His boystrous club, so buried in the ground, 2 He could not rearen vp againe so light, But that the knight him at +auantage+ found, 4 And whiles he stroue his combred clubbe to quight Out of the earth, with blade all burning bright 6 He smote off his left arme, which like a blocke Did fall to ground, depriu'd of natiue might; 8 Large streames of bloud out of the truncked stocke Forth gushed, like fresh water streame from riuen rocke. 3 auantage > aduantage _1590_ 1 His boisterous club, so buried in the ground, boisterous > cumbersome 2 He could not rear up again so lightly; lightly > easily, quickly [as he had buried it] 3 But that the knight himself at advantage found, But > [So] 4 And, while he strove his encumbered club to quit quit > free 5 Out of the earth, with blade all burning bright 6 He smote off his left arm, which like a block 7 Did fall to ground, deprived of native might; native > innate 8 Large streams of blood out of the trunked stock trunked > truncated (Latin _truncus_: cf. 205.4:9) 9 Forth gushed, like freshwater stream from riven rock. 108.11 Dismaied with so desperate deadly wound, 2 And eke impatient of vnwonted paine, He loudly brayd with beastly yelling sound, 4 That all the fields rebellowed againe; As great a noyse, as when in Cymbrian plaine 6 An heard of Bulles, whom kindly rage doth sting, Do for the milkie mothers want complaine, 8 And fill the fields with troublous bellowing, The neighbour woods around with hollow +murmur ring+. 9 murmur ring > murmuring _1590 etc.: FE_ 1 Dismayed with so desperate deadly wound, Dismayed with > Dismayed by; dis-made by (again the pun: cf. 108.5:4) so > such [a] 2 And eke impatient of unwonted pain, eke impatient of unwonted pain > also unable to endure unaccustomed pain 3 He loudly brayed with beastly yelling sound, brayed > cried out 4 That all the fields rebellowed again; That > [So that] rebellowed > bellowed in reply; loudly re-echoed 5 As great a noise, as when in Cymbrian plain Cymbrian > (Various explanations of this word have been put forward: (1) Cumbrian: Cumbria is a region in NW England which Spenser probably knew; (2) Cambrian, meaning Welsh; (3) Cimbrian, after the Cimbrian peninsula in modern Denmark, once noted for the ferocity of its inhabitants; (4) Crimean: relating to the Tauric Chersonese, once inhabited by the Cimmerii) 6 A herd of bulls, whom kindly rage does sting, kindly rage > lust (kindly = natural; rage = violent passion) 7 Do for the milky mothers' want complain, want > lack 8 And fill the fields with troublous bellowing; 9 The neighbour woods around with hollow murmur ring. murmur > grumbling [sound] 108.12