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SPENSER^ s
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FAERIE OUEENF,
A NEW EDITION
W I T H A
GLOSSARY,
And Notes explanatory and critical
B Y
JOHN UPTON
Prebendary of Rochefter and Re&or of Great Riffington
-in Glocefterfhire.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOLUME the FIRST.
LONDON: Printed for J. and R. Ton son in the Strand, MDCCLVIIL
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T O THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
LADY TALBOT
This Edition of Spenser's
FAERIE QUEEN
IS DEDICATED
As a Teftimony of Gratitude
b y Her Ladyship's
Moft obliged and dutiful Servant JOHN UPTON
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PREFACE.
AS every original work, whether of the poet, philofopher, or hiftorian, reprefents, mirrour-like, the fentiments, ideas and opinions, of the writer; fo the knowledge of what relates to the life, family, and friendfhips of fuch an author, muft in many inftances illuftrate his writings ; and his writings again reflect the image of the inward man. What wonder there- fore, if our curioflty k excited to get fome kind of intimacy with thofe, whom from their writings we cannot but efteem, and that we liften to every tale told of them with any degree of pro- bability, or even fuffer ourfelves to be impofed on by invented ftories ? We have feveral traditionary tales of very uncertain autho- rity recorded of ancient authors ; becaufe commentators and critics, knowing the inquifitive di.fpofitions of the readers, and oftentimes not furnifhed with true materials, fet their inventions to work to impofe with mere conjectures. But while they are thus inventing, they often forget to attemper their tales with proper time and cir- cumftances ; and confequently the ill-fupported ftory falls to the ground ; and if not well invented is foon defpifed. There are various forts of traditionary tales told of Spenfer ; fome of which want chronology to fupport them, and others, better fupported, have gain'd credit. The following is one of thofe ill-timed ftories handed down to us, firft mentioned, I believe, by the editor of his works in Folio, anno 1679. " Mr. Sidney (after- " wards Sir Philip) then in full glory at Court was the perfon, " to whom Spenfer defigned the firft difcovery of himfejf ; and
" to
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" to that purpofe took an occafion to go one morning to Lei- << cefter-houle, furniiht only with a modeft confidence, and the *« IXth canto of the ift Book of his Fairy Queen. He waited <( not long t're he found the lucky feafon for an addrefs of the <l paper to his hand; who having read the XXVIIIth ftanza of " Dcfpair (with fome figns in his countenance of being much u affected and furpriz'd with what he had read) turns fuddenly << to his fervant, and commands him to give the party, that pre- |C fented the verfes to him 50 pounds; the fteward flood fpeech- M lefs, and unready, till his mafter, having part over another <c ftanza, bad him give him a hundred pounds ; the fervant fome- " thing ftagger'd at the humour his mafter was in, mutter'd to 14 this purpofe, That by the femblance of the man that brought " the paper, five pounds would be a proper reward ; but Mr. M Sidney having read the following ftanza commands him to " give him 200 pounds, and that very fpeedily, leaft advancing " his reward proportionably to the height of his pleafure in read- " ing, he mould hold himfelf obliged to give him more than he " had : Withal he fent an invitation to the poet, to fee him at <c thofe hours, in which he would be moft at leifure. After this " Mr. Spenfer by degrees fo far gained upon him, that he be- " came not only his patron, but his friend too; entred him at " Court, and obtained of the Queen the grant of a penfion to " him as Poet Laureat : But in this his fate was unkind ; for it u prov'd only a poetical graiit ; the payment after a very fhort " time being ftopt by a great councellour, who ftudied more u the Queen's profit than her diverfion, and told her 'twas be- " yond example to give fo great a penfion to a ballad-maker." This ftory is deficient in point of Chronology, otherwife not ill- invented, becaufe 'tis plain from Spenfer's Paftorals, firft pub- Kfhed in the year 1579, and from the notes printed with them by his friend E. K. (whofe name was Kerke, if I guefs right) that he was known to Sir Philip Sidney before the publica- tion of them. Hear what Hobbinol fays in the Fourth Eclogue.
Colin
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Colin thou ke?ift the Southern Shepheards boyy Him Love hath wounded with a deadly dart.
Hobbinol means Gabriel Harvey, Colin Spenfer, and the Southern Shepheard Sir Philip Sidney. His friend E. K. in his notes lays, " It feemeth that Colin pertaineth to fome Southern noble-man, " and perhaps in Surrey or Kent ; the rather becaufe he fo often " nameth the Kentifh downs: And before, As lithe as lajje of " Kent" Again in the Sixth Eclogue Hobbinol thus /peaks to Colin,
Then if by me thou lift advifed be
Forfake the foil that fo doth thee bewitch
And to the dales reforty where Jloepheards ritch And fruitful flocks been every where to fee.
" This is no poetical fiction (fays his friend E. K.) but unfainedly cc fpoken of the poet felfe, who for fpecial occafion of private " affairs (as I have been partly of himfelfe informed) and for his " more preferment, removed out of the North partes, and came <c into the South, as Hobbinol indeed advifed him privately. "
What is above mentioned of the Lord Treafurer Burleigh's un- gracious treatment of the Mufes, and the Mufes friend, is more particularly related by Dr. Fuller : And as the ftory does not carry with it any inconfiftencies of time or place, I mail here tranfcribe it from his Worthies of England.
" Edmond Spenfer born in this city \jLondon\ was brought up li in Pembroke-Hall in Cambridge, where he became an excellent " fcholar, but efpecially moft happy in Englifh poetry, as his works " do declare. In which the many Chaucerifms ufed(for I will not " fay affe&ed by him) are thought by the ignorant to be blemifhes, " known by the learned to be beauties to his book; which not- " withstanding had been more falable, if more conformed to u our modern language. There pafTeth a ftory commonly told 1C and believed, that Spenfer prefenting his poems to Queen Eli-
" zabeth
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« zabeth, fhe hio-hlv affected therewith commanded the Lord M Cecil her Treafurer to give him an hundred pounds; and " when the Trealurer (a good ffeward of the Queen's money) 4k alledged that the Ann was too much, Then give him (quoth the v Queen) hvbat is rcafon\ to which the Lord Treafurer confented; <l but was fo bulled belike about matters of higher concernment, " that Spenfer received no reward. Whereupon he prefented " this petition in a (mall piece of paper to the Queen in her li progrefs,
/ was promised on a time To have rcafon for my rhyme ; From that time unto this feafo?ty I receivd nor rhyme nor reafon,
" Hereupon the Queen gave ftricT: order (not without fome check " to her Treafurer) lor the prefent payment of the hundred u pounds me firft intended unto him.
" He afterwards went over into Ireland Secretary to the Lord M Gray, Lord Deputy thereof; and though that his office under " his Lord was lucrative, yet got he no eftate ; but faith my " author [Cambden] pecidiari poetis fato femper cum paupertate " conflitlatus eft. So that it fared little better with him, than " with William Xilander the German (a moft excellent linguift3 " antiquary, philofopher and mathematician) who was fo poor5 " that, as Thuanus faith, he was thought fami non famce fcribere* i( Returning into England he was robb'd by the rebels of that u' little he had, and dying for grief in great want, Anno 1598, M was honourably buried nigh Chaucer in Weftniinfter, where 4C this diftich concludeth his Epitaph on his monument,
Anglica te vivo vixit plaujitque poeftsy Nunc moritura timet te moriente mori,
u Nor mull we forget, that the expence of his funeral and mo- ■tt nument was defrayed at the charge of Robert, firft Earl of that
" name*,
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" name, Eariof Effex." Perhaps it may not be improper here to add Cambden's Eulogy, who was our poet's contemporary and acquaintance, and whom he calls in his Poem intitled The Ruins of Time,
the nourice of antiqiritie,
And lanterne unto late fucceeding age.
"In the year 1598 died William Cecil Lord Burghley, Lord " High Treasurer of England. In the fame year likewife died " Edmund Spenfer, a Londoner by birth, and a Scholar alfo, of " the university of Cambridge, born under fo favourable an « afpecl of the Mufes, that he furpaffed all the Englifli poets of << former times, not excepting Chaucer himfelf, his fellow Citizen. « But by a fate which ftill follows poets, he always wreftled with « poverty, though he had been Secretary to the Lord Grey, f< Lord Deputy of Ireland. For fcarce had he there fettled him- <c felf in a retired privacy, and got leifure to write, when he was <c by the rebels thrown out of his dwelling, plundered of his " goods, and returned into England a poor man ; where he " fhortly after died, and was interred at Weftminfter, near to iC Chaucer, at the charge of the Earl of Effex ; his hearfe being " attended by poets, and mournful elegies and poems, with the " pens that wrote them, thrown into his tomb."
What I have now to offer is intended to illuftrate the Fairy Queen, both in the general plan, confidered as an Epic and Moral poem ; and likewife in the concealed hiftories of the times and perfons of the poet's age. 'Tis not my defign to enter into any minute inquiry of his other writings ; for that mail be kept for a third Volume; which will contain his Paftorals, Son- nets, &*c. together with his View of the State of Ireland, and a trantlation of a Socratic dialogue, entitled Axiochus or of Death; which is not taken notice of by any Editor of any part of his works. His Paftorals, like Virgil's, carry a perpetual allufion to his amorous paffion, his friendfhips, and other circumftances
Vol. I. b of
x PREFACE.
of his life; and both thefe, and his other poems, have in them fo much of himfelf interfperfed, that they are a kind of me- moes.
quo ft ut cm ji is
Votrod patent veluti defcripia tabelld
Vita -v'.ri.
Spenfer was * born in London, as he fays in his Prothalamion,
At length they all to merry London came ; To merry London y my mo ft kindly nurfe, That to me gave this lifes Jirft native fource : Though from another place I take my name ; An house of ancient fame.
This houfe of ancient fa??ie, hints at his defcent from the Spenfers of Althorp in Northamptonfhire, the head of which illuftrious family is the prefent Duke of Marlborough. To this houfe of ancient fa7ne he likewife claims alliance in Colin Clout's come Home again,
No leffe praife-isoorthy are the Jifters three , The honour of the noble f ami lie Of which I me an eft boaf my f elf to bee : And mofty that unto them I amfo nie, Phyllis, Charillisy and fweet Amaryllis
The three ftfters here celebrated, if I conjecture right, were the daughters of Sir John Spenfer, viz. Elizabeth, married to the eldeft fon of Lord Hunfdon : Anne, to Henry Lord Compton, and afterwards to Robert Sackville, Efq; fon and heir of Thomas
Perhaps in the year 1552 or 53. For he was matriculated in the Univeriky of Cambridge in 1569. He was married in the year 1592 or 93, then forty years old, as he fays in his 60th fonnet, and died in the year 1598, immaturd morte. See Kepe's monument a Weftmon. and Hughes' life of Spenfer. The monument now in Weftminfter Abbey is of no authority. See what is cited below from Fenton.
Lord
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Lord Buckhurfl : And Alice, married to Ferdinando fon of the Earl of Derby. Thefe three fifters are mentioned by our poet in other paffages : Elizabeth is the Lady to whom he wrote the Sonnet prefixed to the Fairy Queen, addrefling it To the moft vertuous and beautiful Lady, The Lady Carew : and to whom likewife he dedicated his Muiopotmos. Anne was a widow, when Spenfer printed his Colin Clout's come Home again ; and when likewife he printed the Fairy Queen : For perhaps he means by Amintas, both in Colin Clout's come Home again, and in * the Fairy Queen, Henry Lord Compton. She after- wards married Robert Sackville, Efq; elder! fon of the Lord Buck- hurfl: ; whofe verfes, as I guefs, are marked R. S. and addreffed to the author of the Fairy Queen : For the Sackvilles were not only patrons of learned men, but learned themfelves. Alice, who married Ferdinando fon of the Earl of Derby, is the Lady to whom he dedicates the Teares of the Mufes.
Notwithftanding his being thus related to the great and rich, yet his own circumftances feem very moderate ; for he was en- tered only a Servitor or + Sizer of Pembroke-Hall in Cambridge.
Here
* See the note on B. iii. C. 6. St. 45.
-f 'Tis faid that he ftood for a fellowfhip of Pembroke-Hall in competition with Mr. Lancelot Andrews •, and that this difappointment, with others perhaps of like nature, forced him from the College. I have been informed that he took his Batche- lor of Arts degree in 1572, and Matter of Arts in 1576. That Mr. Lancelot An- drews was B. A. in 1574, M. A. in 1578, and chofen fellow of Pembroke- Hall in 1 576. 'Tis probable likewife that the difappointment he met with from the univerfity (like Milton's, on a likecccafion) made him lay afide all thoughts of taking orders. Mr. Fenton's account, in his obfervations on Waller's poems, is well worth confider- in^ by thofe who are exact in thefe particulars-, though I difagree with him in fome things, particularly with relation to the time of his acquaintance with Sidney. " The " Reverend Mr. Baker of St. John's college in Cambridge (whofe univerfal learn- " ingis the leaft of his many excellent qualities) informs me from the Univerfity " regifter, that Edmund Spenfer a Sizer [Quadrantarius] of Pembroke- Hall, was " matriculated on the 20th of May 1569, took the degree of Batchelor of Arts " 1572-3, and proceeded Matter of Arts 1576 ; fo that if we allow him to have " been in the fixteenth year of his age, at the time of his admifiion into the college, tc we may conclude he was born about the year 1553, was introduced to the patron- " a<*e of Sir Philip Sidney •, by the dedication of his Shepherds Kalendar Anno
b 2 " &tau
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Here he ftaid 'till he took his matter of arts degree, in vain expedfr- ino- fonie farther notice to be taken of him : From thence he went Into the Northern parts of England, but not with the bitter fpirit
of
. 255 about two years before lie was made Secretary to the Lord Grey, on his •' beino- appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. That he had at that time begun to " write his Fairy Queen, I believe will admit of no difpute : But ir.flead of deplor- 11 ino; the fate of thole fix books which are fuppofed to have perifh'd, I am intireiy 11 of Mr. Dryden's opinion, that upon Sir Philip's death he was depriv'd both of M means and fpirit to accomplish his defign. The ftory of their being loft in his " voyage from Ireland feems to be a fiction copied from the fate of Terence's Co- •' medies, which itfelf has the air of a ficlion; at beft it was but a hear-fay, that " palled the biographers without due examination. But as error can fecure itfelf " beft beneath an affected congruity, they were in the right to proportion his Ja- 4i Lours to his life, and to fupply him with fix books more than he wrote, after " they had given him above forty years more than nature affign'd him. His epitaph " has been the principal caufe of this error; to which the more deference has been " pay'd, upon a fuppofition that his monument was erected in the reign of Queen *' Elizabeth by the unfortunate Earl of Eflex : For which opinion I never met with *c any furer foundation, than four Englifh verfes under the print which is prefixed to *' the folio editions of his works. I know that Cambden fays in his Kiftory of Queen Elizabeth, Impenfis comitis Effexix inhumatus : By which he could only mean that he was interr'd at that Earl's expence, tho' inhumatus by the pureft writers of antiquity always bears a quite oppofite fignification. But I have lately difcover'd that this monument was let up above thirty years after Spenfer's death by Stone, who was mafter mafon to King Charles the 1 ft: His diary is now in the polTeffionof Mr. Vertue, from whence the following article is literally tranferibed. 1 allfo mad a movement for Mer. Spencer the pooett and fet it up at Wejimejier for which the Contes of Dorfett payed me 40 £. This Lady, who was daughter of George Earl of Cum- berland, about the fame time beftow'd a monument on Daniel, the poet and hi- ftorian, at Beckington, near Philips Norton in Somerfetihire ; upon which there is an epitaph, which begins like Spenfer's ! Here lies expecting the fecond coming of our Lord and Saviour, &c. From whence I am inclined to believe that the Lady recommended the care of procuring both inferiptions to Stone : And if he under- took to compofe them himfelf, as from the ftyle and fpelling we may reafonable conclude he did, what exactnefs in the dates could be poffibly expected ? For tho' he was perhaps the greateft mafter of his profeffion in that age, of which there needs no other evidence than the banqueting-houfe at Whitehall, which he built under the direction of Inigo Jones ; yet he hath not left the leaft traces of litera- ture to prove him competently qualified to write an epitaph for a poet. Upon the whole, I think from the calculation I have made, we may juftly infer, that Spenfer was at moft but 45 years old when he died Anno Dom. 1598, at which age, Cambden, if he was editor of the firft collection of Weftminfter inferiptions, might fay with propriety that he died immaturely. And queftionlefs that article in which this expreffion is ufed Obiit immaturd morte, was intended only to guide the curious to that part of the Abbey, in which the remains of fo famous a perfon
" were
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of difappointment. Hear with what filial piety he remembers his Alma Mater, though to him fhe proved a ft ep- mother, where he is celebrating the river that runs by her,
cThe?ice doth by Huntingdon and Cambridge flit^ My mother Cambridge^ whom as with a crowne He doth adorn, a?td is adorn ' d of it With many a gentle mufe and many a learned wit.
B. iv. C. ii. ft. 34..
Whether he went into the North, as a vifitant, or as a tutor to fome young gentlemen, I cannot learn : But 'tis certain that during his reiidence here he fell in love with a lady, whom he celebrates by the name of Rofalinde. His friend E. K. who wrote notes to his Paftorals, fays that " Rofalinde is a feigned " name, which being well ordered, will bewray the very name " of his love and miftrefs, whom by that name he coloureth." What he means by well ordered is the reducing the letters out of that confufed ftate, in which, by way of anagram, they are in- volved, and placing them in their proper order ; for Spenfer is an anagrammatift in many of his names : Thus * Algrind tranf- pofed is Archbifhop Grindal, Morrell Bifhop Elmer ; and Hob- binol, with fome variation and addition (iv^vUg gratia) Gabriel H.
This
cl were depofited, tho' it has fince been miftaken by many for a monumental in- " fcription, for at that time he had no monument erected : Of which the Latin " verfes fubjoined to the profe article are an acceffory proof ; having been probably " felected from thofe that were written by the poets, who attended his funeral, as *{ being the moft pertinent to inform polterity that he was buried near Chaucer ; " which I think is all the merit they can juftly pretend to, being fervile imitations " of Cardinal Bembo's cpitaphson Sannazarius, andthe immortal painter ofUrbino. tc Another traditional error in Spenfer's life has been generally received, that he op- " pofed Mr. Andrews, afterwards Bifhop of Winchefter, for a fellowship in Pem- " broke-Hall, and was foiFd in the conteft •, but Mr. Baker with realbn believes, 44 that Spenfer at that time had left theUniverfity : At lead it is certain that not he, 44 but Dove, was Andrews's rival ; to whom tho' he fail'd in the competition, the <c fociety allow'd a ftipend tanquam focius, to retain him among them : For he was a " perfon of great merit, the moft celebrated pulpit orator of that age, and before " he died attained to the mitre." * See Eel.' VII.
xiv PREFACE.
This fldttifli female, after mifleading him a long while in a lover's, that is a fool's, paradifc, at length left him : Some one whom he calls Menalcas had done him ill offices with this proud fair.
And thou, Menalcas, that by treacherie Didjl under Jong my lajfe to wexefo light, Shouldfi well be kuowne for fuch thy villanie. Eclog. VI.
'Tis this fame perfon whom, fo like a difappointed lover, he in- veighs againft in Sonnet LXXXVI.
Verietnous tongue, tipt.with vile adders fling, Of that felfe kind with which the Furies fell Their fnakie heads do combe, from which a fpring Of poyfond words and fpightful fpeeches well ; Let all the plagues and horrid paifies of hell Upon thee fall for thine accurfed hire ; That with falfe forged lies, which thou didjl tell, In my true love did ftirre up coales of ire ; The f parlies whereof let kindle thine own fire, A?id catching hold on thine own wicked hed Confume thee quite, that didjl with guile confpire In my fweet peace fuch breaches to have bred* Shame be thy meed a?id mif chief e thy reward, Due to thy felfe, that it for me prepard*
If the Fairy Queen is a moral allegory with hiftorical allufi- ons to our poets times, one might be apt to think, that in a poem written with fo extenfive a plan, the cruel Rofalinde is fome way or other typically introduced : And methinks I fee her plainly characterized in * Mirabella, Perhaps too her expreffions
were the fame that are given to Mirabella, The free Lady
She was born free And her f pride and infolence is often
hinted at in the Sonnets.
While
* See B. vi. C. 6. St. 16, 17. and C. vii. St. 27, &c.
f Compare B. vi. C. 7. St. 29. with Sonnets the Vth and Vlth.
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While Spenfer fludied at Cambridge, he found there a friendly and learned genius like himfelf, whofe name was * Gabriel Har- vey, covertly reprefented in his Paftorals under the name of Hob- binol. 'Twas he that introduced Spenfer to Sir Philip Sidney, and Sidney recommended him to the Earl of Leicefter. 'Tis plain likewife from many paflages in his Paftorals, that he often vifited at Penmurft in Kent. At this delightful place, with the accom- plifhed Sidney, he ftudied poetry and philofophy, efpecially the Platonic, which is interwoven in his poems : Here he wrote his Xlth Eclogue, November ; and likewife his Xth, October, as I imagine ; and having fhown to him, The Shepheards Calendar , as he calls his paftoral Eclogues, he publifhed them in 1579 with a dedication To the noble and vertuous gentleman^ mojl worthy of all titles , both of learning and chivalry, Mafter Philip Sidney : figning himfelf Immerito. Here likewife he plan'd a poem, in- titled f Epithaiamion Thamefs, in imitation and friendly rival- fhip of Cambden's Bridale of the Ins and Tame ; but afterwards, with many alterations, he made it (by way of Epifode) a part of the Fairy Queen. Sidney foon difcovcred our poet's genius was formed for more fublime fubjeets ; and perfuaded him % " for <c trumpets fterne to change his oaten reeds." And as I have very little doubt myfelf but that Sir Calidore typically reprefents the Arcadian Shepheard > fo in the Vlth Book, Canto X. where Calidore by his abrupt arrival drives away the rural Graces, and all fly the field,
All fave the Shepheard, who for fell defpight Of that difpleafure broke his bag-pipe quightr
The poet feems to allude to Sir Philip Sidney's forcing him to leave his rural retreats for the court, and his ruftic for the Epic
Mufe:
* See concerning him the notes of E. K. on the Xlth Eclogue, and likewife Tan- ner, Biblioth. Brit. & A. Wood, Faft. Oxon. pag. 128.
■f See Spenfer's Letter to Mr. Harvey, and fee likewife the note on B> iv. C. 11. St. 8.
% See note on the Introduction, B. i. St. 1. pag. 331.
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Mufe : For Colin Clout, there mentioned, is Spenfer. In the Xth Eclogue, entitled October, there are plain hints given of fome fcheme of an heroic poem ; and the hero was to have been the Earl of Leiceftcr,
Abandon then the baft and viler clowne,
Lift up thxfelfe out of the fowly duji ',
And fng of bloody Mars, of warres, of giufts\
Turn thee to thofe, that weld the awful crowne,
To doubted [read doughty] knights, whofe wotmdlejfe armour
rufts, A?id helmes unbruzed wexen daily browne.
There may thy Mufe difplay her flutteri?tg whig, And ft retch herfelf at large from Eaft to Weft ; Whether thou lift in fair e Eliza reft ; Or if thee pleafe in bigger notes to ftng, Advance the Worthy whom foe loveth beft, That firft the * white beare to the flake did bring.
This great man patronized our poet ; f and in the year 1579, fent him upon fome employment into France. But Spenfer fell under his difpleafure for a while; and to make his peace, and fhow emblematically that with honeft intentions he erred, like Virgil's harmlefs Gnat, he fent him a hafty tranflation of that poem, which perhaps he never defigned mould have been publifhed, with a Sonnet prefixed by way of dedication, beginning thus,
Wronged, yet not daring to exprefs my pain, To you, Great Lord, the caufer of my care, hi cloudy teares my cafe I thus complai?t Unto your J elf, that o?ily privy are
If one may conjecture the occafion of this Great Lord's difplea- fure, it feems owing to fome kind of officious fedulity in Spenfer,
who
•f- The Earl of Leicefter's cognizance.
* See Spenfer's Letter to Mr. Harvey ; with a Latin copy of verfes written in great hafte, and printed full of faults, firft in the edition 1679, and afterwards by
Hughes.
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who much clefired to fee his patron married to the Queen of England. The hiftorians are full of the Queen's particular attachments to the Earl of Leicefter : c She expreffed (fays { Cambden) fuch an inclination towards him, that fome have c imputed her regard to the influence of the Stars.' Melvil fays in his Memoirs, that Q^ Elizabeth freely ( declared that had fhe ' ever defigned to have married, her inclinations would have led 1 her to make choice of him for a hufband.'
For onely worthy you > through prowefs priefe^ (Tf liv'mg man mote wort hie be) to be her liefe.
B. i. C. 9. St. 17.
According to my plan, with refpect to the hiftorical allufions in the Fairy Queen, * Prince Arthur means the Earl of Leicefter. This favourite Lord died in the year 1588, and two years before, Sir Philip Sidney was flain in the Low-countries ; whole death is fo feelingly lamented by Spenfer in many paflages of his poems.
It may feem fomewhat ftrange at firft fight, that one of fuch acknowledged merit could procure from the patronage of his great friends no preferment or place of profit in England. But if it be confidered, that Places and Place-men were not quite fo numerous in the reign of (^Elizabeth, as in modern
times that the Church, in her reign, was the proper place
for learned Clerks to feek for preferments — that he had joined himfelf to the puritanical party, firft to Leicefter and Sidney,
and after their deaths to the Earl of EfTex that he had
abufed notoriously \ Bifhop Elmer, and praifed Archbifhop
Grindal ;
* See the notes in pag. 332. and pag. 401.
•\ His name is varioufly written, as Ailemare, Aylmer, Elmer or Mlmer. See Sirypeh Life of Bifhop Aylmer : He was made Bifhop of London in the year 1576. The Courtiers would never forgive Spenfer for his vth and vnth Eclogues : in the former, Morel is a anagram of Bifhop Elmer ; fays the Glofiary to the Edition of 1679. Thefe were thofe former writs that brought him " into a mighty Peer's
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Grindal : which was not altogether fo well received, neither by the Queen nor her courtiers, nor the Lord Treafurer, to whom he was always in opposition — Thefe reafons well weighed, I think the wonder is, that not only he got no preferment in England, hut that he ihould be able to obtain from the Queen a grant of any of the * forfeited lands in Ireland. Spenfer was appointed Secretary to Arthur Lord Grey of Wilton, Lord deputy of [reland in the year 1580, who refigned in the year 1582. This noble Lord is femblably mown in the character of Arthe- gal ; and Spenfer has addrefled a Sonnet to him, acknowledging 1 his bounty, and the patronage of his Mufe's pupillage.' 'Tis probable that through his good offices our poet had the grant above mentioned ; which was confirmed to him in the year 1586. But in his Colin Clout's come Home again, he fays that it was Sir W. Raleigh (for him he means by the Shepherd of the ocean) that First enha?iced him to the good Graces of Queen Elizabeth : and mentions the vifit that his honoured friend paid him, " as he fat keeping his fheep,
Under the foot of Mok, that mountain horey
— amongft the cooly Jhade Of the green alders by the Mullet % fliore.
He celebrates this river in B. iv. C. xi. St. 41.
And Mulla mme^ whofe waves I whilom, taught to weep.
'* difpleafure," as he complains in B. iv. C. 12. St. 41. See note in pag. 6$y« There is nothing laid in the Ruins of Time, nor in the Tears of the Mufes ; nor even in Mother Hubbard's Tale, that the Lord Treafurer could; apply to himfelf. Befide the firft part of his Fairy Queen was printed before any of rhefe poems. However I once thought that Bufirane, the Enchanter, glanced ob- liquely at Burleigh, as Amoret did at the Q^of Scots.
* The Earl of Defmond and his complices had forfeited a vaft eftatei amounting
in all to 574628 acres of land part of this eftate being in Cork was difpofed
of to Edmund Spenfer, viz. 3028 acres : rent per annum^ 17I. 7s. 6d. Cox's Hiftory of Ireland:
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He calls it Mimy becaufe it ran through his own grounds. Again in B. vii. C. 6. he forgets not its praifes in the meta- morphofis of Molanna. His houfe was one of the caftles belonging to the Earl of Defmond, and named Kilcolmaiij fouated not far from Doneraile.
I mentioned above his long fruitlefs purfuit of Rofalinde ; who I believe was married when he wrote his Colin Clouts come Home again : for he fays in the perfon of Colin ' Sitli her I may not love.' 'Tis very probable that in the year 1588 or 89, he had fome thoughts of a country lafs, as he calls her, * of low degree, who had the fame name with the Queen and his own Mother ; and whom he afterwards courted in earner!, and married on thef nth of June in the year 1592 or 1593 in the % 40th year of his age.
Ye three Elizabeth" s for ever live,
That three fuch graces did unto me give. Sonnet 74.
This is " that fair one," celebrated by Spenfer in B. vi. C. 10. St, 15. and whom he calls " the fourth Grace," in St. 25.
— She worthy was To be the fourth, with thofe three other placed : Yet was floe certes but a. country laffe, Yet foe all other country lajfes farre did pajfe.
In the year 1596, he publimed a new edition, with the addi- tion of three other books of his Fairy Queen : and two years after, the Irifh rebels making an infurre&ion under Tyrone, plundered his houfe, and ruined his whole fortune: This brought him into England; where he foon after died: but how far his difappointments contributed to his death, or of what
* See note on B. Hi. C. 7. St. 59. f See his Epithalamion.
This day the fun is in his chief eft bight
With Barnaby the bright. J Sonnet 60.
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diftemper he died, I have no hiftories to direct me to make any conjectures.
J is not niy intention in this place to enter into a particular criticifm of 'any of our poet's writings, excepting the Fairy Queen ; which poem feems to have been hitherto very little underftood ; notwithstanding he has opened, in a great mea- fure, his defign and plan in a letter to his honoured friend Sir W. R. How readily has every one acquiefced in Dryden's opi- nion ? * That the aSiion of this poem is not one — f that there is no uniformity of defign ; and that he aims at the accomplijh- ment of no acJion. It might have been expected that Hughes, who printed Spenfer' s works, mould not have joined fo freely in the fame cenfure : and yet he tells us $ that the J ever al boohs appear rather like fo many fever al poems y than one entire fable : each of them having its peculiar knight, and being inde- pende?it of the refl.
Tuft in the fame manner did the critics and commentators formerly abufe old Homer ; his Iliad, they faid, was nothing elfe, but a parcel of loofe fongs and rhapfodies concerning the Trojan war, which he fung at feftivals \ and thefe loofe ballads were iirft: collected, and l| ftitched, as it were, together by Pi- fiftratus ; being parts without any coherence, or relation to a whole, and unity of defign.
As this fubject requires a particular, consideration ; I defire the reader will attend to the following vindication of Homer and Spenfer, as they have both fallen under one common cenfure.
In every poem there ought to be fimplicity and unity ; and in the epic poem the unity of the action mould never be vi- olated by introducing any ill-joined or heterogeneous parts. This dTential rule Spenfer feems to me ftriclly to have followed : for what ftory can well be fhorter, or more fimple, than the fubjecl'
* Dryden's dedication of the tranflation of Virgil's JEneid;.
j See his dedication of the tranflation of Juvenal.
t In the preface to his edition. || Hence called rhapfodies.
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of his poem?-— A Britifh Prince fees in a vifion the Fairy Queen; he falls in love, and goes in fearch after this unknown fair ; and at length finds her. — This fable has a beginning, a middle, and an end. The beginning is, the Britifh Prince law in a vifion the Fairy Queen, and fell in love with her : the middle, his fearch after her, with the adventures that he underwent : the end, his finding whom he fought.
But here our curiolity is raifed, and we want a more circum- ftantial information of many things. — Who is this Britifh Prince ? what adventures did he undergo? who was the Fairy Queen ? where, when, and how did he find her ? Thus many queftions arife, that require many folutions.
The action of this poem has not only fimplicity and unity,, but it is great and important. The hero is no lefs than the Britiiri Prince, Prince Arthur : (who knows not Prince Arthur ?) The time when this hero commenced his adventures is marked very exactly. In the reign of Uther Pendragon, father of Prince Ar- thur, Octa the fon of Hengift, and his kinfman Eofa, thinking themfelves not bound by the treaties which they had made with Aurelius Ambrofius, began to raife difturbances, and infeft his dominions. This is the hiftorical period of time, which Spen- fer has chofen.
Ye fee that good King Uther now doth make
Strong warre upon the paynim brethren ', hight
OEla a7id Oza, whom hee lately brake
Bejtde Cayr Verolame B. iii. C. 3. St. 52c
Could any epic poet defire a better hiftorical foundation to build his poem on ? Hear likewife what he himfelf fays on this fubjecl, " I chofe the hiftory of K. Arthur, as moft fit for the excel- " lency of his per fon, being made famous by many mens for^ " mer works, and alfo fur theft from the danger of envy and fuf- " picion of prefent time." I much queftion if Virgil's iEneid is grounded on facts fo well fupported. Befide a poet is a
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Maker ; nor docs he compofe a poem for the fake of any one hero, but rather he makes a hero for the lake of his poem : and if he follows fame, whether from the more authentic rela- tion of * old chronicles, or from the legendary tales of old ro- mances, yet flail he is at liberty to add, or to diminifh : in fhort, to fpeak out, he is at liberty to //>, as much as he pleafes, pro- vided his lies are coniiftent, and he makes his tale hang well together.
Prince Arthur few in a viiion, and feeing fell in love with the Fairy Queen, juft about the time that fhe held her annual fefti- val, when her knights had their various adventures afligned them. From either of thefe periods an hiftorian might begin his narration ; but a poet muft begin from neither : becaufe 'tis his province to carry you at once into the fcene of action ; and to complicate and perplex his ftory, in order to fhew his art in un- ravelling it. The poet therefore might have opened his poem either with Prince Arthur, now actually fet out on his queft, or with one of the knights fent from the Court of the Fairy Queen : by which means the reader is introduced into the midft of things; taking it for granted, that he either knows, or fome way or other will know, all that preceded. 'Tis from the latter of thefe periods, namely from one of the Fairy knights, who is already rode forth on his adventure, that Spenfer opens his poem ; and he keeps you in fufpenfe concerning his chief hero, Prince Arthur; 'till 'tis proper to introduce him with fuitable pomp and magnificence.
Homer fings the anger of Achilles and its fatal confequences to the Grecians : nor can it be fairly objected to the unity of the Iliad, that when Achilles is removed from the fcene of action,
* Our poet follows JefFry of Monmouth, the Britifh hiftorian ; and the old Ro- mance intitkd, The Hiftory of Prince Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table: or La Mort d* Arthure^ as intitled at the end, and fo cited by Afcham in his School-Mafter, pag. 87. who mentions it as a favourite author in his time, See the notes in pag. 656.
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you fcarcely hear him mentioned in feveral bocks : one being taken up with the exploits of Agamemnon, another with Dio- med, another again with the fueceffes of Hector. For his ex- tent! ve plan required his different heroes to be mown in their dif- ferent characters and attitudes. What therefore you allow to the old Grecian, be not fo ungracious as to deny to your own coun- tryman.
Again, 'tis obfervable that Homer's poem, though he fings- the anger of Achilles, is not called the Achilleid, but the Iliad ; becaufe the action was at Troy. So Spenfer does not call his poem by the name of his chief hero ; but becaufe his chief hero fought for the Fairy Queen in Fairy Land, and therein per- formed his various adventures, therefore he intitles his poem The Fairy ^ueen. Hence it appears that the adventures of Prince Arthur are neceffarily connected with the adventures of the knights of Fairy Land. This young Prince has been kept hitherto in defigned ignorance of what relates to his family and real dignity : his education, under old Timon and the magician Merlin, was to prepare him for future glory ; but as yet his vir- tues have not been called forth into action. The poet therefore by bringing you acquainted with fome of the heroes of Fairy Land, at the fame time that he is bringing you acquainted with his chief hero, acts agreeably to his extenfive plan, without de- ftroying the unity of the action. The only fear is, left the un- derplots, and the feemingly adfcititious members, mould grow too large for the body of the entire action : 'tis requisite therefore that the feveral incidental intrigues mould be unravelled, as we proceed in getting nearer and nearer to the main plot ; and that we at length gain an uninterrupted view at once of the whole. And herein I cannot help admiring the refemblance between the ancient father of poets, and Spenfer ; who clearing the way by the folution of intermediate plots and incidents, brings you nearer to his capital piece ; and then mows his hero at large : and when Achilles once enters the field, the other Greeks are
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loft in his fplendor, as the ftars at the riling of the fun. So when Prince Arthur hid been perfected in heroic and moral virtues, .1 his fame thoroughly known and recognized in Fairy Land ; Him we fhould have feen not only diffolving the inchantment of the witch Duefla, (an adventure too hard for the fingle prowefs of St. George) but likewife binding in adamantine chains, or de- livering over to utter perdition that old wizard Archimago, the common enemy of Fairy Knights, whom no chains as yet could hold : in fhort, him fhould we have feen eclipfmg all the other heroes, and in the end accompanied with the Fairy Knights mak- ing his folemn entry into the prefence of Gloriana, the Fairy Queen : and thus his merits would have intitled him to that Glory, which by Magnificence, or Magnanimity, the perfection of all the reft of the virtues, he juftly had acquired.
It feems, by fome hints given us by the poet, that he intended likewife an Heroic Poem, whofe title was to be Kin? Arthur ; and the chief fubjecl of the poem, the wars of the King and Queen of Fairy Land (now governed by Arthur and Glo- riana) againft the Paynim King: the chief Captains em- ployed were to be thofe Fairy Knights, whom already he had brought us acquainted with : and the hiftorical allufions un- doubtedly would point, in the allegorical view, at the wars that Q. Elizabeth waged with the K. of Spain; as the Fairy Knighu would typically reprefent her warlike Courtiers. This feems plain from what St. George fays to Una's parents, in B. i. C. 12. St. 1 8.
i" bownden am jlr eight after this emprize — Backe to retourne to that great Faery £$ueeney A?td her to ferve fix e year es in warlike wize Gainfl that proud Paynim King that works her teene.
And plainer ftill from what the poet lays in his own perfon, in B. i. C. ii. St. 7.
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Fay re goddefe, lay that furious fitt ajyde. Till I of warres a?id bloody Mars doe fing ; A?id Brytou fieldes with Sarazm blood bedyde, Twixt that great Faery ^ueen and Pay?iim King.
Dry den tells us in his preface to the translation of Juvenal, that he had fome thoughts of making choice for the fubject of an heroic poem, King Arthur's conquefts over the Saxons : And hinting at the fame delign in the preface to his Fables fays, " That it was not for this noble knight [meaning Sir R. Black- " more] that he drew the plan of an epic poem on King Arthur.' * Milton likewife had the fame intention, as he intimates in a Latin poem to Manfus.
Si quando indigenas revocabo in carmina regesy Arturumque etiam fub tenuis bella movent em ; Aut die am inviElae fociali focdere menfae Magnanimos heroas; ety 0 modo fpiritus adfit^ Frangam Saxonicas Britonum fub Marte phalanges.
We have mown that the action of the Fairy Queen is uniform, great and important ; but 'tis required that the fable mould be probable. A ftory will have probability, if it hangs well toge- ther, and is confident : And provided the tales are fpecioufly told, the probability of them will not be deltroyed, though they are tales of wizards or witches, monftrous men and monftrous women ; for who, but downright mifcreants, queftion wonder- ful tales ? and do you imagine that Homer, Virgil, Spenfer, and Milton, ever thought of writing an epic poem for unbelievers and infidels ? But if after all the reader cannot with unfufpecling credulity fwallow all thefe marvellous tales ; what mould hinder the poet, but want of art, from fo contriving his fable, that more might be meant, than meets the eye or ear ? cannot he fay one thing in proper numbers and harmony, and yet fecretly intend fomething elfe, or (to ufe a Greek expreffion) cannot he
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make the iable allegorical ? Thus Forms and Perfons might be introduced, fhadowing forth, and emblematically representing the myfterics of phyiical and moral fciences : Virtue and Truth may appear in their original ideas and lovely lorms ; and even Viec might be decked out in fome kind of drefs, refemblinpr beauty and truth ; left if feen without any difguife, fhe appear too loathfom for mortal eyes to behold her.
It muff, be confeffed that the religion of Greece and Rome was particularly adapted to whatever figurative turn the poet intended to give it ; and even philofophers mixed mythology with the graveft fubjects of theology. Hefiod's Generation of the Gods, is properly the generation of the world, and a hiftory of natural philofophy : he gives life, energy, and form to all the viiible and inviiible parts of the univerfe, and almoft to all the powers and faculties of the imagination ; in a word his poem is " a continued allegory." When every part therefore of the univerfe was thought to be under the particular care of a tutelar deity \ when not only the fun, moon, and planets, but moun- tains, rivers, and groves ; nay even virtues, vices, accidents, qualities, &c. were the objects of veneration and of religious dread ; there was no violation given to public belief, if the poet changed his metaphor, or rather continued it, in an allegory. Hence Homer, inftead of faying that Achilles, had not wifclom checked him, would have flain Agamemnon, continues the me- taphor ; and confident with his religion, brings Minerva, the goddefs of wifdom, down from heaven, on purpofe to check the rage of the angry hero. On the fame fyftem is founded the well-known fable of Prodicus : and the picture of Cebes is a continued allegory, containing the moft interefting truths relating to human life.
As 'tis necefTary that the poet mould give his work all that variety, which is confident with its nature and defign, fo his allegory might be enlarged and varied by his pointing at hiftori- cal events under concealed names ; and while his ftory is told
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confident, emblematically and typically, fome hiftorical cha- racters and real tranfadtions might be fignifyed. Thus though in one fenfe you are in Fairy land, yet in another you may be in die Britifh dominions.
And here methinks a fair opportunity offers of laying before the reader, at one view, fome of the hiftorical allufions, that lye concealed in this myftical poem. That there are hiftorical allufions in this poem, Spenfer himfelf tells us, " In that Faery " Queene (fays he in his letter to Sir W. R.) I mean Glory in " my general intention ; but in my particular I conceive the <c moft excellent and glorious perfon of our Soveraine the Queene, " and her kingdome in Faery land." So in his Introduction to the fecond Book, St. iv.
Of Faerie lond yet if he more inquire By certaine fignes here fet in fundry place y He may it find-*—
And thou, 0 fair eft princeffe under fly^ In this fay re mirrhour maift behold thy face \ And thine owne realmes in lond of Faery , And in this antique image thy great ancefilry.
So likewife in his Introduction to the third Book, St. 3.
But, 0 dredd foveragne, Thus far forth pardon, Jith that choicejl witt Cannot your glorious pour trait figure playne, That I in colour d foowes may Jhadow itt, And antique praifes unto present persons fitt.
This fubjecl: I formerly mentioned in a letter to Mr. Weft, con- cerning a new edition of Spenfer ; and from that letter I mall here borrow what is to my prefent purpofe, adding fome things and altering others.
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What reader is ignorant that kingdoms are often imaged by their arms and eniigns? when therefore I fuppofe the Lion, Una's defender [fee note on B. i. C. 3. St. 9. and on St. 18. and 43.] to be the defender of the faith, our Englifh King, I make no queftion but this will be as readily allowed me, as when I fuppofe the Raven, the Danifh arms, to ftarul for the Dane himiclf.
Ne pall the Saxons /elves all peaceably
Enjoy the crowne
Then frail a Rnvcn far from rifmgfumie With his wide wings upo?i them fiercely fly,
B. iii. C, 3. St. 46.
Thus in the Ruines of Time.
What now is of tU Affyrian Lyoneffe, Of whom 710 footing now on earth appear es ? What of the Perfian Beares outrageouf?ieffey Whofe meinory is quite worne out with yeares f Who of the Grecian Libbard now ought heares That over-ran the Eafl with greedy powrey And left his whelps their kmgdoms to devour e ?
