pace > {Tract, region through which one passes; strait, narrow passage}
8 With steadfast courage and stout hardiment;
stout > robust; brave hardiment > hardihood, boldness
9 No evil thing she feared, nor evil thing she ment.
ment > meant, intended; or: disturbed, stirred up; and, more particularly: united with, hence: allowed to attach itself to her
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At last as nigh out of the wood she came,
2 A stately Castle farre away she spyde,
To which her steps directly she did frame.
4 That Castle was most goodly edifyde,
And plaste for pleasure nigh that forrest syde:
6 But faire before the gate a spatious plaine,
Mantled with greene, it selfe did spredden wyde,
8 On which she saw sixe knights, that did darraine
Fierce battell against one, with cruell might and maine.
1 At last as nigh out of the wood she came, 2 A stately castle far away she spied, 3 To which her steps directly she did frame.
frame > shape, direct
4 That castle was most goodly edified,