despise > treat with contempt
6 Nor too much to provoke; for he would learn
learn > teach
7 The lion stoop to him in lowly wise,
stoop > [to stoop] wise > manner
8 (A lesson hard) and make the libbard stern
libbard > leopard stern > fierce
9 Leave roaring, when in rage he for revenge did yearn.
Leave > Leave off, desist from he > [either the leopard or, perhaps, Satyrane himself]
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