through the world doth pas, 4 Her hollow womb did secretly inspire, And fild her hidden caues with stormie yre, 6 That she conceiu'd; and trebling the dew time, In which the wombes of women do expire, 8 Brought forth this monstrous masse of earthly slime, Puft vp with emptie wind, and fild with sinfull crime. 1 The greatest Earth his uncouth mother was, uncouth > unknown, uncertainly known; strange, bizarre 2 And blustering Aeolus his boasted sire, Aeolus > (God of the winds) sire > father 3 Who with his breath, which through the world does pass, 4 Her hollow womb did secretly inspire, inspire > breathe life into, quicken 5 And filled her hidden caves with stormy ire, 6 That she conceived; and trebling the due time That > [So that] 7 In which the wombs of women do expire, expire > become void, come to an end, terminate, _so:_ come to term 8 Brought forth this monstrous mass of earthly slime, earthly > mortal slime > flesh 9 Puffed up with empty wind, and fild with sinful crime. fild > filled; _or:_ filed: defiled (cf. 105.32:2 etc. The same interpretation may apply in line 5) 107.10