stayed > ceased
6 And from his lofty steed dismounting low, 7 Did let him forage. Down himself he laid 8 Upon the grassy ground, to sleep a throw;
throw > turn; hence: spell, while
9 The cold earth was his couch, the hard steel his pillow.
couch > bed
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But gentle Sleepe enuyde him any rest;
2 In stead thereof sad sorrow, and disdaine
Of his hard hap did vexe his noble brest,
4 And thousand fancies bet his idle braine
With their light wings, the sights of semblants vaine:
6 Oft did he wish, that Lady faire mote bee
His Faery Queene, for whom he did complaine:
8 Or that his Faery Queene were such, as shee:
And euer hastie Night he blamed bitterlie.
1 But gentle Sleep envied him any rest;
gentle > gentle; high-born, noble Sleep > (The adjective and the capital letter indicate that Spenser means Somnus, the god of sleep; or perhaps his son, Morpheus (see 101.40:6), so preparing us for the forthcoming theologism) envied > begrudged
2 Instead thereof sad sorrow, and disdain