awaiting > keeping watch 5 To have devoured so soon as day he spied), To > [In order to] so > [him as] day > [daylight] he > [the dragon] 6 When now he saw himself so freshly rear, he > [the dragon] himself > [the knight] 7 As if late fight had naught him damnified, late > [the] recent naught > not at all damnified > injured 8 He waxed dismayed, and began his fate to fear; He waxed > [The dragon] grew 9 Natheless with wonted rage he him advanced near. Natheless > Nevertheless wonted > customary 111.53 And in his first encounter, gaping wide, 2 He thought attonce him to haue swallowd quight, And rusht vpon him with outragious pride; 4 Who him r'encountring fierce, as hauke in flight, Perforce rebutted backe. The weapon bright 6 Taking aduantage of his open iaw, Ran through his mouth with so importune might, 8 That deepe emperst his darksome hollow maw, And back retyrd, his life bloud forth with all did draw. 1 And in his first encounter, gaping wide, 2 He thought at once him to have swallowed quite, at once > at once; at one time; _hence:_ in one mouthful 3 And rushed upon him with outrageous pride; outrageous > intemperate, excessively fierce 4 Who, him rencountering fierce, as hawk in flight, rencountering > colliding with; coming into hostile contact with 5 Perforce rebutted back. The weapon bright, Perforce > By force 6 Taking advantage of his open jaw, 7 Ran through his mouth with so importune might so importune > such grievous 8 That deep empierced his darksome hollow maw, That > [That it] empierced > transfixed 9 And, back retired, his life-blood forth withal did draw. withal > with that, _hence:_ with the sword 111.54 So downe he fell, and forth his life did breath, 2 That vanisht into smoke and cloudes swift; So downe he fell, that th'earth him vnderneath 4 Did grone, as feeble so great load to lift; So downe he fell, as an huge rockie clift, 6 Whose false foundation waues haue washt away, With dreadfull +poyse+ is from the mayneland rift, 8 And rolling downe, great _Neptune_ doth dismay; So downe he fell, and like an heaped mountaine lay. 7 poyse > noyse _conj. Morris_ 1 So down he fell, and forth his life did breathe, 2 That vanished into smoke and clouds swift; 3 So down he fell, that the earth him underneath that > [so that] 4 Did groan, as feeble, so great load to lift; so > [such a] 5 So down he fell, as a huge rocky cliff, 6 Whose false foundation waves have washed away, false > (Required by the allegory: cf. 104.5:4, 108.23:4) 7 With dreadful poise is from the mainland rived, poise > weight, gravity 8 And, rolling down, great Neptune does dismay; Neptune > (See _Rev._ 21.1) 9 So down he fell, and like a heaped mountain lay. 111.55