8 And his bright shield, that naught him now availed,

And > [And also] naught > not at all

9 And with his naked hands him forcibly assailed.

211.42

Twixt his two mightie armes him vp he snatcht,
2 And crusht his carkasse so against his brest,
That the disdainfull soule he thence dispatcht,
4 And th'idle breath all vtterly exprest:
Tho when he felt him dead, +a downe+ he kest
6 The lumpish corse vnto the senselesse grownd;
Adowne he kest it with so puissant wrest,
8 That backe againe it did aloft rebownd,
And gaue against his mother earth a gronefull sownd.

5 a downe > adowne 1590

1 'Twixt his two mighty arms him up he snatched, 2 And crushed his carcase so against his breast 3 That the disdainful soul he thence dispatched,

disdainful > angry; indignant

4 And the idle breath all utterly expressed:

idle > empty expressed > squeezed out