6 To taste the untried dint of deadly steel;
dint > blow, impact
7 But yet his lady did so well him cheer, 8 That hope of new good hap he began to feel;
hap > fortune
9 So bent his spear, and spurred his horse with iron heel.
bent > inclined, turned
103.35
But that proud Paynim forward came so +fierce+,
2 And full of wrath, that with his sharp-head speare
Through vainely crossed shield he quite did +pierce,+
4 And had his staggering steede not +shrunke+ for feare,
Through shield and bodie eke he should him beare:
6 Yet so great was the puissance of his push,
That from his saddle quite he did him beare:
8 He tombling rudely downe to ground did rush,
And from his gored wound a well of bloud did gush.
1 fierce > ferce 1590 3 pierce, > perce; 1590 4 shrunke > shronke 1590
1 But that proud paynim forward came so fierce