valiance > valour, bravery
9 And all your wrongs will wipe out of my sovenance."
sovenance > remembrance, memory
208.52
Foole (said the Pagan) I thy gift defye,
2 But vse thy fortune, as it doth befall,
And say, that I not ouercome do dye,
4 But in despight of life, for death do call.
Wroth was the Prince, and sory yet withall,
6 That he so wilfully refused grace;
Yet sith his fate so cruelly did fall,
8 His shining Helmet he gan soone vnlace,
And left his headlesse body bleeding all the place.
1 "Fool," said the pagan, "I your gift defy, 2 But use your fortune as it does befall, 3 And say, that I not overcome do die, 4 But in despite of life, for death do call."
despite > contempt
5 Wroth was the prince, and sorry yet withal, 6 That he so wilfully refused grace;
grace > mercy
7 Yet sith his fate so cruelly did fall,