The Affyrian Lyoneffe images the Affyrian and Chaldean empire. Daniel vn. 4. The firfl was like a Lion [the Affyrian and Chal- dean empire] A fecond like a Bear [the Perfian] Another like a Leopard [Alexander K. of Macedon] His whelps, his captains who divided among themfelves the vaft empires that he had con- quered. From considering arms and enfigns, imaging kingdoms and knights, I found out as I thought the clew, directing me to the allufion of the Babes bloody hands : the adventure of the fecond day, afligned to Sir Guyon. He is called the bloudy- handed babe^ and hence Ruddy maney B. ii. C. 3. St. 2. And this will appear from Spenfers words in his view of Ireland^ w The Iriflh under Oneal cry Launder g-aboy that is the blood y-
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<« hand, which is Oneals badge." The rebellion of the Oneals feems to be imaged in this epifode : they all drank fo deep of the charm and venom of Acrafia, that their blood was infecled with fecret filth. [B. ii. C. 2. St. 4.] The ungovernable tempers of the Oneals hurried them into confxant mfurredtions, as may be feen in Camden s account of the rebellion of the Irifh Oneals. But to make this hiftorical allufion ftill clearer, I will cite a pafTage from Cambden in the life of Q^ Elizabeth. Ann. 1567. 1 Thus did Shan Oneal come to his bloody end : A man he c was who had ftained his hands with blood, and dealt in all the
c pollutions of unchaft embraces. The children he left by
1 his wife, were Henry and Shan : but he had federal more bv 1 O-donelfs wife, and others of his miftreffes." His wife Spenfer has introduced in B. ii. C. 1. St. 3$, &c. The Lion in B. v. C, 7. St. 16. points out a Britifh king, and particularly the king mentioned in B. iii. C. 3. St. 29. Mercilla, who is attended by a Lion in B. v. C. 9. St. 33. is Q^ Elizabeth and the Lady brought to the bar, Mary Q^ of Scots. Her two paramours, faithlefs Blandamour and Paridell, are the Earls of Northumberland and Weftmorland. Blandamour is plainly the Earl of Northumberland, becaufe the poet calls him in B. v. C. i.St. 35. ' The Hot-Spurre Youth,' which was the well- known name of the young Percy in the reign of K. Henry IV. In fome places of his poem he has given us the very names without any difguife ; thus he mentions Sir Bourbon, B. v. C. 11. St. 52. And Beige, B. v. C. 10. St. 6. Somewhat covertly Irene is expreffed, which in the notes we have fup- pofed to be the fame as Ierne. Philip K. of Spain is often characterized. Arthegal is Arthur Lord Grey of Wilton. The Earl of Eifexis imaged in Sir Guyon ; Dr. Whitgift, his fometime tutor, in the reverend Palmer. Sir Satyrane is Sir John Perrot : whofe behaviour, though honeft, yet was too coarfe and rude for a Court : ejfe quam videri bonus malebat. 'Twas well known that he was a fon of Henry the vinth;.and this is plainly alluded to,
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in B. i. C. 6. St. 2 1 , 22. But of all the hiftorical characters here delineated, the moft ftriking feems that of Sir W. R. whom we may trace almoft in every adventure of the gentle fquire Timias ; and whofe name [* i+»*:] points out Spenfer's honoured friend. Unfortunate man to fall under the difpleafure of Bel- pheebe, the Virgin Queen ! Flow could he prefume to carry on a criminal amour with any one of her maids of honour ?
Is this the faith, fie f aid — and [aid no more. But turnd her face, and fled away for evermore.
B. iv. C. 7. St. 7.
This Lady he afterwards married : She was a daughter of Sir Nicholas Throgmorton \ and it feems to me that her ftory is fhadowed in B. iv. C. 7. where c Amoret is rapt by greedy Luft,' The calumny and flander that befell her is imaged in St. 23, &€* This fame Lady like wife is typically fhown in Serena ; though he defignedly perplexes the ftory, and makes her beloved by Sir Calepine ; as he makes Amoret beloved by Sir Scudamore. If the reader cannot fee through thefe dif- ouifes, he will fee nothing but the dead letter : Serena is carried to the Hermit's cell together with the gentle Squire, to be healed of their wounds, infli&ed on them by the rancerous tooth of Calumny and Scandal. 'Tis not to be fuppofed that Sir P. Sidney was forgotten ; whom I think we may difcover hi the knight of Courtefy. Perhaps Marinel, who has his name from the Sea, was intended to reprefent in fome particulars the Lord high Admiral, the Lord Howard. I cannot find any other Fairy knight, to whom properly might be applied, what Spenfer fays in his Sonnet prefixed to this poem :
Thy praifes everlafling monument
Is in this verfe engraven fern blably,
That it may live to all poflerity.
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fence to that hiftorical refemblance that thefe imaginary beings in Fairy land bore to thofe real heroes of 'Queen Elizabeth's Court. There are other allufions of a like complicated nature. Belvoir cafile (fb named from the fair and extenfive view of the country all around) feems not obfcurely intimated, in B. vi. C. 12. St. 3.
Unto the * Cafile of Belprard her brought* Whereof was Lord the good Sir Bellamoure,
Allulions of a political nature require ftill a more delicate touch : and as times and circumftances altered during the firft planning of the poem, and the publifhing of it, fo the poet was obliged in this particular fcheme to alter likewife, and to complicate and perplex the allufions. Methinks when I fee Braggadochio and his buffoon fervant Trompart repulfed by Belphoebe, I cannot help thinking them proper types of the Duke of Anjou and of Simier. Several of thefe kind of typical allufions are pointed out, particularly in the notes on the fifth book : and thefe I am perfuaded will appear very far-fetched to any one, who pays but little regard to the doctrine of types, fymbols, and figurative reprefentations : while others will rather wonder that the fubject is not purfued much further. It may reafon- ably be fuppofed if Amoret and Florimel in fome particulars are the types of Mary Queen of Scots, political reafons might oblige Spenfer to abufe her under the character of Dueffa in the Fifth Book; which was publifhed fome years after the three firft books. Amoret was Belphcebe's filter [B. iii. C. 6.] and Queen Elizabeth addrefled the Queen of Scots always with the title of Sifter. How is it then contrary to the decorum of this poem to fuppofe, that by the cruel treatment of Amoret by Bu- firane is meant, not only in the general moral the vile vaffalage of Love and Beauty under the tyranny of Luft, but in the
* Spenfer ufes Belgards as the French belles regardes, in B. ii. C. 3. St. 25. B. iii. C. 9. St. 52. See this refemblance purfued farther in the notes9 pag. 655 and p.. 657i ^658.
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particular hiftorical allufion, the cruel confinement and perfec- tions of the Queen of Scots by the direction chiefly of Burleigh ? we (hall find likewife the lnftorical allufions dcfignedly perplexed, if we look for this perfected Queen in the perfected FlorimeL See what I have remarked in a note on B. iii. C. 7. St. 27. where I fuppofe the flight of Florimel imaged from the flight of the Queen of Seots : both of them took refuge in a fifherman's boat : and one was treated as cruelly by her falfe protector Proteus, as the other by thofe falfe friends to whom fhe fled for protection. There are levcral of thcfe typical and hiftorical allufions (as I faid above) pointed out in the notes, and if the reader, with proper knowledge of the hiftory of Queen Elizabeth's reign, delights in fuch myfterious refearches, he may eafily, with thefe hints given, purfue them further :
— 7ie let him then admire^ But yield his fenfe to bee too blunt a?id bace^ That iiote without a?t hound fi?ie footing trace,
Introd. B. ii. St 4,
But to proceed. Whatever ideas and conceptions the poet has, whether fublime, or pathetic, or whether relative to humour, or to ordinary life and manners ; thefe he can convey only by the medium of words. 'Tis neceflary therefore that the poet's diction and expreflions fhould have a kind of correspondency to his ideas : and as the painter reprefents objects by colours, fo fhould the poet, by raifing images and vifions in the mind of the reader : he fhould know likewife how to charm the ear by the harmony of verfe, as the mufician by mufical notes. Were I to allow in the laft of thefe excellencies, namely, in the power and harmony of numbers, the preference to Homer, Virgil, and Milton ; yet our poet ftands unrivalled in the vifionary art of bringing objects before your eyes, and making you a fpectator of his imaginary reprefentations.
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I have often obferved a great refemblanee between Spenfer and Homer, not only in the juftnefs of their defcriptions and images, but likewife in their dicftion, expreffions, and conftruclion. Homer's language is not a confufion of manv dialects : 'tis the old Ionian language, as written in Homer's age : this was the ground-work : but he introduced many ter- minations, and many an antiquated word and fpelling from the old Ionian, not then in vulgar ufe. The grammarians not feeing this, have in fome particulars imagined that the poet fliortened feveral words by abbreviating them *, whereas they were the old original words brought into ufe ; juft as Spenfer and Milton chofe many Saxon and obfolete words and fpellings, to give their poems the venerable caft of antiquity. Spenfer began in his moil early writings to affect the old Englifh dialect ; and though gently rebuked by his beloved Sidney, yet he knew from no bad f au- thorities, that the common idiom mould be often changed for borrowed and foreign terms ; and that a kind of veneration is given to antiquity even in phrafes and expreffions. He had not only Homer for his example, but likewife the courtly Virgil ; whom % Quintilian calls the greater! lover of antiquity; and though many of thefe antiquated expreffions are altered by Virgil's tranfcribers and editors, yet frill they have left us enough to judge of the truth of Quintilian's obfervation : and as Virgil often imitated Ennius, fo did Spenfer Chaucer.
Were I an admirer of the jingling found of like endings (as Milton calls rhyme) I could with a better grace endeavour at an apology for that kind of ftanza, which our poet has chofen : however this may be offered. In the reign of Q^ Elizabeth the two Orlandos, viz. the Inamorato and Furiofo, together with the Gerufalem Liberata of Taffo, were red, admired, and
* See critical obfervations on Shakefpeare, p. 364. + Ariftot. Rhet. L. 3. C. 2. & Poet. Cap. xii. J De Inftit. Orat. L. 1. Cap. vii.
Vol. I. e imitated
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imitated : Thefe Italian poets wrote in ftanza, of eight verfes ; which was called the Octave rhyme, and is faid to be the inven- tion of * Boccace : In this ftanza the ift, 3d, and 5th verfes; the 2d, 4th, and 6th ; the 7th and 8th, rhyme to each other : In this meafure our poet wrote his tranilation of Virgil's Gnat, and his Muiopotmos : according to the following inftance*
Of all the race of fiver-winged flies, Which doo poffeffe the empire of the aire Betwixt the centred earth and azure files, Was none more favourable, nor more fair ey (Whilfi heavn did favour his felicities) "Then Clarion^ the eldefi fo?me and haire Of M/ fear oil, and in his fathers fight Oj all alive did feeme the fairef wight.
When he fixed upon the plan of his epic poem, and intended not to be a fervile imitator, he added one verfe more to the above-mentioned ftanza; and the doling verfe, as more fonorous,. he made an Alexandrine of iix feet. His ftanza therefore con- iifts of nine verfes ot the heroic kind, in which the ift and 3d, the 2d 4th 5th and 7th, the 6th 8th and 9th, rhyme to each other ; as in the following inftance :
Lq I the man, whofe Mufe whylome did mafie, As time her taught, in lowly Jhepheards weeds, Am now enforfl a far re unftter tafke, For trumpets feme to change mine oaten reeds r And fmg of knights and, ladies gentle deeds ; Whofe praifes having fept in filence long, Me all too meane the f acred Mufe areeds To blazon broade emongfl her learned throng : Fierce war res and faithful loves fij all moralize my fong,
* See Dryden's preface to his Fables.
This
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This Alexandrine line Dryden often ufed, " in imitation (as he " * fays) of Spenfer, whom he calls his Mafler : becaufe it adds " a certain majesty to the verfe, when 'tis ufed with judg- " ment ; and flops the fenfe from over-flowing into another " line." But Mr. Pope gives all this merit to Dryden.
Waller was fmooth ; but Dryden taught to join *The varying verfe^ the full refunding line^ The long majestic march, and energy divine.
Imitat. of Hor. Ep. i. B. 2.
Having thus fettered himfelf with fo many jingling terminations in one ftanza ; how often, of neceffity, rauft fenfe, peripicuity, and poetry, be facrificed for the fake of a rhyme ? In order how- ever to make thefe fetters fit more eafy, fome expedients were thought on : and firft he intended to introduce hemiftics, in imitation of Virgil : but at prefent we have but a k\v of thefe broken verfes ; and thofe only in the third Book ; which I believe he defigned to fill up, had he lived to have finifhed his poem : juft as he filled up the following, in B. iii. C. 6. St. 26. which flood thus in the ift edition,
Aitd after the?n herfelf eke with her went Tofeeke the fugitive—
And was thus compleated in the 2d edition.
both far re and ?iere.
Another expedient he borrowed from the old poets, that would not be allowed to the moderns ; which was to make two words, though fpelt the fame, yet if of different fignifications, to rhyme to each other. Inftances are frequent in Chaucer and Gower.
* See Dryden's dedication of his tranflation of the iEneid. p. 414. and p. 427.
e 2 But
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But one of you-, al be hym lothe or Iefe, He mufl go pipin in an ivie lefe.
Ch. Knighte's Tale, 1840*
Phcebus which is the fun hote, That JJji net h upon erthe hote.
Gower, Lib. 3. Fol. lxviii. 2.
i.e. Phcebus ', which is called 0?' named the fun , that foineth hot upon the earth. However 'tis fcarce allowable, though the liberty is too often taken, for two words of the fame fignification thus to rhyme.
The circuiie whereof was a myle about, Wallid with floney and dichid all about.
Ch. Knighte's T. 1890,
But confulting other editions befides Urry's, I found the follow- ing, and true reading,
— and ditched al without.
So in Spenfer, B. L C. xi. St. 59.
Yet is Cleopolis for earthly fame
The fairejl peece — —
That covet in tti immortal booke of fame — -~
This error, that runs through all the old editions, is corre&ed from the Errata, which Spenfer printed at the end of his firft edition. Some errors of like nature are removed by confulting different editions, and fome others from conjecture ; but conjec- tural corrections are placed in the notes. Thefe faults are eafily accounted for, by fuppoling the roving eye of the printer caught
with
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with the word either above or below : which kind of errors were frequently erred in the firlt. printing our poet's pcem : and as they are eafily difcovered by their inelegance and impropriety, fo when an emendation eafily offers itfelf, I as fairly offer it again to the reader. But there are feveral of thefe idle rhymes ftill left untouched and uncriticized, being plainly the manufacture of the poet : take fome inftances in the iirft Book.
And comming where the knight in flomber lay
T/je?2 feemed him his lady by him lay.
B. i. C. i. St. 47*
Shamefully at her ray ling all the way
And fill amidji her ray ling, floe did pray That plagues and mi/chiefs and long mifery. Might fall on her and follow all the way.
B. i. C. 3. St, 23.
Andfecret poyfon through their inner partes — She lightly fprinkled on his weaker partes.
B. 1. C. 8. St. 14..
Another liberty he takes which would be quite unpardonable, if not authorized by the old poets ; and that is of altering a letter.
But temperance, faid he, with golden fquire Betwixt them both can meafure out a meane, Nether to meet in pleafures whott defire —
B. ii. C. 1. St. 58,
Squire is for Square. So Dante ufes lome for lume.
Non fere gli occhi fuoi lo dolce lome ?
Inferno, C. x,
He
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He fometimes likcwife adds a letter, and fometimes takes away a letter : inftances of thefe licences fee in a note on B. iv. C. ii. St. 46. and on B. v. C. 6. St. 32. Sometimes he alters the fpelling, as in B. ii. C. 11. St. 12.
Some mouttid like greedy oyflryges, fome fafie Like loathly toadesy fome fafoiomd in the wafle Like (wine —
Fafey i. e. faced. And conftant care was taken by the poet, though the printer does not always follow it, that the like endings fhould be fpelt all alike.
From thefe and the like reflections, which is only a repetition of what may be feen in the notes, I am naturally led to fay fomething of this edition. In the year 1590 Spenfer publiihed part of his grand work, and dedicated it with an imperfect in- icription to Queen Elizabeth, with this title, The Faerie £{ueene9 dfpofed into twelve hooks, faJJjioning twelve moral virtues. At the end is printed a letter to Sir W. R. expounding his whole intention ; and likewife fome commendatory verfes from Sir W. R. Gabriel Harvey, Robert Sackville fon of the Lord Buckhurft, and others : To thefe were added feveral Sonnets fent with his Fairy Queen to perfons of Quality : and the laft leaf in the book contains the Errata, or as he calls them, Faults efcaped in the print. About fix years after, the three firft books were reprinted, wherein he made fome additions and alterations, (which are taken notice of in the notes) with the infeription intire to the Queen : and added three other books, intitled, The Second part of the Fairy ^ueene. He died in the year 1598. and in 1609 was printed a Folio edition of his poem, containing two new Cantos, the only remains of a loft book, intitled The Lege?id of Conflancie. In this Edition I have found fome readings, different from any in the former editions,
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that muft come originally from the poet himfelf. 'Tis highly probable that he had finiflied three other books, which he called The third part of the Fairy ^ueen ; and one of thofe books contained the Legend of Conftancie : and that thefe were loft, all excepting the two Cantos above mentioned, either when his houfe was plundered by the rebels under Tyrone ; or by the negligence of his own fervant, to whom * ('tis faid) he had given them in charge to be carried into England, before his own arrival thither. In one of thofe loft books, perhaps in that of Conftancie^ I believe was inferted the defcription, which he hints at in The Ruines of Time.
Then did I fee a pleafant Paradife Full of fuoeet flowres and daintiejl delight sy Such as on earth man could not more devije With pleafures choice to feed his cheer ef id fprights. Not that, which Merlin by his Magick flights Made for the •f gentle Squire to e?itertaine His fair Belphcebe, could this garden ft aine.
There are three other editions in Folio, which I have frequently confulted, and have mentioned in the notes; printed in the years, 1611, 1617 and 1679. Thefe three are of very little authority ; and generally follow the fpelling of the times : and indeed fo does Hughes, though he tells us in his preface, c that he not only preferred the text entire, but followed, for i the moft part the old fpelling.' The truth is, that the printers and correctors of the prefs thought themfelves much wifer in this kind of lore, than either the poet or his editors. Some time after the printing of my letter to Mr. Weft concerning a new edition of Spenfer's Fairy Queen, Mr. Kent's edition was pub-
* See the life of Spenfer in the Folio, 1679, •f Timias, imaging Sir W. R.
limed
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limed under the care of Mr. Birch : which came chiefly re- commended by the defigns and engravings, though its chief recommendation was Mr. Birch's name and care of it. But what merit thefc defigns and engravings claim, I will leave to the judgment of the reader from the examination of the firft picture; which is (as there named) Error defeated by the Redcrojfe knight tit;, dkyfruib. The Redcrofie knight is drawn in the attitude or a defponding coward : the monfter Error is not the monfter in the Fairy Queen, but a monfter from the painter's head without allulion or meaning, and reprefents a moft loathfome as well as ridiculous image : For he has chofen that point of time defcribed by Spenfer in B. i. C. i. St. 20. where if the images are odious rather than terrible, his allegory led him to fuch a defcription ; which a painter might eafily have avoided by choofing another, and a more proper point of time. He might have drawn theRed- croffe knight juft entering the gloomy den of Error ; the monfter (half feen and half hid) might have been diftinguifhed by the radiance of the beamy fhield and burning fword : the reiblute and undaunted attitude of the knight, would equally prefage victory, as wrell as the fatisfied look of Una, feen at a little diftance, together with the Dwarf; who mould be drawn in the utmoft fright and horror, as well by way of opposition, as to defcribe the danger of the atchievement : the perspective fhould be a wood im browned with a gloomy and rainy fky. I have often pleafed myfelf by fuppofing that painted with a pencil, which Spenfer paints fo lively with his pen : for what poet ever had the power of reprefenting to the imagination fo ftrongly all kinds of images and virions ?
I never had but one fcheme in publifhing this poem, and that was to print the context, as the Author gave it; and to refer ve for the notes all kind of conjectural emendations. I have two copies of the firft edition, printed in the year 1590.
and
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and yet thefe have feveral variations ; which may be accounted for, by fuppofing the alterations made, while the copy was working off at the prefs. This firft edition, containing the three firft books, I made the groundwork of mine ; and fent it to the prefs, with fuch alterations, as feemed to me the poet's own, and which have the authorities of the fecond edition in quarto, printed in the year 1596, and of the Folio of 1609. The mod material of thefe alterations are mentioned in the notes. The fourth, fifth, and fixth books, are chiefly printed from the edition of 1 596. I have iikewife two copies of this, in fome places differing, as the edition above mentioned. The reader will be pleafed to remember that the fpelling is not the editor's, but the poet's : nor will he be furprized to fee it fo different from his own times, if he is at all acquainted with our old Englifti writers ; who fometimes confulted etymology, and fometimes vulgar pronunciation; and oftentimes varied from themfelves in fpelling the fame word : particularly Jhally willy ally are fometimes fpelt with a double 1, and fometimes with a fingle 1. Spenfer was fo careful to preferve the old fpelling, that in the Errata he orders renowned to be fpelt renowmecL And in my Gloffary, here annexed, the reader will fee oftentimes the reafon of his fpelling. This Gloffary is fo drawn up as to ferve both for an index and dictionary. Something of this kind was firft printed, but very fhorr, at the end of the Folio edition of 1679. and taken chiefly from the Gloftary of E. K. who wrote notes to the Shepherd's Calendar. Mr. Hughes lias Iikewife printed a Gloflarv, explaining (as he lays) the old and obfeure words in Spenfer's works. But as he tranferibed the Glofiaries mentioned above ; fo what is applicable to the Paftorals, is not always applicable to the Fairy Queen : lor words often differ very much though fpelt the fame ; which mows that an index is almoft as neceflary as a dictionary* His explanations Iikewife Vol. I. i are
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are in many inftances not only mifleading, but unfcholar- like.
With refpedl to the notes, I fhall only add, that the reader, from what has been already faid, may judge of their general fcope y and it the critjcifms and remarks, therein offered, fpeak not for themfelves, in vain will any apology, that I can make, keep them from the treatment they may be thought to deferve.
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A.
yt Is commonly placed before the adje&ive, A ynT £»;/£ knight — but 'tis frequently placed af- ter many : as, maris of many a bloody fields,
B. i. C. I. St. I. She wandred many* a wood and meafurd many' a vale, B. i. C. 7. St. 28. Through many* a ftroke and many a Jir earning ivound, B. ii.
C. C. St. 36. Of many' a lady and many'a para- moure, B. ii. C. 12. St. 75 — and in fevcral other pafTages. Sometimes this particle after many is omitted, in many hard affay, B. ii. C. 3. St. 15. Through many bold emprize, B. ii. C. 3. St. 35-. And in B. i. C. 7. St. 47. after faying, manv a truell fight, the next verfe is, many one difmaide, not, mam a one. 'Tis omitted likewife, B. ii. C. II. St. 15. And many bold repulfe and many hard atchievement. And fo in feveral other places. And in this refpecl Spenfer imitates his favourite Chaucer, who adds in like manner, or omits the particle. At many a noble army had he he, Prolog. 61. Full many a tame lyon and libart. Knightes Tale, 2188. Of many a prince and ma- ny a doughty king. Court of love, Z36. He omits it, nvith many grievous blodie ivound. Knightes Tale, 1012. A is fometimes ufed expletively, as Abear, Amoves, Adoivne, &c.
Abace, fo fpelt in the two old quarto editions, that the letters might anfwer in the rhime : but in the Folios fpelt Abafe. to lower, to let fall, &c. Gall. abbaiffer, Ital. abhajjare. Abace his fpeare, B. ii. C. I. St. 26. B. 4. C 6. St. 3. Aboje their lofty crejls, B. ii. C. 2. St. 32. his hand abafe, i. e. dropped his hand, B. 6, C. 6. St. 31. Sir Ph. Sidn. Arcad. p. 335. Then the black knight abafing his helmet, advanced to kiffe her hand. Orl. Fur. xviii. 114. Abbaffan la vifiera de Pelmet to, i.e.
Abafed, let down the vifor of their helmets
Spenfer does not ufe to abafe the fpear, as the Ita- lians j but, to lower, to fall it below the reiting place ; they, to lower it fo, as to run in tilt againit the enemy : to place it in the reft. So in Orl. Fur. ix. 68. abbajfo Pafta. and in Canto xl. 74 La land a abbaffa, i. e. he put his lance in., the reft.
Abancle, to abandon, to quit, B. ii. C. 10. St. 65,
Abafe, fee Abace.
Abear, to bear, demean, behave, Anglo-S. abejian, B.v. C. 12. St. 19. B. vi. C. 9. St. 45.
Abet, aid, maintain, vindicate, B. iv. C. 3. St. 6. And in other places, 'tis ufed fubftantively, ibid. St. II. the meed of thy abet, i. e. thy abetting, encouraging and fetting on to commit this folly and rafhnefs : fo Abetment is ufed in law : fee Abet- tator in Spelman. Ch. inTroil. and CrefF. ii. 357, If that 1 jbould affent Through mine abet that he thine honour fbent* i. e. through my affiftance, abetment, &c.
Abide, Aby,Abyde, have various fignifications,y/i/<& the fortune, i. e. endure : B. ii. C. 7. St. 60. Abide, and from them lay your loathly hands ; or e/fe abide the death that hard before you ftands, i. e. ftay, ftop, &c. or elfe fufFer the death, &c. B. vi. C. 8. St. 7. Long Aby, remain, continue long, B. iii. C. 7.
St. 3. Dear Aby Dearly Abide: frequently
occur, and mean dearly pay for, fufFer for, &c. See B. ii. C. 1. St. 20. B. ii C. 8. St. 28. B. ii. C. 8. St. 33. B. iii. C. 4. St. 38. B. iii. C. 5. St. 24. B. iv. C. 1. St. 53. B. iv. C. 6. St. 8.
B. v. C 3. St. 36. B. vi. C. 1. St. 28. B. vi.
C. 11. St. 15. This expreffion is ufed by Shakefp. Midf. Night's Dream, Act iii. Left to thy peril thou abide it dear, i. e. dearly pay for it. And by Milton, iv. 86. Ah me ! they little kno-tv bow dearly I abide that boaft Jo vain, i. e. how dearly I fufFer for it.
Abode, abiding, flaying or delay, B. iii. C. 8. St. 19..
' Tis ufed by Chaucer. Abray out of Jleep, raife, awake, B. iv. C. 6. St: 36.
Abrayd, awaked, B. iii. C. 1. St. 6.1. B.iii, C. 10.
St. 50. B. iii. C. 11. St. g. B. iv. C. 4. St. 22.
B. iv. C. 5. St. 42. B. iv. C. vi. St. 24. Chaucer
has Abraide. and Braide, for awakened, ftirred up,
raifed up, Anglo-S. Abjiedian, bpsedan,
educere, exerere, expergefacere. I would reflore thi3 word to Govver, Fol. cxc.
/ was out of my fovjne afFraide,
re^c, abraide. Ahlpn, Ital. abufion', fraud, abufe, B. iv. C. U
St. 7. B. v. C. 12. St. 40. Ch. Troil. and CrefF.
iv. 990; And certes that were an abufion. Aby, lie abide.
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Jecloyes, a Lat. ad and ela layer, cloyes,
chokes up, ft »p up, Li- ii. C. 7. St. 15.
, B. vi C. 2. St. 32, .-1 term in Falconry, of a hawk flying low. Perhaps from the Ital. ac- , to crowch, or (loop in a cowring manner. . B. i. C. 10. St. 50. his rrqueflt B. i. C. 12. St. 15. -•' • •■
St. 26. Act ding their Condi- tio'.. II. St. II.
R. i; . C. 1 2. :: . 3 Sec too 1! vi. C. 8. St 18. to, or According with. . to approach, >ic. which join
;, 1). J\ C. II. St. 4 -'.
!, B. iv. C. 8. St. 59. Ch. in Troil. and Civil", v. 782. He nift [i. e.he knew not ; ne >ytifl ' her hert far to accoie, i. c.
to quiet, (both, &c. He ufes to coy, to coak, to iboth : and fo does Shakefpeare.
/, flood around, c tied up together : gathered tooether, Ital. accoglicrc: from ad and cclligcrc, B. ii. C. 9. St. 30.
•;■./, increafed, united, Lat. accrcfco, accre-vi, Gall. arrr», B. iv.C. 6. St. 18.
r, B. ii. C. 9. St. 31. So the 1 ft and 2d quar- to editions: the Folios, the cates, i. e. provifions, Gall. Achat, Acheter. ufed byCh. Prol. ver. 573, ar.d by Harrington in his tranflation of Oil. Fur. xliii. 139. Adaw, to daunt, B. iii. C 7. St. 13. B. iv. C. 6. St. 26. B. v. C. 5. St. 45. B. v. C. 7. St. 20.
B. v. C. 9. St. 35, in the laft paffage, (viz. B. v.
C. 9. St. 35. ) 'tis ufed for to extinguifh. ' Anglo-S. bpa?J\ Eelg. t>iHacs, ftupidus. bpas-
J~Can, atipfefCan, extingu.cre. Inftead of
Ad aw, I once read Abaw, which is Chaucer's word for to daunt, to abafh. See Junius in Abat- ed. In G. Douglafs Daw is ufed for a fluggard or idle fellow, pag. 452, 23, / will not be ane daw, / *voyi not jleep. Belg. dwacs, ftupidus. So to adaw is to make a dazv or a daffc of a man. See Daffe and Dazv in Junius. Skinner explains Ada-wed, expergefadlus : q. d. adazvned : from the dazvn of the day.' But this explanation feems of little avail here : and is to be referred to Chau- cer and Lydgate, who ufe it in this knk.
Addeme, adjudge, deem, B. v. C. 3. St. 15.
Addrefs, to drefs, prepare, order, make ready, Sec. Gall, adreffcr. Spenfer ufes it very often, full jolly knight he feemd and well addrefl, i. e. well prepared, or well accoutred, B. i. C. 2. St. n. addrefs him, make himfelf ready, St. 14. he addrefl, i. e. rightly ordered, B. i. C. 8. St. 6. his fpeare he did addrefs. order, fix, B. ii. C. I. St. 25, addrefl him unto the journey, prepared him- felf, B. ii. C. 3. St. 1. Addreffing herjbield, fet- ting in order, &c. B. iii. C. 4. St. 14, and in other places. With hisfcyth addrefl, i. e. with his fcyth in hand, B. iii. C. 6. St. 39.
Admirance, Ital. ammiranxa, admiration, B. v. C. 10. St. 39-
Adoe. Eufinefs, B. vi. C. 1. St. 10.
Adorne, fuhftantively ; adorning, ornament, B. iii. C. 1 2. St. 20.
, JJrad, E listened. [Anglo-S. AbjUsban, ti> be afraid, to dread, Somn. in B. i. C. 1. St. 2. dreaded.] B. iii. C. 1. St. 62. B. iv. C. 8. St. 47. Ii. v. C. 1. St. 22. Ch. Rom. of the R* 1228. Sheivoulde ben fore adraddc, P P. Fo!. cwii. 2. Adrad ivas be never.
Advance a Jh , }, B. ii. C. 3. St. 34, to haften to fhoot a (haft, led. a'vanzare, Gall, avanccr, to haften, to fet forward, to put her fhaft in readinefs and forward nefs to fhoot. The fame exprefiion he had before, B. i. C. 3. St. 25, he forward gan ad- *vaunce his flced and charmed launce, i. e. he ad- vanced forward with his Meed and lance ; puflied on, &c. Ad-vaunft with haft, i. e. pulh'd for- ward, B. ii. C. I. St. 10, ad-vaunft his fhield, put forward, B. ii. C. 4. St. 46.
Advifc, to confult, deliberate, confider. Advife. fubit. counfell. Ad-vizcmcnt, counfell, advice, circumfpe&ion, Ital. a-vizawnto. Advizing, con- fidering, B. Jy. C. 2. St. 22.
Adzvard, award, judgment, fentence. So fpelt in the old quarto edition. In the Folios, award. See Spelman in Awardum. Spenfer in this fpel- ling might have brought it from ad and ward.
B. iv. C. 10. St. 17. B. iv. C. 12. St. 30. Affect affettion, paffion, Ital. ajfetto, B. vi. C. 5.
St. 24, ufed by Ch. Aft rap, ital. aft'rapare, Gall, fraper. Both readie
to aft'rap, to encounter, B. ii. C. 1. St. 26, to af-
frap the rider, to ilrike down, B. iii. C. 2. St. 6. Affray, terrour, tumult. To affray, to terrify, Lat.
Barb. Affraia, an affray, a fray, a broil, B. i.
C. 3. St. 12. B. ii. C. 10. St. 15. And in other places.
Affrended, made friends, B. iv. C. 3. St. 50.
Affret, with the terrour of their fierce affret, ren- counter, hally meeting, &c. hall, heat, &c. B. iii. C. 9. St. 16. B. iv. C. 2. St. 15. B. iv. C. 3. St. 6 Affret tare, to hailen, to be in a ffci, and haft. Orl. innam. L. ii. c. xiv. St. 5. E commincia afe- rir con tanta fretta.
Affronting, oppofing front to front, B. iv. C. 3. St. 22. So the Ital. affront are. Shakefpeare in Hamlet, Affront Ophelia, i. e. meet her face to face.
Affy, betroth, Afft.de, betrothed, affianced, B. iv. C.8. St. 53. B.v. C. 5. St. 53. B. vi.C. 3. St. 7.
Aggrace, favour, kindnefs, B. ii. C. 8. St. 56. See the following.
To Aggrate, to gratify, to pleafe, B. ii. C. 5. St. 33. Ital. aggradare, aggratiare. Gail, agreer ; d'adgra- tare. So again. B. ii. C. 9. bt. 37. B. 3. C. 8. St. 36, lightly did aggrate, i. e. did lightly thank him, B. 4. C. 2. St. 23, to aggrate his god, to pleafe his god, B.v. C. 11. St. 19.
Aghaft, that him aghaft, that him agafted, fright- ened, B. i. C. 9. St. 21, fenfelefs and aghaft, frightened. — And in other pailages, 'tis ufed by Chaucer : and by Milton, ii. 6 1 6. with eyes o.gaft.
Aglet
A GLOSSARY,
aiglet, Gall. aiguiUette, a tagged point, fors. ab cnyM : fo named from their mining : or rather from their being iharp pointed ; as thus, ab ay.]:, acus, aculus, aculettus', aigiulleite, aglet. A heed with aglets fpr ad, B. vi. C. 2. St. 5. He ufes the r reach word, B. ii. C. .3. St. 26. iw//; golden aignhts.
Agrajle, did io much aggrace ; fhew'd him fo much grace and favour. B. 1. C. 10. St. 18, fo fpeit in the ill and 2d Quarto editions that the letters might anlv.er in the rimes : in the Folios. Agract. Ital. aggratiare, fee Aggrace.
Agrife, " ajyilj-an, horrere: to dread and fear greatly: bine Chauce-.-i nglHSC et agrigen. ATjiirenlic, horribilis, gvtoig." Somn. ij»Ucb did them foule agrife, which did make them ap- pear grifly and horrible: B. ii. C. 6. St. 46, his foes agrije, terrify, B. iii. C; 2. St. 24. fo again B. v.. C. 10. St. 28, the conitruclion is, to fee it, it would agrife, i. e. terrify. Agryz'd, terri- i'yed, amazed, B. iv. C. 8. St. 12.
Agidze with girlonds, fet oif after a new guife or manner : to drefs, adorn, B. ii. C. 6. bt. 7, well aguis'd, well adorned, after a good £#//<? or fafhion : B. ii. C. 1. St. 21, 1e goodly Jeem a- guizd, feem adorned, B. ii. C. 1. St. 31. Won- droujly aguiz'd, wrought after a peculiar guile or fafhion: B. iii. C 2. St. 18, rich aguizd, richly ornamented : B. v. C. 3. St. 4. Anglo-S# pira. Ital. guifa, Gall, guife, to which a i3 added, ex. gr.pifa, guifa guifare, aguifare tO
agmsc
^/^, Albeit, although. Chaucer ufes it.
Allegge, fee below in
Alleggeaunce, B. iii. C. 5. St. 42. Ital. alleggia- mento, alleviation, eafe, comfort, Lat-Barb. alle- gatio, an allegation, an alledgment, Gall, alle- ger ^'alleviare. and fo ufed, B. iii. C. 2. St. 15, that may allegge his fmart, i. e- alleviate, eaie. Chaucer has Alegeaunce : Alege.Anglo-S. alecgan. our poet too in his paitoials, that pah aiegge this bitter blajl, i. e. leifen, aivvage: lays the old gloffary.
Akw, houling, lamentation, B. v. C- 6. St. 13. gr. a,'ha.7\n- fimineo ululatu, Virg.
All, I. ufed for Altogether, wholly — not all content, B. i. C. 1. St. 54. not alt fo fatisffd, B. i. C. 3. St. 15. And in ieveral other p.tifages. let us hear " Somner, alle, asl. all. in ccmpcjilis pcrfetticnis ejl parlicula: hinc notlratium hodie, all to linear, all to pummel, all to kifle, et ejujmcdi plura," the reader at his leiihre may confult Wachter, V. all, particula intenfi'va Our poet has, all to rejit, B. iv. JC. 7. St. 8. B. v. C. 8. St. 4. B. v. €. 8. St. 43. all to bruis'd, B. v. C. 8 St. 44. all to <wor ue, all to tome, B. v. C 9. St. 10, an initance of this exprefhon is ftill in our prefent Bibles, fee note on B. i. C. 6. St. 48. II. All ufed for although, notwithstanding, all had hi loJlt although, B. iii. C. 1. St. 21. All were >h nvearie, notwithstanding, B. iii. C 1. St. 29. io all were he, B. v. C. 8. St. 36, all were they,
■ B. v. C. 8. St. 50 And in federal other place.-. All and f 07?n, B. iii. C. 12. St. 30, one and all
every one. See the note. AUgates, by all means, every way, wholly. So ufed
by Chaucer from all and gate, 111. gata, -viay
Somn. algeaTr, all manner of wayes, alto- gether.
Almner, almoner, a Iat. eleemofynarius, Gall.
aumofnier, B. i. C. 10. St. 38. Alooje, at fome diltance, B.i. C. 11. St. .5. Alow, low, the a added, B. vi. C. 8. St. 1 3. Thus
too Dryden, And now alow and now aloft they fly. Als, alfo, and . fo ufed by Chaucer, and our old poets :
by Spenfer, B. i. C. 9. St. 18. B. ii. C. 1.
St. 7.— St. 40. B. iv. C. 1. St. 28. B. iv. C. 4.
St. 2. B. iv. C. 7. St. 35, and in other places,
Als. Germ. a\%,nifi; particula excipiendi — adverb*
temporis — adverb, comparandi — idem quod al to.
Wachter. Amate, ufed in two different fenfes, I. to fubdew,
to daunt &c. Ital. Matt are, Gall, mater. B. i.
C. 9. St. 45. B. iii. C. 4. St. 27. B. iii. C. 7.
St. 35. B. iii. C. j 1. St. 21. In the fame fenfe,
B. i. C. 9. St. 12. myfelf now mated, i. e. quite
difmaid, fubdewed, Sh. Com. of errours Aft. V.
/ think you are all mated or Jlark-mad. Macb.
A£l IV. my mind Jhe has mated, and amazd my fight. Fairfax, X!, 12. amated and amazd.
Arioil. of Orlando. I, 2. Che per amor 'venne in furore e matto. II. 'Tis ufed in a quite different
fenfe, and from another original, B. ii. C. 9.
St. 34, The which them did in mode/1 wife amate,
i. e. affociate with them, keep them company : a
verb formed from mate the particle a added,
Belg. nuet, foeius. Ambrofial odours, B. ii. C. 3. St. 22. ambroflal . kifj'es, B. iii. C. 1. St. 36, Jntroduft. B. iv. St. 5.
Ambrofiae odorem, Virg. G. iv. 415. JEn. 1.
407. Amenage, manage, carriage. Amenage, Vaclion de
■amener, B. ii. C. 4. St. n. Amenaunce, carriage, behaviour, a Gall, amener,
Ital. ammannare. B. ii. C. 8. St. 17. B. ii. C. 9.
St. 5. B. iii. C. 1. St. 41. B. iv. C. 3. St. 5. Amis thin, thin garment, a. Lat. amiclus, Gall. amit.
Ital. ammitto, B. i. C. 4. St. 18. the poet plainly
alludes to the religious habits of the monks ; the
uppermoft garment of finen being called amiclus
by ecclefiafhcal writers'. Amoves, moves, Ghaufcef ufes it: the particle a.
added, B. i. C. 9. St. 18. Amoved, B. iii. C. 9.
St. 24. B. iii. C. 11. St. 13. Annoyes, annoyances, B. ii. C. io. St. 16, the verb,
To annoy, he ufes often, as B. i. C. 6. St. 17,
B. ii. C. 10. St. 14. B. iii. C. 5. St. 24. Anticks, antique figures, odd figures of men, birds,
hearts, &c. Gall, antique: tailie a antiques.
B. ii. C. 3. St. 27. B. ii. C. 7. St. 4. B. iii.
C. 11. St. 51.
Apay, to pay, content, fatisfy, ri^bt well apay, B. v. C. 5. St. 33. pay? perils well apay, jucundi afti labores : Apayd, payed, fatisfied, contented. /// apayd, diffatisned : B. ii. C. 9. St. 37. B. 2.
C.9.
A GLOSSARY, ftrV.
C. 12. St. 28. B. iii. C. 6. St. 21. B. iv. C 5. St. 42. B. v. C. 7. St. 18. B. v. C. n, St, 64.
B. vi. C. 2. St. 1 3. well ap.iyd, contented, fatisfied, B. iii. C. 2. St. 47. Chan. Merch. Tale. 1 08 1. 1 pray you that ycu be not ill apaid, Milt. xii. 401. Jo on fly can high jujlice rejl apaid, fad. appagmrti to fatisfy, to pleufc, content. appagaio appaid. Spenferfays B. iii. C. 10. St. 25.
declared, B. iii. C. 3. St. 20, — It occurs in other
places ; but what is here obferved feems fuffi-
cient. fee Read. Aret, fee Arrrfi. Arew, B. i. C. T2. St. 29. together, in a row.
Ch. Houfe of Fame, III. 602. and gone to Jiandin on a rcw, i. e. in a row. In the wife of
Bath's Pro!. 506. all by rew, i. e. all together.
/// ypaii\ which I would not alter into apaid. Argument, matter of difcourfe, theme or fubjeft,
C. 4. St. 15.
armure, B. ii. a fine coat of
for our poet loves variety, if any tolerable reafon
can be afligned. So Gower Fol. CLXIV. 2.
and God was eke well payd therefore, i. e.
Satisfied. Appal/, difcourage, daunt Sec. [quaji pallorem a-
licui incutere Gall. pdlir.~\ B. ii. C. 2. St, 32.
IJ. iii. C. 2. St. 32. B. iii. C. 7. St. 9. B, iv.
C. 6. St. 26. B. v. C. 8. St. 45. fpelt Apall, Armory, a coat of armour: arms, B B ii. C. 11. St. 39. B. iii. C. 1. St. 46. and in B. iii. C 3. St. 59. Gall. other palfages. Appeacb, impeach, accufe, cenfure, B. ii. C. II. St. to. B. iii. C. 10. St. 6. B. v. C. 9. St. 47. Appeacbcd. impeached, Gall, empecher. To appele, Gall, appcler, Ital. appellare, Their prayers to appele, to appeal to the deity by pray- er; or to call on as appealing to the deity by <»w*««i did reach,, feize on : a parlicula at prayers, to fay their prayers, B. iii. C. 2. St. 48. intenfiva;& Anglo-S.JXXCW. Germ, reichen, to
B. ii. C. 10. St. 3. B. iii. C. 9. St. 1. Virg. vii. 791. Argument urn ir.gens, a noble fubjccl, Ital. argomento. fo Milton, i. 24.
Arke, chert, or coffer, area, B. 4 Armor, a coat of armour, Gell.
C. 11. St. 9. brave armours, armour, B. vi. C 5. St. 25
i. C. 1. St. 27. armories. See Menag. Milton ufes it, celeilial armory. Arras, B. i. C. 4. St. 6. B. i. C. 8. St. 35, B. iii. C. 1. St. 34, a city in the Netherlands famous for making tapertry : hence its name : as diaper from d' Iprcs; Cambrick from Cambray, &c.
tor fucccur to appele, to ask for fuceour : B. iii. C 3. St. 19, to appele of crymes, to accufe ;. to make an appeal or accufation, B. v. C. 9. St. 39.
Arayd, fee Array.
Arboret, dim. from Arbor, a flowering fhrub, or lefler kind of tree, B. ii. C. 6. St. 12. Milton ufes it, thick woven arborets and flowers.
Areare, B. iii. C. 7. St. 24. his pace gan wex areare, i. e. grew flack and lazy; went backward, Gall, arriere: d' ad et retro: en arriere, bacfett)arl>. So B. ii. C. 11. St. 36. leapd arear, i. e. back- ward. B. iii. C. 10. St. 23, fied arere, fled back, reele areare, back, B. vi. C. I. St. 5. Fairfax ufes it II. 40. To leave with /peed Atlanta
reach, unde raught, B. ii. C. 10. St. 34.
Array, order, apparel, drefs &c. To array, to order,, to drefs &c Gall, array, aroy. So fpelt in old French : and fpelt in Spenfer fometimes with a Angle r, fometimes with a double r. Ital. arredarc, Lat. Barb; arraiatas appointed, ordered, inftructed . battailous array, order of battle, B. i. C. 5. St. 2. fpelt at ay, B. iii. C. I. St. 32. B. iii. C. 12. St. 6. who hath ye thus arayd, who hath put you in this array, drefs, condition, them to array began, began to put them in battle- array : B. v. C. 4. St. 36. thus arrayd: hath put in fuch a condition or array, B. 6. C. 2. St 42.
