despoiled > stripped (strictly speaking, only the attempt is made)
3 Whom Arthur soon has rescued
soon > without delay
4 And paynim brethren foiled.
paynim > pagan, heathen foiled > repulsed; defeated; trampled underfoot
208.1
ANd is there care in heauen? and is there loue
2 In heauenly spirits to these creatures bace,
That may compassion of their euils moue?
4 There is: else much more wretched were the cace
Of men, then beasts. But {o^} th'exceeding grace
6 Of highest God, that loues his creatures so,
And all his workes with mercy doth embrace,
8 That blessed Angels, he sends to and fro,
To serue to wicked man, to serue his wicked foe.
1 And is there care in heaven? And is there love 2 In heavenly spirits to these creatures base,
to > for
3 That may compassion of their evils move?