1 As when a windy tempest blows high, 2 That nothing may withstand its stormy stour,

That > [So that] stour > tumult

3 The clouds, as things afraid, before it fly;

fly > flee, fly

4 But all so soon as its outrageous power

outrageous > violent

5 Is laid, they fiercely then begin to shower,

laid > caused to subside; calmed

6 And as in scorn of its spent stormy spite, 7 Now all at once their malice forth do pour;

malice > harmfulness