footing > step, tread revoke > check; withdraw, draw back (cf. 101.12:7-8)
311.22
Greatly thereat was Britomart dismayd,
2 Ne in that stownd wist, how her selfe to beare;
For daunger vaine it were, to haue assayd
4 That cruell element, which all things feare,
Ne none can suffer to approchen neare:
6 And turning backe to Scudamour, thus sayd;
What monstrous enmity prouoke we heare,
8 Foolhardy as +th'Earthes children, the which+ made
Battell against the Gods? so we a God inuade.
8 th'Earthes children, the which > the Earthes children, which 1590
1 Greatly thereat was Britomart dismayed,
thereat > at that, as a result of that
2 Nor in that stound wist how herself to bear;
stound > {Time of peril of pain: chiefly in northern dialect} wist > knew
3 For danger vain it were to have essayed
vain > foolish; foolishly essayed > attempted, hence: made an attempt on, attacked