6 Avoided quite, she gan herself despoil

Avoided > Retired, retreated gan > did despoil > undress

7 And safe commit to her soft feathered nest, 8 Where, through long watch and late day's weary toil,

long watch > [having been awake for a long time] late > [the late, the preceding]

9 She soundly slept, and careful thoughts did quite assoil.

careful > anxious assoil > pardon, absolve; hence: set free, resolve, do away with

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Now whenas all the world in silence deepe
2 Yshrowded was, and euery mortall wight
Was drowned in the depth of deadly sleepe,
4 Faire Malecasta, whose engrieued spright
Could find no rest in such perplexed plight,
6 Lightly arose out of her wearie bed,
And vnder the blacke vele of guilty Night,
8 Her with a scarlot mantle couered,
That was with gold and Ermines faire enueloped.

1 Now when all the world in silence deep 2 Shrouded was, and every mortal wight

wight > creature, person