Arreare fee, Areare.
fiuift arreare, i.e. to leave her behind, fpelt drrejl,. flop-, B. iv. C. 5. St. 43. Arrejling, flopping,
arreare, B. vi. C. 8. St. 23.
Ared, fee the following.
Areed, [Wickliff, Areed thou Chriji to us who is he that fmcot thee, Luke, xxii. 64. So in the Bible printed in Q^ Elizabeth's reign, Arede &c. in the Gr. v^otp^rtvo-ov, prophecy. tl ajiasban, conjec- " tare, di-vinare, Jlceban, to read, to counfell, to " conjecture to interpret. ajUEO, appointed decreed." Somn. ] Me, too mean, the Mufe areeds, i. e. declares, pronounces, &c. Jntrod. B. i. St. i. right
B. iv. C. 3. St. a, Germ, arrejiieren, GaH. arrejler, arreter, Ital. arrejlare, a rafi, rejl. what is an Arrejl or an Arret, but a decree of a court of Juftice to Jlop all further profecution 7 — Budasus fays Apf?cv fignifles, decretum piacitum ; which is to our prefent purpofe. The judges did arret her, i. e. did decree her: B. iv. C. 5. St. 21. The charge which God doth unto me arret, i. e. appoint, allot, B. ii- C. 8. St. 8. did aret, did allot: B. ii. C. 11. St. 7. a fpirit did aret, did appoint a fpirit, B. iii. C. 8. St. 7.
aread, rightly interpret, B. i. C. 8. St. 31. Arret, fee Arrejl.
Aread, declare, St. 33. Aread, Prince Arthur, AJkaunce, AJhe-w, Ital. rigardare afchiancio, to look
declare, tell, B. i. C. 9. St. 6. areeds of tydings, tells us of news, St. 28. rightfully ared, told, declared, B. i. C. 10. St. 16. the way to heaven aread, fhew, declare, B. i. C. 10. St. 50. Jhe Jkould areed,interpret, B. iii.C. 7. St. 16. himaredd, told him, B. iii. C. 8. St. 17. ared to point, minutely and punctually declared, B. iii. C. 2. it. 16, which Merlin had ared, prophetically
askance, envioufly, obliquely, fide-ways, with faring eyes fixed ajkaunce, B. ii. C. 7. St. 7. afikaunce her wanton eyes did roJl,B. iii. C. I. St. 41. looking afaaunce, B. iii. C. 9. St. 27. lookt fcom* fully of ew, B. iii. C. 10. St. 29. B iii C. 12. St. 10. B. 6. C. 7. St. 42. Milt. iv. 503. with jealous leer malign eye'd them ajkance, vi. 1 49, with fcornjul eye askance*
Afpyde,
A GLOSSARY, &c.
Afpyde, B. I. C. 19. St. 24. B. iii. C. 11. St. 3. So
{pelt in the two old quartos, but in the Folios ef pide. Spenfer follows the Latin, adfpicere : 'tis fo fpelt in Chaucer. In other places he fpells it efpyde.
Afay, Gall, effai, proof, tryal, attempt. Effayer, to try, attempt, Ital. afaggiare, to try, to tafte. Af- fagio, a proof, effay, a fpecimen or tafte-- Of rich ajay,\. e. proof, B. i. C. 2. St. I 3, a knight of great afay, a well proved knight, B. ii. C. 4. St. 40, to take thereof afay, i. e. to take part of it, by way of ipecimen, B. ii. C. 7. St. 34. Sorrowful ajfay, tryal, afHiftion.B. 1. C. 7. St. zj.frong «^2y,attempt, af- fault, B. ii. C. 8, St. 36. AJJaid, made tryal, at- tempted, aflaulted,B. i. C. 2. St. 24, him durfi af- fay, put him to the proof, attempt or aflault him, -8. iii. C. I.St. 21, againe it to affay, to attempt, to try to get it again, B. iv. C. 8. St. io.
Affile, to free, to quit, Lat. abfol'vere, Ital. affol- <vere. a/foiled, freed, fet at liberty, abfolved, B. iii. C, 1. St. 58. B. iv. C. 5. St. 30. B. iv. C. 6. St. 25. B. iv. C. 7. St. 3. B. i. C. 10. St. 52. B. ii. B. 5. St. 9. B. iii. C. 8. St. 32. B. iv. C. 3. St. 13. B. iv. C. 9. St. 36. B. vi. C. 5. St. 37. B. vi. C. 8. St. 6. Chaucer ufes it.
Afond he flood, B.i. C. z. St. 3 1. as one afoivnd, B. I. C. 8. St 5, fared as afound, B. i. C. 9. St. 35, with horror afound, B. iii. C. 7. St. 7, as one afound, B. iii. C. 7. St. 7. B. vi. C. 8. St. 28. Chaucer has Afoned : and Milton in Par. Reg. Thefe thoughts may far tie, not afound.
'Achievement, enterprife or performance of fome no- table adventure, Gall, achcvement. achever, to at- chieve.
Ate, did eat.
Atone. So been they both atone, i. e. friends again; at one, atoned, reconciled, B, ii. C. I. St. 29. in the Folios fpelt, Attone, which fee below.
Attach that fay tor falfe, apprehended, laid hold on, B. i. C. 12. St. 35. Attaching her, taking hold of her, B. ii. G. it. St. 28. See too B. vi. C. 7. St. 35, 36.
Attaint, it did attaint ; it feemed to abforb it, and to put it out by its fuperior fplendor, Gall, at- taint, a. Lat. atlingere, attinclus, B. I. C. 7. St. 34.
Attempered, B. ii. C. 2. St. 39, a Lat. & Ital. At- temperate, to feafon, to mix, l3c.
Attendement, attendance, B. vi. C. 6. St. 1 8.
Attonce, once for all, at ence, written feparately in fome later editt. but joined in the old quartos and Folios of 1609, 161 1. See B. i. C. 3. St. 5. B. i. C. 5. St. 12. B. i. C. 1 1. St. 52, and in other places.
Attone, bereft attone, bereaved, taken away all to- gether, B.ii. C. I. St. 42, they both attone, both together, B. ii. C. 9. St. 28, and in feveral other places. See above Atone.
Attons, B.iii. C. 1. St. 63, With them attons, i. e. together with them : at once, at one and the fame time with them. 'Tis fo fpelt in all the edi- tions, to rhime to champions ; and 'tis the fame as
Attonce : which fee above. Chaucer, who make' his two fcholars in the Reves tale, talk in the north country dialeft, writes it, all atenes, pag. 32, ver. 965 ; and in other places atones. Miller's tale, 172, love me well atones, i e. at once. The learned Scotch bifhop, who tranflated Virgil, has atanis, attanis, i. e. at once, at the fame time, &c.
Attrapt, attraped, adorned, B. iv. C. 4. St. 39.
At-iveen, between, Chaucer ufes it.
Avale, gins to avale, to lower, abate, B. i. C. 1 . St. 21, from their courfers did avale, alighted, did defcend, B. ii. C. 9. St. 10, the feather in her creft gan lowly to availe, to lower, to fall down,
B. iii. C. 2. St. 27. out of her coach /he gan a'vaile, (he defcended, alighted out of her coach, B. iv.
C. 3. St. 46. he gan t 'a'vaile the glaive, to lower, to drop the fword in token of fubmiffion : as our officers falute the king with dropping their fword, B. iv. C. 10. St. 19, make proud hearts a'vale, pull down the pride of proud hearts, B. vi. C. 8. St. 25. Ital. awvallare, Gall. a<valer, aval, down, downwards. A-valler, d" advellare, i. e. tnettre a <val. Ch. Troil. & CrefT. iii. 627, That fuch a raine from hevin gan availe. i. e. defcended, fell.
Amounting, B. ii. C. 3. St. 6. I don't think our poet wrote ad<vauncing, or avauncing, from the Fr. avancer. But I rather think it comes from vanter, fe vanter : vanteur, a boafter, a bragga- dochio. So that the paffage in queftion alludes to the very man ; which is elegant : the a is added as ufual in the Englifh tongue: and the meaning is, tt whom proudly boafing himfelf, or /hewing him/elf in a boafting manner : his actions befpeaking the man. And what is much to our purpofe in ex- plaining Spenfer, his mafter Chaucer ufes Avaunt, to boaft, in feveral places ; and Amounting in the Reves Prol. 776. And Gower, Fol. xxi. T be via cleped A<vauntice, viz. jaclantia. Ave-Mary, B. i. C. 1 . St. 35- A<ves, B. i. C. 3. St. 14. Prayers to the Virgin Mary. Shakefpeare, 2 K.Henry vi. Aft i. But all his mind is bent on holinefs, To number Ave-maries on his beads. The Romilh Rofaries are divided into fo many Ave- maries and Pater-nofters. Avenge, vengeance, B. iv. C. 1. St. 52. B. iv. C. 2.
St. 15. B. iv. C. 6. St. 8. to jell avenges end,
to the end of cruel vengeance. A-ventred her fpeare, B. iii. C. I. St. 28. So again, B. iv. C. 3. St. 9. B. iv. C. 6. St. 11, ran haf- tily or violently with her fpeare, or pufhed with her fpeare at a venture, Ital. Awentare, to dart, cifc . Awentarfe, to run haftily or violently, &c. Orl. inn. L. i. C. 19. St. 40. Sopr'alfgnor da monfAlban s'avventa, i.e. he rufhed, ran haftily, &c. And L. ii. C. 19. St. 37. Addeffo a Bradi- mante s' 'e awentato. Fairf. V. 63. And gainfi his breaf a thoufand /hot /he centred, i. e. (hot at a venture, ix. 72. But hardly Guelpho gain/l Clorinda fweet ventred his fword, i. e. puftid with his fword at a venture.
Avize,
A GLOSSARY, fifo
jtirifeft Aftyfc Avifc. fpelt thus differently. Gall.
i jvKiive, toconfuler, &c. s\; vfer, to be-
. himself, It.d. aw ■ .:-v;zd per-
C. J. St. 40, infa.ry court
-. B. ii. C. 1.. ' &b 31- AjiJc th* •*«*% cgn-
r well of it, B. ii. C. 7. St. 3^. •-(.-.■■// to avyf,
\ , .: ii. C. i_. St. 17, Irr Wilting,
B. iii. C. -• St. 2:, avi/i'ig bvrffilfii B. Hi- C 3.
St. ■', H. iii. C. i). St. 33, Tfcmw
,;tJife m <re confidcr, B. v. C 3. St. 1 J. Ch.
,-jcr.tlv.
. j,, St. 27, enamelled, in Ch.
■:.na of £<?/</<: ami led, Rom.
of the Rofe. Lo8a, Germ. iVljmclzr, encaujlum,
Jt.i!. .•;...'., I ■■•''/, emaillc, Fairf. xx. 42.
•:■.•;'//' j«& a«</ ;•/'..■''> anmaile. #/j
e.id on his hi /met fame. Perhaps Fairfax
wrote auinan--, or awmaile*
cU 'parted out of the chamber, B. iii. C. I. St. 5S. Gill, v:<ider, to empty, to withdraw-. <V0f d Chwio the Merchant's Tale, 1331. . vowed, promifed, B. v. C. S. St. 3. uied by Chaucer.
, B. vi. C. 3. St. 48, to make avowry, a law
term, to make an acknowledgment, vindication
jrieihon of his wrongful proceedings, Gall.
r, to confefs, or acknowledge one's felf in
the wrong.
. B. iv. C. 12. St. 32, fpelt fo in the old quarto and folios, Gr- ib-SbliKWf* aulhenticl ; fo fpelt in Ch.
tud, warned, B. iii. C. 10. St. 46. Jwhape, terrify, B.iv. C. 7. St. 5. Awhaped, ter- rified, B. v. C. 11. St. 32. Chaucer in the com- plaint of the Black Knight, 169, Sole by him/elf '.apid and amate. Lidgate Storie of Thebes, Fol. 356, 2. And this fr. thus] Sphinx a-wapid
and amate jlood all dijmaid. 'Tis the fame
word, a added, as wapid, which Chaucer ufes in the complaint of Annel. to Arcite, 215, in <wa- :uut nance. And the fame word Shakefpeare has in Timon, Ac\ iv. The wappend auidovj, which I would rather read, the vcaped v/idow, i. e. dif- trefled, forrowful. Somn. papian, to be aftoniih- ed, amazed, &fc. Let me correct likewife Ch. in Troil. and CrefT. iv. 916, arife up haflily, That hi you nat biwopin thus yfinde, read, beveapid, i. e. forrowful. be as a is often added.
'.<■, tagged points, B. ii. C. 3. St. 26. See " A clet.
B
B.
ACE, bad him bace, B. iii. C. 11. the note, as they had been at bace,
St. 5. B. v.
See
St. 5. alluding to a play called prifon-bafe. Hence perhaps is to be explained, B. vi. C. 10. St. 8. Bad, afked, intreated, prayed, Anglo-S. bibbail, preterit, bab.
Baf'M, did baffle ; defeated and brought to publick lhame, B. vi. C. 7. St. 27.
i>\ .-.;-, Baleful, Baiefulncfs, B. ii. C. 12. St. 83. Bale frequently occurs • 'tis ufed for evil, mif- chief, mifery, fdrrow, Sec.
To baike, to difappoint, baffle, or fruflrate— to lay halkgs and beames, or Humbling blocks in a per- fon's way to difappoint, crofs or baffle him. Hence our poet might fay, in Jlryfeful termes with him to balke, to batiie with him, to deal with him in crofs purpofes, to fruftrate him, B. ni C. 2. St. 12. So agaiu, B. iv. C. 10. St. 25. Ne ever for rebuke or blame of any ballet, nor ever were of any balked, dilappointed of their true loves, for rebuke or blame. There is another ienih of Balks in agriculture, viz. a ridge of land between two furrows : in which fenfe 'tis ufed, B. yi. C. 11. St. 16, i\V leaving any balke, i.e. leaving no ridges, or furrows ; but making all even.
Ba/i.'y crowns, B. vii. C. 6. St. 32. So in his view of Ireland, 1 And from one hand to another Jo bandy the fervice like a tennis-ball.'
Banna, curfes, B. iii . C 7. St. 39, to ban, to curfe, B. iv. C. 9. St. 19. Band, did curfe, banned,
B. v. C. 2. St. 18. B. v. C. 1 i.St. 12. ' Bann, in- ter di Hum, a banncu, interdicerc? Wachter.
Barbes, . trappings ; the. knightes horfes. were armed with iron and leather, which covered in great meafure the head and Shoulders, B. ii. C. 2. St. 11. See Junius in Barbes.
Barbican, an outwork or watch-tower, B.ii. C. 9, . St. 25. See jun. in Barbican.
Bsifciomani, fo the 2d quarto edit., and the Folios :. the ill edit. Bafcimano, B. iii. C. I. St. 56. Gall. Baifemains, complements, refpecls, Itat Baeia- ?natw. Perhaps Spenfer wrote ' Bafciamavi.
Bafe, unto the bale, below, Ital. bafc, bottom, B.v. C. 9. St. 16.
Bafes, B. v. C. 5. St. 20. Infiead of curiets and bafes, Inftead of acuirafle [armour for the back andbreail] and bafes [armour for the legs] Gall. bas, flocking. Bafts, any covering for the legs, ocreee, greaves, Sec. ufed by Fairf. vii. 41. And ivith his f reaming blood his bafes dide. Sidney Ar- cad. p. 60, Bhalantus was all in white, having in his bafes and caparifon imbroidered a waving water.
Bafes, B. vi. C. I o. St. 8. See the note.
Bafenet, B. vi. C. I. St. 31. Ital bacinetta, a helmet.
Bajhd, abafhed, B. ii. C. 4. St. 37.
Bcf ard fear. B. i. C. 6. St. 24, i. e. bafe. So B. ii.
C. 3. St. 42, bafiard art/is, bafe, not of true knighthood. See Skinner I would not alter it in- into dajlard. So the Ital. ufe baftardo, degenerate, as well as illegitimate. Sh. in Jul. Caef. Act v. Brut, yet, countrymen hold up your heads, Cato. What
bafiard doth net ? Rich. III. Thcje bafiard
Bratons whom our fathers have in their own land beaten, i, e. not true Britons : not Britons properly fo called. Bafed,
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c.
Bafled, /lightly fewed. See Junius, in Bajle. Bate, did bite, B. ii. C. 5. St. 7. To bathe, befides its obvious figniiication to wajhr has another very different from the Anglo-Sax. be Ol an, to dry, warm, comfort, cherifh, Somn. And hence is to be explained our old poet Chaucer, in the Nonnes Prieft's Tale, 1382. Faire in the fonde to bath htr merily Lieth Pertelot. Bath (fays the Gloffary) feems corrupted from Bajk. But you fee 'tis the Anglo-S. be&an, Germ, baehen. to bath her, to cherifh herfelf, &c. And hence Spenfer is to be explained, B. i. C. 7^ St. 4. And bathe in plefaunce of the joyous Jhade, i. e. and began to cherijh them/elves, enjoy them- f elves, &c. B. iv. C. 7. St. 7. heath'' 'd in fire, warmed in the fire, and thence hardened : Sudi- bufve praeujiis, Virgil. They heated the tops of their Haves in fire after they were iharpened, and thus they ferved (in ibme meafure) inltead of fteel-headed fpears— See Bay and Embay. Battailous, Itai. battagliofo, ufed by Chaucer in the Remedy of Love, 327, as a cocke batailous, i.e. prepared and eager for fight. And by Fairfax i. 37. The French cameforemojl battailous and bold. Bat tell order, in order of battle, in battle-array,
B. v. C. 2. St. 51. To battil, or battle, is a word well known in the universities, for to take up provifions on the col- lege account : if originally as alms or allowance it might be brought from the Germ, bettelll men- dicare. But Skinner from the Belg. bctalen, J'oL <vere, numerare. 'Tis ufed for to feed as cattle, and hence to grow fat ; and in this laft fenfe by our poet, B. vi. C. 8 St. 38. Forjleep, they /aid, would make her battil better, i. e. grow fat : unlefs we mull read batten, i. e. grow fat. Battery, B. iii. C. 7. St. 32. Gall, baterie. Bation, Gall, baton, B. vi. C. 7. St. 46. A bauldrick brave he ware, B. i. C. 7. St. 29. a golden bauldrick, B. ii. C. 3. St. 29. brave baul- drick, B. iii. C. 3. St. 59. The heavens, bright- Jhining bauldricke, viz. the zodiack, which like a belt or bauldrick encircles the heavens palling obliquely between the two poles of the world, B. v. C. 1. St. II. Gall. Bauldrier, a fhoulder- belt. From Balteus, a girdle or zone : Lat. bar. baldringum. Bay has different fignifications, as it comes from dif- ferent originals. 1 . The dogs did never ceaje to bay, B. i. C. 5. St. 30. i. e. to baugh or bark : bau- bantur canes, Lucret. v. 1070. fialv^a. The word is formed to imitate the found. To hold or keep at bay, is the hunter's phrafe of a Hag when the hounds are baying or barking at him : to which Spenfer alludes, he her brought unto his bay, B. iv. C 8. St. 48. So Arioft. Orl. Fur. xlvi. 128. tenere a bada. So again metaphorically, B. vi. C. 1. St. 12. This bay of peril, i. e. to the laft peril: fuch as flags are brought to when the hounds are baying them ; or in hawking as pheafants and par-
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tridges kept at bay by the dogs. The "verb he ufes juft before, B. vi. C. 1. St. 9. He bayd and barkt at me. In B. i. C. 3. St. 23,1 would read Bay for bray, Ital. dbaiare, to bark, to bay: metaph. to rail. 2. To Bay, is ufed to dry, to cherilh, &c, as bath, which fee above. Bayes his forehead in the wind, i. e. dries, cherifhes, &c. B. i. C. 7. St. 3. Germ, bashen. ' Graecis jS« ejl caleo : inde fortafc 1 baiae, thermae, cjf nobis bashen, foment are, fa- ' cere ut calcat.' Wacht. So Embay is frequently ufed, the compofit j which fee in its place. Beacon, [Anglo-S. beacon, pharus, fpecula : a raifed building of combuftible matter, to be fired in or- der to give notice to diftant people of invafions, &c] B. i. C. 11. St. 14. B. ii. C. 9. St. 46.
Beadmen, prayer-men, Anglo-S. bibt>ail, orare,
B. i. C. 10. St. 36. Bead roll, properly a catalogue of prayers ; but.
ufed for a catalogue in general, B. iv. C. 2.
St. 32.
Beard him, affront him to his face ; brave him : B. vi. C. 5. St. 12. Shakefpeare 1 K. Henry 1V^ Aft iv. / will beard him. 1 K. Henry VI. Aft i. 1 beard thee to thy /ace. Ben. Johnf. Sejan. Aft v. Teare off thy robe, play with thy beard and nojlrils, Gall, faire la bar be a auelouun, lldX.jar la barba ad uno.
Beare, B. iii. C. 3. St. u. a bier, Anglo-S. bsejl,
fortaffe a <pi^m <p in £. Beare the bell. B. iv. C. 4. St. 25. B. iv. C. 5. St. 13. Afcham, pag. 132 Who hath no wit, nor nuwr will hear, Among all fools the bell may bear. A bell-weather, is thelheep that bears the bell, and leads the flock.
Beauperes, B. iii. C. 1. St. 35. fair companions,, from beau and pair, a peer, equal.
Beckes, fo fpelt in the ift and 2d edit, in the Foliot beakes : the oldeft editt. come neareft to the ori- ginal. Belg. beck, bee, becco. B. ii. C. Ii. St. 8*-
Bed, B. vi. C 5. St. 35. See Bidding.
Bedight. See Dtght.
Bedyde, dyed, B. i. C. II. St. 7.
Been, be, are. 'Tis the Anglo-S. beon. Thus been they parted, B. i. C. 9. St. 20. And in other places.
Beetle brows, B. ii. C 9- St. 52, Fairfax x. 17. His beetle browes the Turke amazed bent. Sydney's A read. p. 35. The high hills lifted up their beetle brows.
Befall, well may thee befall, B. ii. C. 3. St. 37,
Fouly may befall, B. v. C. 1 1 . St- 56 P.P.
Fol. lxxxvi. 2, Now fayre fall you. So Chaucer ■ ufes it frequently.
Beginne, beginning, B. iii. C. 3. St. 22.
Begone. See Woe begone.
Beheji, Anglo-S. hsere, a command, a heft, be- heft. Somn- Milton ufes it.
Behight [Wick. Matt- xiv. 7. With an ooth he be- highte to give her whatever thing fc he axide of him f i. e. promifed, Anglo-S. behaCan, to promife, *b ta
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to mitl, to name, to call : from bi and hat" an.]
to t'ny band bebigbt, committed, trailed, B. i.
C. 10. St. ja. i> . '• me, name me, B. i. C. 10.
St. 64. Ti . • promifed
to undertake, B. ii. *-'. *,. St. 1. to bis charge be-
\ traded to him, 15. ii. C. 8. St. 9. h.i.l /•••-
, promifed, 1! ii. C. II. St. 4. btb'igb't Woft
', . lied, requefted, 15. ii. C. 1,1.
. •.•, better fo called
than thvfeif, B. iv. C. l. St. 44, thus bi hi obt, thus
addrcfled her, 15- iv. C. -'• St. 23. bin ditid /•<-
named bim a dead man, B. iv. C. 3.
St. 51. toTrimmond bebigbtt adjudged, B.iv. C- <;.
St. 7. Bihight, promifed, adjudged, B. v. C. 9.
St, 13. /< bebigbt, gave him this anivver,
15. vi. C 2. St. 36. as jhe htm bebigbt, promifed,
B. vi. C, 2. St. 39.
Bebottj promifed, B. i. C. 2. St. 38. fpelt Bebott,
B. iv. C. 4. St. 40. So Chaucer. .Bcboofe, what ii becoming, advantageous, Sec. du- ty, &C. a fubltant. from behofan, to become, B.iv.
C. 7. St, 37. Milt, to jour beboofc, to your ad- vantage.
Bd-accoylt, B. iv. C. 6. St. 25. kind falutations, and reception. In Ch. Rom. of the Rofe, 2984. And Bialacoil for/cot b bebigbt, where it is intro- duced as a perfon : and in the original French, from which Chaucer tranflated it, fpelt Bel-acueil. ure, B. ii. C. 6. St. 16. B. iii. C. 10. St. zi. a lover.
Belamy, fair friend, Ital. belle amico, Gall, bel ami.
Belay d, B. vi. C. 2. St. 5. laid over.
Beldame, good lady, good dame, B. iii. C. 3. St. 17.
Belgards, B. ii. C. 3. St. 25. B. iii. C. 9. St. 52. Gall, belles regardes, beautiful looks.
Bent, the propenfity or inclination, B. i. C. 4. St. 24.
Bents, B.vi. C. 4. St. 4. rufhes, bent-grafs, Fair- fax, vi. 8. the jpringing bent. So named becaufe eafily bent.
Bereave, take away, Anglo-Sax. bejieafan, fp0. liare, cripere. Her fwollen heart her fpecd ' feemd to bereave, i. e. to take away, B. i. C. 1. St. 52. Bereavd the fight, i. e. took away, B. ii. C. 3. St. 23. See other inilances in Reave. So ufed by Chaucer in Troil. and CrerT. ii. 246. And lvjilton x. 918. Bereave me not (whereon I live J thy gentle looks, thy aid.
Bejeek, the old Englifh ; befeech, B. iv. C. 3, St. 47.
Befeem,\ifed frequently for to become, to grace, look feemly, &c. ne better doth befeem brave ebevalrie, i. e. grace, become, B. v. C. 2. St. 1. As be- feemed well, as well became him, B. i. C. 8. 8t. 32.. he r bej'cemed well, well became her, looked feem- ly and graceful on her, B.L C. 10. St. 14. See llkewife, B. i. C. 10. St. 59. B. iii. C. 1. St. 33. B. iii. C. 5. St. 5. B. iii. C. 7. St. 51. B. iii. G. 8. St. 45. B. iv. C. 9. St. 20. So likewife, Befeen. v.-ell, well-looking, graceful, becoming,.
A R Y, ftPf.
B. i. C. 12. St. 5. St. 8. B. iii. C. i. St. 4r,
B. iii. C. 3. St. 58. B. v. C. 8. St. 29. B. vi,
C. 5. St. 36. B. vii. C. 7. St. n. Our old poets ufe this expreflion often. Chaucer has royally bejine ; our poet rich befeen ; gay befeen ; "i. e. richly adorned, &c. B. v. C. 10. St. 28. B. vi. C. 5. St. 38. So Chaucer, To feeu ibe king f» royally befene. Court of Love, 121. So well befeen, well looking, of a good or beautiful appearance, Troil. and CreiT. i. 167. And Fair- tax iv. 46. Degree of knighthood as btfeemd him. -re.//, xvii. 10. His robes were fuch as beji be-
Jamen might a king.
Befm, B.ii.C. 7. St. 10. So printed in the ill and 2d quarto edit, but altered into Befits in other editt. See the note.
Bejlead, a verb from be, and Jled, a place, flation, Sec. til bejlead, in an ill plight, condition, B. i. C. 1. St. 24. B. ii. C. 1. St. 30. St. 52. B. v. C. 12. St. 23. Ill of friends bejledd, ill accommo- dated, B. iv. C. I. St. 3. So Ji range lV befladd, i» fo ftrange a plight, B. iii. C. 10. St. 54. But b»th at once on both fides bim bejlad, befet, oppreiled, B. iii. C. 5. St. 22, fore bejlcdde, fore beiet, op- preiled, B. iv. C. 3. St. 25. ill beflad, in an ill plight, B. v. C. 1. St. 22. So tMbefad, fo ill be- let, opprefled, B. vi. C. 2. St. 45, B. vi. C. 6. St. 18. Chaucer has hard bejlad ; foule bejlad,. &C So in Our Bible, K. viii. 21. hardly be/lead and hungry.
Bet, beaten, B. i. C 7. St. 28. Bet, did bear„
B. iii. C. 7. St. 34. B. iv. C. 3. St. 15. B. vi.
C. 12. St. 29.
Betake, took into his hand, bellow upon, B. i. C. 1 2, St. 25. B. vi. C. 1 1. St. 51.
Betide, happen to, b'efal.
Beteem, deliver, bellow, B. ii. C. 8. St. 19. Shakeip. Midf. Act i. which J could well beteem them from mine eyes.
Bever, B. i. C. 7. St. 31. Ital. bavicra, the fight or vifor of a head- piece.
A bew.e of faire ladies, B. iii. C. 9. St. 34. B. y. C. 9. St. 31. So named from goffipino-. jta]t Beva, Beveria. ufed by Shakefpeare and Milton.
To bewray, to difcover, be and PJT^Tan, pro^ dere.
Bickerment, contention, llrife, B. v. C. 4. St. 6.
Bidding his beads, faying his prayers, B. i. C. r St. 30. B. i. C. 10. St. 3. fpelt for the rhimej to bed, lnlleadof bid, B. vi. C. 5. St. 35. Chaucer ufes bede, to pray. Beadj-men, prayer-men Anglo-S. bittoan, orare. they fay their prayers in popifh countries, numbering their beads. Ch. Rom. of theRofe, 7372.
A pair e of bedis eke fhe here Upon a lace all of white thready On which that fhe her bedis bede.
BiU've, Blive, a Norm. Saxon, bilive, pro! in us fiatim - de quo nihil certi habeo quod dicam. So the very learned editor of Junius, what if we bring it from
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'c.
blioe ? for what we do blithly, we do fooa, immediately. Skinner's Etymol. a Teut. blick, niSius oculi, feems hardly allowable. Chaucer ufes ielive, blyue, bli<ve, for quickly, immediately. And Spenfer, in B. i. C. 5. St. 32. B. i. C. 9. St. 4. B. ii. C. 8. St. 18. B. iii. C. 1. St. 18. B. iii. C. 5. St. 16. B. iii. C. 10. St. 10. B. v. C. 4. St. 42. And Blive, B. ii. C. 3. St. 18.
A Bittur, Gall, butor, a bittern. Butio, ardeajlel- laris, B. ii.C. 8. St. 50.
Blame, injury, B. i. C. 2. St. 18. B. iv. C. 7. St. 4. and in other places. Blamed her noble blood, in- jured; or caft a reproach on, B. vi. C. 3. St. 1 1.
Blank. Th' old woman wox half blank, B. iii. C. 3. St. 17. Milton ix. 890. /ijlonied flood and blank. Gall, blanc. Ital. Bianco. Orl. Fur. xliii. 83. Di gelofo t:mor pallida e bianco.
Blaze, to divulge, or fpread abroad, B. i. C. 11. St. 7. to blazon, to paint, exprefs, difplay, or divulge abroad. Anglo-S. blsej^e, a torch: kern, a blazing abroad. Somn. to blazon broad, Introd. B. i. St. 1. broad-blazed fame, B. i. C. 10. St. n.
Blazers, blazers abroad, divulgers, B. ii. C. 9. St. 25.
Bleard, B. ii. C. 7. St. 3. dimmed, darkned.
Blemifinu>it, blemifh, (lain, B. iv. C. 2. St. 36.
To blend, not only to mix, but to fpoilwith mixing, to confound. Anglo-S. blenban, mi/cere, con- fundere. It has another fignification, viz. to blind. Germ, blenden, obcaecare, facere ut caecutiat. Hefych. fihxvoi;, 'tvQXuh/is, (=As»k*, Ta uabtvri.
Plautus ufes blennus for a fool. Perhaps thefe La- tin and Greek words came originally from the Goths or Germans : for in Hefych. I have ob-
ferved many Gothick and German words. — 1
will now add all the paffages where this word oc- curs in our poet, doth blend th' heroickeJpright,i. e. blind or confound, B. ii. C. 7. St. 10. that him Jo did blend, blind or confound, B. ii. C. 12. St. 80. with rageyblent, blinded, B. i. C. 2. St. 5. blent my name with guile, blended, mixed, confounded,
B. i. C. vi. St. 42. their pride have blent, confound- ed, blinded, or extinguished, B. ii. C 4. St. 26. thine honour blent, confounded, B. ii. C. 5. St. 5.
fouly blent, blended, mixed, B. ii. C. 12. St. 7. thy praifes being blent, confounded, B. iii. C. 9. St. 33. which did him blend, confound, B. iv. C. 3. St. 3-5. It occurs again, B. iv. C. 5. St. 34. B. v.
C. 6. St. 18: 'tis ufed by Chaucer.
Blefs. And burning blades about their heads do blefs, i. e. do make to" blaze, do brandifli, B. i. C. 5. St. 6. The Dutch word comes near, bluffe, co- ru/care. Germ, blitzen, fulgurare. Anglo-Sax. blare, fax. He has it again, B. i. C. 8. St. 22. His fparkling blade about his head he lief, i. e. he made to blaze ; he brandifhed. In Hughes' edit, 'tis fpelt blefd. Faiif. likewife who is a great imi- tator of Spenfer ufes this expreffion, ix. 67. His armed head with his Jharpe blade he biff, i.e. he
brandifhed his blade, Sec. Taffo, rota il ferr*.
Virgil, rotat enfem. Bleji, i. e, kept him from harm, as if by a peculiar
blefling, B. i. C. 2. St. 18. See the note. The
fame expreffion is in B. iv. C. 6. St. 13. Bleji for
brandifhed. See above in Blefs. Blin, ceafe, give over, B. iii. C. 5. St. 22. Ang- lo-S. blinnan, cejjare, blan, ablan, ceffatio. Ch.
ufes it. Blijl for blefl, blelTed, B. iv. C. 7. St. 46. But in
B. vi. C. 8. St. 13. all about foblif, i. e. injured,
wounded ; from the Fr. blef'er. Blood-guiltinejfe, B. ii. C. 2. St. 4. St. 30. B. ii. C. 7.
St. 19. Pf. Ii. 14. deliver me from blood-guilti-
neffe, O God. Blood-Jhed, fhedding of blood, murder. i?/coyW,blofTom,pronounce it bloom,B. iv. C. 8. St. 2. Blubbred face, B^i. C. 6. St. 9. fwollen with weep-
» ing* •
Bode, did abide, B. v. C. 1 1 . St. 60. Chaucer ufes it.
Bolt, an arrow, Germ, bolz, Gr. /2oAk.
Bond, bound, kept as bond-flaves, B. iv. C. 8. St. 21.
Boone, favour, requefi, petition, Anglo- S. bene.
Boot, advantage, help, to boot, to help, profit, &c. what booteth it? rl @oy$e? Goth, botan. Him booteth not, it not at all avails him : ufed in many paffages. Bootlejfe pains, fruitleife, to no pur-
pofe, B. i. c. 2. St. 2. Anglo-S. boar-leap
To lord, to accort, Ital. abbordare, Gall, aborder, to draw near one, to accoft him, B. ii. C. 2. St. 5. B. ii. C. 4 St. 24. B. ii. C. 9. St. 2. B. ii C. 1 2. St. 16. Fairf. xix. 77. And with fome courtly terms the wench he bords.
Bord. 1. a jeft, B. iii. C. 3. St. 19. B. iv. C. 4. St. 13. Chaucer in the Pardoners Tale, 229^. Brethren, quoth he, take kepe of what I fay, My wit is grete although I horde or play. i. e. I jeft, [take kepe is an expreffion likewife which Spenfer ufes. See Kepe.] 2. a fhore, Gall. lord, faire le lord, to make the fhore : to fteer one's courfe to the more, B. vi. C. 12. St. I. making many a lord and many a bay.
Bordragings, B.ii. C. 10. St. 63. ravagings orinenr- fions on the borders. A borderer is one who live* on the borders, or fartheft bounds of a place, and Bordraging is an incurfion on the borders or marches of a country. See Spelm. in Bordarii.
Boje, a protuberance in the middle of the fhield, B. v. C. 11. St. 53. for in the middle of the fhield there jutted outan iron-bolTe; inGr. h^.tpa.^. in Lat. umlo. This they ufed often in war, by preffing on the enemy, and driving all befora them. Hence that expreflion, cunHos umlone re- ptile ns.
A bought, B. i. C. i.St. 15. B.i. C. 1 1. St. n. a circular fold, or winding, Germ. buc\jt,curvatura littoris : a bllgcn, cur-uare, flecltre.
Boulted, fifted, B. ii. C. 4. St. 24. See the note.
Bourn, a brook or river, B. ii. C. 6. St. 10.
*b 2 Bbu.
A GLOSSARY, &c.
Bouzing can, a large drinking pot, B. i. C 4.
St. 2 2. Bower, often ufed for an inner chamber, or private
apartment. Anglo S. buji, emelmve. Sec Somn- BvgM», 5«r,u*. Kcfych. Hence appears Dr. H's miitake. (So fortatf tbty ; f£* rt^f/ "/ to betiton
from the thickejhade, tutd J dam to his bowr) ' Hi is 4 is a flip of forgetful:, ef> : all that converfatic-n • was in the bour.' but Bour is an inner apart- ment in our old writers, aiul chiefly a woman's apartment. So 'tis to be underftood, in B. i. C. ». St. 56. B. i. C. 4. St. 4. B. i. C. S. St. 5. —
Sr. 29 St. 37. B. i. C 10. St. 17. B. ii.
C. 2. St. 15. B. iii. C. I.St. 60. B.iii. C. 4. St. 6}. B. v. C. 6. St. 23. and in other places. So Ch. Millers Tale, 259. hear e thou not Ahfolon, That chauntith thus under our bouris avail? i. e. under the wall where our bed-chamber is.
Mrawmtd Bours, B. i. C. 8. St. 41. well-finewed
arms. Chaucer ufes Brawnis finews. Bour, a
bu^en, curvare, bug, armus, curvatura, An- glo-S. eajim-boje, the elbow, the bought, or bowing of the arm. Belg. armboghe.
Brakes, bufhes, brambles, fern, B. ii. C. 1. St. 10. thus ufed in the weitern parts of England, barren brakes, buihes which grow in barren places ; or which bear no fruit, B. iv. C, 1. St. 20. a belt of twfted brake, i. e. fern, B. ii. C II. St. 22.
Brame, B. iii. C. 2. St. 52. vexation. Quid ft a |3g»-
p»», frcmere. Angb-S. bjieman, b/iemenb,
angry, Germ, bremen, pungere, bram, fpina, I tab Brama, eagernefs. The adjedl. Breem he has, B. vii. C. 7. St. 40. Sharp and breem. In his paftorels, breem winter, fharp. Bra>,dT afword. ' Brand lamina enfts. 111. brandur, apud Verel. in lndic. inde Italorum Brando, enfts ; quod Ferrarius a vi-brando,\. e; a micando derivat.* Wacht. In the Teflam. of Cre/T. ver i90.Mars is defcribed, Jhaking his brande, i. e. brandifhing his fword. Milton ufes it, xii. 641. Wavd ever by that faming brand. And fo does Dryden in his tranflation of Virgil, x. 581. Around Ins head he
tefsd his gli tiring brand. As the Anglo S. write
bponb and bjianb, fo Spenfer ufes the like variety of fpelling, even where his rhime does not
require it. \t~ the reader likes not the Etymol.
a vi-brando : it might be fo named from a burn- ing piece of wood, or f re-brand, which a drawa
S* ord refembles when brandi/bed. • Spenfer
ufes the word frequently. Iron-brand, B. i. C. 3. St. 42. or as he fpells it elfewhere, yron brond,
B. iv. C. 3. St. 25. brond-iron, B. iv. C. 4. St. 32. B. vi. C. 8. St. 10. Inchanted brand, B. ii.
C. 8. St. zz. fatall brand, B. ii. C. 8. St. 37. hart-thrilling brond, B. ii. C. 8. St. 41. Steely brond, B. iv. C. 8. St. 4j. B. v. C. 1. St. 8. B. v.
e. 9. st, 30.
Branched with gold and pearle, i. e. the" trainjof her robe was wrought with branches of gold and pearl,. B. ii. G. 9. St- 19.
Branjla-,; B. iii. C. ia St. &. Brawls, a kind of
dancing and finging together, Gall, braule. See the note. Braft, burft, Anglo-S. bjiaf tlian, to break or built afunder, B. i. C. 8. St. 4. B. i. C. 9. St. 21.
B. iii. C. 1. St. 48. B. iv. C. 3. St. 12. B. v. C. 2. St. 14. B. v. C. 8. St. 8. B. v. C. 1 2. St 17. ufed bvPhaer. [Virg ii. 481.] And now the barres afun- der br of. And by Fairf. xiii. 7 1 .
Bra<ve, not only valiant and bold, but fine and fpruce, boJJ'ei brave, fine, B. i. C. 2. St. 13. a bauldrick brave, fine, rich, B. i. C. 7. St. 29. bloft fonts brave, beautiful, B. i. C. 7-St. 32. bravely garnijhed, finely, richly, B. i. C. 4. St. 2. ■■
and in feveral other paflages. Gall, brave.
Bray, trumpets loud did bray, found ftirill, B. iii
C. 1 2. St. 6. the fame expreflion he has, B. iv. C. 4. St. 48. And thus Shak. K. John, Aft iii.
braying trumpets. he brayd aloud, made a loud
and hideous noife, B. v. C. n. St. 8.- Bray
with houling, I rather read Bay, B. i, C. 3. St. 23.
Breaded tramels, fpelt in the Fob brayded, i. e. in a fine woven net, B. ii. C. 2. St. 15. them trebly breaded, fpelt braided in the Fob i. e. fne dici trebly weave, or plait the hairs, B. iii. C. 2. St. 50. Anglo-S. bjieban, to knit, plight,, wreath ; to bread or braid,
Breem, fee Brame.
Brent, burnt, B. ii. C. 6. St. 49. B. ii. C. 7. St. rj.
B. iii. C. 1. St. 47. Ch. Prol 948.
Brickie, from break, fo all the editt. not brittle, B.iv,
C. 10. St. 39. Junius, Brickie, fragiUs. vett. B- brokel.
Bridale, wedding, or wedding feftival, B. v. C. 2- St. 3. B. vi. C. 10. St. 13. Ch. Cokes Tale, 1267. At every bridale would he fing and hop.
Briganls, Gall, brigand, Ital. Brigante, a brigand, a robber, a free-booter.
Brond, Brond-iron. See Brand. Anglc-S. bpQ'Ilb,.
bjianb.
Brooke, B. iv. C. 2. St. 40. bear, endure, digeft.
Brunt, B. ii. C. 8. St. 37. B. vi. C. 11. St. 9. vio- lent attack, accident, &c.
Brujh. B. iii. C. 1. St. 15. fmall wood, brufh-wood.
Br'uft, burft, B. iii. C. 1. St. 48. B. iv. C. 4. St. 41. B. v. C. 8. St. 22. B. v. C. n. St. 31. B. vi. C. 3. St. 13. B> ujling forth, B. iii. C. 3. St. 9. But later editions, burft, burfting. 'Tis. fometimes burft in all the editt. as in B. v. C. 12.
St. 2. Spenfer, I believe, kept the old fpelling.
Germ, bruft, frailura, breften, rumpi. 'Tis ib fpelt in the old Bibles.
Brutenefs, fottifhnefs, ftupidity of a brute, brutifh- nefs, B. ii.C. 8. St. 12.
Bryfes, B.fvi. C. I. St. 24. Anglo-S. bjliof a, a breeze, or gad fly. To Buckle, to prepare for battle ; properly to buckle on armour, &c. Gall, boucler. Buckled him t« fight, B. 1. C. 8. St. 7. B. v. C. 1 1. St. 57. B. v, C.i 2. St. 1.6. hint buckled to the fteld, B. i. C. 6.
Su.
A GLOSSARY, fife.
