2 that at > at the 1609
1 Who long time wandered through the forest wide, 2 To find some issue thence, till at last
issue > way out
3 He met a dwarf, that seemed terrified 4 With some late peril which he hardly passed,
With > By late > recent hardly > with difficulty [had]
5 Or other accident which him agast;
accident > event; disaster agast > [had] terrified (esp. with superstitious fear)
6 Of whom he asked, whence he lately came, 7 And whither now he travelled so fast: 8 For sore he sweat, and running through that same
sweat > sweated
9 Thick forest, was bescratched, and both his feet nigh lame.