revolt > turn back (SU)
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Whom whenas Scudamour saw past the fire,
2 Safe and vntoucht, he likewise gan assay,
With greedy will, and enuious desire,
4 And bad the stubborne flames to yield him way:
But cruell Mulciber would not obay
6 His threatfull pride, but did the more augment
His mighty rage, and +with+ imperious sway
8 Him forst (maulgre) his fiercenesse to relent,
And backe retire, all scorcht and pitifully brent.
7 with > omitted from 1596; his 1609
1 Whom when Scudamour saw past the fire, 2 Safe and untouched, he likewise gan essay,
gan essay > did try
3 With greedy will, and envious desire,
greedy > eager; greedy envious > (Possible meanings, in descending order of likelihood, are: (1) odious, invidious (since the flames are allegorically the product of his desires); (2) full of emulation (of Britomart or her success in passing the flames); (3) malicious, generated by ill-will (directed against Busirane); (4) actuated by envy (of Britomart))
4 And bade the stubborn flames to yield him way: 5 But cruel Mulciber would not obey 6 His threatful pride, but did the more augment
threatful > {Full of threats, threatening}