St. 41. buckled to his geare, B. v. C. ir. St. IO. And buckling foon him/elf, B. vi. C. 8. St. 12. Buffi, Gall, buff, Ital. buffetto, a blow, buffet, B. i. C 1 r. St. 24. B. ii. C. 2. St. 23. B. ii. C. 5. St. 6. Bug, a bug-bear, B. ii. C. 3. St. 20. B. ii. C. 12. St. 25. ufed by Chaucer, and Shakefpeare, in Winter's Tale, Act in. and Phaer [Virg. iv. 471.] Oreftes bay ted <was with bugges . See Junius. Bugle, a home of bugle /mall, a fmall bugle-horn. Cornu buculae: or rather from buTen, fieclere. Ch. Franklin's Tale, 2809. And drinkitb of his buglehorn the wine. Burden, club, fee note on B. vi. C. 7. St. 46. Burganet, a helmet, a Gall, Bourguignote. Such as were ufed or invented in Burgundy, B. ii. C. 8. St. 45. B. iii. C. 5. St. 31. Burgeint B. vii. C. 7. St. 43. Gall, bourgeonner, to
burgeon, fpring forth, or bud. Bufee care, B. i. C. 2. St- 45. B. iv. C. I. St. 43. Perhaps Spenfer wrote Bufie cure .'as Ch. Bujie pain, B. i. C.6. St. 21. B. i. C. 7. St. 24. B. ii. C. 7. St. 35. B. iii. C. 5. St. 31. B. v. C. 12. St. 26. B.vi. C. 3. St. 28. B.vi. C.6. St. 38. B.vi. C. 8. St. 39. B. vii. C. 7. St. 4. Ch. ufes this phrafe frequently. Bufie hand, B, ii. C. 8. St. 41. Bufie aid, B. iii. C. 2. St 47. Bufily, diligently, B. vi. C. 1 1. St. 22. So Ch. in Troil. and Creff. iii. 1159. and Wick. Matt. ii. 8. axe ye bifily of the young child, i. e. diligently. Chaucer ufes befy for officious, diligent, befy cure, diligent and officious care. But is ufed for unlefs, except, Anglo- S. bu£e, buTT- an, unleffe, except. That but the fruit, unlefs,
B. iii. C. 2. St. 17. Jnd but God, unlefs, B. iii.
C. 8. St. 50, and in other places. So But if, un- lefs, except, B. iii. C. 1. St. 53. B. iii. C. 3. St. 16.
Buxome air, i. e. yielding, B. i. C. 11. St. 37. This expreffion Milton ufes. Buxome and prone, B. in. C. 2. St. 23. buxome waters, B. iii. C. 4. St. 32. So Fairf. xv. 12. and br up the buxom wave. Bux- ome yoke, B. vi. C. 1.8. St. 12.
By-live. See Bili-ve.
Mynempt, B. ii. C 1. St. 60. be and nempt, named.
C.
f^ACE, fo fpelt in the two old editt. that the let--
^ ters might anfwer to the words with which it rhymes : and this is Spenfer's almofl perpetual manner of writing : in other editt. cafe. 'Tis fo fpelt in G. Douglas.
Call, a caul for womens heads ; the hinder part of a woman's head drefs ; fo fpelt that the letters might anfwer in the rhymes : and agreeable to the Etymology, CAhantica, B. i. C. 8. St. 46. See Hai* iii. 18.
Camis, B. v. C" 5. St. 2. fpelt Camus, B. ii. C. 3. St. 26. Ital. Camice, a drefs of white lawn or fine linen, which the prieils wear at mafs ; Spenfer ufes it for a flight, tr<»,nfparent drefs in general.
Can is ufed in a hundred places, a« gan, began: «r„- gr. much can they praife, i. e. they began much to praife ; or, they much did praife, B. i. C. 1 . St. 8. Tho can fhe weep, then (lie began to Weep, B. i. C. 1. St. 50. ufed in this fenfe, B. i. C. 2. St. 29. where later editors have changed it into gan : the fame change they have made, B. i. C. 4. St. 46.
And in feveral other places. In B. ii. C. 1.
St. 3 1. fo can he turne, i. e. fo he did turn ; or it may be interpreted, fo he knew how to turn, in the fame fenfe. B. i. C. 3. St. 6. O how can beauty tnaifter the mojl firong. i. e. knows how to mailer,- has power to overcome, Anglo-S. cunnan, fire, cann, no-vi. This expreffion is very common in our old poets : and exactly after fhe fame manner the Greeks ufe, fiAer, <y.li,W\,rasau, nelpvite, %?%&- to, &c. So the Latins, novit, amat, potuit, gau- det, Sec whichjoined to the verb add nothing to the fignification. So began and begin is ufed in our tranflation of the Teltament, from the Greek. And Horace from the Greek idiom fays, ire amat, L. iii. Od. 16. Roma pojft dare, i. e det. Lib. iii. Od. 3. pofuiffe gaudet, i. e. pofuii, L. i. Od. 34. potuit fallere, i. e. fefellit, L. iii, Od. 14. And Virgil very often, as potuit cognofcere, i. e. cognovit, Georg. ii. 490. potuit refanderf, i. e. rcfcidii, Georg. iii. 453. So Lucian in his Epigr.-
a Bfvov, a f/.a.Kx.xnv, xvijao$ ireTt, ru; <5i (Avylret$
v) 6piia.<; h TThccTXv&t; OIAE yjx.^t.a.i y.uroiyiiv. Non juncum, ant malvum novit prollernere ventus, Sed cadit irato Jraxinus id a ttoto.
Can is ufed in fo many pafiages in our author in this fenfe, and in the modern editions altered fo often, that 'tis endlefs to enumerate them. One or two I Ihall take notice of. With gentle words he can her fay rely greet, he began to greet ; he did greet : altered into gan, B. i. C. 4. St. 46. So in B, i. C. II. St, 31. and St. 39. — can fay, B. iv. C. 6. St. 3. can laugh, B. v. C. 3. St. 39. can yeeld,- B. V. C. 5. St 55. can perjwade, B. v. C. 8. St. 14. can let drive, B. v. C. II. St. I0.can/izv, B. vi. C. 2. St. 41, &c. The fame expreffion is ufed by Ch. Court of Love, 224. 2 et half e for drede 1 can my vifage hide. So Gower, Fol. ix. 2„ So him befelle upon a tide. On his huntying as he can ride. G. Douglas in his verfion of Virgil thus ufes it in five hundred places : the Gloilary fays * can for gan, i. e. began; paffim.'
Canon bitt, that part of the bit which is let into the horfe's mouth, Gall, canon, B.i. C. 7. St- 37. the ruling bit.
Capias, a warrant to take him : a fpecial warrant, B. vi. C. 7. St. 35.
Capitaine, B. vi. C. 11. St. 3. Gall, capitaine, Ital. capitano.
Capon, a cocke cut : met, a cowheard, B. iii. C. 8. St. 15.
Caprifole, Lat. caprifolium, woodbine, honeyfuckle, B. iii. C. 6. St. 44.
Captivance, captivity, B. v. C. 6. St. 17.
Carefull threads? full of care and trouble, B. i . C. 7.
A GLOSSARY, &c.
St. 22. carcf ull old. troublefome, vexatious, B. i.
C.7. St. 39. Carte, Anglo-S, cape, care, becapcan, to carke
care for, B. i. C. I. St. 44. Ca-!e, Anglb^S. CCCffll, a clown, a churl, B. >'• C. 9. St. 54. B. ii. C. 7. St. 43. B. ii. C. 1 1. St. 10. St. 33. B, 4. C. 5. St. 44. Ch. Prol. 547. a J! 1
to call in ones mind, to think, to contrive.
to caftt to contrive : Ca/les, contrivances.
So Milton. Butfvfl be cads to change his proper
; i it in above an hundred places.
Eta B. i.C. 2. St. 2. B.i. C. 2. St. 37.
£. 6. St. 3. B. i. C 9. St. 1 C. He caji him,
he call in his mind, B. i. C. 10. St. 68, &c. &c.
4 cajl of faulcons, 8. vi. C.7. St. 9. a fetof faul-
cons : a term oi' art : So Syd. Arcad. p. 108. A
cap of Merlins. Cast is ufed for a throw, or
time,' B. vi. C. 8. St. 51.
• , L.at. Cajhreum, an oil made of the liquor contained in the fmall bags near the beaver's "groin,
B. ii.C. 9. St. 41.
Cavd made hollow, Gall, caver, a Lat. cavare. B.iv.C. 5. St. 33.
: , Caitivt, a Lat. capti-vus, Ital. cattivo ; a word frequent in the Italian romances and poets. Captive, Have; hence wretched, fiavilh ; mean, vile, &c. a caitive thrall, a wretched Have, B.i.
C. 7. St. 19. B. i. C. 8. St. 32. Cayti-ve neck, cap- tive, enflaved, B.i. C. 9. St. II. Caitive hand,
B. ii. C- I. St. 1. vile cayti-ve, vile, flave, B. ii.
C, 3. St. 7. Caitive hands, B. ii. C. 3. St. 35. that caytives thrall, a flave of that captive Furor,
B. ii. C. 4. St. 16. the caiti-ve fpoil, B. ii. C. 8. St. 12. cayti-ve bands, B. ii. C. II. St. 33. cay- ti-ve thought, B. iii. C. 7. St. 16. cayti-ve carl, B. v.
C. 9. St. 9. caythues, flaves, wretches, villains,
B. v. C. 11. St. 49. Certes, certainly.
Cejfe, ceafe, Gall, cejfer, B. iv, C. 9. St. 2. ufed by
CJiaucer. Cefure, Lat. caefura, a cutting off. •nt^r.oirri, B. ii.
C. 10. St. 68.
Chpffar words, fo fpelt in the ill and 2d quarto editions, in the Folio of 1609. Chaffer, B. ii. C. 5. St. 3- Fairf. xvi. 43. Sworne foes Jome- times tuill talke. and chaffer words. To chaffer, to bargain, to traffick, to change, &c.
Chamelot, Gall, came/ole, fluff mix'd with camels hair, camlet, B iv. C. u.t. 45.
To chaufe, Gall, chauffer, to heat, or grow warm, hot or ana;ry : a Lat. calefacere, Gall, echauffer, chauffed fide, B. i. C. 3. chaufed cheji, St. 42. to chaufe her chin, for face, pars pro toto ; rub- bine and warming with his hand her face, B. i. C. 7. St. 21. chauffed bore, hot, angry, B. i.C. 1 1 St. 15.
Chaufe, fubft. anger, wrath, B. v. C. 2. St. 15.
Chaji, chaced ; fo fpelt perhaps, that the letters mi^ht anfwer in the rhyme : Folio chac't, B. v. C.1>. St. 4. B. vii. C. 6. St. 52. fpelt chafe, with-
out fuch reafon,B. vi. C. 3. St. 3 1, the folios, chac't. Chayre, charily ; with great care and caution, B. iii.
C. 5. St. 51. Chaunticlere, B. i. C. 2. St. 1. fo named from chaunt-
ing or linging with a clear and fdver voice. Child, the infant, the young prince : ufed fo by Chaucer and the old poets, B. v. C. 1 1. St. 8.— St. 13. B.vi. C. 2. St. 36. B. vi. C. 8. St. 15. cnihr, knight in Saxon, fignifies likewife a child. Chylded, brought forth, B. vi. C. 12. St. 17. To pray thilke image, which the goddefs of childing is, Gower, Fol. 12. Ch. of the Virgin Mary, pag. 539. childyng by miracle. Checklaton. B. vi. C. 7. St. 43. a kind of chequered or motley iluff, Ch. of Sir T hopas, His robe was of Chekelatotin, page 145. Cheere, Gall, chere, countenance, air, rneeu, B.L
C. 1. St. 2. Che-vah-ie, B. i. C. 8. St. 26. flowre of chevalrie. Chivalrous emfirize, B i. C. 9. St. 1. Chevalrous defire, B. ii. C. 10. St. 22. Chevalrous
uray, B. iii. C. 4. St. 5. Chevalrie, knighthood, knightly exploits, &c.
Che-valrous, knightly, warlike, &c. Chevifaunce, B. iii. C. 7, St. 45 . B. J. C. II. St. 24. atchievement, enterprife, performance, Fairf. iv. Si. Jo faire a chevijance, PP. Fol. cxi. 2. and can no better chevifance, Gall. Cheviffance. Clemence, clemency, B. v. C. 7. St. 22. Cleped, B. ii. C. 9. St, 58. B. iii. C, i.St. 31. B.v. C. 1. St. 20. called, named, Germ, kleiben, vocare, Anglo-S. clypian, to call, to call upon, Somn. Clouch, B. iii. C. 10. St. 20. fpelt fo in the ill and 2d quarto editions; and in the Folios 1609, 161 1, 1 61 7. But in the Folio, 1679. cloutcht Somner, geclihr collettus, gathered together: hanb Teclihtr, nanus colleila vel contratla, i. t. pugnus a fill : unde noftratium clutch, eopfe fenfu. A cloud of gnattes. B. i.C. i.St. 23. So Milt xii. 385. A cloud of locujls. nubes loaf arum, Liv. xii. 2. vi<pr> acr.^uv, Ael. Hillor. Animal, iii. 12. Colled, embraced, B. iii. C. 2. St. 34. Gall, accoler,
to clip and coll. Lat. collum. Commen, commune, difcourfe together, B. v. C. 9. St. 4. fpelt fo that the letters might anfwer in the rhymes, Commen, come, B. v. C. 9. St. 21. Compare, B. i. C. 4. St. 28 riches to compare, to get :
a Lat. comparare. Company, companions, B. iv. C. I. St. 37 fo ufed
by Shake fpeare. Compaf creaff, his creil com palled around, or well- rounded, proportioned, or framed, Gall, com- paffe, B. iv. C. 4. St. 30. Complot, Gall, complot, a plot, combination or con- trivance, B. v. C. 8. St. 25. Comport ancc, Gail, comport ement, behaviour, car- riage, B. ii. C. i. St. 2:9. Compylde, brought together, B. iv. C. 9. St. 17.
Co/t-
A GLOSSARY, &c.
Conceipt, imagination, fancy, B. ii. C. 3. St. 39. Concent, B. iii. C. 12. St. 5. conceit. Lat. ccncentus. Concerned, in conccrt.or agreement,!}, iv. C. 2. St. 2. Concre-iv, to grow together, concrefco concrevi, con-
crew, as accrue, juft before, B. iv. C. 7. St. 40. Condigne, worthy, B. vii. C. 6. St. xi. Congee, bow, reverence, B. ii. C. 3. St. 2. B. ii.
C. n. St. 17. B. iii. C. 1. St. 1. B. iii. C. 4.
St. 4. B.iv. C. 6. St. 42. Confiraint, conftrained, forced, conjlriftus, B. i.
c. 7. St. 34. m
Contecke contention, B. iii. C. 1. St. 64. G. Douglas and Chaucer 2006. Coniek vuith bloody knife.
Contraire, B. vii C. 6. St. 7. contradict. Gall, con- trarier.
Contrive, fpend, confume, a Lat. confer ere aetatem.
Contrive*-^/, B. ii. C. 9. St. 48.
Controverfe, B. iv C. 5. St. 2. Gall, controverfe, controverfy, debate.
Convince, conquer, a Lat. convincere, B. iii. C. 1 2. St. 21. Shakefpeare ufes it fo frequently.
Coo/en pajfions, kindred pafiions, B. iii. C. 4. St. 2.
Coportion, a portion or ihare with you, B. vi. C. 2. St. 47.
Corage, is ufed in our old poets, and in Chaucer particularly, for heart, mind, Cor. Coragium, Gall, courage ; and in Spenfer frequently, as co-ward corage, B. v. C. 5. St. 5, and in other paf- fages.
Ccrbcs, B. iv. C. 10. St. 6. ornaments in building, Gall, corbeau, a corbel in architecture. Ch. Houfe of Fame, iii. 214. fpeaking of the ornaments and mafonry of the gates As corbeftis & imageries.
drdvvayne, B. ii. C. 3. St. 27. B. vi. C. 2. St. 6. of Spaniih leather, corium cordubcnfe, Belg. kordcvoaen.
■ Ch. of Sir Thopas, p. 145' His Jhone of Corde~ nvane.
Cormonants, Gall, cormoran, B. ii. C. 12. St. 8. Ital. corvo marine, q. d. corpus tnarinus.
Cott, B. ii. C. 6. St. 9. floating cottage.
Couched fo neare, fo clofely couched and placed to- gether, B.i. C. 11. St. 9. Couch his fpeare, B. i. C. 11. St. 16. B. vi. C. 1. St. 33. place his fpear in its reft ; from eolheare. colcare, coucher, couch, Gall, coucher la lance.
Could, knew, that he could befi, B. vi. C. 5. St. 36. Could his good to all, B. vi, C. 5. St. 36. See the note. Somn. Clio, notus, cyoan, no- tumfacere. See Ch: Troil. and Crefs. i. 661. and ii. 1 178. She thought he coude his gode.
Coulter, Lat. culter, a plough-fhare, B. vi. C. 9. St. 1.
Count, account, reckoning, B.iv. C. 12. St. 2.
Counter-cajl of fight, a counter contrivance or call of Height and cunning, B. vi. C. 3. St. 16.
Counter change, mutual exchange, B. iii. C. 9. St. 16.
Counterfefaunce, counterfeiting, Ital. contrafacimen- to, contrafare, to counterfeit: quajt contrafacere i. e. facere contra qua?n fieri oportet, B. i. C. 8. St. 49. B. iii. C. 8. St. 8. B. iv. C. 4. St. 27.
Count er-froke, an oppofite ftroke, B, v, C. 11. St. 7.
Couplement, Union, Marriage, coupling together., B.iv. C. 3. St. 52.
Cour'd, B. ii. C. 8. St. 9. fee the note.
Court, courteoufnefs, B. ii. C. 9. St. 2.
Crakes, boaftings, B. ii. C. 11. St. 10. Crake, boaft, B. vii. C. 7. St. 50.
Cranks, B. vii. C. 7. St. 52, the fame as creriklei i. e. windings, turnings : to crankle, is to run winding in and out.
Craples, claws B. v. C. 8. St. 40. fpelt fo in the old Quarto, and in the Folios, 1609. 1611, and1- not grapples, Germ. Krappen, ampere. Krav, unguis.
Craven crefi, B.i. C. 2. St. II. craven knigl'i, B. vi. C. 6. St. 26. craven bodie, B. vi. C. 6 St. 36. Anglo-S. CJiafian, to ask fiibirliffively, or meanly, to crave : hence thole who meanly ask'd their lives, were called craven or craven , cowards, recreants: a cock that runs away feems to crave: hence by cock-fighters the term, a craven cock.
Cremofin, Ital. cremifmo, crimfon, criinfon colour,
B. ii. C. 11. St. 3.
Cruddy b!ood,K. 3. C. 3. St. 47. B. 3. C. 4. St. 34.
crudled, coagulated. Crudled cold, B. i. C. 7. St. 6. cold that curdles the
blood, gelidusque coit fcrmidine fanguis, Virg. Culverin, Gall, couleuvrinc, a piece of ordnance,
fo named from its long ihape like a fnake, a
cohtbra, B. v. C. 10. St. 34. Cunning, knowing, skilful, artificial, Sec. B. iii.
C. 1. St. 34. B. 5. C. 7. St. 6. and in other places, cunningh, skilfully.
Curat, B. 5. C. 8. St. 34, Curiets, B. 5. C 5. St. 20. Curat s, B. 6. C. 5. St. 8. Tis fpelt thus differently. An armour for the back and breaft " Kurafs, lorica. tegumentum peilorale, Box- hor. curas, lorica. Gall, cuiraffe. uude " niji a kur corium, ficut lorica a loro ? l 1 Wacht. To curry favour, B. 5. C. 5. St. 35, to get in favour by infinuation and flattery, graiidms. et Favorem Quterere blanditii vraliam-. D. *
J~\aedalc hand, Introd. to B. iii. Sf. 2. man «*-' dedala. Taflb, xii. 94. Daedale Earth, B. iv,
C. 10. St. 45. ddsdala tcllus, Lucretius. Dame Venus, B. i. C. 6. St. 16. Dame Nature. B. ii. C. 2. St. 6. B. ii. C. 12. St. 23. Domina. Damnifyde, injured, B. ii. C. 6. St. 43. Fairf. X.
37. true virtue damnifies.
Dan Jeolus,B. iii. C. 8. St. 21. B. iv. C. 9. St. 23.
Dan Chaucer, B. iv. C. 2. St. 32. Dan Faunus
B. ii. C 2. St. 7. Dan Pbcebus, B. vii. G. &
St. 35. Dan GeJ'ry [Chaucer,] B. vii. C. 7.
St. 9. Dan Jove, B. 7. C. 7. St. 41. Dan Cupid,
B. vii. C. 7. 46. Chaucer and our old poets ufe it
frequently. Dan, Don, adominus : as Sir, Sire, Ktp-tu?
To darrayue battle, to hazard, venture, attempt, 01
prepare to fight. Spenfer ufes this phrafe very
often as, B.i. C. 4. St. 40. B.i. C. 7. St. it.
B.. ii. C, ■%. St. 26. B. iii. C. 1. St. 2c.
B.vu,
A GLOSSARY, &c.
B. Jv. C. 5. St 26. B.v. C. 2 St. 24. B.v. C. 2. St. 15. B. v. C. 12. St. 9. B. vi. C. 7. St. 41. durrayne that entc>p>ize, i. c. attempt, hazard, &c. B. iv. C. 9. St. 3. G. Douglas dereny, dtrejni and derenr, to fight, contend, decide the con- troverfy, Virg. certaie, decernere ferro. * Arramir ■ pre met tie, de adrhamire, jurr.re, Jelon les confii- * tut ions de cbmrltmttgnt.* Menage. VideSpclman. in Adrhamire. Hi mum DARAMARE [to darrayne «u ar\ i. e dniur.dart, profit cri. ufed frequently by Chaucer. DarreJ Urkt, B. vii. C. 6. St. 47. alluding to catching of larks by what they call a daring glafs. t)ayts-tmmm, umpire, arbitrator, B. ii. C. 8. St. 28.
fee note on B. i. C. 7. St. 26. Vr.ynt, dainty, delicate, Introd. B. iii. St. 2. Daxrhonfe, B. vii. t.6. St. 48. dairie houft. Dealth, dealeth, gives, B. iv. C. 1. St. 6. Dcamly, B. ii. C. I. St. 35. fpelt Dernly, B. 3. C. 1. St. 14. B. iii. C. 12. St. 39. eagerly, earn- elily. Deaths dote, B. i. C. 8. St 27. a fcriptural ex- preflion, kaji thou feen the doors of the Jbado-w of death? Job. xxxviii. 17. To debate, not only to difpute, but to contend, fight &:c. fo the fubft. debate, contell, ftrife, &c. as the French ufe debat and debattre ; and the Italians dibatto, fo Chaucer frequently, and G. Douglas. Debate in lifts, i. e. fight, B. ii. C. I. St. 6. In bloudie arms they did debate, B. ii. C. 8. St. II. the --whole debate, the whole fight, B. ii. C. 8. St. 54. In darknefs to debate, B. iii. C. 9. St. 14. Subft. as, lovers dear debate, ftrife, quarrel, which cofts fo dear, or dear e for deadly, as Shake- ipear often ufes it. Introd. to B. iv. St. I. daun- gerous debate, B. vi. C. 3. St. 22. this new debate, B. vi. C. 8. St. 13. Debatement, conteft, fight, B. ii. C. 6. St. 39. fee
above Debate. Debonaire, fprightly, courteous, &C Gall, debonnaire,
B. ii. C. 6. St. 28. B. iii. C. I. St 26. Decre-wed, decreafed, decrefco, decre-vi, B. iv. C. 6.
St. 18. Gall, decroitre, decru. Defend, defe-nd the funny beams, to keep of, as defen- dere h ufed in Latin authors: B. ii C. 12. St. 63. danger to dfiend, to keep off*, guard againft, B. iv. C- 3. St. 32. ' Defendere, prohibere, a Gall.
• defendre, LL, Ed . confefs. ca. 37 . ufurarios defendit
* rex Ed-war dut, tie remanerent in regno. Sic Chaucer us *• nojiras,
Where can you fay in any manner age
That ever God defended mariage.Frol. Wif.Bath.
Spelm. in Defendere. Milt. xi. 86. that defended
fruit, I. e. forbidden. Dffitie, to end, B. iv. C. 3. St. 3. Gall, hefinir, to
determine or decide. Defould, B. i. C. 10. St. 42. defiled, or brought
"to fhame; from de andfoule, to foul, to make filthy,
Chaucer ufes, dejoule, defoulid, and G. Douglafs
defcul, to defile.
Dcgcndered, Introduction, B. v. St. 2. fee the note. Delicts [taX, Delia*. leal, delizia, Gall, delices,
delight, pleafure.] B. ii. C. 5. St. 28. B. iv.
C. 10. St 6. Lh. Flower delucc. Gall. Fleur delis, B. ii. C. 6. St. 16.
B. iv. C. i. St. 31. Delve, a pit or hollow place, B. ii. C. 8. St. 4.
B. iii. C. 3. St. 7.B. iv. C. 1. St. 20.
Dcmear.e her, did demeane himfelf, behave himfe.'f to her. Ga\\. Je demener, B. vi. C. 7. St. 39.
Demayne, Demeane, demeanour, carriage, behavi- our, B. ii. C. 8. St. 23. B. ii. C. 9. St. 40. B. v.
C. 5. St. 51. B.vi. C. 6. St. 18. Chaucer. Demeafnure, fo the iftand2d quarto editions : the
Folios, Demeanure, i. e. demeanour, as above in Demayne, B. iii. C. 9. St. 27. Dempt, deemed, B. ii. C. 7. St. 55. B. iii. C. II.
St. 23. Anglo S. deman, to judge, to deem. Denay, B. iii. C. II. St. II. Denayd, 8, iv. C. 12.
St". 28. Depart, divide, Gall, dipartir, B. i. C. 2. St. 14.
Depart, departure, B. iii. C. 7. St. 20. Dernly. See Dearnly.
Derring doe, daring exploits or doings, B.ii.C. 4. St. 42. B. vi. C. 5. St. 37. Derdoing arms, chival- rous arms,B. ii. C. 7. St. 10. Derring doers, daring and bold doers, B. iv, C. 2. St. 38. Ch. Troii. and Creff. v. 837. He fays Troilus was fecond to none In datingdo. Anglo-S. dyjljl-ari, to dare, q. d. daring doings, or dejlian, to injure, to der'e, q. d. deering doings. Defcrive, defcribe, B. ii. C, 3. St. 25, ufed by Ch. Defigne, B. iv. C. 3. St. 37. fo fpelt that the letters might anfwer in the rhyme, Defign, So again, Defining, B. v. C. 7. St. 8. defigning, marking. Dejpiteous, fpiteful, malicious, &c. B. ii. C. 7, St. 62. B. vi. C. 2. St. 40. ufed by Chaucer and G. Douglas, Ital. difpettofo, Gall defpiteux. See difpiteous. Deffe, B. iv. C. 10. St. 50. [Gall, dais] a feat, ufed
by Chaucer and G. Douglas.
Detaine, detainment, confinement, B. v. C. 6. St. 15,
De-vijeful, full of rare devices, B. v. C. 3. St. 3.
To dtght, to order, prepare, drefs, adorn, &c.
Anglo-S. dihtan, to dight, AbihtTob, decked,
dreffed, dighted, others dight their attyre, drefs
out, fetin order, B. i. C. 4. St. 14, on him dighte
put on him, get ready, prepare, B. i. C. 7. St, 8.
fo-wly dight, fowly bewrayed, B. i. C. 8. St. 48.
B. ii. C. 5. St. 4. goodly dight, adorned, B. i. C- 9. St. 13. rudely dight, out of order, B. i.
C. XI. St. 9. to battaile dight, prepare, B.i. C. 1 1. St. 52 dight to fin, ready prepared, B. ii. C. 12. St. 77. In the fame manner Bedight, decked out, prepared, got ready, or in order, B. i. C. 12; St. 21. B. ii C. 7. St. 3. Introd. to B. v. St. 10. B. vi. C. 5. St. 7.
Dilate, enlarge upon, B. ii. C. 5. St. 37. B.iii. C. J. St. 62. B.v. C. 6. St. 17. B.vi, C. 10. St. 21. ufed by Shakefpeare.
Dif
A GLOSSARY,
c.
Di/ad'vaunce, to withdraw, to flop. Ital. difavan zare, B. iv. C. 3. St. 8. B. iv. C. 4. St. 7. Ch. Troil. and Creff. ii. 5 1 1.
Difa-venturous ; fpelt in fome editions, difadventu- rous, B. i. C. 7. St. 48. B. i. C. 9. St. 1 1. B. iv. C. 8. St. 51.B. v. C. 11. St. 55. ill-adventurous, unhappy, unlucky, wretched. Ital. difa<v-venturato.
Difcided, cut in two parts, a difcindere, B. iv. C. I . St. 27.
Difcipline, learned her difcipline, inftruftion, B. i. C. 10. St. 27. my difcipline, education, instruc- tion, B. i. C. 9. St. 5. celejlial difcipline., hea- venly learning, inftrudtion, B. i. C. 10. St. 18.
Difcourfe of all that vifwn, the whole matter and fubjeft of that virion, B. v. C. 7. St. 20. after long difcourfe, much drifting, or running to and fro, B. vi. C. 8. St. 14. So the Italians ufe dif- corfo, a Lat. difcurjus.
Difcure, difcover, B. ii. C. 9. St. 42. ufed by Ch.
Difcufl, fhaken off, B. iii. C. 1. St. 48. Lat. difcu- tere, difcuffus. Ital. difcofare, to remove, or put away.
Difentrayled blood, i.e. drawn along floatingly, trail- ing down : a compound from dis, i. e. diverfs pariibus ; en and traile, B. iv. C. 3. St. 28. her foul to difentraile, to draw or drag forth, B. iv. C. 6. St. 16. his bowels difentraile, drag forth, B. v. C. 9. St. 19.
Difleal knight, B. ii. C. 5. St. 5. Ital. difeale, per- fidious, traiterous, &c. a term ufed frequently in romances.
Dijloyal, B. iv. C. i. St. 53. See the note.
Difloignd, difloined, remote, far : from dis, 1. e. diverfis partibus : & eloigne, B. iv. C. 10. St. 24.
Difparage, a difparagement, B. iv. C. 8. St. 50. ufed by Chaucer.
Difpiteous, malicious, defpiteful, B. i. C. 2. St. 15. il difpietato moflro, the difpiteous monfter. Oil. Fur. xv. 5 1 . See Defpiteous.
Jo difple, contrafted from difcipline ; which figni- fies correftion for an offence, as difciplina was ufed by the writers of the barbarous Latin age : B. i. C. 10. St. 27.
Differ t, fport, diverfion, paftime. Ital. difporto, B. i. C. 2. St. 14. B. ii. C. 2. St. 36. which pafTage feems borrowed from Chaucer in the cha- racter of the PriorefTe, 138. jhe was of great dif- port. He ufes the word again, B. ii. C. 6. St. 26.
B. iii. C. 1 . St. 40. And the verb, her to dif- port, to divert her, B. iii. C. 8. St. 11. Ch. Troil. and Creff. ii. 1673. Jhe gan him to difport.
Difpredden, fpread all around : dis, i. e. diverfis partibus: and Jpread, B. i. C. 5. St. 17. B. ii.
C. 2. St. 40.
Difpurveyance, want of provifion, £. iii- C. 10.
St. 10. Difjeized, made to quit or relinquish, difpoffeffed of :
Vide Spelman in Difjaijire. B. i. C. 11. St. 20.
So B. vii. C. 7. St. 48. who doth them all diffeife
of being, difpoffefs. Diffolute, languid, broken ; in the fenfe of diffolu-
Vol. I.
tust B. i. C. 7. St. 51. Diflbronized, dethroned; B. ii. C. 10. St. 44. Dijlraine, i. e. draw it, or break it afundr ; Gall.
dijlraire, to take off, to pull afunder, dijlrahere ;
B. ii. C. 12. St. 82. Diflind, varied. B. vi. C. 3. St. 23. Diftraught, diftrafted, drawn afide, B. i. C. 9.
St. 38. B. iv. C. 3. St. 48. B. v. C. 8. Si. 48. Dites, orders, directs ; the fame as dight, which fee
above, and fo fpelt that the letters might anfwer
in the rhyme. His club aloft he dites, he diredto
aloft, Hands with his club aloft in order of
battle, B. i. C. 8. St. 18, Anglo-Sax. dihtran,
to difpofe, order, &c. A ditt, a ditty, along, B. ii. C. 6. St. 13. A di<verje dream, B. i. C. 1. St. 44. See the note.
So di-verfe doubt, B. ii. C, 2. St. 3. Diverjl, B. iii. C. 3. St. 62. See the note. Ital.
Far di-uorzio, to depart. Do him not to dye, put him not to death, B. i. C. j,
St. 14. The fame phrafe he has, B. i. C. 8,
St. 36.— St. 45. B.i. C. 9. St. 53. B.i. C. 11.
Sr. 38. B. ii. C. 5. St. 12. B. ii. C. 6. St. 34.
B. ii. C. 7. St. 27. B. ii. C. 8. St. 18. B. iii. C. 3. St. 39. and in other places. In the fame man- ner, doe him rew, caufe him to rew for it, B. ii.
C. I. St. 25. to do him laugh, to make him laugh, B. ii. C. 6. St. 7. do him deadly fall, to caufe, B. ii. C. 7. St. 64. doe men in bale to jler-ve, caufe men, &c. B. ii. C. 6. St. 34. doe away dread, put away, B. iii. C. 2. St. 33. Ch. pag. 284,
Do waie, i. e. apage. There are many paffages
of like kind in our poet. And thus Shakefpeare, 2d part of King Hen. VI. Aft iii. Why Warwick,, who Jhould do the duke to death? i. e. put him to death, caufe his death. Chaucer ufes to do, for to caufe a thing to be done. Anglo-Sax. Don, agere, facere. Ch. Doin, to do, to caufe. Hence he fays Doen ajlake, do flake, B.i. C. 3. St. 36. doen to dye, put to death, B. i. C. 8. St. 36. to doen a tboufand groan, to caufe a thoufand to grone, B. iii. C. 4. St. 22. doen be dead, be put to death,
B. iii. C. 10. St. 32. And in other places. Dope, do off, put off, B. iii. C. 4. St. 5. B, iii.
C. 11. St. 55. B. iv. C. 1. St. 43. B. v. C. 6. St. 23. B. vi. C. 9. St. 36. To doff, to do off, to put off: to don, to do on, to put on, are com- mon expreffions in the weftern parts of England.
Spenfer ufes both expreffions, and fo does Milton. Dolour, Dolor : fpelt both ways : Lat. dolor, grief, pain, forrow, &c. B. iii. C. 4. St. 6. — St. 12,
B. iii. C. 7. St. 54. B.iii. C. 1 1. St. 16. B. iv.
C. 7: St. 39. — St. 43. 13. iv. C. 8. St. 3. Do- lours, B. L C. 11. St. 27. Dolorous, forrowful, painful, &c. Lat. dolcrofus, B. 2. C. 10. St. 24.
Doale, B. v. C. 4. St. 39. So cruel a diftribution of blows : a distributing, a dealing out.
Doole, dole, complaint, forrow, B. ii. C, 12. St. 20. B. iv. C. 8. St. 3. B. vi. C. 7. St. 39.
To Doon, to do, to aft, B. ii. C. 3. St. 15. To donne,
to-
* C
A GLOSSARY, &c.
to do, B. vi. C. 10. St. 32. To done, to do, B. in. C. 2. St. 23. «*// to dome, in well doing, to do veil,' B. ii. C. 10. St. 33. for nothing good to do»H.\ g009 to do no one thing, B. m. C. 7. St. 12. Chaucer ufcs thk word frequently from the A ii" lo Sax. Don, U aS, to doc. Somn. So |.-i t i " - . to done his lord's btbtjk u e. to do.
, to do on. to pat oni a common exprelnon in theweftbf England* B. 'ii- C.6. St. 38. B. iv. C 1 St. 18. B. iv. C. 6. St. 5. B. v. C. 6. St. .7. B. vi. C. S.St. 24.
Dcrto»:s, B. vi. C. 12. St. 24. rlhe places where the monks lay were called Dortours, from dormi- torikM. bee Chaucer.
Dotul, dotin-;, impaired, B. i. C. 8. St. 34.
Doul-lt ovdiu many a doubt, B. v. C. 11.
St 4- mauy a doubtful and hazardous cafe.
Doucepe'rc, B. iii. C 10. St. 31. fpelt in the Folio j 600 Douxepere, ufed by Chaucer in the Flowre and the Leefe, 516. Like one of the twelve peers of France. Lis douze pairs. See the Glof- i'ary to Ch. ;J - '■ - ,
Dougbtu,. B. i. C. 5. St. i. B. 1. C. Ml, St. 52. and other places. Valiant, couragious, Anglo-Sax.
bohrix. J,. _ ,.
Drad, dreaded, B. v. C, m. St. «, The Folio
1609, in B. v. C. 1. St. 2. reads drad, but the
old quarto dread, ufed by Chaucer. Draft, drift, B. iv. C. 2, St. 10. Drapcts, linen clothes, B. 11. C. 9. St. 27. Ital.
drappo. .. ~,
Draught, a military detachment, B. 11. C. 10.
OrJ" -,5 one to be feared and honoured, and reve- > renced, deareft dread, Introduft B. 1. St. 4 and aaain, B. iv. C. 8. St. 17. hit deare dried, V. 1. Cf 6 St 2i So Chaucer ufes Dread, Dreed, fox reverence" and refpeft. Dread is ufed likewife, to be feared without reverence, mine onely deadly dread, i. e. mv onely deadly terrour, B. i. C. 7. St co and ufed for dreadful, the tempejl dred, i e the dreadful tempeft, B, i. C. i.St.8. the other editions excepting the lit and 2d m quarto, read tempefts dred, zs if dred was a lubflantive. So darknep dnd, B. i| C I, St. 38. dreda 'dragon B. i. C. 11. St. 47. danger dnd, B. 111. L. ».
BreaJefey.mthout, dread : perhaps 'tis to be iater- nrned Douhtlefs : So Chaucer, Withoutin dude, i e without doubt. And Dreadlefs, for aoubt- lefs, he ufes in Troil. and Creff. 1. 1035 For &eSte&m*v*i*l*tirJ» &• This latter inter- pretation I like beft ; for Chaucer is the. bell inter- preter of Spenfer, B. ii. . C £• St. 17.
■Dreed B. i. C 6. St. 2. See Dread.
Dreni, [Chaucer dreint, drench't or drowned] B. ,1. C.6^St. 49- B.ii. C'12- St' t B'V- C' 7'
St. 39. Anglo-Sax. abnencan, abnenr..
Dreri,DreJe, forrow, fadnefs. g haft ly dreare : de- (piteous dreare, B. iv. C. 8. St. 42. *«# *««.
B.v. C. 10. St. 35. B. v. C. 12. St. 20. fad drears, B. vi. C. 2. St. 46. <iWf/W dreare, B. vi. C. 3. St. 4. Dreare, adjettively : dreary, difmal, forrowful : gryphons dreare, B. ii. C. 1 1 .St. 8. darbies dreare,
B. iii. C. 1 1. St. 55.
Dreary dame, B. i. C. 5. St. 24. drary --wounds, B. i.
C. 6. St. 45. drery night, B. i. C. 7. St. 2. Anglo- Sax, djieojli, djieojlij, fad, dreery. Chau- cer 0, dreri. Somner.
Drerinejfe, forrow, B. iii. C, II. St. 12. Anglo- Sax, djleojiignyjye, fadnefs, dreerineiTe. Cancer 0, drerines, Somn.
Drer intent, forrow, heavinefs, B. i. C. 2. St. 44. B.i. C. 11. St. 32. B. ii. C. 1. St. 15. B. ii. C. 4. St. 31. B. ii. C. 6. St. 27. B. ii. C. 7. St. 1. B. iii. C. 4. St. 30. B. iv. C. 7. St. 29.
Dreryhedd, B. iii. C. i. St. 16. B. iii. C. I. St. 62.
B. iii. C. 12. St. 17. B. v. C. 3. St. 26. a for- rowful and dreary llate, forrow. from hood, which fee below, and dreary.
Drcjl, ordered, prepared. See Addrefs. ufed by Chaucer.
Dre-vill, a driveller, a fool, B. iv. C. 2. St. 3. See Junius.
Drift, B. i. C. 8. St. 21. 'with fearefu 11 drift, im- pulfe, force, or driving on ; as we fay drifts . of ice, drifts offand, Sec. But B. ii. C. 12. St. 8v this defpaireful drift, i.e. aim, purpofe.
Drover, his boat driving without anchor : as the failors fay, the /hip drives, B. iii. C. 8. St. 22.
To dub a cucquold, ludicrouily expreffed, from dub- bing a knight, B. iii. C. 10. St. 11. ivas dubbed knight, B.v. C. 11. St. 53. So again, B. vk
C. 2. St. 35. Germ, adobare, equitem creare. See Wacht.
Dulcet melody, B. iii. C. i. St. 40. Milton, dulcet
Symphonies . Dureffe, confinement, imprifonment, hardfhip, B. iv,
C. 8. St. 19. The Italians ufe durexxa for harm-
nefs, cruelty, &c. So Chaucer.
E.
ARE, B. i. C 12. St. 24. fpelt fo in the two
old quarto editions ; near the Gothick, air,
ante, priufquam, but in the Folios ace, Anglo-S.
sejl. Belk. eer, Germ, er : 'tis fometimes writ- tenor. In the bible printed^. 1595, 'tis fpelt
yer.
Eame, Erne, to yearn, to be moved with compaf- iion, Gen. xliii. 30. his bowels did yern on hisbrc* i%r\ Anglo-S. 3yj™an, jeopnan, deftderare, B. i. C. 1. St. 3. B.i. C9. St. 18. B.ii. C 3, St. 46. B. iii. C. 10. St. 21. B. iv. C. 12. St. 24. B. v. C. 9. St. 7. B. v. C. 11. St. 21.
Ear ft, Erft, at earjl, at erft. Anglo-S. aejiefC,.
ger EefieifCan. Germ, erft: primus, imprimis,. firft of all ; at nrft ; before, formerly, &c.
Eekiy.
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A GLOSSARY, ©V.
Eeke, Eke, to add, toincreafe, to augment, Anglo-
S. eacan. Germ, auchen. uv^uv. augere. Eekt,
audits. Efferced, made fierce and mad. B. iii. C. u. St. 27. Zjforce, Gall, efforcer, to force open, B. ii. C. 7.
St. 30. efforced, taken by force, conquered, B. ii.
C. 12. St. 43. to efforce, the fame as enforce, if
the paffage is not corrupted, B. iii. C. 2. St. 15.
To efforce her chafiity, to force, to violate. Effraide, frightened, afraid, B, 1. C. 1. St. 16. Gall.
Effrayer. but St. 52. he fpells it Affrayd. See
Eft, again, likewife, foon, &c. often ufed by our old poets, as likewife,
Eftfoones, again, prefently, forthwith, &c.
Eglantine, B. ii. C. 5. St. 29. Sweet-briar, or wild rofe.
Eke, alfo, likewife.
Eld, B. i. C. 8. St. 47. B. i. C. 10. St. 8. B. ii. C. 9. St. 56. B.ii. C. 20. St. 33. B. iv. C. 2. St. 33.
Anglo-S. selu, old age. ufed by Chaucer.
Elf, a fairy. Elfin knight, fairy knight. See Somn. in .<4ilf. And Wacht in alp. G. Douglas tranf- Jates Fatini fometimes elfis, and fometimes faire- folkis.
EUes, elfe, B. iii. C 8. St. 48. according to the Anglo-S. ellej, and fo Chaucer, fpelt Ells. In- troduce. B. ii. St. 5. B. iii. C. 11. St. 23. Spelt Ells, B. i. C 9. St. 38. B. i. C. 10, St. 22 Gr. &&u<Si alias, G. Douglas, Ellis, elfe, already.
Embace, B. iii. C. 3. St. 15. to leilen, make bale : fpelt emhafe in the Folios. So Embafie in the ill: and 2d quarto editions, in the Folios emba'fi,
B. iii. C. 9. St. 33. Emhafe, B. vi. C. I. St. 3. but it fnould have been printed embace ; that the letters might anfwer in the rhyme : which is ac- cording to Spenfer's manner.
Embay, not only to bath, as in B. ii. C. 1 . St. 40. ^nd in B. iii. C. 11. St. 2. but to cherifhand de- light, B. i. C 9. St. 1 3. B. ii. C. 8. St. 55. B. ii.
C. 12. St. 60. B. iii, C. 6. St. 7. See Bathe, from em and Beshen, foment are, fccere ut caieat.
Embard, (hut up, B. i. C. 7. St. 44.
Embattled cart, his warlike chariot : currus falcatus ; ^iirecyr,^ o§« ci^u., B. V. C. 8. St. 34*
Embayld, inclofed, Gall, emballer, Germ, einballen, to make up into bales or packs. B. ii. C. 3. St. 27.
Embqf's ; has different fignifications : arms embofi, arms of emboiTed work, B. i. C. 3, St. 24. em- bofi nxiith gold, raifed as in relievo, B. ii. C. 7, St. 28. embofi with pearles, raifed or overlaid, B. iii. C. 1. St. 32. B.iv. C. 4. St. 15. Gall. outrage releve en bofife. But 'tis ufed quite diffe- rently in fome other places; and in the hunters phrafe and fenfe, who fay the Deer is embost : when the deer, hard chafed and wearied out, runs to fhelter and cover. Ital. imbojcarfi, to hide one's felf : See Skinner in V. Embofs a deer. So Milton Agoniit. like that bird in the Arabian woods Embofi, i. e. hid, inclofed, covered. So Spenfer,
in eafe embofi, hid, concealed, B. vi. C. 4. St. 40. embofi with bale, B. i. C. 9. St. 29. He ufes the hunting phrafe, in B. iii. C.i. St. 22. The fafoage beafi embefi in wearie chace : fo again in B. iii. C. 1 2. St. 1 7. meaning hard run and wearied out.
