So growen great through arrogant delight 2 Of th'high descent, whereof he was yborne, And through presumption of his matchlesse might, 4 All other powres and knighthood he did scorne. Such now he marcheth to this man forlorne, 6 And left to losse: his stalking steps are stayde Vpon a snaggy Oke, which he had torne 8 Out of his mothers bowelles, and it made His mortall mace, wherewith his foemen he dismayde. 1 So grown great through arrogant delight 2 Of the high descent whereof he was born, 3 And through presumption of his matchless might, 4 All other powers and knighthood he did scorn. 5 Such now he marches to this man forlorn 6 And left to loss: his stalking steps are stayed stalking > {Advancing with a striding, swaggering gait} stayed > supported 7 Upon a snaggy oak, which he had torn snaggy > knotty 8 Out of his mother's bowels, and it made 9 His mortal mace, wherewith his foemen he dismayed. mortal > lethal wherewith > with which foemen > foes dismayed > defeated 107.11 That when the knight he spide, he gan aduance 2 With huge force and insupportable mayne, And towardes him with dreadfull fury praunce; 4 Who haplesse, and eke +hopelesse,+ all in vaine Did to him pace, sad battaile to darrayne, 6 Disarmd, disgrast, and inwardly dismayde, And eke so faint in euery ioynt and vaine, 8 Through that fraile fountaine, which him feeble made, That scarsely could he weeld his bootlesse single blade. 4 hopelesse, > hopelesse; _1590, 1596_ 1 When the knight he spied, he gan advance gan > did; began to 2 With huge force and insupportable main, insupportable > irresistible main > strength, power 3 And towards him with dreadful fury prance; prance > swagger 4 Who, hapless, and eke hopeless, all in vain eke > also 5 Did to him pace, sad battle to deraign, to > towards sad > grievous deraign > challenge 6 Disarmed, disgraced, and inwardly dismayed, 7 And eke so faint in every joint and vein, joint > limb 8 Through that frail fountain, which him feeble made, frail > enfeebling 9 That scarcely could he wield his bootless single blade. bootless > unavailing single > single, solitary; unaided 107.12 The Geaunt strooke so maynly mercilesse, 2 That could haue ouerthrowne a stony towre, And were not heauenly grace, that him did blesse, 4 He had beene pouldred all, as thin as flowre: But he was wary of that deadly stowre, 6 And lightly lept from vnderneath the blow: Yet so exceeding was the villeins powre, 8 That with the wind it did him ouerthrow, And all his sences +stound+, that still he lay full low. 9 stound > stoond _1590_ 1 The giant struck so mainly merciless, mainly > powerfully, violently 2 That could have overthrown a stony tower, That > [That he; That the stroke] 3 And, were not heavenly grace that him did bless,