2 Poor prisoners to relieve with gracious aid, 3 And captives to redeem with price of brass,
price > payment brass > money
4 From Turks and Saracens, who them had stayed;
Saracens > {Arabs or Moslems of the time of the Crusades; pagans} stayed > detained, taken hostage
5 And though they faulty were, yet well he weighed
they > (The hostages as well as their captors) faulty > guilty; at fault
6 That God to us forgives every hour
hour > hour; moment
7 Much more than that why they in bonds were laid,
why > [for which]