4 From a bold knight, that with great hardiness 5 Her hard pursued, and sought to suppress;

hard > closely; strenuously suppress > stop, arrest; vanquish

6 She bore before her lap a doleful squire

squire > knight's attendant

7 (Lying athwart her horse in great distress, 8 Fast bound, hand and foot, with cords of wire),

Fast > Firmly

9 Whom she did mean to make the thrall of her desire.

thrall > slave

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Which whenas Satyrane beheld, in hast
2 He left his captiue Beast at liberty,
And crost the nearest way, by which he cast
4 Her to encounter, ere she passed by:
But she the way shund nathemore for thy,
6 But forward gallopt fast; which when he spyde,
His mighty speare he couched warily,
8 And at her ran: she hauing him descryde,
Her selfe to fight addrest, and threw her lode aside.