8 So raged Prince Arthur 'twixt his foemen twain,
foemen > enemies twain > two, double, twofold (emphasizing their unfairness)
9 That neither could his mighty puissance sustain.
That > [So that] puissance > strength, power sustain > endure, withstand
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But euer at Pyrochles when he smit,
2 Who Guyons shield cast euer him before,
Whereon the Faery Queenes pourtract was writ,
4 His hand relented, and the stroke forbore,
And his deare hart the picture gan adore,
6 Which oft the Paynim sau'd from deadly stowre.
But him henceforth the same can saue no more;
8 For now arriued is his fatall howre,
That no'te auoyded be by earthly skill or powre.
1 But ever at Pyrochles when he smote 2 (Who Guyon's shield cast ever him before, 3 Whereon the Faery Queen's portrait was writ),
Whereon > On which writ > drawn, painted
4 His hand relented, and the stroke forbore, 5 And his dear heart the picture gan adore,
dear > loving gan > did