4 And now by fortune it was overflowed:
overflowed > flooded
5 By that same way they knew that squire unknown 6 Might algates pass; for-thy themselves they set
Might > Must algates > anyhow, by any means; hence: surely for-thy > therefore
7 There in await, with thick woods overgrown,
await > watchfulness; ambush
8 And all the while their malice they did whet 9 With cruel threats, his passage through the ford to let.
let > obstruct, hinder
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It fortuned, as they deuized had,
2 The gentle Squire came ryding that same way,
Vnweeting of their wile and treason bad,
4 And through the ford to passen did assay;
But that fierce foster, which late fled away,
6 Stoutly forth stepping on the further shore,
Him boldly bad his passage there to stay,
8 Till he had made amends, and full restore
For all the damage, which he had him doen afore.