1 "Varlet, this place most due to me I deem, 2 Yielded by him that held it forcibly.

him > [Furor]

3 But whence should come that harm, which you do seem 4 To threat to him, that minds his chance to aby?"

threat > threaten minds > [is of a mind] chance > fortune, luck (cf. 204.39:5) aby > abide, await, await the issue of

5 "Pardie," said he, "here comes, and is hard by,

Pardie > Truly; "by God"

6 A knight of wondrous power, and great assay,

assay > proven worth; quality

7 That never yet encountered enemy, 8 But did him deadly daunt, or foul dismay;

But > [Except that he] deadly daunt > kill foul dismay > ignominiously defeat