3 For fear of many foes: but when they knocked 4 The porter opened to them straightway: 5 He was an aged sire, all hoary grey,
sire > {Aged or elderly man}
6 With looks full lowly cast, and gait full slow
full > very
7 (Wont on a staff his feeble steps to stay),
Wont > Accustomed stay > support
8 Hight Umilt{a\}. They pass in, stooping low:
Hight > Called, named
Umilt{a\} > "Humility" (Italian)
9 For straight and narrow was the way which he did show.
straight and narrow > (See Matt. 7.14; and cf. 104.2:8)