6 Their brother to reproach and shameful flight: 7 For they had vowed that never he alive 8 Out of that forest should escape their might;
might > power
9 Vile rancour their rude hearts had fild with such despite.
rude > uncultivated, violent fild > filled; or: filed, defiled (cf. 105.32:2 etc.) despite > malice; rage
305.17
Within that wood there was a couert glade,
2 Foreby a narrow foord, to them well knowne,
Through which it was vneath for wight to wade;
4 And now by fortune it was ouerflowne:
By that same way they knew that Squire vnknowne
6 Mote algates passe; for thy themselues they set
There in await, with thicke woods ouer growne,
8 And all the while their malice they did whet
With cruell threats, his passage through the ford to let.
1 Within that wood there was a covert glade, 2 Forby a narrow ford, to them well known,
Forby > Hard by, near
3 Through which it was uneath for wight to wade;
uneath > difficult wight > person, hence: anyone