process > story, account
9 The lesser pangs can bear, who has endured the chief.
can > [one can]
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Then gan the Pilgrim thus, I chaunst this day,
2 This fatall day, that shall I euer rew,
To see two knights in trauell on my way
4 (A sory sight) arraung'd in battell new,
Both breathing vengeaunce, both of wrathfull hew:
6 My fearefull flesh did tremble at their strife,
To see their blades so greedily imbrew,
8 That +drunke+ with bloud, yet +thristed+ after life:
What more? the Redcrosse knight was slaine with Paynim knife.
8 drunke > dronke 1590 8 thristed > thirsted 1609
1 Then began the pilgrim thus, "I chanced this day, 2 This fatal day, that shall I ever rue, 3 To see two knights in travel on my way 4 (A sorry sight) arranged in battle new,
new > [having already jousted on horseback with spears, and now fighting anew, on foot with swords]
5 Both breathing vengeance, both of wrathful hue:
hue > appearance