6 Stoutly forth stepping on the further shore,
Stoutly > Boldly; proudly
7 Him boldly bade his passage there to stay
stay > check
8 Till he had made amends and full restore
restore > restoration, restitution
9 For all the damage which he had him done afore.
afore > before
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With that at him a quiu'ring dart he threw,
2 With so fell force and villeinous despighte,
That through his haberieon the forkehead flew,
4 And through the linked mayles empierced quite,
But had no powre in his soft flesh to bite:
6 That stroke the hardy Squire did sore displease,
But more that him he could not come to smite;
8 For by no meanes the high banke he could sease,
But labour'd long in that deepe ford with vaine disease.