perforce > by force
7 Ah who can love the worker of her smart?
smart > pain
8 A thousand charms he formerly did prove;
charms > spells prove > try
9 Yet thousand charms could not her steadfast heart remove.
remove > [turn from Scudamour]
312.32
Soone as that virgin knight he saw in place,
2 His wicked bookes in hast he ouerthrew,
Not caring his long labours to deface,
4 And fiercely ronning to that Lady trew,
A murdrous knife out of his pocket drew,
6 The which he thought, for villeinous despight,
In her tormented bodie to embrew:
8 But the stout Damzell to him leaping light,
His cursed hand withheld, and maistered his might.
1 Soon as that virgin knight he saw in place,