1 By this that stranger knight in presence came,
By this > At this; by this time stranger > new-come; foreign
2 And goodly salued them; who naught again
goodly salued > courteously saluted again > in reply
3 Him answered, as courtesy became, 4 But with stern looks, and stomachous disdain,
stern > fierce, grim stomachous > haughty, irascible, bitter
5 Gave signs of grudge and discontentment vain:
vain > proud
6 Then, turning to the palmer, he gan spy
gan > did