reft > taken away; hence: rescued whilere > erewhile: a while ago (307.44)
9 This all as bad as she, and worse, if worse aught were.
This all > [This one was every bit] aught > anything whatever
311.4
For as the sister did in feminine
2 And filthy lust exceede all woman kind,
So he surpassed his sex masculine,
4 In beastly vse +that I did euer+ find;
Whom when as Britomart beheld behind
6 The fearefull boy so greedily pursew,
She was emmoued in her noble mind,
8 T'employ her puissaunce to his reskew,
And pricked fiercely forward, where she +him did+ vew.
4 that I did euer > all, that I euer 1590 9 him did > did him 1590
1 For as the sister did in feminine 2 And filthy lust exceed all womankind, 3 So he surpassed his sex masculine 4 In beastly use that I did ever find;
that > [compared with all whom that: see Textual Appendix]
5 Whom when Britomart beheld behind 6 The fearful boy so greedily pursue,
greedily > eagerly; greedily pursue > [pursuing]