8 That dared not bark; and rather had he die
rather had he die > [he would rather have died]
9 Than, when he was defied, in coward corner lie.
coward > [a] cowardly
309.15
Tho hastily remounting to his steed,
2 He forth issew'd; like as a boistrous wind,
Which in th'earthes hollow caues hath long bin hid,
4 And shut vp fast within her prisons blind,
Makes the huge element against her kind
6 To moue, and tremble as it were agast,
Vntill that it an issew forth may find;
8 Then forth it breakes, and with his furious blast
Confounds both land and seas, and skyes doth ouercast.
1 Tho hastily remounting his steed,
Tho > Then
2 He forth issued, like a boisterous wind
boisterous > violently fierce