He fays in B. i. C. 11. St. 20. to embcjje his
fpeare in his body, i. e. to lodge, to indole, Ital. imbofcare. But the molt difficult place feems in B. iii. C. 1. St. 64. embaffe tbemfelves info glorious fpcile, which I explain from the Ital. lmbcfcarjit 1. e. by ambufcade to avail themfelves of fo glorious a fpoil. 'Tis fbangely interpreted in Hughes' GlcfTary, for it never can come from imbuere, to ftain or imbrue : and fo it fi^nifies (fays he) to dip their hands in the fpoil, or take poifeffion of it- But the metaphor feems to b? from embofiing a deer : and to come from the Ital. imbojeare.
Emboived, imbowed, arched : covered arch-wife, B. i. C. 9. St. 19.
Emboyled, B. i. C. II. St. 28. emhcyled with arws : See the note. But the lame word occurs, emboyl- ingin his heart, i. e. all in a heat, boylingwirh anger, B. ii. C. 4. St. 9. So again, emboylin^ ^wrath, B. ii. C. 5. St. 18. the fame as bey led, boyling.
Embrace his arms about him, B. ii. C. I. St. 26. This is borrowed from the Italians, imbracciare. Ar. Orl. Fur. vi. 65. Lofcudo itnbraccia, he bound on his fhield. xvii. 1 18. O CIS imbracciar I ' abominato fcudo, Or to imbrace, to bear on my arm, this abominable fhield.
Embrace, adorn, make brave or fine, B. ii. C. 1. St. 60. See Brave.
Embras, imbracing, Gall, embraffer, to imbrace, B.iv. C. 8. St. 63.
Embrew, imbrew, to moiiten orfleep, B. ii. C. 5. St. 33. embre-zved game, wet with blood, bloody game, B. iii. C. 6. St. 17. Embre-vj, imbrew with tears, B. vi. C. 8. St. 40.
Erne, uncle. B.ii. C. jo. St. 47. Chaucer.
Emparlance, B. iv. C. 9. St. 31. B. v. C. 4. St. 50. a law term, for petitioning the court for refpite.
To empeach, to hinder, hnpedio, impeditio, impeditiare, empecher, empeach, B- i. C. 8. St. 34. B.ii. C. 7.- St. 15. B. ii. C. to. St. 6j. B. iii. C. 3. St. 53.
B. iii. C. u. St. 12. B.iv. C. 10. St. 36. B. v.
C. 6. St. 21. B. 5. C. 7. St. 35. B. 5. C. 8. St. 37. B. vi. C. 2. St. 42. B. vi C. 4. St. 11. St. 19.
Emperill, fo the quarto: but the folios, imperill-,
endaunger, B. iv. C. 4. St. 10. Emperifiit perifhed, gone to ruin, B. iii. C. 7. St. 20.
B. iv. C. 3. St. 29.
Empight, placed, fixed; the fame as pight, B. ii.
C. 4. St. 46. B. iii. C. 5. St. 20 B. 4. C. 3. St. 10. B. v. C. 10. St. 8. B. v. C. 10. St. 32. B. vi. C. 12. St. 27.
Emprize, enterprize. ufed by Chaucer, Milton and Fairfax. * c 2 £*■
A GLOSSARY, Gtc.
Eobracement, B. i- C. 2. St. 5. fpelt fo in the ift quarto, a femibarb. htbracbiare. In other edi- tions fpelt tmbraccmtnt. The more correct criticks write, tnmitis, inpofitus &c. And fo Spenfer here, I think, enbracemcnl '! not Emlracement.
L'.J-a/tJ, Gall. tkthtjfr, iiuliafed, engraven, enchafe, < Jail, eiitbaftr, to include, engrave. 7"o enchnf her lineaments, i. e. to engrave: a metaphor from in- chafing in gold, B. i. C. 12. St. 23. enchafed, let in, or engraven, B. ii. C. 9. St. 24. /o enchafe to engrave, exhibit as enchafed work, metapho- rically, B. iv. C. 5. St. 12, enchafed, engraven B. 4. C. 10 St. 8. to enchafe., to adorn as inchafed work, B. v. C. I. St. n. enchafe their fpears, mark him with their fpears, engrave his armour with their fpears, B. v. C. 10. St. 34. tnchace, engrave, metaphorically : B. vi. C. 4. St. 3$. Fairfax xii, 57.
Thev took their Swords againe, and eaeh encha/le Deepe wounds in the foft Jiejh of his jlrong foe. i. e. engraved, cut.
Encheafon, occafion, accident, B. ii. C. I. St. 30. Gower Fol.xxi.2. If that I had encheafon. and byCh.
Endew for endow ; fo the rhyme requires, B. i. C. 4. St. 51. or perhaps indue, fupply, furnifh, from en and douer. B. 3. C. 8. St. 40. on kimfelf he could endow, put on. So m the common prayer, Indue thy miniflers with righteouf- nefs, i. e. ch the thy minifters, invefb.
Endoffe Gall, endojfer, to write on the back, to en- grave, B. v. C. 11. St. 53.
Endlong, B. iii. C. 9. St. 51, B. 3. C. io. St. 19. Chaucer in the Knightes tale, lis prikyth endelong in the large fpace. Dryden ufes it in his tranflation, 'Then fpurring, at full fpeed ran endlong on. Anglo-S. andlonT, per longum. G. Douglas endlang, endlangis, along.
Endued, hardened, indurare, B. iv. C. 8. St. 27. fee the note.
Enduren, indure, continue, B. v. C. 12. St. 1.
Enfelomd, hurried on by wicked and felonious intent, B. v. C. 8. St. 48.
Enforfl, enforced. Gall, enforcer, B. v. C. 9. St. 30. Chaucer.
EnfouUred fmoke, B. i. C. 11. St 40. fmoke mixt with flame. See the note.
Engine, is ufed for contrivance in Chaucer, and fo in Spenfer, B. ii C. 1. St. 23. B. ii. C. 4. St. 27.
B. 3. C. io- St. 7. and in other places; from higenium, wit, contrivance, Ital. ingegno.
Englut, fatiate, glut: B. ii. C. 2. St. 23. Eugore, from en and gore, to pierce, to prick, to make bloody or gory, B. ii. C. 8. St. 42. B. iii.
C. 8. St. 48. B. iii. C. 10. St. 45.
Engorged yre, anger arifing to the very ^orge
or throat ; or anger which he could not fwailow.
B. i. C. 11. St. 40. Engrofle, made thick: en and groffier, a crajus
groffus, gros, B. ii. C. 7. St 46. Ital. aer groffor
a thick air, B. iii. C. 4. St. 13. Mxkaunft, raifed, lifted up, B. i. C. I. St. 17.
B. ii. C. 6. St.. ft. B. i. C. 5. St. 47.
Enquere, inquire, B. v. C. 11. St. 48. .
Em ace, enroot, implant, Gall, enraciner, enracer, enrace. Or from the fubltantive, Race, a flock, a root: to enrace, B. iii. C. 5. St. 52. B. vi. C. 10. St. 25.
Enri-ven, from en and riven, torn afunder, B. v. C. 8. St. 34.
Enfeams, i. e. fattens, from en an intentive particle, and fcam, fat: as hogs feam : Anglo-S. feim pinguedo, arvina, B. 4. C. II. St. 40. en is here ufed intentively ; but ufed negatively in the Hawk- ing language, viz. to enfeam a hawk, i. e. to take away his fatnefs by purging.
Enfew, follow, B. I. C. 5. St. 25. B. 3. C. 1. St. 45. B. iv. C. 2. St. 46. Enjude, followed,
B. ii. C. 12. St. 59.
Enfnarle, infnare, intangle as a flcain of filk, B. v.
C. 9. St. 9. fee mailed.
Entayled with anticks, engraved or carved with images, Ital. Int agitato, ingraved, or carved, B. ii. C. 3. St. 27. The fleele entayl'd, ingraved or cut B. ii. C. 6. St. 29. of rich entayle, ingra- ving, carving, Ital. intaglie, Berni L. 1. C. 29. St. 50.
Tutto intagHato di Sottil lavoro, £>ui'vi d' intaglio con favor divino Havea Merlino imagini ritratte.
Oil. Fur. xx vi, 30.
Enter deale, mediation, B. v, C. 8. St. 21. the dealing or tranfaftion between two parties.
Enterprise, Him at the threfbold met and well did enter- prise: and well did take him in hand, managed him well. Gall. Enterprendrs, B 2. C. 2. St. 14.
Entertain, entertainment, treatment, B. c. C. 9. St. 37. To entertaine terme, to make terms, or conditions, B. v. C. \\. St. 56. which any were beft to entertaine, to undertake, B. 6. C. 4. St. 24.
Eniertake, entertain, B. v. C. 9. St. 35.
Entraile, without entrail, B. i. C-. I. St. 16. iee the note.
Entrailed intermingled, interlaced, interwoven, Enirailed the ends of the knots, the ends of the knots were therein interlaced, or twiited one within another, B. 2. C. 3. St. 27. entrayld with rofes, intermingled, B. 2. C. 5. St. 29. entrayld athwart, twilled together, B. iii. C. 6. S. 44. a border -was entrayld, wrought as in knot- work,. B. iii. C. II. St. 46, entrayld in lovely lore, intermingled together with lovely inftruttion,
B. iv. C. 3. St. 42. Ital. lntralciare, Jntralciatc, Gall, entrelaffer, entrelaffe.
Entreat, pleafures to entreat, to entertain, or ufe,
en and traiter, B. ii. C. 7. St. 53. Enure, accuftom to, make ufe of", prattife, put
in ure or pradlife, praclifed by her, B. c.
C. 9. St. S9>
Ermilin, dimin. of Ermine. Ermine in heraldry is wken the field is argent, and the powdering fable,.
or
A GLOSSARY, &c.
or white interfpeifed with black fpots, B. iii.
C. 2. St. 25.
Erne, fee Earn e. Errant Knights, who travel about the world feek-
ing adventures. Errant fprightt, wandering, B. iii.
C. 8. St. 6. Cavallieri erranti, Orl. Fur. xviii.
St. 99. un Cawlliero errante, Orl. Inn L. ii.
C. 2. St. 42.
Erf, fee Earft. Efchewd, avoided, B. ii. C. 10. St. 13. efchew,
avoid, B. iii. C. 1. St. 66. Efloyne, withdraw, feperate himfelf, B. 1. C. 4.
St. 20. from longus, longinars, exlonginare,
efloigner efloyne, Ital. elongazione, a removal. Hence
in Chaucer, Elenge, ftrange, £/*/>gy;«€/Ht.rangenefs. Efpial, Sight, fpying; fo ufed By Chaucer. B. 4.
C. 10. St. 17. Effcyne, excufe for not appearing : Lat. Barb. Effo-
nium: Gall, exoine. B. i. C. 4. St. 20. E-vangely, Gofpel, evangelium: B. 2. C. IO. St. 53. Ewftes, B. 5. C. 10. St. 23. efts, newts or evets. Ewghen bow, a bow of yew, B. 1. C. 1 1. St. 19. Exanimate, livelefs, dead, B. 2. C. 12. St. 7. Excheat, is bad excheat is a bad kind of accident,
forfeit &C. accidere, excidere; ef choir, e/cheata, an
efcheat, an eft-ate &c. which falleth cafually to a
perfonasLord of the manor; B. i. C. 5. St. 25.
to leave that lady for excheat, as an efcheat
as a forfeit ; what belonged to him as lord of
the manor: ludicroufly exprefled : B. iii. C. 8.
St. 16. fee Spelm. in E/chaeta. Exprefl, preiTed out, fqueefed out, expreffusx B. 2.
C. u. St. 42. Expyred, B. iv. C. 1. St. 54. fee the note. Extent, extended, B. 2. C. 7. St. 61. Extirpe, to extirpate, Gall extlrper, cxtirparc.^ He
fpells it near the French idiom. B. i. C. 10.
St. 25. Extort, extorted, wrefted, B. v. C. 10. St. 25. Extorted power, power unjuftly wrefted, and forced
from the civil power, fuch as the papal tyranny :
B. i. C. 7. St. 18.
Extreat, extraction, a drawing out, B. v. C. 10 St. 1.
Eyas hawke, B. i. C. 11. St. 34. an hawk juit taken full fledged and fumm'd from the neft.
Eyne, Introd. B. i. St. 4. So Chaucer, and G. Dou- glas, page 122. vers. 45. er.e, eyes.
F.
TpJCE, fo fet a bold face on a bad matter, 10 face
■*• down, B. v. C- 9- St. 5.
Fade, vanilh, B, 1. C. 5. St. 15. to bring it nearer to its original vadere, he fpells it with V .their vapour waded, B. iii. C. 9. St. 20. B, v.
C. i.St. 40. Shakefpeare of the ghoft in Hamlet, Aft. i. // faded on the crowing 0/ the cock : i. e. it vanifhed-Spenferof afountain,«<? ever would through fervent funnner fade, i. e. difappear, B. i. C. 7. St. 4. before that Jhield did fade, vanished, B. i. C. 7. St. 35. four of beautie fades away, goes off, perifhes, B. iii. C. 6. St. 38*
Feint, doejl faine, art defirous. B. 2 C. 12. Sr. -4.
faining, defiring, B. iii. C. II. St. 28. faint
willingly, B. i. C. 7. St. 38. fierce and faine,
glad, joyous, B. 4. C. 6. St. 33. fpelt fayne,
gladly, B. I. C 4. St. 10. B, iv. C. 8. St. 27*
fayne, glad, B. 1. C. 6. St. 12. they
faynd, they defired, B. iii. C. 9. St. 24.
faind her, defired her, B. vi. C. 3. St. 9. refitd
faine, i. e. gladly ; B. vi.. C. 5. St. 38. Anglo-S.
faETen, glad, fain. If fo thou faine, if fo the u
defireft, B. vii. C. 6. St. 34. Pfalm Ixxi. My lips
will be fain, i. e. glad,
Fal fed fancy, faliined, deceived, B. i. C. 2. St. 30.
B. iii. C. I. St. 47. Falfed thy faith, broke, made falfe, B. i. C. 9. St, 46. Chaucer ufes Falfid, deceived, Troil. and CrefT. V. 1053. Falfed his blows, made feints; falfifitfd his thru** in fencing i. e. by making a feigned pafs; B. ii
C. 5. St. 9. Ital. falfare.
To fare, to go, B. i. C. 1. St. u. B. i. C. 3. St. 16. and in many other places. Faring, going on, B. 5. C, 8. St. 15. Anglo S. tajian, ire, Spenfer of Archimago, And forth he fares, B. ii. C. 1. St. 2, Milton, of the original Archi- mago, IV. I 3 1 . So on he fares.
Fare, going, expedition, B. v. C. 10. St. 16.
Fatal read, prophetical advice, B. iv. C. 1 2. St. 27. Fatal errour, B. iii. C. 9. St. 41. a wandring voyage order'd by the fates, fee note in page 354, C. 2.
Favours likelynefs, the likenefs of his countenance,- face or favour: B. v. C. 7. St. ;o.
Fay, I, a faiiy, B. ii. C. 2 St. 43. B. iii. C. 3. St. 26. B. iv. C. 2. St 44. B-. 4. C. 2. St. 49 La fata Morgana, the Fay Morgana, Orl. Fur. vi. 38. La fata Alciua, the Fay Alcina, St, 4 r . La fata Manto, the Fay Manto, xliii. 127. II. faith, truth: and fo Chaucer ufes fay, and Spenfery
B. 5. C. 8. St. 19. religion nor fay, Gall. Jov, Jay. Span./>.
Fayld, falfified, deceived, B. ii. C. 5 - St. 11. B. iii.
C. 11. St. 46. Fayne, fee Faine.
Faytor, B. i. C. 4. St. 47. B. i. C. 12. St. 35. B. ii. C. 1. St. 30. B. ii. C. 4. St. 30. B. iii. C. 2. St. 13. B. iv. C. 1. St. 44. B. v. C. 8. St. 8. fome epithet is generally added, as falfe faytor, infamous faytor — but in B. v. C. 8. St. 8. the
other faytor without any epithet. Chaucer ufl
faytors, for deceivers, cheats &c. and P. !', Fol. xxxii. 2. Tho were faytors aferd. And Fol. lxxx. 2. Fye on faytors and in fautores fuGs, Hiftorie of Prince Arthur, B. i. C. xxxv. this fayter -with his prophecie hath mocked me. It figni- fies fimply, a doer ; but ufed as an ill-doer.
Fealty, B. i. C. 3. St. 1. fidelity or homage. He feems to ufe it, as we fay, to hold by fealty ; per fidelitatem tenere. So he fays, to held in Fee, B. ii. C. 3. St. 8. i. e. by perpetual right fo again- B. vi. C. 4. St. 30. Fee, he ufes for reward, or wages, B. vi. C 3. St. 19* B. vi. C. 10. St. 11,
Fear*
A GLOSS
Fear*, fpelt To for the letters to anfwer in the rime B. iv. C. io. St. 27. B. vi. C. S. St. 25. fee Fere. Feme, frighten, terrify. B vii. C. 7. St. 3.
' m, Gall. Faits </' amies, ltal. fatto cV
B. i. C. 3. St. 42, Milton hence feems to
have wrote as Dr. Bentley faw, Feats of Arms, not
Fail cf arms, B. ii. 124. F , Lat. ftcculerttus, B. ii. C. 7. St. 6l.
To feed bit Eye, B. i. C. 6. St. 4. Pa/cit amore
ottihs. Lucivt.
)-S. felle, fierce, cruell. Felly, cruelly.
Ft'-'-: j .•', cruelty, Fill, gaul, B. iii. C. II. St. 2. 'tis the Anglo-S.
word: which vindicates him from taking unlicenfcd
v. oids from the Latin. Ftlhmeft, moll fierce, B. 4. C. 2» St. 32. So G.
Douglas, ufes Felloun. Feminitee, B. iii. C. 6. St. 51. womanhood, ftate
and dignity of woman, io Chaucer ufes it, and,
fo his follower, Lydgate of the Troj. warrcs,
B. 2. C. 16. fo trewe example of femjnyte.. Feood, B. 4. C. I. St. 26. feud, fo fpelt in
the old quarto editions, and folio of 1609, 161 1. to anfwer to the letters in the rhime, in B. i. C. S. St. 2. Food, in which place I believe Spenfer fpelt it feood, but the Printer miftakingly food, fee Spelm. in Faida, Fen, companion, Feres companions, ufed frequently as, B. i. C. 10. St. 4. B. iv. C. 3. St. 52. B. iv.
C. 10. St. 27. B. v. C. 3. St. 22. B. v. C. 3. St. 23. B. vi. C. 1. St. 43. B. vi. C. 7. St. 29. B. vi. C. 12. bt. 4. G. Douglas in fere, y/ere, together. Feres companions, Junius, Fere. vet. Angl. focius. D. S. foejra.
Fame, B. 3. C. 5. St. 23. fee the note.
Felt, fet, fetch, B. iii. C. 1. St. 8. B. 5. C. 3. St. 11. ufed io very often in the Bible, as in 11 Sam. 9. 5. I Kings, 9. 28.
Fcutred his fpeare, B. iv. C. 4. St. 45. he his ffeare gan Jewter, B. iv. C. 6. St. 10. to fet his i'pear in his reft : fet his fpeare eafily and. order y G. Douglas, tranflates Virg. H<eret pede pes, they fewter fute to fute: See the glofs, and Menage, and likewife Richelet in Feutrer. FoSpe figni- ries, theca a fheath or fcabbard. fee Somner.
Fefi, feaft, for the rhime, B. ii. C. 2, St. 16.
Field is often ufed for fight, combat, battle: as p. i. L. 1. St 1. B. i. C. 4. St. 41. B. i. C. 6. Sr. 41. B. ii. C. 6. St. 29. B. 5. C. 3. St. 32. B. v. C. 5. St. 6. B. 6. C. 12. St. '11. Feld, tellum vide Wacht. in V. Milton thus ufes it, the the field be loft.
File his tongue, B. i. C. 1. St. 35, fee the note, fo again, B. iii. C. 2. St. 12 Anglo-S. feolan hmapolire.
Fine, end, B. iv. C. 3. St 37.
F:rmes his eye, keeps his eye fteady and firm; not in the French idiom, fermer les yeux, to fliut the eyes: B. ii. C. 7. St. 1.
Flaw of wind, B. v. C. 5. St. 6. Afts xxvii, 14, in the old tranflation. ufed by Milton, X. 698.
Plejht therewith, E. 6. C. 8. St.' 8. Sydney's Arcad
A R Y, tsre.
pac^e 368, fo fleflfd in mal.ee. And in the 2d part of
K. ie.ny}\ [.Ad. I. fitjhed •~uoith cenqueft. K. Henry
V. Ad. 3. the fiefhed foliier. A folditr is faid to
fiejb his fiword, when he firft wounds an enemy,
to which Shakefpcare alludes, Kenry IV. Full
hrauely haft thou fiejkt thy maiden Jword.
Flit, fleet, fwift, B. ii. C. 4. St. 38. B. iii. C. 10.
St. 57. did fit, did remove, Hit away: B. iv.
C. 9. St. 29. flitted, flown away, fitting flowing,
yielding.
Flujh of Dueks, B. v. C. 2. St. 54. q. d. ftuxus
anatum. Folic, B. i. C. 4. St. 4. B. iv. C. 2. St. 29. gol- den f oile, leaf-gold. Anglo-S. gold-fd, gold- foile. Gall, feuille d'or. Folke mote, a meeting or afTembly of folk or people, B. iv. C. 4. St. 6. ' Thefe round hills and fquare f bawns, which you fee fo ftrongly trenched and • thrown up; were called Folk-motes, that is a ' place of people to meet or talk of any thing that ' concerned 2ny difference between parties and ' town-lhips.' Spenfer's view of Ireland. Foltring tongue, B. i. C. 9. St. 24. B. 3, C. 11.
St. 12. faultering, falling or tripping. Fond, did find : for the rhime ; B. ii. C. 9. St. 60.
B. iv. C. 4. St. 45. Anglo-S. finban to find.-
fand, did find. Fond, fooliih, B. i. C. 9. St. 39. E. 3. C. 8. St. 25. Fone, foes, B. ii. C; 10. St. 10. B. iv. C, 2. St. 28.
B. v, C. 3. St. 12. Food, B. i. C. 8. St. 9. fpelt fo for the rhime : fee
Feood.
For, on account of, becaufe,/or in court Sec. becaufe in court, B. ii. C. 3. St. 5. and in other places. for in compofition fometimes encreafes the figni- fication : and fometimes gives the word an ill fenfe or denies and deprives. Ift, as increafing the force of the fimple word; as lorn loft; /W<?r«,thoroughly loft, B. i. C. 1. St. 9. and in other places. wearied, Forwearied: forwandring, forworne, forwnfted. Thefe words are often printed wrong : fometimes as two words : fometimes again, forel wearied, f or ewafted, Sec. II, as giving the word an* ill fenfe, or depriving quality, ex. gr. to fwear to forfwear: with the fame power as the Gothic particle fra and far: and the Anglo-S. fojl, as rasdan, Confulere> forraedan, male confix
le>-e. done, fordone, i. e. undone, pr"ntedyWc»^ in other editions, B.i. C. v. St. 41. B. i. C. 10. St. 60. Fortaught mifmterpreted, B. i. C. 7. St. 18, which is wrongly printed foretaught, forthinke, grieve in thought, B. vi. C. 4. St. 22. fo I read Forfpenf, and not forefpent, B. i. C. 9. S. 43. fo forbeare,
B. ii, C. I. St. 53. j. e, ill fupport. Forgone, loft, B. ii. C 3 . St. 1 2 Forwent, forfook, B. 5.
C. 8. St. 40. fee Somner in forfwaman. and Hicks Gram. Anglo-S. page 85. For fept dat compofito figr.ificationem, cm? fimplici fiignificati - cnem peffundat & in malum Sen/urn <vertit : %t doen
fa cere
A GLOSSARY,
faeerex fbjldoen, interficere &c.Thus in the Greek vagcc in many compound words gives a vicious conftruc~lion, as harp^M, philofophorum difputationes: flraga^.aT§»£a», faljae et inanes difputationes. Qdmw, irct^atQciivnv, a.Y.kt\)i, ira.Qa.xkiu/, &C. Fordoo, to deftroy, ruin, B. v. C. 12. St. 3. For- done, undone, B. i. C. 5. St. 41. and in other places. Spelt fometimes Fcredone. So Fordonne, undone, ruined, B. v. C. 10. St. 33. See Som- ner, Fojlbone,/*r</«r. Fojlbonne, perditus. Cbaucero Fordo. Foreby, near to.
Forehent, feized, B. iii. C. 4. St. 49. See the note. Forelent, B. iv. C. 3. St. 6. lent before hand. Forgone, loft, B. ii. C. 3. St. 12. all for go n, all other things neglected, B v. C. 7. St. 9. basforgon, has left, forfaken, B. v. C. 8. St. 9. Forbore, Forlorn, loft, forfaken, wretched, Anglo-S.
forloretl, perditus, forleoran, perdere. Fcrpined, much pined, confumed, B. iii. C. 10. St. $■]. in the Folios Forepined, which is wrong. P.P. Fol-. xxxiii. forpyned Jbrewe. Chaucer, pag. 3. a forpinid gbojl. printed wrong, pag. 12. fore- pinid. Virgil calls the ghofts, vi. 401. exfangues umbras. Forray, B. vi. C. II. St. 40. Forrayed, ravaged, fpoiled, B. i. C. 12. S. 3. ufed as a fubftantive, Forraging, pillaging, B. iii. C- 3. St. 58. forfiall, read Fcreftall, B. v. C. 5. St. 47. would before any other take from him, would intercept him of. Anglo-S. Fojie-frdlan, to inter- cept. Forjlackt, delayed, B. v. C. 1 2. St. 3. Forftow, delay, B. iv. C. 10. St. 15. Foriaught, B. i. C. 7. St. 17. wrongly printed in the copies Foretaught, miflnterpreted. See For. Forthinke, badly, grievouily think of, B. vi. C. 4.
St. 22. See For. Fortby, therefore, Anglo-S. FojVul, quamobrem,
wherefore, why. Chaucer fort by. Somner. Forthinke, B. iv. C. 12. St. 14. B. vi. C 4. St. 32.
think ill of, repine at. See For. Fortilage, fort. Forwent, forfook, went out of their way, B, v. C. 8.
St. 40. See For. Forworn, much worn. Fofter, B, iii. C. i. St. 18. B. iii. C. 4. St. 50. for-
refter. So Chaucer, Pr. 117. A fofter was be. Fouldring heat, B. ii. C. 2. St. 20. with flames of lightning, Gall, foudre, lightning, foudroyant, thundering : Foudroying, Foudring, Fouldring : inferted lv<p<ma? gratia. Foundreffe, fundatrix, B. i. C. 10. St. 44. Foundering, B. iv. C. 4. St. 30. See the note. Foy, B. ii. C. 10. St. 41. Horn. Od. 6 505. h^omo^ov, Angl. a <voy : Barnes. See Foy in Skinner, ufed by Spenfer for fubfidies. Foyttd, B. ii. C. 5. St. 9. B. ii. C. 8. St. 47. B. iv. C. 3, St. 25. B. v. C. 5. St. 6, pufh'd as in
C,
fencing. Foin, a thruft, Gall, poindre ferire.
Ufed by Chaucer. Foyle, B. iv. C. 5. St. 15. See Foile. Foyle, to file, defile, B. 5. C. n. St. 33. from
fylan, orfulan, to make foul. Frankelin, in Chaucer, a country gentleman and
freeholder, by Spenfer, for a gentleman, B. i,
C. 10. St. 6. Fra:;chfe, Gall, francbife, \x?\.francbezzi, B. iv..
C. 9. St. 37. Franchiftmcnt, freedom, fetting at
liberty, B.v. C. 11. St. 36. Franion, B. ii. C. 2. St. 37. B. v. C. 3. St. 22. one
of too frank behaviour. 'Tis formed from Frank
with the Italian termination. 1 don't find it ufed
by any but Spenfer. Freakes. whimfeys, mad aclions, B. i. C. 3. St. 1. Frett, to eat, confume, Anglo-Sax. pfic'can,
B. ii. C. 2. St. 34. as a moth doth frett the gar- ment, Pf. xxxix. 2. Thou maktft bis beauty to con. fume away, like as it were a moth fretting a gar- ment, heart-fretting, knawing the heart, B. iv.
C. 5. St. 45. $t>//,t)gogp;.- . -'Tis ufed in another fenfe, to frett, to adorn ; fretted, adorned : Anglo-S. pjiserpan, to adorn, Ital: freggiato, adorned ; freggio, ornament, embroidery, as with a golden fret, i. e. ornament, B. iv. C. 11. St. 27. So fretted with gold , a phrafe he often ufes, from the Ital. freggiato d'oro, B. ii. C. 9. St. 37. B. iii. C. 2. St. 25. B iii. C. 2. St. 25. B. iii. C. 3. St. 58. 'Tis ufed by Chaucer and Milton, by Ariofto frequently.
Cha-vea d'oro fregiata Yarmatura.
Orl. Fur. xxv. 97. Ricche di gicie, e ben fregiate d'oro.
Orl. Fur. xxwiii. 78. Frize, freeze, B. vi. C. 10. St, 33. Frize, a coarie and warm kind of cloathing, made
originally in Friefland, B. 7. C. 7. St. 31. Frory, frore, frozen, B. iii. C. 8. St. 35. Frounce, curl, crifp, Gall, fro-ncer, B. i. C. 4.
St. 14. Frowy, frowzy, mofTy, mufty, B. iii. C. 8. St. 50. Fry of children, B. i. C. 1 2. St. 7. Gall, /ray, fpawn. Furniment, Ital. fornimento, furnifhing, furniture,
B.iv.C. 3. St. 38. Furfl, firft, that the letters might anfwer in the
rhyme, Introd. B. v. St. 3. Fylde. feeled. fpelt in the Folio 1609. fled. For the rhyme, B. vi. C. 12. St. 21.
G.
f^AGEy pledge, pawn, fecurity, B. i. C. 4. ^ St. 39. B. i. C. 11. St. 41. B. iv. C. 3. St. 4. Game, B. i. C. 12. St. 8. t'wixt earneft and game,-
betwixt earneft and jeft. Gower and Chaucer ufe
this phrafe. Garre. See the note on B. ii. C. 5. St. 19. Gate, a way, B. i. C. 8. St. 30.
Gearo
A GLOSSARY, &c.
Geare, fluff", attire, Sec. eafie geare, eafy matter, B.vi. C. 3. St. 6.
Gea/on, uncommon, B. vi. C. 4. St. 37. Moth. Hub. Tale. Strange andgeafon, Anglo-S. gaepie, cams. ' geazon, hard to come by.' Ray.
Gelt, a gelding, Belg. gelte, Anglo-S. 3'ilr,
B. iv. C. 7. St 21
GentlefJ'e, Gall, gentilleffe, the behaviour of a gentle- man, B. vi. C. 4. St. 3. Chaucer. German, brother, B. ii. C 8. St. 4. C,< -r/ir, yawn, Anglo-S. geonian, B. v. C. 12.
St. 15. Geft, Gefts, aftion, anions, feats of arms, res gejltt,
ltal. gefiss exploits, atchievements. Gheft, B. i. C. 8. St. 34. So fpelt in the old quartos
and Folios, in Hughes, gueft. Spenfer follows the
Belgick, GbijTen. See Skinner. Giambeaux, B. ii. C, 6. St. 29. armour for the legs,
boots, greaves, Gall, jambiere, ltal. gambiera.
Tn Chaucer jamb tux. See Menage in Jambe, Gib: attdgean, joke and jeer, B. ii. C. 6, St. 21.
jtfi an J i'tbe, B. v. C. 3. St. 39. Gin, begin. Gan, began. Gin, engin, contrivance, B. 2. C 3. St. 13. B. iii.
C 7. St. 7. Ginjis, Jufls, or tournaments, B. i. C. i. St. 1. to
^iujl, to run in tilt or tournament, B. iii. C. 10.
St. 35. B. iv. C. i.St. 11. B. v. C. 3. St. 6. fpelt
from the ltal. giofra, gioftrare. See Menage in
Joufte. Glade, a paffage : ufed generally for a paffage cut
through a wood, B. iii. C. 4. St. 21. from the
Anglo-S. jliban, GJave, B. iv. C. 7. St. 28. B. iv. C. 10. St. 19.
Gall, glaive, corrupted from the Lat. gladius, a
fword, fpelt Glayves, B.v. C. 11. St. 58. Glee, mirth.
Glen, (Anglo-S.) a valley, B. iii. C. 7. St. 6. Glib, B. iv. C. 8. St. 12. They [the Irifh] have an
other cujlom from the Scythians, that in wearing of
mantles and long Glibbs, which is a thick curled
bujh of hair hanging down over their eyes, and
monjlrcujly dijguifing them. Vox Hibern. Glitterand light, B. i. C. 4. St. 16. Glitterand ar-
n.our, B. i. C. 7. St. 29. Glitterand armes, B. ii.
C. ii'. St. 17. Chaucer in PI. Tale. 2102. Glit- terand gold. G. Douglas. rp. 130, 20. Skalis glitterand bright.
G'od , id g'ide, glance, or fwiftly pafs. ufed by Ch.
fc (3 Douglas ures glade. The Anglo-S. pranerit,
from jllbail, B. iv. C. 4. St. 23. Gleaming light. See the note on B.i. C. 1. St. 14.
gloaming eaft, B. i. C, 12. St. 2. dozing fptedbes, flattering, deceitful, B. iii. C. 8.
St. 14. Milt, glazing lies. So glozd the tempter.
Seejunius in Glofe. Gnarre, B. i. C. 5. St. 33. gnarle or fnarle, vex
per onomat. a Utt. canind r.
Gondelay. properly a Venetian wherry. B. ii. C. 6. St. 2.
Goodlyhead, goodlinefs, B. ii. C. 3. St. 37. B. iii. C. 2. St. 38.
Gore, pierce, B. ii. C. 12. St. 52.
Gorge, throat, B. i. C. I.St, 19. B. i. C. if. St. 13. what was gorged, or fwallowed down the throat, B. i. C.4. St. 21.
Gorget, B. iv. C. 3. St. 12. armour defending the throat, Gall, gorgette,
Gojpbs, fpelt in the 2d quarto Gojips : but he fol- lows the Anglo-Sax. jobpbbe, B.i. C. 12. St. 1 1 .
Grange, B. vii. C. 7. St. 21. a granary, barn, farm, &c. Granges were fo named a grana gerende: being farms belonging to religious houfes ; the overfeer of the grange was commonly called the Prior of the Grange.
Grayle [Grele, from gracilis. See Menage.] Some particles, or gravel, B. i. C. 7. St 6. B. v. C. 9. St. 19. But ufed for the facred difli in the laft fupper of our Saviour : in B. ii. C. 10. St. 53. See the note.
Grearve, B. iii. C 10. St. 42. See the note : Per- haps the fame as Grove ; as in B. vi. C. 2. St. 43. Chaucer in the Knight's Tale. 14. 97. In the greves. Somner, JJlJEie, a grove : Lancaftren- fibus, a GREAVE.
Gree, in greatejl gree, B. ii. C 3. St. 5. well in gree,
B. v. C. 6. St. 21. liking, pleafure, &c. Gall. Gree. Fairf. x. 10. accept in gree, Taflb, Prendi in grado.
Gride, gryde, B. ii. C. 8. St. 36. B. iii. C. I. St 62". B. iii. C. 2. St. 37. B. iii. C. 9. St. 20. B. iv. C. 6. St. 1. to pierce, or cut through. Lydgate of the warres of T. B. ii. C. 14. To fee her hufband with large vjoundes depe gryde through the body. Milt. VI. 329. the gritting fword. Ch. Knightes T. 1012. Through grit, i. e. grided, pierced through. I take gride to be per tneta- thefin for Gird: Anglo-S. 3eJ*b, virga. and ufed by Chaucer for to ftrike, wound or pierce, See G. Douglas, in Gird. P. P. Fol. xi. has girde of; for to fmite off.
Griple, fee note on B. i. C. 4. St. 31. B. 6. C. 4, St. 6.
G.oynd, B. vi C. 12. St. 27. grunted, gjiennian.
Guarijh, to garifh, to drefs out gorgeoufly, B. iii.
C. 5. St. 6. B. iv. C. 3. St. 29. Mirr. for Magiftrates, part lid. Fol. 34. with gar ijh grace they fmile. Shakefpear, Rom. and Jul. Aft. 3. The garijh Sun,
Gueld. aguildhald, B. ii. C 7. St. 43. Anglo-Sax.
31 !d, Germ. Gilde. Guerdon, (Gall.) reward, recompence. Guilers, cheats, B. iii. C. 10. St. 37. Guife, Guize, way, fafoon, manner. Gall, guife,
ltal,
A GLOSSARY, &c.
Guife, Guixe, way, fafhion, manner, Gall, gtdfe,
Ital.gwfa, Anglo-S. flip. Gyre, Lat. gyrus, Ital. giro, circling, turning round,
&c. warlike gyre, B. ii. C. 5. St. 8. compared
gyre, their clofe circle, comparing &c. B. iii.
C. 1. St. 23.
H.
TTAberjeon, armour covering the neck and breaft, «*-* fee Junius. Habiliments, apparel, cloathing. Hable, (Gall. Habile, Lat. Habilis) fit, ready, able. Hacqueton, B. ii, C. 8. St. 38. In Chaucer, Urry's
edit, page 146. Haketon: and explained in the
Gloflary, a jacket 'without fieeves. Gall. Hoque-
ton, q. d, 0 x}twv. See Menage: Buc the true
etymology is from the Germ. Hak, and the
Anglo-S. hoce, hamus, uncus: for coats of mail
were made from thefe hooks : Lorica conferta
hamis: Virgil. Hafe7ideale, B. iii. C. 9. St. 53. half, Ufed by
Chaucer. Hardy, brave, bold, Hardiment, courage, boldnefs,
Hardyhood, Hardy bead, a brave ftate of mind,
bravery. Harrow, B. ii. C. 6. St. 43. 'tis ufed frequently by
our poet, and by Chaucer: an interjection and
exclamation fhewing diftrcfs. Hauberg, B. ii. C. 8. St. 44. fpelt Hauberque, B. iii.
C. 4. St. 16. Hauberques, B. iii. C. II. St. 52. Hauberk, B. iv. C. 3. St. 30. Hawberks, B. iv. C.
9. St. 27. The fame as Haberjeon, Belg. hahberg.
hals, collum, et bergen, tegere. Haugbt corage, high mind, B. i. C. 7. St. 29. Haugbtie helmet, B. i. C. 7, St. 31, haughty cref,
B. ii. C. 5. St. 12. Hauljl, B- iv, C. 3. St. 49. embraced : Chaucer's
expreflion. from the Germ, hah collum, halftan,
amplecli. Heafi, Anglo-S. haq~e, a command, heft, or be-
heft. Heben bow, a bow made of the Heben tree, Nigrum
Ebenum, Virg. G. II. 1 1 6, Speare of heben wood,
B. i. C. 7. St. 37. hebene Jpeare, B. iv. C. 5.
St. 8. Hell, cover, B. iv. C. 10. St. 35. fee the note, Hend, to take hold of, Hent, feized: ufed very often. Herbars, herbs, plants, belonging to herbs, Herbaria,
B, ii. C 9. St 46. Herried, Heried, B. ii. C. 12. St. 1 3. B. iii, C. I.
St. 43. Anglo-S. hejlian, to praife, to cele- brate. Hrrfall, reherfal, B, iii. C. 11. St. 18. Hie, haften, Hide, hied, haftened, B. ii. C. II. St. z6. Higbt, named, called.
Hi Id, covered, B. iv- C. II. St- 17, fee the note. Hold, B, ii. C, 2, St. 44, the hold of the caftle is
put for the caflle itfelf. Hole, fpek fo in the ift and 2d quarto editions, in
VouI.
the Folios whole, B. iii, C, 12, St. 38,
Hood, State, condition, B. v, C. 7, St, 21, fee Somner in Had. 'Tis frequently ufed as a termi- nation marking quality or ftate, as knighthood, &c. io in Spenfer, Lujlyhed, Droufybed, Hardyhed, Maydenhed, Wotnanbed, &C.
Hore, hoar, hoary.
Horrore, horrour, B. iii, C, 6. St. 36.
Hot, was named, B. i. C. 11. St. 29. and fo in
B, iv. C. 4. St. 40. Anglo-S. haTan, nomin. nare,<uocare,\\2fc. nominatus.
Having, hovering, floating, B. iii. C, 7, St, 27. Hoved, B, iii, C. 10, St. 20, Hovering, wander- ing, ufed by Chaucer: from the Cambro-B. hovio, imminere,
Hojiry, an inn, B. v, C. 10, St, 23, ufed by Chaucer.
Hoafing fire, B. i. C, 12, St. 37, fee the note,
Hurtle, to rufh with violence, to fkirmiftu all hurtle forth, B, i, C, 4, St. 16. to burden, St. 40. This is wrongly printed in all, except the old editions hurlen. came hurtling on, B. i. C. 8. St. 17. hurtle round in warlike gyre, B. ii. C. c. St. 8. here too the Folios read hurlen. To hurtle bye, B. ii. C. 7. St. 41. hurtling round, B. iv.
C. 4. St. Z9. Tis ufed by Chaucer, and often by Wickliff. So Fairfax, vi. 41. together hurtled both their feeds, from the Ttal. urtare . Germ, hurten, trudere, impeller e, Shakefpeare likewiie ufes it: and 'tis frequently in the hiftory of Prince Arthur, as in part 2d. Chap. 28. They drew out their Jwords and hurtled together on horjeback.
Hylding, B. vi. C. 5. St. 25. contracted from H'n- derhng: Shakefpeare ufes it ill part of Hen. IV. Jome bilding fellow, ufed as a word of contempt, from Hynce, a husbandman's fervant, which word is in B. vi. c. 8, St. 12.
Hymen io Hymen, the nuptial fong in weddings, in« vocating the god Hymenals, B. i. C. 1. St. 48.
JANE, B. iii. C. 7. St. 58. fee the note. JeJJes, B. vi. C. 4. St. 19. ftraps of leather faftened
on the hawk's legs, when held on the rift, Ital.
Geto, ajacio,jaclus : q. d. ligula coriacea Falconum
pedibus circumjecla. Impacable, B. iv. C. 9. St. 22. impacatur. So th«
old quarto and folios. But Hughes implacable. Impe of Jove, page 2. offspring of Jupiter. lmpts%
offsprings, B. v. C. 11. St. 16. Anglo-S. imp.u,
to ingraft, to imp. Implore, imploring, befeeching, B. 2. C. 5. Sr. 37. Imply, has various fignifications : 'tis frequently uled
for to infold, intangle, incumber : as the Lat.
implicare. Ital. implicare, B. i. C. 4. St 31. B. i.
C. 6. St. 6. B. i. C. 1 1 . St. 23. In B. iii. C. 6.
St. 34. for contain. Importable, not to be born, B. ii. C. 8. St. 35.
ufed by Chaucer. #d I*
A GLOSSARY, &c.
In, inne, B. i. C. i. St. 35. B. ii. C. 12. St. 32.
I'o fpelt iu the old editions, and by G. Douglas.
Anglo-S. inne, a chamber, a houfe, an inne :
Somncr. Inclination, bending, tendency, B. iii. C. 6. St. 4.4. Incontinent, immediately, Gall, incontinent, Lat. iter , B i. C 6. St. 8. B. 1.
(...) St. 19, B. ii. C. 9. St. 1. B. 5. C. 9.
Sr. 18. h . Jail, B. iii. C. 10. St. 9, fee the note. ... unworthy, B. iv. C. 1. St. 30.
, inhabitants, B. 6. C. 7. St. 55. Infant, the prince, B. ii. C. 8. St. 56. B. ii. C. 11.
St. 26. B. 6. C. 8. St. 25. fee Skinner in
Jnfanta, and Wachter in Infante.
, brought on, B. vi. C. 8. St. 31. . deadly, infeftus, ltal. infejlo, B. vi. C. 4.
St. 5. as a verb, infef.are, B. vi. C 6. St. 2. lngate, [in and gate, a way] entrance, B. iv. C, 10.
St. 12. Ingcwes, B. ii. C. 7. St. 5. fo fpelt in the I ft quarto
in the 2d ingoes, and in the Folio 1609. But in
the Folios 161 1, 1617, Ingots. Inbolders, inhabitants, B. vii. C. 7. St. 17. Intendiment, attention, thought, understanding,
Lat. intenderc. Lat. Barb, intendiment urn. ItaJ.
intcndtmento, B. i. C. T2. St. 3 1. B. iii. C. 5.
