6 Till Mammon did his hasty hand withhold, 7 And counselled him abstain from perilous fight:
abstain > [to abstain]
8 For nothing might abash the villein bold,
villein > villain; serf
9 Nor mortal steel empierce his miscreated mould.
mortal > {Mortal, pertaining to living men; lethal} empierce > transfix; penetrate miscreated > {Created unnaturally or with evil intention: cf. 102.3:1} mould > shape, form; hence: body
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So hauing him with reason pacifide,
2 And the fiers Carle commaunding to forbeare,
He brought him in. The rowme was large and wide,
4 As it some Gyeld or solemne Temple weare:
Many great golden pillours did vpbeare
6 The massy roofe, and riches huge sustayne,
And euery pillour decked was full deare
8 With crownes and Diademes, and titles vaine,
Which mortall Princes wore, whiles they on earth did rayne.
1 So having him with reason pacified, 2 And the fierce carl commanding to forbear,
carl > villain, churl