175 furnitures thereto, he seemed the goodliest man in all that
furnitures > gear, fittings goodliest > most handsome
176 company, and was well liked of the lady. And eftsoons taking
of > by eftsoons > thereupon
177 on him knighthood, and mounting on that strange courser, 178 he went forth with her on that adventure: where begins the 179 first book, viz. 180 181 A gentle knight was pricking on the plain, etc.
gentle > generous, courteous pricking > spurring his horse, riding
182 183 The second day there came in a palmer bearing an infant
palmer > {A pilgrim who has returned from the Holy Land, carrying a palm-leaf or palm-branch as a token; or: an itinerant monk}
184 with bloody hands, whose parents he complained to have 185 been slain by an enchantress called Acrasia: and therefore 186 craved of the Faery Queen to appoint him some knight to 187 perform that adventure, which being assigned to Sir 188 Guyon, he presently went forth with that same palmer: 189 which is the beginning of the second book and the whole 190 subject thereof. The third day there came in a groom, who
groom > young man