St. 32. B. iii. C. 1 2. St. 5. Interejfe, B. vii. C. 6. St. 33. He ufes the Italian
word : fo his rhyme requires ,• fpelt wrong in
fome editions, interejl. Intreat, fpeak of, treat of. B. v. C. I. St. I. Intuje, contuiion, B. iii. C. 5. St. 33.
lead, a it ate of jollity, B. vi. U. 11. St. 32. Jctt, B. i. C. 10. St. 26. Matt. v. 18. one jctt,
iar« i». The iota or jod in the Hebrew alphabet
is the leaft of the letters. Jcyd, enjoyed, pofTeiTed, 3. iii. C. 1. St. 38. Joy- ing, enjoying, B. iii. C. 16. St. 48. joyed in, re- joiced in, B. iii. C. 8. St. 10. Juell, fo fpelt in the old quarto : in the Folios,
jewell, {pelt jouel in G. Douglas, Germ, ju-zvel,
B.iv. C.S.St. 8, and St. 10.
K.
K
E E P, care, heed : of nothing he takes keep, takes no care of any thing, B. i. C 1. St. 40. B. iii. C. IO. St. 35. / take no keep of her. So again in B. v. C. 9. St. 13. B. v. C. 12. St. 42. Chaucer ufes it frequently ; as in Prol. 400, He toke no kepe, no heed or care. So Fairf. xv. 12. Sir knights, take keep. Ang]o-S. Cepan, curare,
Keeping, guard, B. i. C. II. St. 2.
Keigbt, caught, B. iii. C. 2. St. 30. B. v. C. 6. St. 29.
Ken J, knew, kenned, B. iii. C. 10. St. 38. Kent, kenned, knew, B. iii. C. 7. St. 19. cunnan,ya>*>, Germ, kekennen, bekant, notus. Kond, B. v. C. 6. St. 35.
Kifarsy Kecfars Emperors, Ca:fars, Czars, B. ii.
C. 7. St. 5. B. iii. C. II. St. 29. B. iv. C. 7.
St 1. B. v. C 9. St. 29. B. vi. C. 3. St. 5. B. vi.
C. 12. St. 28. The oldeft poet that ufes this
phrafe is P. P. Fol. lxiv. 2. Kynges and knightts
cayfers and cherles, and Fol. cvi. To be cayjer or
kynge : and Fol. cxiii. Kynges and Keyfars, knightes
and popes. Kef, cad, B. i. C. 11. St. 31. B. ii. C. 1 1. St. 42.
So ufedby Chaucer, Phaer, and G. Douglas.
Kejlrcll, B. 2. C. 3. St. 4. a bailard kind of
hawk. See Skinner. Kight, a kite, B. vi. C. 8. St. 28. Spelt fo that the
letters might anfwer in the rhyme. Kirtle, B. i. C. 4. St. 31. cyjTCel, a woman's
gown or kirtle, Somner. Kond, fee Kend. Kynd, nature, Kyndly, natural. Kynded, begotten, B. v. C 5. St. 40. ' Acenned or
* Akentied, fignify brought forth or born : we fay
' of certain beads that they have kcnled,' Verftegan. Kyne, cows or herds, B. v. C. 10. St, 9.
L. J AD, led, did lead, B. i. C. 1. St. 4. Chaucer.
From the Anglo-S. la£t)an, ]at). Lament, lamentation, B. ii. C. 2. St. 1. Milton. Lamping fy, B. iii. C. 3. St. I. Ital. lampante. Lare, B.iv. C. 8. St. 29. fpelt Laire, B. iv. C. 8.
St. 51. See Junius edit, by Lye. Laire of a deer ;
and the Gloflary to G. Douglas. Milton ufes it
vii. 437. Launce [Ital. lance, a Lat. Lanx~\ balance, B. iii,
C. 7. St. 4. Lay, a fong. Layes, fongs, poems. Chaucer R. R.
715. Layes of lo-ve. Lay, the earth, or ground, [Anglo-S. ley, leag.
See Somner. So Fairfax, vii. 17. Sleeping en the
lay. See Skinner in v. a Lay or Lea of land.}
B. iii. C. 10. St. 23. B.'iii. C. 8. St. 15. Lay fall, a place to lay dung or rubbilh, B, i. C. 5.
St. 53. Lazars, leprous perfons, B. i. C. 5. St. 3. Ch. Lea, ivatry lea, B. iv. C. 2. St. 16. downs the lea,
B.iv. C. II. St. 41. along the Lee, B. v. C. 2.
St. 19. a Gall. I'ea/i : vel Anglo-S. Lea, campus,
sequor. Leach-craft, B. iii. C. 3. St. 17. B. iii. C. 4. St. 41.
ufed by Chaucer in the Knightes Tale, 2747.
Anglo-S. lasce, a furgeon or phyiician ; and crafty.
art, knowledge. Leare, Leares, Leres, learning, fcience j leflbns or
arts. Anglo-S. Jsejie Leafing, lying : ufed in the tranflation of the Pfalms. Lca-v'd, levied, raifed, Gall. lever, B. ii. C. 10-
St. 31. Ledden, language, dialed. B.iv. C. 11. St. 19.
ufed by Chaucer, G. Douglas and Fairfax. See Junius in Leden,
Legierdemayne, Height of hand, B. v. C. 9. St. 13. Leman, a fweetheart, concubine, B. i. C. 1. St. 6.
and 48. B. i. C.7. St. ix. B. ii. C. 5. St. 28.
B.
A GLOSSARY,
STC.
B. iii. C. 6. St. 41. See Junius.
Lenger, longer. So Chaucer whom Spenfer gene- rally follows. And fo the Anglo S.
Left, Men, B. vi. C. 1. St. 17.
Lever, rather, B. iii. C. 2. St. 6. B. iii, C. 5.S. 7. B.iv. C. i.St. 6.
Levin, lightening, B. iii. C. 5. St. 48. B. v. C. 6. St. 40. Levin- Brond, thunderbolt, B. 7. C. 6. St. 30.
Lydgate of the Trojan wars, C. 1 . with fyry levin, G. Douglas. Levin, lightening. Fyry levin, ftafhes of lightning. From the Germ. Leuchten, cor uf care.
Lewdly, ignorantly, B. v. C. 7. St. 32. B. vi. C. 2. St. 31. B. vi. C. 6. St. 17. Lewd poems, idle, unlearned B. v. C. 9. St. 25. Lewd and ill fool- ifh and wicked, B. vi. C. 1. St. 13. a lewd foci, B. vi. C 6. St. 17. lewd companions, ignorant, foolilh: B. vi, C. 8. St. 22. Spenfer ufes the word in its antique fignification ; as Chaucer and the old poets ; and fo does Milton. See Junius and Spelman.
Liefe, dear, Leifer, Lever: dearer : Licfejl, deareft. Anglo-S. leop, leofpe, leofap:. Leife or loth. See the note on B. iii. C. 9 St. 13. So again, B. vi. C. 1. St. 44. my liefe, my dear, B. 1. C. 3. St. 28. where fome books read My hfe, which is wrong. My liefeft liefe, my deareft dear, B. iii. C. 2. St. 33. more lief, more dear,
B. iii. C. 8. St. 42.
Liege-lord, B. i. C. 1. St. 51. fovereign lord : pro- perly lord of the fee, as explained, in B. ii. C. 3.
. St. 8. LiegC'man, who owes allegiance to the liege-lord, B. ii. C. 8. St. 5 1 . P. iii. C. 1 . St. 44.
Lig. B. vi. C. 4. St. 40. lie, Germ, hgen, Belg. lig- gen. Anglo-S. IlCjan. Gr. X-nyat.
Lignage, . B. i. C. 9. St. 3. So fpelt in the ift and 2d quarto editions. Gall, lignage, Ital. lig- naggio.
Lilled, lolled, B. i. C. 5. St. 33. See Skinner in Li 11 and Loll.
Lime-hound, B. v. C. 2. St. 25. a blood-hound. Gall. lunier. See Menage.
To Lin [alinnan, to ceafe, to linne, Somner. It.iww. ccfijare. Blinnan, cefiare; ablan, cefiatio]. B. i.
C. 1. St. 24. B. iii. C. 3. St. 22 and 30. B. iii. C. 8. St. 24. Chaucer ufes blin in the fame fenfe : and likevvife G. Douglas.
Lincolne green, of green cloth, fuch as is ufually made at Lincoln, B. vi. C. 2. St. 5.
Liquid ayre, B. i. C. I. St. 45. liquido aire, Virg. Georg. i. 404. Liquid firmament, B. iii. C. 4. St. 49.
Lip, B. i. C. 3. St. 38. B. iv. C. 3. St, 4. Equal lifts, aequo certamine, B-i, C. 4. St. 40. what he calls a paled green, B. i. C. 5. St. 5. i. e. a parcel of ground inclofed for combats, or tilts and tour- naments. Lice, lieu, ferme de barriers, fervant aux tournois. See Menage.
Lite, alight, get off her horfe. Anglo-S. lihran, B. vi. C. 7. St. 40.
Liielod, livelihood, maintenance, B. v.C. 4. St. 9.
B. vi. C. 3. St. 7.
Livelyhed, liveliness, life, B. ii. C. 9. St. 3. Livery and fei fin, B. vi. C.4. St. 37. Law phrafes. Lone, a thing lent, a loan, B. iv. C. 9. St. 30.
lone of arms, borrowed arms, B. v. C. 6. St. 37. Long, belong, B. vi. C. 2. St. 8. Lcord, B. iii. C. 7. St. 12. See the note. Lordings, firs, matters, a dim : of Lord, B. 3.
C. 9. St. 3.
Lore, Anglo-S. Isejie, learning, inftruclion. Loring,
a dim : of Lore. Lore, left, loft. Ch. Plowman's T. 2671. wonne or
lore. For Lorn, which he ufes in B. i. C. 4.
St. 2. Anglo-S. lopen. Fojiloren, per dims.']
B. iii. C. 12. St. 44. B. vi. C. 7. St. 14.
Lofell, an idle fellow, [ufed by Ch. in the Plowman's Tale, 3206. See Skinner and Junius.] B. ii C 3. St. 4. B. iii. C. 5. St. 20. B. v. C. 6. St. 38.
Lover, B. vi. C. 10. St. 42. See the note.
Lout, to bow fervilely, to crouch. Ufed frequent- ly by Spenfer and Chaucer, and P. P. Fed. lxiv. lowe he lowted. i aloTene, groveling : hence Ch. loute.' Somner. hlutran, ft incurvare.
Lugs, perches, B. ii. C. 12. St. 11.
Lujh, Lufkifh, Lujkijhneffe, a lazy difpofition, B. vi.
C. I.St. 35.
LufilefiJ'e limbs, B. i. C. 4. St. 20. in luftkjje wife, lifiiefly, B. vi. C. 1. St 35. He ufes Lift for will, defire, as in B. v. C. 3. St. 23.
Lyte, light on, fettle, fall on, B. iii' C 2. St. 3.
M.
7\/TdGE, Gall, mage, Ital. tnctgo, Lat. magus.
-*^* Archimagc, q. d. the chief magician.
Magncs ftone, Lat. the loadilone, B. ii. C. 12. St. 4.
Make, ' maca, a peer, equal, companion, confort; ' a mate.' Somner. Ufed very often by Spenfer : and in fome editions frequently printed mat*.
Malicing, bearing of malice, B. vi. C. 9. St. 39.
Maligr.e, malicioufly abufe, B. iv. C. 1. St. 30. makts, malignus, malignare, maligne.
Maltalent, B. iii. C. 4. St. 61. Gall, maltalent, ill- will, fpite. See Ch. in the Rom. of the Rofe ; and G. Douglas, the Gloflary in Matalent.
Matid, manned, furnifhed, filled ; as we fay a fhip is manned, B. vi. C. 1 1 . St. 46.
Maner, B. i. C. 6. St. 30. So fpelt in the old books, in the Fol. manner. Chaucer in the cha- radter of the PriorefTe 150, favs ihe was not (lately of manere,'\. e. behaviour, carriage, Gall. maniere.
Mantleth, difplayeth his wings, a term in falconry, B. vi. C. 2. St. 32. Milton applies this term to the fwan, with arched neck between her white wings mantling, i. e. fpreading her wings, and covering herfclf as with a mantle. In B. ii. C. 12. St. 20. Mantled with green, i. e. covered with green as with a mantle.
Many, company, B. iii- C. 9. St. II. B. iv. C. 19. St. 18. B. v. C. 11. St. 3. B. v. C. 11. St. 59. *dz and
A GLOSSARY, ftrV.
and in other places. m^niTeo, multitude, meny,
or many, the rout or rabble, Somner. Germ.
manige, multitude. Marge, Lat. margo, Gall, marge, margin, brim,
B.iv. C. S.St. 61. Mark-white, the white mark, alba meta, B. v. C. 5.
St- 33-
Martelled, hammered, B. Hi. C. 7. St. 42. From Ar. Oil. F. xlvi. 131. c j'opra gli martella.
Mas, ufed for divine fervice ; fpelt with a fingle s, to anftver the letters in the rhyme, B. v. C. 7. St 1 -.
To Mate, to fubdue, mated, fubdued. See Jmate. re, Gall, malgre, Ita!. malgrado, in fpite of, dnft one's will, notwithftanding. 'Tis ufed by Spenfer adverbially, ex. gr. But /toward fortune, and too for 'ward night, Such happineffe did "maulgre to nejpigbt, i. e. did fpight tome much againft my will, B. iii. C. ;. St. 7. On the cold t»d maugre I rew for fell dejpight,
i. e. much againft his will he threw himfelfv viz. for fell defpight, B.vi. C. 4. St. 40. 2dly. As a kind of imprecation, maugre her fpight, B. ii. C. 5. St. 12. i. e. curfe on her fpight. Male fit ill: cum. fua malevolent ia, male grate fit: The conduction is, impute it not entirely, merely to THY force, that hath by the unjujl doom of fortune ( curfe on her fpight ! ) thus laid me low in dufi : read thy with an einphafis. 3dly. As a prepo- pontion governing an accufative cafe, B. iii. C. 4. St. 3 1 . / mean not thee intreat to paffe, but maugre thee will pafs or die . i. e. in fpight of thee, againft thy will : ' without leave alked of thee,' as Milton paraphrafes it, B. ii. Ver. 684. Through them I mean to pafs, That be ajfured, without have afk'd of thee.
Mayle, a coat of mail, Gall, cotte de mailles, Ital. maglia, a Lat. macula, properly the mefhes of a net, and applied to a coat of armour compacted with hooks and rings of iron with little mefhes, Virg. iii. 467. Loricam confertam hamis : thus Spenfer, B. iii. C. 5. St. 19. linked mayles, iron hooks and rings linked together: Hence ljkewife is to be explained, B. iii. C. 4. St. 16. B.iii.C 5. St. 31.
Mazed, ftunned, B. iv. C. 6. St. 37, a word fre- quent in the weft.
Mazer bowle, properly a bowl of maple, B. 11: C. 12. St. 49. Chaucer calls it a mazeline.
Meane, means, conditions, occafion, B. iii. C. 12. St. 40.
Meare, (o fpelt that the letters might anfwer, B. ii. C. 11. St. 34. bis mere manhood.
Meare, a meer, limit or boundary, Anglo-Sax. mcETie, a Gr. pfyo, divido, B. iii. C. 9. St. 46.
Medawart, B. ii. C 8. St. 20. from Medica and wort.
Meed, reward.
Medling, mingling, B. ii. C. 1. St. 61. Chaucer.
Mell, to meddle, B. 1. C. 1. St. 30. B. v. Co. St. 1. B. vii. C 7. St. 9. ufed by Chaucer and G. Douglas. See Junius.
Melling, meddling, B. v. C. 12. St. 35. Mene, means, B. vi. C. 6. St. 9. Mene, did mean, intended, B. vi. C 7. St. 29. Ment, mingled, B. i. C 2. St. 5. B. vi. C. 6*.
St. 27. fpelt meynt, B. iii. C 11. St. 36. ufed
by Chaucer. Mercifyde, pitied, B. vi. C 7. St. 32. Merintake, merriment, B. ii. C 6. St. 21. B. vi.
C 10. St. 16. Mefprife, neglect or contempt. Gall, mefprife, B. ii.
C. 7. St. 39. B. ii. C 12. St. 9. B. iii. C 9.
St. 9. B. iv. C. 4. St. 11. B. iv. C. 9. St. 35.
fpelt mi/prize, B. v. C. 5. St. 48. Met, meet, B. vi. C 8. St. 45. Mew, Gall, mue, a place to mue hawks : any place
(hut up. To mew, to fhut up. Gr. ^Cu, B. iv.
C 7. S.. 34. Mieve, B. iv. C. 12. St. 26. move: for the rhyme.
Chaucer ufes meve for move. A mincing minion, a finical affected darling, a. Gall.
mince and mignon, B. ii. C z. St. 37. Mini me, B. vi. C 10. St. 28. a minim in mufick,
Ital. minima. Mini ment s, toys, trifles, B. iv. C. 8. St. 6. Mirkfome air, obfeure, foul. B. i. C. 5. St. 2S.
Milton x. 280. Murky air. See juniu-:. Mis in compofition gives an ill meaning to the word
it is joined with. See Wacht Prol. Seel. v. in
Mifs, and Somner in Mir. And likewife Ju- nius. Mifaymed, wrongly aimed, B. i. C 8.
St. '8. Mifa-vifed, ill-advifed, B. iii. C 2. St. 9. Mifcreated, ill- made, ill-formed, B. i. C. 2. St. 3.
B. ii. C 7. St. 42. Milton has the fame word, ii. 683- Mifdone, when fhe lift to mifdoe, to act amifs; Anglo-S. mir and bonne, to do, B. iii.
C. 9. St. 7. Mifdeem, to judge wrong, mi/deem- ing night, that canfes us to judge wrongly, B. i. C 2. St. 3. Mifdempt, ill thought on, B. iii. C. 10. St. 29. Mifdiet, bad diet, B. i. C. 4- St. 23. Mifdight, ill decked out, B. v. C. 7. St. 37. Misfare, misfortune, ill-fare, Anglo-S,
mirfanan. to go wrong, B. iv. C. 5. St. 30.
B. iv. C. 6. St. 2. B. iv. C 8. St. 5. B. v.
C. 11. St. 48. B. vi. C. 3. St. 24. and in other places. Misfell, unluckily fell out, or happen- ed, ufed by Chaucer, B. v. C 5. St. 10. Mif- guide, wickedly direft, B. vi. C. 3. St. 47. Mif- feeming, unbecoming. Miffeme, mif-become.
Mifleeke, diflike, B. v. C 2. St. 49.
Mifter, manner, fort, art, rnyftery, Sec. What mifter wight, what kind of creature, B. iv. C. 0. St. 23. So again, B. iii. C. 7. St. 14. B. 1. C 7. St. 10. B. iv. C 8. St. 13. B. v. C 2. St. 5. What mijler malady, what kind of difea'fe, B.iv. C 12. St. 22. It mifreth not,it fig- nines not, it needs not, Ital. mediere, need, occa- fion, B. iii. C 7. St. 51. So Fairfax, iv. what mijler wight /he was. Chaucer's Knighte's Tale, 17 1 2. what mijler men ye ben. Gall, metier, Ital. mejliere, a Lat. minijlerium.
Mifirajned}
A GLOSSARY, &c.
Mifirayned, wrongly trained, inflrufled amifs : or rather milled, drawn aiide, mis and trainer, B. v. C. 1 1. St. 54.
Mijweeniug, weening or imagining amifs, wrongly interpreting, B. i. C. 4. St. 1. Mifweene, wrongly judge, introd. B. 2. St. 3. Mijweened, wrongly imagined, B.v. C. 8. St. 46.
Mijwent, gone aftray, B. iv. C. 5, St. 30. Ch.
Mo, moe, more, Anglo-S. ma. ufed by the tranf- 1 tors of the Bible.
Meme., B. vii. C. 6 St. 49. a ftupid fellow- Ufed by Sh. Com. of Err. Act iii. Sc. 1. See Menage in Mammon, Mommerie. Wacht: in Mumme, larva.
Mold. Mould, treen m uld, trees : to the form and fhape of trees ; fo fornix deorum, Jorma luporum, i. e. gods, wolves, B. i. C. 2. St. 39. B.I. C. 7. St. 26. earthly mold, earth, B. i. C. 7. St. 2 2. mif created mold, ill-formed fhape, B. ii. C. 7. St. 42. antique mold, call or faihion, B. iii. C. 2. St. 25. fiejhly mold, flefh, B. iii. C. 2. St. 39. yron mold, iron, B. 5. C. 1. St. 12. A mould is a fcrm wherein a thing is call, Gall, mode, a Lat< nudu- lus: or from the Anglo-S. molde, i. e, dull or earth in which they make forms for calling.
Monaftere, (Gall.) amonallery, B. vi. C. 12. St. 23.
Mone, forrow, B. i. C. 10. St. 53. B. vi. C. 7. St. 18.
Mores, B. vii. C 7. St. 10. Anglo-S. mojian, acini, bacca, femina. Somner. We ufe the word in the well of England.
Morion, B. vii. C. 7. St. 28. Ital. morione, a fort of a ileel-cap or head- piece ; fuch as ufed by the Moors.
More, greater, as in other places, fo in B. v. C. 2. St. 34. and 39. B. v. C. 8. St. 34.
Mojl is ufed by our old writers for chiefeji, greateji,
Anglo- Sax. masfC, the chiefell, the principal, the greatell. Somner. mferT "3 lasrtT, tnojl and leajl, i. e. greatell and leafl, B. iv. C. 11. St. 9. B. v. C. 2. St. 37. B.vi. C. 6. St. 12. B. vi. C. 12. St. 24. And in other places, Ch. Knight's Tale 2200. The grete gefts alfo to the moil and lelle.
Mote, mull, might, Belg. meet, oportet, Anglo-S. moT, may be. Somner. Chaucer ufes it fre- quently, and fo does Spenfer. Moulds, grows mouldy, B. ii. C. 3. St. 41, Mountenance, a furlongs mount enance, the dillance of a furlong, B. iii. C. 8. St. 18. the m. of a pot, the dillance, &c. B. iii. C. 6. St. 20. the mountenance of a flight, a bow-lhot, B. v. C. 6. St.. 36. This phrafe he feems to have borrowed from Chaucer, who ufes mountenance for quantity, value, amount, fpace. &c. Gall, montance, the mountenance of a tare, i. e. the value, Knight's tale 1572. So again, in the Pardoner's Tale, 2381. the mountenance of a come, Rom. of the Rofe, 1562. The mountenance of two fingers hight, \. e. the dillance. Troil. and CrelT. L. ii. ver. 1707. the mountenance of an hour, the fpace. And Gower Folio clxxxvii. Not full the mtuntenance of a mile.
i. e. the dillance or fpace, Mowes, making of mouths, B. vi. C. 7. St. 49.
ufed in thePfalms. See Junius. Muchdl, much, B. i. C. 6. St. 20. Anglo-S. mi-
chel, many, much, great, Chaucero mi/cell. Somn. Mucky pelf, B. iii. C. 9. St. 4. B. v. C. 2. St. 27.
)nnffie,mucke, B. iii. C. 10. St. 3 I. Anglo-S. meox.
dung, muck. Somner. Mum, B. iv. C. 7. St. 44. Sh. K. Ric. IIJ. The
citizens are mum. like maskers in dumb ihowe.
Dani, Mumme, larva. Munificence, fublidies, aid, benevolence. See note
on B. ii. C. 10. St. 15. Mured, inciofed, B. vi. C. 12. St. 34. Ital.
murare. Muzd, mufed, B. iii. C. u. St. 54. B. iv. C. 5.
St. 43.
N.
Nathemore, Nathemoe, never the more.
Nathlefs, Nathelefs, fometimes of two, fometimes of
three fyllables, ufed by Chaucer and Milton.
Anglo-S. nd.'Sctey, neverthelefs. Somn. Ne, Anglo-S. ne, neither, not. Neibor, fo fpelt, B. i. C. 4. St. 30. Anglo-S.
nehbuji.
Nempt, named, B. iii. C. 10. St. 29. Ch.
Nett, neat, clean, Ital. netto, Gall. ?iet, a nitidus. B. iii. C. 12. St. 20. net, neatly drefled or pre- pared, B. vi. C. 8. St. 45.
New-f angle neffe, B. i. C. 4. St. 25. a love of no- velty and new falhions a changing, unfettled dif- pofition. ufed by Chaucer, fee Junius.
Nill, will not: contracted from ne will; will or nil! (nolens volens) B. i. C. 3. St. 43. willed or nilled, B. iv. C. 7. St. 16. yet nill, yet I will not
B. i. C. 9. St. 15, 1 nill, I will not have, B. ii.
C. 7. St. 33. who nill, who will not, B. iii. C. 1 1. St. 14. P. P. Fol. xxxiii. will thou or nilt thou, we wyll have our wyl. P. P. Fol. cxii. wyl be nyll he. ' our anceilors ufed fundry negative abbre- « viations as, nil, to be unwilling, nift, wilt not, * nold, would not, ' Verllegan. niilan, nolle, to nill or be unwilling, Chaucer hath nil for ne -will or will not: Somn.
Nimbleffe, nimblenelle, B. v. C. 9. St. 29.
Nobleffe, Gall. Nobleffe, nobility, B. i. C. 8. St. 26. B. v. C. 2. St. 1. Nobilejfe, in three fyllables, B. ii. C. 8. St. 18. So the hal. Nobilezza.
Nonce, For the nonce, for the occafion, B. 5. C. 11. St. 14.
Not, Note, Know not, contracted from ne wot. Anglo-S, ne pat.", I know not. See Hickes Grammat, Anglo-S. page 73. B. L C. 12. St. 17. that no'te, that I know not, introd. B. ii. St. 4. fhe no'te walk, B ii. C. 4. Sc. 4. Jhe note fiirre, St. 1 3. yet note he chufe, he knew not to chute, B. ii. C, 7. St. 39. yet note dijeoure, yet knew not how to discover, B. iii. C. 3. St. 50.
net*
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note Jhefind, yet fhe knew not how to find, B. iii. C. 6- St. 40. B. iv. C. 3. St. 9. and in other places. L'led by the old Engliih writers. Noule, B. vii. C. 7. St- 39. Germ. nol. nal. caput, hnol, the crown or top or" the head, the noddle,
oftr- ntban, to read over or through, Somn. Over-weening, felf-conceited, over and above opini- ated, B. vi. C. 7. St. 42. Oper-penan, to prefume, to overween, to ftand much in his opinion and conceit, Somn.
of nol in jobbemol or gabbernol, Somn. cnolle Ought, B. i. C. 4. St. 39. But tlS Elfin knight which
, tbe {ct ought that warlike wage, i. e. which owed, or
Novice, lntrod. B. i. St. 2. leal. nvtzio.
NoulJ, contracted from ne would, would not, B. i.
C. 6. St. 17. B. ii. C. 4. St. 12. B. ii. L. S.
St. JO. B. iii. C. ic. St. JJ. Ii. iii. C. II. St. 55.
B. v. C. S. St. 4.1. B. \i". C. ~ St. 36. Anglo-S.
nolbe, not, he tefufed ' Somn.
uri, B. i. C. o- St. J* the manner of buogiag
my tutor, Gall, nourriture, nurture, education
was owner of, polTciTed that warlike pledge, As he it ought, i. e. as he who owned it, B. ii. C. 8. St. 40^ Knights ferviee ought, did owe, B. iii. C. 1. St. 44. ought, was owner of, B. vi. C. 3. St. .2. which .halfe it ought,- who is owner of half, B. vi. C. 7. St. 16. Anglo-S. agan, to own or pofi'efs.
;nvtutor,u.ui,;..^;^«,.Kulu,,>u^uJun. Q h f h
n, B. 11. C. 3. St. 2, and fpelt there n , „ -^ . . . r .5 ?
the ill and 2d editions In quarto. .°«"\ a^ ™th> "ton, joined often with th,
\ to nourfe, educate, B. vi. C. 4. St. 35.
1!. i. C. ic. St. 24. B. i. C. 11. St 45.
I, vexed, hurt, a noxa, Ital. noia.
t, 13. i. C. 5. St. 45. B. i. C. 11. St. 50.
B. i. C. S. St. 40. noyous injuries,
B. ii. C. o. St. 16. noyous cloud, B. iii. C. 1
St. 4.2 aueAa noiafa -vita, this irkibme life. Orl. u"*-w> «• iv. C. 1. St. 20, get out, win the way
the
interjection Harrow, which fee above, out alas I
B. vi. C. 11. St. 29, ufed by Ch.
Out-fond, found out, B. i. C. 12. St. 3. Out of hand, out of hand, forthwith, B. i. C. 12.
St. 3. Out-well, B. 1. C. 1. St. 21. difcharge, fee well.
fur. x.\i. 33,
O.
0^/f« ;•<•.••.//, introd. B. i. St. I. Oaten pipe, B. i.
C. 2. St. 28. Averia,Vitg. Obfequy, obfequium, Gall, obfeques funeral rites,
B. ii C. i. St. 60. Ods, ftrife, B. vi. C. 11. St. 30. B. vii. C. 6.
St. 23. Offal, refufe, drofs, &C. B. ii. C. 3. St. 8. of a,
.'/a, offal. Ola old man, B. ii. C. 9. St. 55. Ital. un fene vecchio, fenex vetulus. yi^uv wa?k«»o$. This ex- preffion I have heard in the weft. Oppreffcd, ravifhed, B. iv, C. 2. St. 45. Chaucer thus
ufej it frequently. Or dele, B. v. C. 1. St. 25. particular ways for perfons accufed to vindicate themfelves were call- ed, ordeal by fire, ordeal by water, ordeal by combat, &c. fee Verftegan pag. 69. and Wacht. in V. Ordalium. Somn. in Ort)£el. Spelm. in ordalium. Origane. tgiyavor, origanum, organy, B. i. C. 2.
St. 40. Over-came, i. e. came over it, B. iii. C. 7. St. 4. Shakefpeare ufes it fo in Macbeth, as I formerly mentioned. Overcraw, to crow over, to infult, B. 1. C. 9.
St. 50. Overheat, overtook, B. ii. C. 10. St. 18. B. iii. C. 5. St. 25. B. iii. C. 7. St. 19. B. v. C. 8. St. 4. B. v. C. 10. St. 36. See Hent. Overkefi, overcaft her, B. iii. C. 6. St. 10. Over-raught, reaching over them, B. v. C. 12.
St- 3°- p
Over-red, did read it over, *». iii. C. 11. St. 57.
4
out. Owches, B. i. C. 2. St. 13. B. i. C. 10. St. 31.
B. iii. C. iv. St. 23. oucUs of gold, Ex. 28. 11. Owre, B. ii. C. 7% St. 5. fo fpelt in the ift and 2d
quarto editions; in the folios of 1609, 161 1, 161 7.
Ower, Anglo-S. Ojia. Belg. oer. perhaps a Gr.
P.
Pace, go, B. ii. C. 1. St. 26. pace, pais or way,
B. iii. C. 1. St. 19.
Pain, Payne, pains, endeavour, Ital. pena, Gall. peine, Gr. ttoi/o;. with faigned paine, with pretend- ed pains, or feignedly, B. i. C. 2. St. 39. ufed as a verb, did payne, did endeavour, B. i. C. 4. St. 15. B. iv. C. 6. St. 40. With bufie paine, i. e. bufily, B, i. C. 6. St. 21. bufie paine, is an ex- preifion our poet frequently ufes, ex. gr. B. i.
C. 6. St. 21. B. i. C. 7. St. 24. B. ii. C. 7. St. 35. B. iii. C. 5. St. 31. B. v. C. 12. St. 26.
B. vi. C. 3. St. 28. B. vi. C. 6 St. 38. B. vii.
C, 11. St. 4. And this expreflion he feems to have borrowed from his favourite Chaucer, fee the note on B. i. C. 6. St. 21. io likewife, with. careful paine, B. i. C. 6. St. 33. B. ii. C. 1, St. 46. i. e. carefully, the practice paine, the praftife and endeavour, B. i. C. 12. St. 34. fie her paynd, fhe endeavoured, B. 4. C. 6. St. 40. did fo well him paine, did his endeavours fo well acted fo well, B. v. C. 12. St. 10. enforfi with
paine with labour and difficulty, Ital. a gran pena, Gall, a grand peine. B. vi. C. 2. St. 2. his former
payne, adventure, B. vi C. 2. St. 38. vr, happy
pain, unfortunate endeavours, B. vi. C. 4. St. 31.
'with paine, with difficulty, B. vi. C. 8. St. 9,
Painim, Pagan, infidel, fo Ch and Milt. Painim chivalry,
Paire,
A GLOSSARY,
c.
Paire, empaire, diminifh, B. i. C. 7. St. 41, Ch.
Paled part per part. This expreffion is taken from heraldry ; a pale is a reprefentation of a pale or flake fet upright: a coat is paid when equally charged with pales of metal or colour : part per part, is what in heraldry is called party or parted, denoting it divided or marked out into partitions. •—Pinckt upon gold, wrought in gold in. pink work, in round holes or eyes, — B. vi. C. 2. St. 6. PaVidhew, B. iii. C. 2. St. 28. B. vi. C. 8. St. 40- Pallid death, [Horat. pallida mors, ,] B. v. C. 11. St. 45.
Fanachaea, B. iii. C. 5. St. 32. wavuKiuc, a uni-
verfal medicine. Paardkell, B. iii. C. 5. St. 23. the brain-pan, the
the skull, the crown of the head, Ital. pannicula,
Gail, pannicule. Faragyi, B. iii. C. 2. St. 13. B. iii. C. 3. St. 54.
B. iii. C. 6. St. 52. B. iv. C. 1. St. 33. B. 5.
C. 3. St. 24. B. vi C. 1. St. 1. an example, pattern; companion or fellow.
Paramour, a lover, Paramours, lovers.
Paravaunt, B iii. C- 2. St. 16. B. vi. C. 10. St.
J 5. par adventure, peradventure, Ital. per au-
•ventura. Parbreake, vomit, B. i. C. 1, St. 20. to parbreak,
<uel a Belg. Braecken, Tent, brechen, <vomere,
mel a per et break, q. d. prorumpere in <vomitum,
' Skin. Failure, departure, B. iii. C. 8. St. 46. Pas, c;o, B. v. C. 7. St. 17. Pas, furpafs, exceed,
B. ii. C. 6. St. 25. B. v. C. 8. St. 49, B. v.
C, 10. St. 3.
Paje, B. iii. C. 1. St. 19. it fignifies here, country,
land, region: from the Ital. paefe, Gall. pais. PaJJiotiate, B. i. C. 12. St. 16. did paffionately
ihew, fee the note, of matter pajjioned, B. iii. C.
12. St. 4. exprefling paiiion. Paternojlers, B. i. C. 3. St. 13. Ital. patemojlre,
the lord's prayer, Orl. innam. L. i. C. 5. St. 68,
e per iui dica un paternofiro, 0 dui. Pa<vo>ie, peacock; an Italian word: B. iii, C. 11.
St. 47. G. Douglas ponne : po-ivne : for Peacock. Paunce, B. iii. C. n. St. 37. A pancy, or violet. Payne fee paine. Pays' d poized, equipoized, for the rhyme, B. ii. C.
10. St. 5. Peece, a fort, a ftrong place, citadel &c. Ital. piazza,
B. i. C. 10. St. 59. B. ii. C. 11. St. 14. B. iii.
C. 10. St. 10. B. v. C. 2. St. 21. 'tis fo ufed in Nehem. Ill, ii. Malchijah repaired the other peece, Fairfax ufes it often as in book VII. 29. VII. 90.
Peife, poife, Vet. Angl. B. v. C. 2. St. 46.
■ Pelmell [Gall, pele mele, confufedly.] B. v. C. 7, St. 35,
Penon, B. ii. C. 3. St. 30. fo fpelt in the old quarto editions, and Folios of 1609. 161 1, Gall, pennon, a banner, or ftreamer born on the top of a launce Ital. pennone. perhaps from pendere, or from pan- mis. ' parce que ces etendards ou enfeignes etoient • faits de riches etoffes,'
Perdie, Gall, par dieu. B. iii. C. 2. St. 27. Ch.
frequently ufes it thus expletively. Pen, B. iii. C. 1. St. 26. B. iii. C. 10. St. 24.
fpelt peare, B. iii. C. 12. St. 7. Peers, compa- nions, equals, pares, B. i. C. 5. St. 37. fpelt
peres, ill and 2d quarto edit, in B. ii. C. 3. St.
39. and peares, B. iii. C. 9. St. 4, Perforce, Gall, par force, Ital, per forza, by force. Perling, purling, trickling down, B. v. C, 0
St. 50. y
Perlous, perilous, dangerous, B. ii. C. 6. St. 38.
fee B. iii, C. 4. St. 21. where perhaps the poet
wrote per'' bus. Per/aunt, B. i. C. 10. St. 47. piercing, fo ufed
by Ch. R. R. 2089. from the Fr. Per/on, B. i. C. 2. St. 11. the per/on to put on, to
put on the character, to perfonate : perfonam
induere. Perfue, B. iii. C. 5. St. 28. perfuing, perfute, or
chafe. Phocas, B. iii. C. 8. St. 30, Virgil of Proteus, G.
IV, 395. turpes paj'cit fub gurgite Puoc as, Ital. /oca, a fea-calf. Fhyfnomy, B. vii. C. 7. St. 5. Phyfiognomy. Piclurals, paintings, B. ii. C. 9. St. 53. Pight, placed, pitched, fixed, B. i. C. 2. St. 42
B. i. C. 8. St. 37. B. i. C. 10. St. 25. B. i.
C. 12. St. 25. E. ii. C. 7. St. 35. Introd. B. v. St. 4. B. v. C. 7. St. 26. B. v. C. 8. St. 8. Tpight, B. i. C. 9. St. 33, fo printed in the 2d quarto edition and folio of 1609, printed wrong in the ift edition, yplight.
Pdl, B. 6. C. 10. St. 5. rob. Gall, filler, a Lat. pilare, compilare.
Pine, B. ii. C. 9. St. 35. a pining away: the verb ufed as a fubftant. the Greek happily ac- cords TTEiva fames. — be done to pine, be put to death, B. 6. C. 5. St. 28. pir.cd ghcft, B iii. C. 2. St. 52. B. iv. C. 7. St. 41. Chaucer in the Nonnes prieft tale, 1047. pale as a forpyned ghofi. for increafes the fignirication of the verb or parti- ciple with which it is joined. See Forpined.
Plaine, complain, B. iii. C. 1 1 . St. 17. B. 4. C. 3. St. 1. B. vii. C. 6. St. 14. B. vii. C. 7. St. 13.
Plaft, fpelt in the Folio, 1609. plact, placed. B. vi. C. 9. St. 19.
Plate and mail, he frequently ufes : So Mil- ten, vi. 368. Mangled iuith ghajlly wounds through plate and mail. Chaucer ufes Plates
plates of armour, Knightes T. 2123. and Lydgate has this expreffion, in the Troj. Warret B. ii. C. 26.
He hent a fpeare and thought he ne would fayl Fo fight Heelor through Jhclde, plate and mayle.
— coperto a piaftra e amaglia.
Arioft. Orl. Fur. xxxviii: 74. Plejh, for the rhyme, a plafti, B. ii. C. 8. St. 36. Point, B. i. C. 2. St. I 2. cared not for God or man a point, not at all, not a tittle : ne punftum qui- dem, Ital. punto. Gall, point. Fo point ared, de- clared punctually and minutely Ital. punto. di punto in punto, B. iii. C. 2. St. 16. Armed to
poin
A GLOSSARY, ©V.
point, compleatly armed, armed at all points, luil. armate di tutto punts, B. i. C. I. St. 16. B. i. C. z. St. 12. B.iv. C. 3. St. 6. B.v. C. 5. St. 5. B. v. C 10. St. 34. B. vi. C. 5. St. u. . weight, B. i. C. 11, St. 5 1. Polaxe, pole-ax or battle a.\, ufed or invented by
. Polanders, B. v. C. 12. St. 14. Pols a>:A Pils, plunders and pillages, B. v. C. 2.
St. 6. Polygeny, B. iii. C. 5. St. 32. Sec the note. Port, behaviour, carriage, B. iii. C. II. St. 46.
Gall. /or/. Chaucer. Port anna B. ii. C. iii. St. 5. fpelt portaice, St. 21.
Ital. portamento, comportment, carriage. Portcullis [from /or/* a gate and cottier to fall down : a falling gate hung over the entrance of a forti- fied cattle, to let down or draw up at pleafure; imaging the nofe in. B. ii. C. 9. St. 24. Porte//?. B. i. G. 4. St. 19. Afcham's fchoolm after- pa^. 179. If be could turn his porte/s and pie rea- dily. Hanington tranflates (Arioft. 27. 37.) i bre-viali. the porteffes. Chaucer in the Shipman's Tale, 2639. on my porthoje I tnakin an otbe. i. e. breviary, or prayer-book ; fo named from porter and bo/e : becaufe carried about with them in their pockets, or hoje. Puuidred, reduced to powder, pouldre, B. i. C. 7. St. 12. In a different fenfe, Pouldred jkin, i. e. as it were powdered with fpots, G. Douglas, pag. 257, 47. P alias febeild with ferpent falls poudderit in go/din field, i.e. powdered, fpotted : Held is the ground or area. Poudred with pearle and fione, B. iv. C. 10. St. 3 1, i.e. diverfified or fpotted : a metaphor borrowed from heraldry. The Gloiiary to Chaucer fays, ' Powdiring, em- broidery, or rather ermine-fpots. See the Af- fembly of Ladies, Verf. 530. In Urry's editt. page 544. Verf 63. the green ground powdrid with da fie. and Milton vii. 579. the milky way pow- dred with Jiars. Po-tuunt fpeare [Gall, poignant, pungente in Ari-
oito's epithet.] B. ii. C.8. St. 36. Praclick paine, the cunning practice, plot, and en- deivour, B. i. C. 12. St. 34. ufed as the Ital, pratica, not only for pra&ice and defign, but for plot, fecret cunning and intrigue, and (o pratico praftafed, intriguing, defigning, &c. Praclick wit, B. ii. C. I. St. 3. Praclick knavery, B. ii. C. 3. St. 9. experienced, plotting, &c. juft as in Orl. Fur. iii. 70. £c\uefio Brunei Ji pratico e Ji aftuto, i. e. plotting, defigning. In a different fenfe, prailicke ufe in arms, B. v. C. 7. St. 29. Prank, B. i. C. 4. St. 14. Some prancke their ruffes, i. e, exhibit forth, and proudly fhew. Germ. prangen, fuperb re, ornatum arrogant ius ojlendere, gepnenge, oflentatio, pompa. Belg. pranken. So again, B. ii. C. 2. St. 36. In fumptuous tirejhe joyd herfelf to p'-anck, i. e. proudly to (hew and exhibit forth. And B. ii. C. 3. St. 6. his plumes dothpranck. Milton in his Mafk, fays very elegantly/a^ rulers prankt in reaforis garb, i. e. pompoufly fet forth,
arrogantly tricked out, &c.
Prcace, fpelt Pteafe in the 2d edit, and Folios of 1609, 161 1. In Hughes Praife which is an error ; Fa? from all peoples preace, i. e. refort, com- pany, &e. Gall, fre/'e, ltal. prefja. Ke I again the fame can jufily preace, B. I. C. 3. St. 3, nor can I prefs you, urge you, &c B. i. C. 1 2. St. 19. Preaced to draw near, fo the firft and 2d quartos and Folios of 1609, 161 1, 1617, in Hughes Preffed, B. 2. C. 7. St. 44. "The learned preace, the learned fociety, company, &c. B. ii. C. 10. St. 25. round about him preace, prefs, throng, B. v. C, 6. St. 29.
Prejudice, Lat. praejudicium, preconjedture, fore- judging, B. ii. C. 9. St. 49.
Propenfe, weigh, coniider, premeditate, B. iii. C. 1 1. St. 14. from pra> before-hand and pendo, to weigh.
Prefence, B. i. C. 4. St. 7. to the prefence mount, St. 13. in prefence came : and again, B. ii. C. 12. St. 24. we fay the prefence, fpeaking of a prince's court, Gall, chambre de prefence.
Pretended, fhewn forth, B. vi. C. 4. St. IO. held out, B. vi. C. 11. St. \Q. a. Lat. pretender e.
Prejl, prepared, ready at hand, ufed fo by Ch. Lat. prajlo. Gall, prefi. Ital. prejlo. vengeance prejl. B. ii. C. 8. St. 28. in Hughes edit, prefs1 d; which is an error. Again, B. iv. C. 5. St. 36. B.iv. C. 8. St. 48. B. v. C. 7. St. 27. B v. B. v, C. 8. St. 9. B. vi. C 6. St. 9. B. vi. C. 6. St, 44. B. vi. C. 7. St. 19. Prejl, fometime, for pre/Ted, as in B. iv. C. 4. S.. 21.
