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Thus ill bestedd, and fearefull more of shame,
2 Then of the certaine perill he stood in,
Halfe furious vnto his foe he came,
4 Resolv'd in minde all suddenly to win,
Or soone to lose, before he once would lin;
6 And +strooke+ at her with more then manly force,
That from her body full of filthie sin
8 He +raft+ her hatefull head without remorse;
A streame of cole black bloud forth gushed from her corse.

6 strooke > stroke 1590 8 raft > reft 1609

1 Thus ill-bested, and fearful more of shame

ill-bested > hard-pressed, threatened (bested = placed); or: ill- bestad: badly beset, badly hemmed in (SUS)

2 Than of the certain peril he stood in, 3 Half furious to his foe he came, 4 Resolved in mind all suddenly to win, 5 Or soon to lose, before he once would lin;

lin > desist, cease

6 And struck at her with more than manly force,

manly > human

7 That from her body, full of filthy sin,