Sentence:  If it chance, that we be <WSD>overgone</WSD> / By his more swiftness, urge him still to run upon our fleet, / And (lest he 'scape us to the town) still let thy javelin meet / With all his offers of retreat. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To overtake, go faster than. (15th-17th c.)