1 Fair goddess, lay that furious fit aside,

fit > mood, humour; or: strain of music

2 Till I of wars and bloody Mars do sing,

Till > (Perhaps a reference to the mooted twelve-book work on the public virtues; see I:92-4)

3 And Briton fields with Saracen blood bedyed,

Briton > British Saracen > {Arab, Moslem; pagan; here = Spanish} bedyed > dyed on all sides, thoroughly dyed; the prefix is also an intensive, hence: soaked

4 'Twixt that great Faery Queen and paynim king,

paynim > pagan, heathen king > (Philip II of Spain)

5 That with their horror heaven and earth did ring,

ring > cause to resound (cf. line 7); or, perhaps: encircle, encompass