Price, Jhall with his own blood price that he hatb fpilt, B. i. C. 5. St. 26. So again, B. i. C. 9. St. 37, with thine own blood to price his blood, i. e pay the price or value. Ital. prezzare, to prize or value, Gall, prifer.
Priefe, proof. B. ii. C. I. St. 48. B. v. C. 7. St. 44. fpelt fo in G. Douglas.
To prick, to prick with fpurs, as fully exprefTed, B. ii. C. I. St. ^.g.gayfieede with fpurs did pricke: In the fame fenfe as the Italian authors ufe^.-o- nare. Berni, L. i. C 15. St. 5. II re h vide, e'n- contro ancb* egli Sprona. Pricking on the plain?, B. i. C. I. St. I. B. iii. C. 8. St. 44. Pricking to- wards him with bafiie heat, B. i. C 3. St. 33. So fierce to prick, B. ii. C. 1. St. 26. He pricked 'forth,
B. ii. C. 1. St. 50. B. iv. C. 4. St. 19. B. 8.
C. 10. St. 31. Milton has borrowed this expref- fion from Spenfer, B. ii. 539. before each van Prick forth the aery knights, and couch their fpeares. Again, on the plain fafi pricking, B. ii. C. 5. St. 2. Prickt fo fiers, St. 3. So proudly pricked on his courfer ftrong, B. ii. C. 5. St. 38. to pricke with eager fpeede, B.iv. C. 6. St. 2. Prickt with all his might, B. v. C 8. St. 5. B. vi C. 1. St. 32. be pricked over yonder plaine, B. v. C. I. St. 19. Prickt forth with jollitie, i. e. pufhed on, fpur- red on, B. i. C. 9. St. 12. So B. ii. C. i. St. 27. Prickt with courage. See the GlofTary to Chaucer, and G. Douglas in Prekand and Prick.
Prime, is ufed in different fignifications ; that day is every prime, B. i. C. 2. St. 40. i. e. the fpring,
or
A GLOSSARY,
•■or beginning of the year: It may mean the prime of the moon, at the firft appearing of the new moon, called the prime : and thisexplanation has refe- rence to Hecate, who is the fame as the -moon, and who prefides over witchcraft. As fre/h as Flora in her prime, i. e. in her fpring, B. i. C. 4. St. 1 7. fo again, glad as birds of joyous prime,
B. i. C. 6. St. 13. the vjanton prime, B. iii. C. 6. St. 42. Primavera, Gall. Pri/itemp* the pride of hafiing, or haftening, prime, B. vii. C. 7. St. 43. Prime, is ufed for the morning as, At even- ing and at prime, i. e. morning: primomane: B. ii.
C. 9. St. 25. fo Milton ivhile day arijes, that fiveet hour of prime.
Pri/e, fcuffle, fight : 'tis a French word. Prife, en venir aux prifes, to fight, to engage. So the Ital. prefa. venire alle prefe, B. vi. C. 8. St. 25.
Prive, prove, B. vi. C. 12. St. 18. fo Chaucer.
Procur d, follicited, intreated ; a procurando, from iblliciting in another perfon's bufinefs, B. iii. C.
1. St. 1.
Protenfe, B. iii. C. 3. St. 4, extenfxon, drawing out. See the note.
Prove, brave ; proiver, braver ; proviefi, braveft. Prcwefs, comes from probitas, and Prow, from frobus, fee Menage in Prou and Prouejj'e. Prove valiance, Gall, preux vaillance ; Ital. prode valor e\ hardy courage or prowefs, B. iii. C. 3. St. 28. Proavefi occurs frequently, as, B. ii. C. 3 St. 15.
B. ii. C. 5. St. 36. B. iii. C. 3. St. 24. B. 4.
C. 2. St. 31.
Prune her feathers, B. iii. C. 3. St. 37. fee the Gloff. to Ch. in Proinith, and Junius. Puiffance, valour.
Purchafe, B. i. C. 3. St. 1 5. fee the note.
Purfied vjith gold and pearle, B. i. C. 2. St. 1 3. See likewife, B. ii. C. 3. St. 26. embroidered, or decorated as with embroidery, Ital. proffilato. Skin. ' Bordure pourflee, i. e. fimbria acuplSia: pourfilee oritur a pro et filum q. d. profilata' Milton in his mask, the purfied Scarf of Iris. See the GlofT. of Ch. But I believe Spenfer had in view P. P. Fol. viii. which the reader may confult at his leifure.
Purpofe, Ital. Propofito, Gall. Propos, difcourfe, talk, words, B. i. C. 2. St. 30. B. i. C. 7. St. 38.
B. i. C 7. St. 1. B. i. C. 12. St. 13. B. ii. C.
2. St. 45. B. ii. C. 4. St. 39. B. ii. C. 6. St. 6. B. ii. C. 8. St. 56. B. iii. C. 2. St. 4. B. hi.
C. 8. St. 14. B. iii. C. 9. St. 32. B. iv. C. 6. St. 45. B. 6. C. 5. St. 32. B. vi. C. 11. St. 39. ufed as a verb, B. ii. C. 12. St. 16. gan to purpofe, to difcourfe, Gall, propofer, as likewife B. ii. C. 4. St. 39. ufed by Chaucer and Milton.
Purvay, provide, B. iii. C. 3. St. 58. B. v. C. 12. St. 10. B. 6. C. 2. St. 48. Gall, pouri)oir. Pur- veyance, B. i. C. 12. St. 13. B. vii. C. 6. St. 43.
Puttocke, B. ii. C. u. St. ii. B. v. C. 5. St. 15. Vol. I.
B. v. C. 12. St. 30. the GlofT. of Ch. explain
it, puttocks, Bitterns, kites, Pyned ghojl, fee Pine. Pyonings, B. ii. C. 10. St. 63. works of pioneers,
military works raifed by pioneers.
CL
Vadrate, a fquare, Ital. quadrate, B. ii. C. 9. j St. 22.
Quar'le, B. ii. C. 11. St. 33. contracted from quarrell, fhaft, arrow, B. ii. C. 11. St. 24. Ital. Quadrello : a forma quadrata : fquare darts fhot from a crofs bow, Gall, quarreau.
Quaile, to fubdew, to quell, B. i. C. 9. St. 49, never quaile, flinch, yield, B. ii. C. 8. 35. did quaile, grow faint, languifh, B. iii. C. 8. St. 27. quayld, fubdewed, B. iii. C. 8. St. 24. manly heart to quayle : to grow faint : or freeze with fear, as the Ital. ufe quagliare, to quail or curdle as milk. Belg. quelen, to grow faint and languifh. Anglo-S. cpellan, Subigere.
Quarrey, prey.
Quart, the weftern divifion : the fourth part, Gall. quart, Ital. quarta, B. ii. C. 10. St. 14.
Quafd, quailed. Somner, aqualb, flain, quelled,
B. i. C. 8. St. 14. fee Quaile. Queint eleft, quaintly or odly chofen, B. iii. C. 7.
St. 22. in queynt difguife, in a ftrange difguife>
B. iv. C. 4. St. 39. Queint, quenched, B. ii. C. 5. St. u. Anglo-S.
acpencan, extinguere, acpentj extindus, ufed
by Chaucer. Queft% adventure, exploit. Quick, B. v. C. 9. St. 33. Anglo-S. cucian, to
quicken, to flir. Quip, taunt, flout, B. vi. C. 7. St. 44.
R.
73 Ace, fee Ras't. «**• Rad, [praeterit, from Jiaeban. See Areed,]
interpreted, declared, B. iii. C 9. St, 2. B. iv.
C. 7. St. 24. B. v. C. 6. St. 10. B. vi. C. 1.
St. 4. Raft, praeterit, from Reave, bereft, bereaved, B. i.
C. i . St. 24. fpelt reft in the Folio, 1 609. Raid, fee Ray, Raile, B. i. C. 6. St. 43. adoune their fides did
raile, i. e. flow, or run along. So again B. ii. C.
8. St. 37. B. iii. C. 11. St. 46. B. iv. C. 2.
St. 18. rayling tears, gufhing forth, B. iii. C. 4.
St. 57. Chaucer ufes this word, ex: gr : The
purple blode doune railid right fafi, i. e. trickled
down. Lament, of Mary M. ver. 181. and fo ver.
119. And Dougl. Virg. page 390. ver. 43. * e Quhil
A GLOSS
f>uhilaltht blonde halcundanily furth rclis.
A R Y, ©V.
Maine of the nv.de ayrf, i. e. region, E. iii. C. 4. St. 49. in his ownrayne, rule, or kingdom, B. iv. C V St. 27. this nvocd/e raine, B. vi. C >. St. 9. Chancer Knightes talc 1640. in the reign of Th'ace, i. c. realm or region. Pluto's rayne, B. ii. C. 7. St. 21. Mr- Pope has this expreffion in the beeinning of his tranflation of Homer
Rank, in order, B. ii. C. 3. St. 6. B. iv. C. 5. St. J3.
Ra>:/ackt, plundered, rifled, violated, B. 1. C. 6.
St. 5-
Rap.-, "in a rapture: Ital, rapito, B. iv. C 9. St. 6.
Berni, L. i. C. 25. St. 42. ra/>//o in paradifo. Rajh, rnaiUi did rajh, B. 4. C. 2. St. 1 7. r*/6/"«£ off helms, B. v. C. 3. St. 8, Ital. rafchiare ; Gr. ^xaam. u^aujuy, fcindere. G. Douglas, Rafchand, breaking, lhivering in pieces. Hawaii routes, B. i. C. 7. St 35. B. ii. C. 9. St. 15. tbe rafcall many, B. i. C. 1 2. St. 9. B. v. C. 11. St. 59. oiffo^ou Rafcall fiockes, B. ii. C. 11. St. 19. Rafcall rablcment, B. iii. C. II. St. 46. Rafcal cre-zv, B. v. C. 2. St. $z.Sce!efa Plebs, Hor. L i. Od. 4. ver. 17. la baffa plcbe, Orl; Fur. xxvi. 32. « Rafcall being the name of lean « and worthlefs deer is applied to men of no « worth.' Verftegan. Gall, racaille. ufed by Ch. Rafi, razed, erafed, effaced, B. ii. C. 12. St. 80. B. iv. C.i. St. 21. their buildings race, B. ii.C. 1 2. St. S3, overturn. Raught, reached, from Reacb, B. i. C. 6. St. 29.
B. i. C.7. St. 18. B. i. C.9. St. 51. B. ii. C. 3. St. 2. B. ii. C. 8. St. 40. B. ii. C. 9. St. 19. B. ii.
C. 10. St. 20. B.v. C. 8. St. 48. Chaucer ufes it, feeProl. 136.
Ravin, rapine, fpoil, ravening, &C. Gall, ravir, Ital. rapina, B. i. C. 1 1. St. 12.
To Ray, difcolour, beray, B. ii. C, 1. St. 40. B. vi. C. 4. St. 23. raid, difcoloured, B. iii. C. 8. St. 32. the Greek £*tw, corrumpo, comes very near.
Ray, ufed for array, ornament, furniture, &c. B. v. C. 2. St. 54. tbe goodly ray of a fhip. Sq Ch.. ufes rayid, for arayed, adorned.
.Ray, in ray, in array, in order and rank, B. v. C. 11. St. 34. Gall, arroy.
Rayling teares, fee Raile.
Rayne, fee Raine.
Read, fpelt fometimes Reed; to advife, warn, pro- nounce, declare, interpret, guefs, divine. Like- wife counfel, advice, prophecy. See Areaa. Germ. rede, Belg. rede, Jermo, ratio. Anglo-Sax.
Rsebe, Rsebej'-men, counfellors.
Readifye, rebuild, readificare, Gall, reedifer, Ital
reedificare, B. ii. C. 10. St. 46. Reallie, B. vii. C. 6. St. 23. rally. Reave. To reave bis life, to take away, Anglo-S.
bejieafan, fjwliare. So B. ii. C. 3. St. 23. that
quite bereaved / he r a jh beholder 's fight, i. e. Co** away, B. v. C. 4. St. 10. to have her grief by death bereaved, i. e. taken away, B. v. C. 5. St. ^7. his life, bereave, take away, bereave him of life. 1 hat did her twive, that did take her away ; bereave you of her, as we now fay, B. iv. C. 6. St. ;8. nvbofi v.its are reaved, taken away, B. iv. C. 7. St. 21. Chaucer ufes reve, to take away, or fpoil. See above Bereave. Reck, care, reckon. Anglo-S. JiecC, care, JICC- can, to care for, to efeem, to make account or reckoning of. Lane, to recke. Chaucer hath tec keth for careth. Somn.
Reclayme, call back, B. v. C. 12. St. 9.
Recoyle to your bo-zvers, go back to your chambers, Gall, reculer, B. i. C. 10. St. 17. might her back recoyle. i. e. might caufe her to recoyle or come back, B. ii. C. 12. St. 19. G. Douglas, pag. 306. 54. reculis haknvart, recoyls, goes back or gives ground, Gall, reader, Ital. riculare.
Recoure, recover, B. iv. C. 9. St. 25. Re cure, re- cover from their fatigue, B. i. C. v. St. 44. B. i. C. 11. St. 30. B. iii. C. 12. St. 34. B. v. C. 13, St. 26. Recured, recovered, B. i. C. 9. St. 9.
B. i. C. io. St. 52. B. ii. C. 10. St. 23. B. iii.
C. 5. St. 34. B. iv. C. 4. St. 37. Recover, B. iv. G. 3. St. 20. ufed by Chaucer.
Recreant, B. ii. C 6. St. 28. a title moll ignomi- nious in romances. See Skinner.
Recule, Recuile, recoil, B.v. C- 11. St. 47. B. vi. C. 1 . St. 20. Gal. reculer.
Reed, fee Read.
Red, B. i. C. 6. St. 36. to tell the fad fight which mine eyes have red : So B. i. C. 8. St. 21. ht had redd his end. In the 2d edit, in quarto 'tis fpelt read, which is wrong : from read comes red. ' 'Tis ufed for interpreted, declared, &c. B. i. C. 7. St. 46. B. i. C. 10. St. 17, B. i. C. 11. St. 46.. B. ii. C. 1. St. 30. B.v. C. 8. St. 13. B. vi,C. 2. St. 30. richeft red, named, declared, called the richeit, B. v. C. 9. St. 28. See Aread, Read.
Redisbourfe, Gall, deboufer, B. iv. C y. St. 27.
Redoubted knight, Itall. ridottabile. ridottato, Gall. redoutable : redoate.. reverenced, honoured* feared: B. i. C. 7. St. 46- B. i. C. 12. St. 29.
B. ii. C. 4. St. 38; B. ii. C. 8, St. 25. and in other places. Ufed by Chaucer.
Redounding tears, abounding and flowing over and above, Lat.. redundant 'es, Ital. ridondante, B. i.
C, 3. St. 8.
Reft, taken away, bereft, bereaved, deprived, B. i.
C. 9. St. 31. B. i. C. 10. St. 65. B. iii. C. 4.
St. 52. B. v. C. 7. St. 41. B.v. C. 12. St. 23.
B.vi. C. 3. St. 18. Regard, Gall, regard, not. only a look or glaunce of
the eve> but a countenance and afpedl : ufed in
this fenfe, B. ii. C. 12. St. 79. a fvjeet regard,
otherwife B* v' C' 9- St- 43- high regards, things
„fl. , „rCount and confideration.
of high ace R(_
A GLOSSARY, csrr.
Retrate, retreat, B. iv. C. 9. St. 34. B. v. C. 7, S, 35. B. v. C. 12. St. 9. Ital. ritmtta, Gall. /•<•-.
train.
Retyrd, drawn out, Gall, retire, Ital. ritirato, B. i. C. 11. St. 53.
Reverfe, did re<verfe the vie-xv cf his crimes, did re- call, did caufe to return : reverters : B. i. C. 9. St. 48. fond fancies to reverfe, here ufed according to the Ital. riverfare, to fubvert, to overturn her fooliih fancies, B. iii. C. 2. St. 48, And Jball agai n reverfe, i. e. return again to life, revertere, B. iii. C 4. St. I . bis charms back to reverfe, to abro- gate, to turn contrary : to recall or repeal their power and efficacy ; revertere, B. iii. C. 12. St. 36.
Revert, return, reverters, B. iv. C. 6. St. 43. G- Douglas, pag. 403. 15.
Seand throvj kyndilk thing fpryngis tfffJrevertis. i. e. revives, returns to life again.
Revcft, drefs again, Ital. Ri<veftire ; Lat. revefiire : reinveil. B. ii. C. 1. St. 22.
Revoke, to recall, to withdraw, Sec. to revoke the forward footing,, literally from Virgil, revocare gradus, B. i. C- I. St. 12. So again, B. ii. C. 8. St. 39. and B. iii. C. 11. St. 21. B. vi. C. 3. St. 28. With love revokt, called back, B. i. C. 7. St. 28. Talus to revoke, to call away, B. v. C. 12. St. 27. But in B. ii. C. 2. St. 28. revoke is ufed for to take away ; to make of none effeft, to re- peal, to abrogate, &c. as we fay to revoke or re- peal a law.
Revolt, B. iii. C. 11. St. 25. roll back, revolvers or rather according to the Ital. rivoltare : did change, alter, abate their force.
Torevj, rue, pity, &c. B. i. C. 1. St. 51 St. 53.
But B. iii. C. 6. St. 35. revj, a row. So B. iii. C. 6. St. 17, in a revo, in a row.
Regefters, B. ii. C. 9. St. 59. fpelt in the 2d quarto
and Folio 1619. regifters. Regiment, rule, government, B. ii. C. 10. St. 30.
B.iii. C. 3. St. 39. B. v. C. 8. St. 30. B. vii.
C. 6. St. 2. Ital. reggimento, regiments, feparate
governments, diftridts, B. ii. C. 9. St. 59. Relate, bring back again, B.iii. C. 8. St. 51. a
Lat. referre, to bring again, rctuli, relatum, relate. Relent his pafe, Ital. r alien tare ileorfo, to ilacken, to
flay, B. ii. C. 12. St. 65. relent her flight, B. iii.
C. 4. St. 49. to relent her hajle, B. iii. C. 7.
•St. 2. made them to relent, B. vi. C. 5. St. 20. to
flop, flay, flacken, abate, &c. as Gall, ralenii*,
Ital. rallentare. Without relent, without Hopping,
B. v. C. 7. St. 24. Reliv'd, Relyv'd, Reviv'd : reftored again to life,
B. i. C. 9. St. 52. B. iii. C. 4. St. 35. B. iii. C. 8. St. 3.B. vi. C. w. St. 24.
Remercied, B. ii. C. ii. St. 1 6. thanked, Gall, re- mercicr.
Rencounter, Gall, rencontre, an accidental fight, or adventure, B. i. C. 11. St. 53. B. iii. C. 1. St. 9. ■rencountring, meeting him in fight, Gall, ren- countrer, B. i. C. 11. St. 53.
Renforji, reinforced, B. ii. C. 10. St. 48.
Renfierfty reinfierced, again made fierce and bold, B.ii. C. 8. St. 45.
Renverjl, Gall, renverfe : reverft, turned upfide down, B. i.C. 4. St. 41. B. v. C. 3. St. 37. ivhofe Jhield be bears renverjl. — Then from him reft his Jhield and it renverjl. Renverfe, in heraldry, is when the arms are turned backward, or upfide down. This was a ceremony ufed in the degra- dation of knights ; he was deprived of his fword, his fpurs were cut off with a hatchet, and his aims were reverfed : Clypeo gentilitio inverjo,
RepUvie, B. iv. C. 12. St. 31. to redeem, tore- cover by a replevy.
Repritfe, reproof, B. i. C. 9. St. 29. B. iii. C. 3. St. 5. B.iii. C. 8. St. 1.
Reprieved, reproved, B, v. C. 6. St. 24.
Reprize, to make reprifals; B. iv. C. 4. St. 8.
Requere, require, B. v. C. 8. St. 27.
Refeized, had feifin or pofieffion again ; reinflated in his kingdom, B.ii. C. 10. St. 45.
Rcfiant, B. iv. C. II. St. 28. lodged, placed, re- fident, Lat-Bar. rcfiantia, refidence.
Reft, B. ii. C. I. St. 26. And in the reft his ready fpeare didjlicke, B. iv. C. 1. St. 41. with fpeare in reft ; and fo likewife, B. iv. C. 4. St. 6. B. v.
C. 2. St. 12. B. v. C. 8. St. 5. B. v. C. 8. St. 9. Gall, meitre la lance en arrejl, to couch the lance. Ital. Reft a, the rell of a lance: metter la lancia in rejla, to couch the lance. So named, a rejlando, becaufe the knight, when he couches his fpeare, rejls it againft little pieces of iron fixed to his ar- mour.
Rtjlore, reftoration, B.iii. C. 5. St. 18.
Retrate, Retraitt, pidure, pourtrait : air of the
face, Ital. ritratto, B. ii. C 3. St. 25. B, ii. C 9.
St. 4.
Fir ft than my ordre longeth to The vices for to tell on rewe.
Gower, Fol. ix
Rife, Anglo-S. p-yfe, ufed adverbially: fully, abun- dantly, B.i. C. 9. St. 44. St. 52. B iii. C. 5. St. 31. B. iii. C. 6. St. 14. B. 5. C. 9. St. 48.
Rift, cleft, chink or crak, B.i. C. 2. St. 30. B. i. C. 8. St. 22.
To rive, to cleave afunder, Riven, rent, fplit, torn afunder, B. i. C. 3. St. 44. B. ii. C. 11. St. 37.
B. iii. C. 10. St. 10. B. iii. C.5. St. 37. B. v.
C. 10. St. 32.
Rode, inrode. B. vi. C. 8. St. 35.
Rolls, records; a bundle of any thing rolled up, fo volumen in Lat. page 1. Again, B. ii. C. 9. St. 5 j. fpelt Routes, B. vi. C. 7. St. 33. See Spel- man in Rctulus.
Ronning, B, ii. C. 4. St. $■/ . Spelt in the 2d quar- to running. Spenfer for the fulnefs of the found feems to have fpelt it with an o.
Rootle, B. 6. Anglo-S. HObe, acrofs. The Rood- *e 2 loft
A GLOSSARY, ftfc
liaft is act where the crucifix was placed: to
which Spooler in this paffage alludes.
Rofiere, properly in French a rofe-bufh, but ufed for rofesin B. ii. C. 9. St. 19. ufed by Chancer.
Rojy fingr:d Morn, B. ii C. 2. St. 7. pdb$QX.Tt8\ot
ii^,,-, Horn. II. « 477-
[Harp or crowd, crotta, rota, rote.] B. ii.
C. 10. St. 3. B. iv. C. 9. St. 6.
£ . , lntrod. B. 1. St. 3. didjl rove, i. e. didft
Ihoot thy roving arrows. Rovers are a fpecies or
arrows mentioned by Afcham in Toxophilus. So
B. v. C. <j. St. \s- Even at the marie-white of /.'•..' btartjbt rev'd, i. c. (he (hot with a roving ar- row at the while mark [alba meta] of his heart. And before with the fame allufionin B. iii. C. 1. St. 56. B. iii. C. 9. St. 28.
. fee Rolls.
. 13. v. C. 9. St. 33. growl, Gall, rognonnef. or rather to gnaw and bite his- chain, from rogner, rodere. Rowndcd in bis eare, whifpered in his ear, Br iii.
C. 10. St. 30.
Rowndcll, a round bubble, B. iii. C, 4. St. 33.
Rub ns, B. ii. C. 3. St. 24. Spelt foin the ill and 2d edit, in quarto and Folio of 1609, but in the Fo- lio of 161 7, rubies. Spenfer feems to have fpclt it Rubins from the Lat. Rubinus, Ital. rubino.
Ruffs, B. i. C. 4. St. 14. ruff bands, ornaments of plaited or ruffed muflin or cambrick which men and women wore about their necks.
Rtffed : [So the books of authority, and not ruf- fled. See Junius in Ruff and Rufle] B. iii. C. 2. St. 27. So again, B. iii. C. 1 1. St. 32. ruffing bis feathers.
Ruinate, Ital. ruindre, ruinato, brought to ruin, overthrown, B. v. C. 10. St. 26.
Ruing, pitying, B. v. C. 10. St. 4. Ruefully, piti- fully, B. v. C. 10. St. 6. Ruefulnefs. fo as to raife pity and companion, B. i. C. 4. St. 25.
Ruth, pity.
Rybauld, B. ii. C. I. St. 10. Ital. ribaldo.
Ryfe, fee Rife.
Ryved, fee Ri've.
&
S
AC RE D fountain, B, i. C. J . St. 34. Fons Sa.gr, Ov. Epift.xv. 158. Amor. L. iii. Eleg. i. 3. So fac red nymph, cf a fountain nymph, B. i. C 7. St. 4. Sacred is ufed in a quite different fenfe, as facer in Latin : for curfed, deteftable, ice. Sacred ajbes, B. i. C. 8. St. 35. what Spen- fer calls the J acred fo He, B. ii. C. 12. St. 37. he calls the curfed land, B. ii. C. I. St. 51. Sacred fire, i. e. curfed, abominable, B. vi. C. 8. St. 48. The [acred foile, may mean the inchanted foile : So facro is ufed in the Italian poets, whom Spen- fer follows, Ariofto, C. 3. St. 74. calls the ring which Brunei had to make himfeJf invisible, ;'/
facro anel. The fame poet calls the curled and cruel -/Egyftus, il facro Egijio, xxi. 57.
Sad, grave, B. i. C. I . St. 2. too folemne fad, \. e. with too much folemnity and gravity : the fame words occur, B ii. C. 6. St. 37. Una when gomo- to be betrothed to St. George, B. i. C. 12. St, 21. is faid to come forth faith fad fober cheare, B. ii. C. 6. St. 19. with bis fad guide, i. e. grave, B. ii. C. 1 1. St. 3. habit /<?</.- and in other places.
Safe her, her excepted, B. iii. C. 7. St. 59.
Saint Frauvces fire, B. i. C. 4. St. 35. Ital. facro fuoco. Sacer ignis : facer morbus : ItPa vwoj. cal- led commonly St. Antonie's fire.
Saliaunce, B. ii. C 1. St. 29. with fo fierce a fally or affault. Satire, falientia, faliau.net.
To falve bis hurts, to cure, to remedy, B. i. C. 5. St. 17. cajl bow tofulve, to palliate matters, to fave appearances, B. iv. C. 1. St. II. though he could not falve, &c. though he could not cure, yet
to palliate he, &c. B. iv. C. 4. St. 27. Salvare, tor fave, preferve, to defend, Sec.
Salved, faluted, B. ii. C. 8. St. 23^ Gall. Salver Ufed by Chaucer in the Rom. of the Rofe, 743 1 „ Salewd, fainted, B. iv. C. 6. St. 25. Chaucer Squier's Tale, iii. Salved the king and queen. Ibid. 132. Salewit b you.
Sanguine, ufed fubltantively, Gall, fanguin, Ital. janguinco, blood red, B. iii. C. 8. St. 6. Ch. Prol. 441. In fanguine and in Per/} he was clad- all.
Sardinian fmyle. See note on B. v. C. 9. St. 12. //.fidVjirs o-a^dtiov, Horn. Od. v 302. ne rideamus yiXuroc aufionov, Cicer. Epift.
Saufguard, Gall, favegarde, B. ii. C. $. St. 8.
Say, a thin fort of filk fluff, Gall, foye, Ital. fojar B, I C. 4. St. 31. B. iii.C. 12. St. 8.
Say, a fiword of better fay ; of better proof, affay, B. vi. C. n. St. 47.
Scarecrow, B. ii. C. 3. St. 7. a mock reprefentation. of a man made of ftraw to fare crows away.
Scarmoges, B. ii. C. 6. St. 34. fkirmifhings, Ital. Scaramuccio, Gall, efcarmouche.
Scath, B. i. C. 4. St. 35. B. i. C. 12. St. 34. B. ii. C.5. St. 18. B. iii. C. 4. St. 24. B.iii. C. 10. St. 11. B. v. C. 8. St. 49. Anglo-S. Sca^e, harm, mifchief, Chaucero, fkath, Somn. Germ. fchad, noxa, fchaden, ladere, Gr. axi^a-v, dij/ipare, difcerpere. Milton ufes the verb i. 613. As when heavens fire hath fcath'd the oaks.
Scatter lings, B, ii C. 10. St. 63. fcattered or dif- perfed rovers or ravagers. Spenfer ufes it in his difcourfe on Ireland, ' Lofels and fcatterlings.' Again, ' fcatterlings and out laws.
Sceme, difcern, B. iii.C. 10. St, 22. cernere, difcer- nere.
Sclave, B. ii. C. 7. St. 33. fpelt fo in the lit and 2d quarto: in the YoYxosflave, Gall, efclave. Germ. Schlav. Lat. bar. fc/avus. Vide Voff. in voce fc la- iJUi : de vitiis Latini fermonis : fpelt fclavis i. e.
ilaves
A GLOSSARY, &c.
flavesin G. Douglas.
Sclaunders, B. V. C. 9. St. 26. Folios, Jlanders.
Sclender, B. iii. C. I. St. 47. B. iii. C.7. St. 36. B. v. C. 2. St. 27. fpelt fo in the ift and 2d quarto : in the Foliosy7tW<?r ; c is inferted often after s in our Englifh writers, particularly by G. Douglas, Seelikewife the Gloiiary to Chaucer.
Seor'd, marked, engraven, B. i. C. 1-. St. 2. B. ii. C..9.St. 2.
Score, reckoning, B. vi. C. 9. St. 21. becaufe rec- konings and accounts were kept by /coring or notching of wood.
Scorfe, exchange, B. ii. C. 9. St. 55. [to fcorfe, to change : a word well known in the well of Eng- land.] But he Jccrfed. B. vi. C. 9. St. 3. i. e. he forced to run, ltal. fcorfo from Jcorrere.
Scruze, fqueeze out, prefs out, B. iii. C. 5. St. 33. Scruzed, fcrufed out, prefTed out, B. ii. C. 11. St. 46. a Sere <w ; fo the Editor of Junius.
Scrjde, defcride, B. v. C. 12. St. 38.
Scryne, Introd. B. i. St. 2. B. ii. C. 9. St 56. a Lat : Scrinium, an efcritore, defk, * Scryn. a ' fhrine: antiently a cheft, or cofer.' Verltegan. See Somn. in renin.
Scutcbion, B. iv. C. i. St. 34. ufed for a devize on a lhield, dim : from Scutum.
Sdarne, difdain: B. v. C. 5. St. 51. Sdayned, dif- dained; B. v. C. 5. St. 44. Sdeigned, difdained :
B. iii. C. 1. St. 40. Sdeigne, B. iii. C. I. St. 55. Sdeignfull, difdainful: E. iii. C. 7. St. 10. B. v.
C. 2. St. 33, Jtal Sdegnarc, to difdain, Sdegno, difdain, anger &c So Milton, I Sdeignd fub-
j eel ion. Seare, Sulpbure feare, burning, parching: B. i. C. 11. St. 13. his body feard, parched, burnt:
B. i. C. 1 1. St. 26. wbefe pith and Jap is feare f dry, withered: B. iv. C. 3. St. 9. Anglo-S. J^eajian, to dry, to feare, Somn. Milton, with i*vy never-fear, i. e. ever-green, never withered, |ijgo?, aridus.
See, feat, habitation, B- iii- C. 6. St. 2. B. iv.
C. 10. St. 30. We Hill ufe it when we fay a bijhops fee.
Seeled up with death, B. i. C. 7. St. 23, the phrafe feems taken from feeling a hawk, which is by running a thread through the eye-lids to make her bear the hood, So in B. ii. C. 1. St. 38. Seele up her eyes.
A feely lamb, B. i. C. 6. St. 10. the feely man, B. ii. C. 3. St. 6, a feely wretch, B. iii. C. 7. St. 51. Chaucer in the Reves tale, 992. Tbefe feely Clerkis. Ibid. 1000. ccmeth fely John. This word I would reflore to other paffages, as B. iii. C. 8. St. 27 Seely 'virgin, not Silly. So again, B. iii. C. 10. St. 45. Seely maid, B. i. C. 4. St. 37.
Seemen, feem, B. vii. C. 7. St. 7.
Seetily, becoming, decent, feemlefs, unbecoming, unfeemly, feemlyhed, feemly and decent carriage or behaviour: B. iv. C. 8. St. 14, Germ, ziemen, decere, cenmenire.
Seeth, boil, or grow hot, B. ii. C. 10. St. 26. A-S.
reo'San, coquere.
Selcoutb, uncommon, B. iv. C. 8. St. 14. from Seld feldom, and COUO known, G. Douglas, Selcoutb', Selkouth : ftrange, uncommon. Anglo- s' rel-CU'O, f range or uncouth, Somn.
Scle a feal-fifti, B. v. C. 12. S. 15. Anglo-S,
feol.
SeleSl flmpes, chofen, elegant, B. iii. C. 6. St. 12.
Sell, Saddle, Lat. Sella, Gall. Selle, B. ii. C. z.
St. 11. B. ii. C. 3. St. 12, B. ii. C. 8. St. 31.
B. iii. C. 3. St. 60. B. iii. C. 10. St. 38. B. iv.
C. 4. St. 30.
Semblaunt, B. i. C. 2. St. 12. B. ii. C. I. St. 21. B. ii. C. 9. St. 2. — St. 39. B. iii. C. 4. St. 54.
B. iii. C. 11. St. 29. B. iv. C. 10. St.49.fi. v-
C. 3. St. 19. B. v. C. 5. St. 56. B. v. C. 9. St. 38. Gall. Semblant, fhew, pretence, ap- pearance: hal.fembiante; in fembiante, in ap- pearance, in (hew, Semblaunces, fhews, pretences, B. iii. C. 7. St. 16. G. Douglas, femblant, ap- pearance, ihew. Ufed by Ch.
Seminary, ltal. feminario, GaM.feminaire, a nurfery,
B. iii. C. 6. St. 30. Senefchall, B. iv. C. 1. St. 12. B. v. C. 10. St. 30,
B. vi. C. 1. St. 15. B. vi. C. 1. St. 25. Thc
chief magistrate of a certain precinct, governour,
mailer of the ceremonies, &c. Sens, fo ufed by Chaucer for Since. B. iv. C. 5.
St. 23. in the Folios Since. Sent, the fcent or having the fcent of a thing, the
fmelling out, as plainly ufed in B. iv. C. 5.
St. 41. the dogs did barke at fent of ft 'ranger
guefl : 'tis fo fpelt in the quarto and old folios, in
Hughes fpelt Scent, fo B. iii. C. 7. St. 23, his per-
feci fent; B. vii. C. 7. St. 10. and in otherplaces.
But Spenfer's fpelling is neareft the etymology.
Skinner, ajent, odor, procul dubio afeniiendo. ltal.
fentire. To few, to follow, GalLfuivre, B. ii. C. 2. St. 17.
B. ii. C. 7. St. 9. B. iii. C 5. St. 47. B. iv.
C. 9. St. 26. B. vi. C. 10. St. 2. Seewing, fol- lowing, B. iii. C. 9. St. 37. B. vi. C. 9 St. 2. Seivde, followed, perfued,. B. iii. C. 4. St. 50. Sewd at hand, was a futor at hand, B. iii. C. 10. St. 9. Spelt Sude, B. vi. C. 8. St. 20.
Shallop, Gall, chaloupe, a boat, B. iii. C. 8. St. 27. Shard, ufed for a gap in the weft of England;
Spenfer feems to ufe it for a river, fee note on
B. ii, c. 6. St. 38. i. e. a cut for a river; from
the word that follows, Share, divide, B. v. C. 2. St. 17. Jbar*d, divided,
B. v. C. 1. St. 10. So Milton, deep-entring fhar'd
his right fide, vii. 326. Shaivmes, B. 1. C. 12. St. 13. a mufical inftrument
mentioned, Pfal. 98. 7. Sbeene, B. ii. C. 1. St. 10. B. ii. C. 2. St. 40.
B. ii. C. 10. St. 8. B. iii. C. l. St. 6$. B. iii.
C. 4. St. 51. B. iv. C. 5. St. 11. B. v. C. 8. St. 29. B. v. C. 9. St. 27. B. v. C. 10. St- 25. Sbimng^im &c. Chaucer Prol. $j^,And Emilie her
jongt
A' GLOSSARY, 9fe.
(hcnei this paflage of Chaucer 'upports my emendation in B. ii. C. I. St. 10 as likewife what Spenfer (ays in B. iv. C. 5.
St. n. Tojhond, to difgrace, to blame, B. i. C. 1. St. 53.
B. ii. C. 6. St, 35. B. ii, C, 8. St. 12. B, iii.
C. 9. St. 1. B. iv. C. 1. St. 51. B iv. C. 4. St. 43, !',. v. C. 4. St. 24. Stat, difgraced, blamed, B. ii. C. 1. St. 11. B. ii: C. 1. Sr. 27.
B. ii. C. 5. St. 5. B. iii. C. 4. St. 50. B. iii.
C. 4. St. 58. B. iii. C. 9. St. $3. B. iii. C. 10. St. 32. B, iv. C. 5. St. 18. B. vi. C. 6. St. 33. B vi. C. 7. St. 4^. « Seattle, to hurt, impaire : ' Scendu /, hurt or blame : v, e yet ufe the word « S'\ •:: for blame or rebuke.' Verflegan. Germ.
t, dedtcorarc. Anglo-S. J-Cenban,
to Shame, to difgrace. j^cenoe, j~cenbit>,
■ic.i, /bent, Chaucer hath Jhcnden in the fame
fenie, viz. to blame, to fpoile, to marre, hurt,'
' Somn.
Sbn-c, pare, clear, Anglo-S. J^'J1* Germ. Sbier. B. iv. C. 6. St. 20.
Sberes the liquid Jkye, B. ii. C. 6. St. 5. doth Jheare the fubtle ay re, B. iii. C. 7. St. 39. ' Scheren, radere, tondere, Gr. Ketgny, radere? litterai- ly from Virg. V, Radit iter liquidum : which G. Douglas tranflates, Sherand the lownyt are.
Shew of living avigbt, an appearance or fight of living creature. B. i. C. 3. St. 10.
Shine, for /been ; as the rhime requires : B. iv. C. 3. St. 3. See Sheen.
Should, for would, B. i. C. 4. St. 34. B. ii. C. 3. St. 16. B. ii. C. .4 St. 26. B. ii. C. 10. St. 43.
B. ii. C. 10. St. 74. B. iii. C. 1. St. 32. B. iii.
C. 4. St. 35. B. iii. C. 12. St. 34. B. iv. C. 2. St. 17. B. vi. C. 2. St. 37. and in other places.
To Shrieve, B. iv. C. 12. St. 26. i. e. to a£t the
part of a confefTor : to hear his confeflion and
give him absolution. Shngbt, fhrieked, B. iii. c. 8. St. 32. Sbrigbtes,
fhriekings, B. ii. C. 7. St. 57. Sbrigbt, fhriek,
B. vi. C. 4. St 2- To Shrill, to found fhrilly: the adj. ufed for a verb.
B. v. c. 7. St. 27. B. vi. C. 8. St. 46. Shrilling, flirill. To Shronvdi to Ihelter themfelves, B. i. C. 1.
St. 6. Shrouded in Jleep, covered, fheltered, B. i. C. 3.
St. 15. Virg. G. IV, 414. tegeret cum lumina
fomno. ■ Sbyne, mining, brightnefs, B. i. C. 10. St. 6j.
Germ. S be-in, fplendor. Milton thus uksjbeen, as
xelejlial Jheen ; /pang led Jheen. Pfal. g-j, 4, hit
lightnings gave mine unto the world. Sib, related, of kin, B. iii. C. 3. St. 26. Germ.
Sippe, cognatio, ajfnitas, Anglo S. J"yt>, kindred,
affinity, quo fenfu, fib utitur Chaucerus. Somn. Sickerneje, B. iii. C. 7. St. 25. B. iii. C. II. St.
55. fafety. Chaucer Troil. and Crefs. ii, 843. Jlone of ' Sikirne/fe, rock of fecurity. Securus, fecure,
&'<■&/-; fee uritas, Sickerneffe, Germ, fie her, tut us.
Siege, Gall. Siege, feat, bench, throne, &c. E. ii, <-'. 2. St. 39. from lofty Siege, litterally from Virg. Acn. II. 2. toro ab alio. A /lately Sirgr, B. ii. C. 7. St. 44.
Si,-;,- J, befieged.
Stela1, feeted as a room, B. v. C. 5. St. 21.
Stent, Gall. Scion, a graff, fprig or young (hoof,
B. v. C. 1. St. 1. fo fpelt in the old quarto and folio 1609. in Hughes, cyen.
Sight, fighed, B. vi. c. 8." St. 20. B. vi. C. 10.
St. 40. Sin, fince; B. vi. C. 11. St. 44. G. Douglas, fyne,
afterwards, thereafter, then. Teat, Sinf, Belg.
Sind, pop?, po/lca. In Swedifh, /inn, fince. Singul/es, Jobbings, B. iii. C. II St 12. B. v.
C. 6. St. 13. the old books read Singul/es ; the Folios, fingults, which is the better reading, a Lat. Singultus-, Ital. Singulto.
Sit, B. i. C. 1. St. 30. fits net, fuits not, [fee the note on] B. i. C. 8. St. 33. ill it fits, it agrees ill, becomes ill.
Sith, fince, Anglo-S. fyfe, f l^an, a thou/and fuh, B. iii. C. 10. St. 33. a thoufand times,
ri^on, 'vices, courfes, turnes, times, Somn.
Chaucer's Prol. 487. ofte fitbes, i. e. oftentimes,
Anglo-S. pj?e, fume, conrfe, p^on, courfes,
times, Chaucero : fith eodem fenju. Somn. Sithens, fince that time, B. i. C. 4. St. c 1 • * SytbanT
fithence, or fince that time.' Verflegan. Skill, did /kill, did underitand, B. iii. C. 1. St. co.
It little /kill, i.e. matters little, of little fignifi-
cation, B. v. C- 4. St. 14. fee Junius in ScilL To fug, to grow fluggiih, B. ii. C. 1, St. z^. Smouldry cloud of fnoke, fweltring, hot, B. i. C. 7.
St. 13. fmouldring dreriment, B. i. C. 8. St. 9.
Smouldry fmoke, B. iii. C. 11. St, 21. An^lo-S.
J~molTj, hereof our Smolt, hot weather, Somn.
Milton in his hymn on the nativity.
While the red fire & fmouldring clouds out-brake. Snar,B. vi. C. 12. St. 27, Belg. Snarren, to fnarl. Snarled haire, i. e. intangled; as a fkain of Silk,
B, iii. C. 12. St, 17. enfnarle, entangle, B, v.
C. 9. St. 9.
Snubbes, knobbs, ab Hibern, Cnap, nodus, littera fibila prsepofita, B, i. C, 8. St. 7.
Sods, B. iii. C. 7, St. 6. turfs, clods of earth.
Sold, Salary, hire, afouldier's pay, B. ii. C- 9, St. 6. Germ, (old, fiipendium, et omnis merces qu& merenti vel militant! fol^vitur, <vide Wacht, in V. — And Menage, and Spelman in Soldarius.
Somme, the fum, fubflance, B. v, C. 6. St. 8.
Soothlich, foothly, true, Anglo-S, roSlice.
Soring hauke, B. ii. C. 3, St. 36. fpelt faring in the 2d. quarto edit. Spenfer feems to have fol- lowed the fpelling of the Ita\, forare 1 from fuper, for, for are, to fore. G. Douglas, for and, foaring,
Sory, forty, forrowful, fad.
Sort, company. B. iii. C 1. St. 40. B. iv. C. 10. St. 43. B. v. C. 4. St, 36. B ,v. C. 4, St. 44.
B. 6.
A GLOSSARY,
c.
B. vi. C. n. St. 9. — St. 17. B. vii. C. 6. St. 28. Waller imitates Spenfer, ufing fort in the fame fenfe. A fort of jheep, a fiock of fheep,
B. v. CV 4. St. 44, a fort of merchants, a company, B. vi. C. 2. St. 9. a fort of dogs: a pack of dogs, B. vi. C. u. St. ly. G. Douglas fort, a company, Gall. & Ital. forte, genus, J pedes. Shi k. K. Rich. II. But they can fee a fort of traitors here, i. e. a company.
In Sort, in fuch fort or manner, B. i. C. 12. St. 20. Tofouce, B. i. C. 5. St. 8. and foucefojore. Dryden ufes it in Theod. and Honoria.
all attend
On whom the fovvfing eagle will defend. Saucing on the jhore [plunging, falling: foufed over head and ears ; is a vulgar expreffion : and foufed is ufed for what is pickled, or marinated.] B. iii.
C. 4. St. 16. Soufi is ufed for plunged, B. i. C. 3. St. 31. But the metaphor is from Falconry, B. iv. C. 3. St. 25. he froke, he foujl. Again.
