1 "Pardie me liefer were to weet that,"
Pardie > Truly; "by God" me liefer > dearer to me weet > know
2 Said he, "than ransom of the richest knight, 3 Or all the good that ever yet I got:
good > property, money
4 But froward fortune, and too forward Night
froward > perverse; adverse; evilly disposed Night > (Nox: see 304.55 ff.)
5 Such happiness did, maugre, to me spite,
maugre > here, something like: worst luck (this word is used by Spenser more or less catachr. as a general imprecation or indication of ill-will) spite > begrudge
6 And from me reft both life and light at one.
reft > took away at one > together (SUS)