wist > knew whoso > whosoever
3 With either of those knights on even coast
even coast > even ground; or: equal cost, equal terms (cf. 403.24:8)
4 Should need of all his arms, himself to defend;
need > [have need]
5 Yet feared lest his boldness should offend, 6 When Braggadocchio said, "Once I did swear,
Once > Once; once and for all; to sum up, in a word
7 When with one sword seven knights I brought to end, 8 Thenceforth in battle never sword to bear, 9 But it were that which noblest knight on earth does wear."
But it > [Unless the sword]
203.18