B. iv. C. 4. St. 80. he foujl him, he came foufing, like a hawk at his prey, upon him. So the fub- frantive is ufed very plainly, B. ii, C. 11. St. 3,6. as a faulcon that hath failed of her foufe. Ufed again, B. iv. C. 3. St. 19. B. iv. C. 8. 44. B. v.
C. 12. St. 23. B. v. C. 4. St. 42. See note on B. ii. C. n. St. 36.
Souldan, B. v. C. 8. St. 24. and frequently after- wards. This wotd is fpelt varioufly in our old writers, as Sowdan. Soudan, Souldan, Soldan, all from the Hebrew, fignifying a king, tyrant, fovereign, Ital. Soldano.
Sout, fo fpelt in the iftandzd quarto, and Fo- lios of 1609, 161 1, 16 1 7. in Hughes, foot, which modern fpelling comes nearer the Anglo- S. for. Ifl. foot, B. ii. C, 7. St. 3.
Sowndes, Irijh Sowndes, B. iv. C. I. St. 42. A found is any inlet of the fea between two head
lands.' As Irifh founds, Plymouth found, &c.
The found [K«t' f|o%^] is the Straights of the "Baltick Sea between Denmark and Sweden, Gall. Le Sond.
Scwne, found, the rhyme requires fowne, and fo Chaucer writes it : from fonus, Ital. fuono, very unfkilfully altered in fome editions into found,
B. i. C. I. St. 41. 'with Jhrieking fowne, B. iii.
C. 4. St. 30. fcemineo ululatu, Virg. iv. 667. 'Soyle, the prey, the foiled beaft, B. iv. C. 3. St. 16.
'Tis a hunting term, applied to the foil of a wild boar, i. e. the Hough wherein he wallows, or to a deer, which is faid to take foil when he runs in- to the water. Spenfer ufes it fomewhat catachref- tically, Gall. Soville, a Lat. fuile. Space, walk about, range about, jpatiari, B. iv. C. 8. St. 54. B.v. C. i.St. 11. B.vii. C. 6.
St- 55-
Spalles, Gall, ejpaules, moulders, B. ii. C. 6.
St. 29; G. Douglas fpaldis, moulders, arms.
Sparding,. B. i. C. ii. St. 2;. fpelt fo in the ill
quarto: in the 2d fparckling. The k is a letter
very rare among the Latins ; nor ufed by the.
Anglo-S. or Italians ; which might be the rcafo/i. for Spenfer to omit it : for the fame reafon he feems to have fpelt it rancling, not ranckling, a* other editions, B. i. C. 1 1. St. 38. Sperre the gate, to barr, orlhut the gate, B. v. C. 10. St. 37. opening the fparre, the barr. B. v. C 11, St. 4. Unfparr, to open : which is to be rellored to P. P. Fol. Ixxxviii. u/fparred his eyes, i. e. opened his eyes, Germ, fperrcn claudere, Anglo-S. JTpajlJien, tofpar, Gall, harrer. Sperfed air, difperfed, B. i. C. 1. St. 39* Fairf. xiii.
2. in fparfed aires. llal.Jperfo. Sperjl , difperfed, fcattered, B. v. C. 3. St. 37. Spicery, B. ii. C. LI. St. 49.. fpelt fpicere, B. iii,
St. 42. fpiced wines. To fpill, to fpoil, to deftroy. Anglo-S. J"pilhin. Chaucer ufes to fave or fpill, to fave or to Us- fixoy : and fo does our poet, B. i. C. 3. St. 43.
B. iii. C.7. St. 54. B. iv. C.3. St.36. B. v. C. 10. St 2. B vi. C. 7. St. 31. And Spill he has, B. ii.
C. 9. St. 37. B. v. C. 6. St. 1. B. v. C. 8. St. 19. B. v. C. 10. St. 2. B. v. C. 12. St. 36. PP. Fol. xxi.
Whofo fpareth the' fpring, [read fprigg] fpylleth hys children.
Spilt, fhed, fcattered over, B. iv. C. 10. St. 5.
Sprent, fprinkled, B. iv. C. 2. St. 18. Sir Philip Sydney ufes it with my tears fprent, and Chaucer.. fee Junius in Sprene.
Spright, fprite, Jpirit, B. i. C. 2. St. 32. — St. 33.
Springals, B. v. C. io. St. 6. G. Douglas, Springald, a fpringall, a youth, a {tripling. Chaucer Iprirt- gold. from fpring and al, a termination.
Spyals, efpials, fpies, Gall, efpier, B. ii. C. i.St. 4.
Spy re, it doth fpire forth, or grow up into- the faireft flower, Ital. Spigare : from Spica : to grow to
an ear. But much rather I would bring it from
the Ital. Spirare, which among other fignirications is ufed for to produce : it produces the fairelt flower, B. iii. C. 5. St. 52.
Stales, incitements, devices, tricks, B. ii. C. 1. St. 41 B. vi. C. 10. St. 3. Mirr. for magiltrates, part ii». Fol. 32.
/ like the halke which fores in good efate, Didfpy a ftale, Ijloopte, and tooke a mate.
Anglo- S. rr^l-hjianap Stale-raym deere, or-
a tamer fort of deere, wherewith, ( as with
Stales) they take the wild. Somm See Wachr.
in Stal. Starke, ftarke with cold, ftifF, Belg. flerci, Germ..
ftark, Angle-S. preajlC, B. ii. C. i. St. 42. Star-read, in reading, or interpreting the ftars,
Introd.B.v. St. 8. Steane, B. vii. C. 7. St. 42. an earth-pot feane, I. e,
flony earth-pot. 'Tis the Dutch word Steen. Sted, place, feat, ftation, fituation, B. i. C. 8.
St. 17. B. i. C. 9. St. 14. B.i. C. ij. St. 46.
B. iii. C. 11. St. 50. B. iii. C. 12. St. 2. B.v,
C. 12. St. 23, fpelt pad, B. ii. C. 2. St. 21.. B. ii. C. 4. St. 42. B. iii. C. 42. St. 14.
Sieemi
A GLOSSARY, ®c.
St. 15. Jlcupir.g, B. iii. C 7. St. 59-' Stour, Stoture, very often ufed for, fight, ftirr,
',••;«;, to rmoke, B. vi.C. 7. St. 15.
6Vlv://:,./> had fteamed, exhaled, or breathed out,
B.iii.C. i.St. 55. .
oVmmo/, cfteemed, 15. iv. C. 5. St. 3. B. vi. C. 10.
St. JC. So the lulpmare, ftimatt.
,' B. ii. C. 6. St. 27. /* AWf Z;j' wo//M /,:W7
;;/ /&*/>, to caufc his melted heart or courage to pal's off in a meer Aeem and vapours, Xo melt quite awav in fleep.
. ftint, ftay, Hop, B. ii. C. 4- St- I2- O.Doug- las, Jlent, to flint, flop, ceale.
S/rtr, fteeped, fouked, wetted, B. 11. C. 6. St. 42.
6W, tail. B. i.C. 1. St. 18. B. i. C. 11. St. 28. The tail of a grey hound is called the iterne.
. to periih, B. ii. e. 6. St. 34. B iv. C. I. St. 4. B. iv. e. 1 . St. 26. Germ. Jierben. interf- ere, factrt ut moriatur. Anglo-S. J-CeOJltan, G. Douglas, Jkrf, to ftanre s ufcd for, to die, or to be killed by whatever kind of death.
Sue, fee Stye. mm
Stire, Stir, or move ; for the rhyme. B. 11. C. I. St. 7. ftir, prick him on, B. ii C. 5. St. 2.
Stole, along garment, or matrons robe. Stola, B. i. e. 1. St. 4. and in other places. 5 tolata mulier, Hor.
Stand, ' ftand, ftation : fpelt fo in the quarto editions from the Anglo-S. fronton, B. 1. C.vi. St. 48. B.ii. C. 11. St. 15. and this is the meaning perhaps of Stownd, in B. iii. C. I. St. 65. "a letter added for the rhyme.
Stoni'ed, aftonilhed, or ftunned, B. v. C. 11. St. 30. nvasjlonied fore. Gall, ejlonner, epnne. pmed. His fenfes pond, i. e. ftunned, R. i. C. 7. St. 12. Phaer thus tranflates Virg. ii. 774. objlupui fte- teruntque comae, I pynyd and my bears upftood. And hence perhaps is to be explained his epithet, fiony horrour, B.i. C. 6. St. 37, ftony dart. B. i. C 7. St. 2 2. Stony eyes, B. i. C. 9. St. 24. Stony feare, B. ii. C. 2. St. 8. B. ii. C. 8. St. 46. But mbatfopnie mind, fo ftupified, B. v. C. 5. St. 39. Stony Jwound,B. vi.C. 5. St. 6.epnne,pny.Un\eCs the reader will imagine it comes from Jlone ; fo thatyfoay may be as cold as a Jlone, as fenfelefs as a Jlone, as bard as a Jlone, as Jlupijied as a Jlone, Sec. &c
Stosn'd, fee Jlonied.
Siound, Jlownd, Anglo-S. rrund, a while, a jpace, moment, feafon, hour, time, Germ. Stund. baleful fiound, B. i. C. 7. St. 25. bitter fiound B. ii. C. 8. St. 32. B. ii. C. 11, St. 25. *od jlound, B. i. C. 8, St. 12. He ufes it very often:
every Jlound, every moment, B. i. C. 8. St. 38,
till that Jlound, till that time, B. i. C. u. St. 36. — ran to the fiound, B. iii. C. I, St. 63. I queftion \1fiovjnd is not here for Stand, place s which fee above,— -ufed frequently by Chaucer, and G. Douglas: the adjedive prefixed determines it to a good or bad fenfe. Stoup, a ftoup in Falconry is when the hawk on the wing ftrikes at the fowl; fhe is then faid to Stoup or make her ftoup. Idle pups, B. v. C. 5.
attack, quarrel, ufed by Chaucer and G. Dov glas, 111. Stir, bellum, Anglo-S. jTyjUan, turbaee.
Stownd fee Jlond and Jlound,
Straine, Strene, race, defcent, family, origin, Anglo- S. j-rjiynt)e, B. iv. C. 8. St. 33. B. v. C. 9, St. 32. B. vi. C. 6, St. 9. G. Douglas, Chaucer Jlrene, kindred, defcent.
Stray t, lheat, Jlrata warum, B. ii. C 7, St. 40,
Strejje, diflrelfe, B. iii. C. II. St. 18.
Tojlye, B. i, C. II, St. 25. to fly e above the ground: to mount. Wick. Matt. XIV, 23. be ftiedc an biljor to -preie, i.'e. went up. That was am- bition, rajb defire to Stye, that was ambition viz, a rath defire to mount, B. ii- C. 7. St. 46. Can higher Jlie, can mount higher, B- iii. St 36. round about doth pe, mount, hover above,
B iv, C. 9. St. 33. Anglo-S. aj-rigan, to afcend, mount up, frijan., to mount up, rtTlTele, a fliie. Spenfer in his view of Ire- land ; * the ftirrup was called fo in fome as it were a Stay to get up ; being derived of the old Englifh wordy?y, which is to get up or mount. To pre, to ftir, B. iii. C. 7. St. 45 . Anglo-S, arriflian, to move, to ftir,
Subverjl, fubverted, B. iii. C. 12. St. 42.
Suctejfe, fucceffion, B. iii. C. 10. St. 45.
Sude, fee Sew.
Sufufedcyes, B. iii. C. 7. St. 10. bedewed, fuffufed with tears, Oculos lacrymis fuffufa, Virg. I, 232. Dryden ufes it very elegantly in his Fables3 His eye-bah glare with pe, fuffus'd with blood.
Supprejfing, keeping him under, B. vi. C. 8. St. 18.
Supprejl ravifhed, B. i. C. 6. St. 40.
Surbct, B.ii. C. 2. St. 22. Surbate, B. vi. C. 4. St. 34. Surbate is a bruife in a horfes foot: Gall. Solbature, furbated, furbet, Gall. Salbatul
Surceafe, flop.
Surceajl, flopped, B. iii. C. 4. St. 31.
Surquedry, B. iii. C. 3. St. 46. B. iii. C. 4. St. 7.
B. iii. C. 10. St. 2. B. v. C. 2. St. 30. Pride, prefumption. P.P. Fol. cix. And Jent forth furqui- dous his Jargeant of armes. Ufed by Chaucer. See Skinner.
Sute, fuit. petition, requeft, B. v. C. 9. St. 44. Swaid, fee Sway.
Swart, fwarthy, Anglo-S. fpeajir, black, fwart. or fwarthy. Kiliano, fwaro, fwert, Somn. B. ii.
C. 10. St. 15.
Swarming, fwerving, giving way, going from, &c.
B. ii. C. 3. St. 42. B. ii. C. 8. St. 30 St. 36.
B.ii. C. 12. St, 76. B. iv. C. 3. St. 18. B.iv.
C. 8. St. 10. B. 5. C. 10. St. 35.
Sway, a fubftantive, management, direaion, rule, motion, &c. B. iii. C. 2. St. 36. B.iv. C. 4. St. 31. B. vi. C, 8. St. 8. a verb, to direft, to
manage,
A GLOSSARY, &c.
manage, to move, to weigh down, &c. B. i. C. 2. St. 38. B. i. C. 1 1. St. 42. B. ii. C. 6. St. 31. B. ii. C. 8. St. 46. B. ii. C. 10. St. 49.
B. iii. C. I.St. 6. B. v. C. 3. St. 21. Milton fays the /way of battle, for the violent moving of armies : and of a fword wielded or fwayed with both hands, 'with huge two-banded/way.
Sweath-bands, fwathe, or fwaddling bands, B. vi.
C. 4. St. 23.
Swelt, B. i. C. 7. St. 6. B. iii. C. 11.— 27. B. iv. C. 7. St. 29. B. vi. C. 12. St. 21. burnt, fuffo- cated with heat, fainted. P. P. Fol. cxiii. fwoved and /welted. Chaucer Knighte's Tale 1358.^ /welt. TroiU and Creff. iii. 348. made his heft to /welt. * /welt, dead : it feemeth to be meant of
* being dead by violence : we fay yet when one
* taketh exceflive pains, that he will /welt out his heart.' Verftegan. G. Douglas : /ivelt, to be « choaked, fufFocated, to die, ab Anglo Sax.
rpelran, mori. ' Spealtran, to dye, Lane
« to /ivelt. Vet. Fland. /welt en, deficere, languef-
«■ cere, fati/cere : Kiliano,* Somn. fpelrende,
dying, rpelterfOllC, ready to dye. Swerds, B. i. C. 3. St. 41. B. i. C. 4. St. 40.
Sword, B. ii. C. 8. St. 47. Anglo-S. J-peajlb,
Belg. Swerde. fpeltas the original. Swerved, moved out of his place, Belg. /wervn
<vagari, errare, B. v. C. 10. St. 35. Milton ufes
it in B. vi. ver. 386. Swinged, B. i. C. 1 1. St. 26. So fpelt in the two
old quarto editions ; Folios, Singed: Gr. tvsxvtvf-
rere, o-tvuv,/winge. Swinck and /weat, B. ii. C. 7. St. 8. B.ii. C. 7.
St. 58. B. vi. C. 4. St. 32. • Swync, labor.
« We fay yet fwinc and fweat.' Verltegan. Swound. So the old quartos : the Folio 1609.
Swoune, B. i. C. 5. St. 19. a fwoon or fainting fit,
T-
CJ^JLJNTS, B. i. C. 12. St. 1 1 . So fpelt in the
"^ old quarto editions, and in the Folios 1609, 1611, 1617,1679. So in Jer. xii. 9. a talented bird. We fpell it now from the French talons, Lat. talus, Ital. t allow.
Targe, B. iv. C. 12. St. 14. a buckler or fhield.
Ta/jel or To/el, a twilled or bufhy ornament of filk
gold or iilver a horn in twifted gold and tajjels
gay, B. i. C. 8. St. y Miltonm his Mafk hence prettily fays, the taftfeld horn, i. e. ornamented with tofTels or tafTels of filk, gold, &rc.
Ta/Jel gent, a gentle, tame male hawk, B. iii. C. 4. St. 49, Gall, tiercelet de Faucon.
Teade, from the Lat. Teda, a torch, B. i. C. 12. St. 37. Ital. Teda, a torch.
Teene, Tine, Tyne. So varioufly is this word fpelt. 'Tis ufed frequently for trouble ; fometimes for injury, mifchief, &c. In Urry's Chaucer 'tis frelt Tene, Teine, In Shakefpeare's Tern pelt, Act i. Teene. It comes from the Anglo-S. treon, an- noyance, triulle, Lane, teen, teonan, to incer.fe, Vox.. I.
to provoke, treoniUll, injurious, doleful, teene, trouble, B. i. C. 9. St. 34. So again, B. i. C. 1 2. St. 18. B.ii. C. 1. St. 15. B. ii. C. 1. St.. 21. B. ii. C. 1. St. 58. B. iii. C. 5. St. 40. B. iii, C. 11. St. 37. B.iv. C. 3. St. 31. B. iv. C. 3. St. 37. B. iv. C. 12. St. 21. B. v. C. 10. St. 7. bitter ?>:ilk of tine, of trouble and mifchief, B. iii. C. 11, St. 1. ruful tine, trouble, B. iv. C. 3. St. 37. win- ters tine, mifchief or injury of winter, B. iv. C. 12. St. 34. which he fpells winter1! teene.
B. iv. C. 3. St. 23. And this word he fpells Tyne, that the letters might anfwer in the rhyme,in B. i.
C. 9. St. 15. 'with labour and long tyne, i. e. trouble. So again, B. v. C. 1. St. 13. B vi. C. 5. St. 24. B.vi. C. 8. St. 33.
Tenor, B. i. C. 11. St. 7. Ital. tenore : the middle
part next the bafe. Thee, thrive, profper. Well mote ye thee. B.ii. C. 1.
St. 33. fayre mote he thee, B.ii. C. II. St. 17.
See Verftegan, page 259. G. Douglas, Chaucer
and Junius in Thee, Anglo-S. oean, to thrive,
Lanceft. to thee, Somn. Thewes, qualifications, manners, Anglo-S. j?eap,
a manner, cujlom, behaviour, qualities, Chaucero,
thewei, Somn. Gentle thewes, B. i. C. 9. St. 3.
B.ii. C. 1. St. 33. goodly thewes, B. i. C. 10.
St. 4. B. vi. C. 8 . St. 38. godly thewes, B. ii.
C. 10. St. 59. good thewes, B. iv, C. 9. St. 14.
B. vi. C. 2. St. 2.
Thewed ill, B. ii. C. . 6. St. 26. male moratus, with ill thewes or manners. Chaucer.
Thriftie, B. i. C. 5. St. 15. B. i. C 10. St. 38. and fo B. ii. C. 2. St. 29. after blood to thru/l : and 'tis fpelt thrift, B.ii.C. 6. St. 17. in the ift quar- to : in the 2d tbirft. To thrift, to thiift.- B. ii.
C. 2. St. 29. /laming thruft, B. iii. C. 7. St. c, So the firft edit, the 2d thwft. In the old tranf- lation of the Bible 'tis fpelt thriftie : thrift. Germ. durft, Jitis. Franc, thruft, thruftan, ft/ire. Ch. has thrifled for thirfted.
Tho, then, Anglo-S. j?a. ufed by Chaucer and the
old writers. Thrall, flave, to thrall, to enflave, thraldom, fla-
very, captivity, Anglo-S. OJias!, /er-zus. Threajury. So fpelt in the ift and 2d quarto, and
Folio of 1609, B. ii. C. 7. St. 4. B, ii, C. 8.
St. 4. B. v. C. 2. St. 19. Threa/ure, B. iv. C. 2,
St. 33. B. iv. C. 9. St. 12.
Thrill, to pierce through, Anglo-S. ^ijl]J2n, to pierce or bore through, to drill : Chaucero, thirled, perforatus Somn. B.i. C. ic. St. 19. B. iii. C. 5. St. 20. B. iv. C. 7. St. 31. thrillant J'peare, B. i. C. I I. St. 20. hart-thrilling J'peare, B. ii. C. 3. St 6. hart-thrillivg brond, B. ii. C. 8. St. 41. thrillant darts, B. ii. C. 4. St 46, thrilled breft, B. iii. C. 2 St. 32. See G. Douglas.
Throw, that laft bitter throw, pain, pangs. B. i. C. i o. St. 41. So mighty tbr owes, ftrokes. blows, B. ii. C. 5. St. 9. In the fame fenfe the word occurs in B. ii. C. 8. St. 41. But differently, to jlcepc a throwe. i. e. a fmall while, or fpace, B. iii. * f C. 4.
A GLOSSARY, fife.
C. 4. St. ^3. danger of the tbrowes, i. e. ftrokes, blows ; as above. B. iv. C. 3. St. 26. So again,
B. iv. C. 3. St. 33. deadly twronbty ilroke. So it ! ■. ■ .: upon a throw:, i. e. a certain time, Gower, Fol. xcviii. And l\ I'. tot. Ixxxvii. 2. And 1 have thought a thri-we [riv.d, throwe] of tbefe tbfejmks. See the Glonary of Chaucer in Throw:..
Thrift, fee Tht
Tickle, Rippety, unliable, ticklifli, B. vi. C. 3.
St. 5. B. vi'i C. 7. St. 8f A tide, a while, B. i. C. 2. St. 29. Anglo-S. trio,
time, leaibn, an hour. Tight, tied, B. vi. C. 12. St. 34. Tmd, kindled, excited, B. ii. C. 8. St. II. B. iii.
C. 7. St. 15. B. iv. C. 7. St. 30. in the fame fenfe, fo inly they did Tine, i. e. inflame, rage,
B. ii. C. 11. St. 21. Anglo-S. "Cenban, accen- dcre. The word is common in the weft of Eng- land Sometimes fpelt Tynd, i. e. kindled, itir- ied up, excited, B. iii. C. 3. St. 57. B. iii.
C. 10. St. 13. and in other places ; Burin B. iv. C. II. St. 36. thatTyncd on his f rand, it means, that were loll or died. See G.Douglas in Tyne, and Junius — ruful tine — milk of tine — winter s tine — long tyne — fad tyne — See above in Teen.
Tilt and tournament, B. iii. C. I.St. 44. B. V. C. 8. St. 7. Tilt or tourney. B. iii. C. 2. St. 9. Tilt,
B. 3.C. 8. St. 18.
Tire, iank, row, as a tire of ordnance, &c. B. i.
C. 4. St. 33.
To, ufed expletively : all to rent, B. iv. C. 7. St. 8. B. v.C. 8. St. 4. B.v. C. 8. St. 43. all to brusd, B. v. C. 8. St. 44. all to worne, all to tome, B. v. C 9. St. 1 o. In this expletive manner, or ra- ther to increafe the force of the verb or parti- ciple before which it is placed ; it feems ufed in
B. i.C. 7. St. 47. So they to fght : which in all the editions but the firft is changed into,/o t bey two
hht-
Tofore, before Anglo-S. tofojian. Ufed by Ch. and G. Douglas.
Too and fro, B. i. C. 1. St. 10. B. i. C. 8. St. 30. B.iv. C. 3. St. 9. This is the fpelling of the ift and 2d editions, to and foe, B. i. C. 1. St. 34. to and fo, B. i, C. 10. St. 56. and in ether places, Pfal. cvii. 27, They reel to and fro. Ephef. iv. 14. toffed to and fro.
Tcrt, B. i. C. 12. St. 4. B. ii. C. 5. St. 17. B. iii,
C. 2. St. 12. B. iv C. 8. St. 31. tortious wrong, B. ii. C. 2. St. 18. tortious poure, B. iv. C. 9. St. 12. B.v, C. 8. St. 30. B. v. C. 10. St. 8. Gall, tort, wrong, injury, Ital. torto, tortofo.
Totty, B. vii. C. 7. St. 39. Ufed by Ch. dizzy, tot- tering.
Touch, true as touch, true as touched or tried gold, or fo true as to be able to bear the touch-itone, or nriaeft trial, B.i. C. 3. St. 2.
Tourney, B. ii. C. I. St. 6. B. iii. C. 2. St. 9. Vide Spelman in T our ne amentum. G. Douglas, page 146. ver. 6. thus tranflates Virg. ver. 550. Ducat uvo turmas" ■ ■ ■
Bid him bring bidder his rowtis to tttrnay. See be- low Tumameni.
Touz'd, tu£gcd and hauled about : to tcwr.e ivcol, is to card and dref; it: Anglo-S. Tyflean, to <vexf to teaze Tyrluil g, a teafmg, Soran. B. ii. Gil. St. 33.
Towards gan advance, i. e. towards him, B. ii. C. 3, St. 34.. my toward good, the good inclining towards me, B ii. C. 4. St. 22. ronmng towards, run- ning towards them, B.ii, C. 4. St. 37.
Trad, . B. 1. C. 1. St. 11, by trad, by tracing, or by the track and footing : a hunting term. Ital. traccia, afootllep, mark or trackt, hath trailed, traced, B.ii. C. 6. St. 39. Ital. tracciare, to fol- low the trace or footing he trad hisjlcps, traced, followed, B. vi. C. 7. St. 3.
Trade, B. ii. C. 6. St. 39. tread, trace, Or foot- fteps : not fpelt fo merely for the rhyme, but ac- cording to its original -. -Boxhurn in lex. antic[. trawd, incefTus, curfus pedellris.
Trade, do tread, walk, inhabit, B. iv. C. II. St. 9.
Traduction, B. iv. C. 3. St. 1 3. See the note.
Traveile, B. iii. C. 3. St. ii. labour, Gall, tra- <vaillcr, Ital. travagliare.
Train, Trayn, the train or tail (as we fay the train of a robe) B. i. C. 1. St. 18. B. i. C. 8. St. 17.
B. i. C St. 37. and in other places. Train is like- wife ufed for treachery, deceit, Ital. tranello, B. i.
C. 3. St. 24. B. i. C. 6. St. 11. and in feveral other places.
Tranf ated, turned them to, B.5. C. 7. St. 29. Tranfmew, tranfmute, transform, Gall, tranfmuer,
B. i. C. 7. St. 3.5. B. iij. C. 1. St. 38. Tranfverfe,.B. 7. C. 7. St. 36. awry, out of order,.
in tranjhierfum. Trasforme, fo fpelt in the ill edit, in the 2d tranf . forme, B, ii. C. 5. St. 27. Spenfer followed the
Ital. trasformare ; his editors the Latin tranf formare. Trajl, followed as it were by traft or footing. The
Folios, frac't, B. v. C.8. St. 37. Treachour, Treachctour, traitor. Gall, tricbeur, B. i.
C. 9. St. 32. B. ii. C. 1. St. 12. B. it. C. 4. St. 27. B.ii. C. 10. St. 51.
Treague, B. ii. C. 2. St. 33. Ital. tregua, a truce, or
ceffation of arms, Germ, treuga. Treen, of a tree, See Mould. G. Douglas Trene, of
tree, wooden. Trencband, Gall, tranchant, fharp, cutting, B, i.
C.i. St. 1 7. B.i. C. 10. St. 24. B. v. C. 5. St. 9.
ufed by Chaucer. Troad, path, B. vi. C. 10. St. C. Trow, believe, imagine, conceive. To trufs, a term in hawking, when the hawk raifes-
his prey aloft, and then defcends with it to the
ground, B. iv. C. 7. St- 18. Turnament, Turneyment, Turney, B. i. C. 5. St. I.
B. iii. C. 1. St. 44. B. iv. C. 4 St. 13.
B.iv.C. 7, St. 3. B.v. C 8 St. 7. B iv. C 4.
St. 26. B. iv. C. 6. St. 6. B. iv. C. 9. St. 28.
Turneying, B. iv. C. 2. St. 27, Turneyd, B. iv„
C. 5.
A GLOSSARY,
Cm
C. 5. St. 7. 'Twas ingenioufly faid that Torna- menta, tournaments, is a corruption of Troja- menta, and that joufts and turnaments owed their original to the Ludus Trojae, or Troja, which Virgil has fo elegantly defcribed, Aen. v. 545, &c. See Wacht. in Turnier.
Turribant, B. iv. C. 1 1. St. 28. fo fpelt by Spencer, q. d. Turkifcbband : a turban.
Tway, two, in tway, in two, B. i. C. 7. St. 27. B. ii. C. 6. St. 31. B. iii. C. 1 1. St. 11. Twayne,
two, B, i. C. 3. St. 22 44. bis twayne, his
couple, B. iii. C. 10. St. 20. Anglo-S. twa, two, tTWa and twa, two and two. *CWe-
fealb, two-fold. Twigbt, twit, upbraid, B. v. C, 6. St. 12. Twyfold, twofold, B. i. C, 5. St. 28. ' twyfeald or
* twefeald, two-fold, doubtful, anceps,' Verfteg. Tyne, fee Teem. Tynd, fee find.
V.
TTJDE, fee JW*.
^ Valentide, the tide or feafon of Valentine : St. Valentine's day, Feb. 14, when the birds choofe their mates, and the youth their valen- tines, B. vi. C. 7. St. 32.
Valew, fo fpelt in the ift edition, in the 2d Value, and fo in the Folios : in Hughes, Valour: it means value, worth, valour, &c. a Lat. valere, validus, t$c. ltal. Valere, B. ii. C. 6. St. 29. Spelt like- wife Valew, B. ii. C. 9. St. 24. and Value. B. iii. c» 12. St. 14. See the note in page 458.
Valiaunce, Gall. Vaillancc.
Vaunting, advancing, B. iv. C. 4. St. 17.
To Vaunt, to boaft. Vaunt, boafting. Vaunter, a boafter. Vaunten, boaft of, B. iii. C. 10. St. 31. Vaunted fpeare, boafted, B. iv. C. 4. St. 7.
Vellenage, it mould rather be fpelt Villnage, as in the Folios. 'Tis the meaneft and loweft of tenure, B. ii. C. it. St. 1.
Venery, hunting of wild beafts. [Gall. Venerie : Chaucer ufes it fo.] B. i, C. 6. St. 22.
Venger, revenger, B. i. C 3. St. 20.
Ventayle, B. iii. C. 2. St. 24. B. iv. C. 6. St. 19. Ventailes, B. v. C. 8. St. 12. Chaucer adds the J, and writes it Aventaile, and fo does Lydgate. 'Tis the forepart of the helmet to give went or air to the face, and is made to lift up. ltal. Ventaglia.
Vented up her umbriere, lifted up the I'ifor of her helmet: gave vent to her face by lifting up her headpiece, B. iii. C 1. St. 42. ltal. <ventare, Gall. i> enter.
Verdia, [quajt were diclum ; a ftritt and true report of the jurymen] B. v. C. 10. St. 2.
Vere the maine pete, B. i. C. 12. St. l. B. v. C. 12. St. 18. Lat. gyrare, Gall, virer, to veer, to turn, to mift, &c.
Vermcill, ltal. vermiglio, Gall, vertniel. Vermiliov;, a lively deep red colour, B. iii. C. I. St. 46, 65. B. iv. C. 9. St. 27. For the rhyme he writes Vermily, B. iii. C. 8. St. 6.
Vertuous fteele, indued with fuch virtues or powers, B. ii. C. 8. St. 22. So vertv.ous Jiaff, B. ii. C. 12- St. 86. So the ltal. poet fpeaking of the in- chanted ring of Angelica,
In becca avea quell' anel virtuofc.
Orl. inn. L. i. C. 14. St. 49.
Viaundes, B. ii. C. 9. St. 27. Gall. Viands.
Vilde, vile.
Virelays, B. iii. C. 10. St 8. Gall. Virelai, a kind
of a fong. See the note. Ufed by Gower Fol.xxiih
Roundel, balade, and verelaie. Vi/nomie, B. v. C. 4. St. 11. Phyfiognomy. Umbriere, B. iii. C. i. St. 42. B. iv. C. 4. St. 44,
The vifor of the helmet : fo named from (hading
the face : ombrare, to (hade. Uncouth, unufual, ftrange, harfh, &c. B. i. C. 1.
St. 15—50. B. i. C. 8. St. 31. B. i. C. 9. St.22.
B. ii. C. 1. St. 24,29. { Cuth, known, acquainted, familiar ; as contrarywife uncouth, is unknown.' Verfteg. Un-CUO, unknown, Somn.
Underfong, attempt by underhand and indirect means, B. v. C. 2. St. 7. ' Uriderfenge, to under- ' take. Underfengud, undertaken, enterprifed/ Verftegan.
Undertime, B. iii. C. 7. St. 13. ' Underntyde, the ' afternoon, toward the evening.' Verftegan. Vid. Wacht. in undern, * UlYCejin, the forenoon, ' the third hour of the day, that is nine of the • clock with us\ — Accordingly both Chaucer's interpreter and Verftegan are to be corrected, who by undern and undern-tide underftand after- noon. Somn.
Undight: hong undight, not dight, difordered See dight, B. iii. C. 6. St. 18. Undight their garments, untie or put off, B iii. C. 9. St. 19. So 'tis ufed again, B. v. C. 7. St. 41. B. vi. C. 3. St. 20.
Uneath, B. i. C. 9. St. 38. B. ii. C. 1. St. 49. B. ii.
C. 10. St. 8. and in other places, Un-ea^e, fcarcely. Chaucero, unetb. Somn.
Unhele, B. ii. C. 12. St. 64. B. iv. C. 5. St. 10. Somner, unhelan, to difcover, to bewray : helan, to cover. P. P. Fol. Ixxxvi. And if bis houfe be unbiled, i. e. uncovered. See note on B. iv. C. 10. St. 35.
Unbtrfi, B. v. C. 3. St. 37. took them from the Herfe, or temporary monument where they were ufually hanged.
Unkempt, B. iii. C. 10. St. 29. Void of all grace and elegance ; Lat. incomptus : from un and kempt, dreifed up, adorned ; fo ufed by Chaucer in his verfion of Boethius. In the Knight's tale, 2136, kempid heiris, combed hairs; and he ufes to kembe, to adorn. So unkempt, incomptus, un- adorned.
* f 2 Unkinde,
A GLOSSARY,
c.
Unkinde, unnatural, B. iii. C. 2. St. 43. Unkindly, unnaturally, B. i. C. 1. St. 26. B. ii. C. 10. St. 9.
Uti/ajh; unlaced ; fo fpelt that the letters might an- swer in the rhyme, B. ii. C. 1. St. 24. B. vi. C, 1 . St. 39.
Unlich, unlike, B. i. C. 5. St. 28. fo written for the fake of the rhyme : however he has likewife Chaucer's authority, who writes licb, ior like. Anglo-S. un-jelic.
Unbunuaidif unprovided, B. vii. C. 6. St. 14.
I'n.rlU B. v. C. 6. St. 7. B. v. C. 8. St. 3. dif- quxt. uneafinefs. ufed by Chaucer.
Untitle unto, them until, unto them, B. i. C. II. St. 4. Untill the closure, to the clofure, B. iii, C. 3. St. 27. Until is ufed for unto, in the ver- fion of Pf. exxxix. ver. 6.
Too nvonderfull above my reach,
Lord, is thy cunning Jlill : It is fo high, that I the fame
Cannot attaine untill.
i. e. Unto the fame. Our poet ufes it in his Paf- torals, Nov. But knew we fools what it us brings untill.
i.e. Unto us, G. D. pag. 35. 16. //'/ obey, to obey. Chaucer's Knight's tale, 1354.
Until the temple purpojith to go.
i'nwares, unexpectedly, uncautioufly, unwarily.
Unweeting, unknowing, ignorant, B. i. C, 2. St. 40. The 2d edit, in quarto reads unweening, and is followed by the Folios : from un, a negative par- ticle : a.nv : and Anglo-S. Wlfan, Belg. Weten, fare. The fame word occurs again, B, i. C. 2. St. 45. B. i. C. 7. St. 6. B. i. C. 10. St. 9—65.
B. i. C. 11. St. 29. B. v. C. 8. St. 13. and in other places.
Unwiifl, unknowing, B. v. C. 1. St. 22.
Unwreaked, unrevenged, B. iii. C. 11. St. 9.
Voide his courfe, to quit or to go out of the direft
road, or depart from his itreight courfe : Gall.
Vuider le courfe, B. iv. C. 6. St. 3. Voydcd, B. vi.
C. 7. St. 43. kept clear from his face: kept from falling about his face. Gall. Fuider, to clear; to keep clear, &c. G. D. pag. 102, 25. eftir all was vodit, i. e. after all was removed : Pojl ubi digrefft, Virg. iv. 80.
Upbraf, burft open, B. vi. C If. St. 43.
Upbrayes, upbraidings, B. iii. C. vi. St. $o.Upbraide, upbraiding, B. iv. C. 9. St. 28. To upbray, to fhame, to upbraid.
Uppon, B. i. C. 2. St. 11. B. ii. C. 1. St. 31. fpelt fo likewife in feveral other places : according to the Anglo-S. uppan. 'Tis fo fpelt in many places of the old verfton of the Bible, and by our old Englim writers : and fometimes fpelt upon ; which variety of fpelling Spencer follows,
W.
TTT'.f G E, a pledge, likewife reward, wage*, *' B. i. C 4. St.^39. B* *v- ^" 3* St# 4- wg*
thy nvorif, carry on thy affairs, &c. IVaift a itray. B. ii. C. 12, St. 31. waived or waift
goods : things loll and not claimed when found
in a twelve month. Ware, warie, cautious, nvarely, cautioufly. warelefs,
uncautious, Wurekfje word, carelefs, B v. C 5.
St. 17. but, If 'ar clefs pain, B. V. C. I. St. 11.
is explained, itupifyed : it means out of that
pain, which he could not guard againft. Anglo-S.
IDarian, camere. Ware, did weare or wore, B. i. C. 4. St. 37. War-hable, able or powerful in war, bcllo habiles
B. ii. C. 10. St. 62.
To warraye, to make war upon, to harrafs with war. the world nvarrayd, harraffed, made war on the world, B. i. C. 5. St. 48. warreyd on Bruncild, made war, B. ii. C. 10. St. 21. the Rc?nans him ivarrayd. B. ii. C. io. St. 50. fo again, B. ii, C. 10. St.72.fi 3. C. 5. St. 48. Chaucer Knight's tale. i486, on Thcjeus to kelp him to warraye. Lydgate in his Prolog, to the Trojan warres. The worthy Grekis hclpe to warrey Again Troyens. Latino-Bar. guerrire et werrire, to make war.
Warre old. See die note on B. iv. C. 8. St. 31. Vox Suecica,<uvzr?v, worfe. Anglo-S, pa^JTfia, worfe. Somn. ' War, worfe : •war and -war, worfe and * worfe.' Ray. in North country words.
Warrioureffe, a woman warriour, an Amazon, B. v.
C. 7. St. 27. Gall, guerricre.
Watchet hew, B. iv. C. II. St. 27. watchet mantles,
B. iv. C. 4. St. 40. fee the note.
Wawes, waves. B. ii. C. 1 1 . St. 4. 'tis fo ufed by- Chaucer, Gower and Lydgate.
Way, weigh, value, efteem. that the letters might anfwer in the rhyme. B. vii. C. 6. St. 55. B. vii C. 8. St. 1. wayd. B. i. C. 10. St. 40. B. iv.
C. 1. St. 7. B. iv. C. 10. St. 1. and in feveral other places.
To wayment, to bewail, lament. B. ii. C. 1. St. 16.
ufed fubftantively, for lamentation, B. iii. C. 4.
St. 35. Chaucer in the Knight's tale, 904. Such
a wcymenting. Wayne, Waiue, chariot. B. v. C. 8. St. 40. B. vi.
C. 3. St. 29. Weanjh, B. iv. C. 5. St. 34. Afcham. pag. 24. a
countenance not weerifh and crabbed, but fur and
comely. Caiew's furvey of Cornwall, their wearijlj
and ill-difpojed bodies. Weeds, a drefs or garment : we ufe the word ftill in
widows weeds. Anglo-S. pcEOa. Belg. waed.
Germ. wad. Weeke, fpelt fo in the ill and 2d edit. In the Folios,
wi£e>
A GLOSSARY,
c.
nvtke. Belg. wiecke. Anglo-S. peOCe. wick of a candle.
B. ii. C. 10. St. 30. Weeld, fee Wield. Ween, imagine, judge Sec. Anglo-S. penan, Foiuv,
exijiimare, opinari. FqWjct^, an over-weaning. Wept, Anglo S. piTan, to know, to weet fcilicet. to wit. to weeten, to know, B. iii. C. 5. St. 7. to wert, to know, to underftand, B. vi. C. 3. St. 47. Weft, B. iii. C. 10. St. 36. B. iv. C. 2. St. 4. B. v. C. 3. St. 27. B. vi. C. 1. St. 18. a ftray, a wan- derer, a thing loft. Wefte. i. e. where firft fhe wafted her wherry over :
fo fpelt for the rhyme : B. ii. C. 6. St. 18. Wefte, waved, put off, B. iii. C. 4. St. 36. where bene weft P i. e- where have ye been wafted or wandered: B. vi. C. 5. St. 23. Anglo-S. waiian, flueluare. Weld, fee Wield. Weld, B. i. C. 8. St. 47. i. e. did well, flow,
fpring : fee to well.
Welkin. B. I. C. 4. St. 9. the welkin way. B. iii.
C. 9. St. II. the faire welkin. Anglo-S. pelcn,
the Sky, firmament, the welkin.
Well away. B. ii. C, 6. St. 43. B. ii. C. 8. St. 46.
B.iv. C. n. St. 1. B. v. C. 1. St. 15.B.V. C.6.
St. 16. B. vi. C. 11. St. 29. This is printed in
the Folios, weal-away ! Anglo-S. pala pa, alas
for pity. — pel a pa. Lane, ivell away. Somn.
ufed by Chaucer and the old poets.
To well, to flow, to fpring, to pour forth, &c. Belg.
wellen. Germ, nvallen. Scaturire. John IV, 14.
wyri vtiuroi; FuXXo/ximi [welling] a$ ^unv caumov.
B.i. C. 1. St. 34. B. i. C. 7. St. 4. B. i. C. 9.
St. 36. B. iv. C. 8. St. 13. Introd. B. 5. St. v.
Hence the compound to outwell, i. e. difcharge,
B. i. C. 1. St. 21. But B. i. C 2. St. 43.
your wonted well, i. e. your ufual welfare, weal, happinefs, fo the rhyme requires ; See the follow- ing.
Wele, weal, welfare, B. v C. 6. St. 23. B.v. C. n. St. 16. fpelt Well, as the rhyme requires. B. i.
C. 2. St. 43. Chaucer prol. 897. In all his wele. i. e. profperity. Germ, weii, quies, otium. Anglo-S. pel a, prof per it as.
To welke, to fet. Germ, welken. to grow faint and languid, 'tis not very difiant from lHWxojt/.at, perio. B. i, C, I. St. 23. PhceLus gins to welke in wef, to fet in the weft. So in his Paftorals, the welked Phoebus, th" fetting fun. And in Novem- ber, But now fad winter weiked hath the day, i. e. (as explained in che GlofT-.rv! fhortened, or em- paired : very plainly from the Germ, welken.
Wend, go, B. i. C. 10. St 15. B. iii. C. 3. St. 14. Wend, for weened, imagined, B. vii. C. 6 St. 11.
Went B. iv. C, 2 St. 47. B. iv. C. 5. St. 46. B. vi. C. 6. St. 3. way journey: k> uled by Chaucer and Gower, and G. Douglas.
To wcfl, to fet in the weft. Introd. B. v. St. 8. Milt. fays, the evening far hadfofdhis weften'ng wheel: i. e his fetting. Chaucer in Troil, and Crefl! ii,
906. The fun gan weflrin, i. e. to fet. To wex, to increafe, to grow. Wexed, waxed, in*
creafed. Wext, increafed- Whally, full of wheals. B. \.m . 4. St. 24. Whatf, whatsoever.
Wheare, fee note on B. iii. m. 4. St. 19. Whcnfo, whenfoever. Wher, wlvere So fpelt in the old books. Anglo-Si
hpsjl. Whereas, where. Whereto whueibever. Whift huflied, filenced, B. vii. C. 7. St. 59. Phaer,
T hey wufied all : Conticuere omnes. Virg. ii, 1. Whit a little part, no whit, not at all. Ano-lo-S.
apihtr. aliquid. fomewhat. Whofo, whofoever. What, hot. a&uv ardens Vu&m whot : fpelt fo the in
old editions of the Bible : and fo pronounced to
this day in the weft of England. Whyleare, B. i. C. 9. St. 28. B ii. C. 2.. St. 11.
B. 2. C. 11. St. 25. B. iii. C. 7. St. i.B.iv. C. 12. St, 22. Anglo-S. hpilcer. erewhile, fome time before.
Whylome, Anglo-S. hpiium. formerly fome while
ago. Wicked herbes, noxious, poifonous, B. i. C. 2. St. 42.
fo again, wicked weeds, B. iii. C. I. St. 48. Wicked feele, hurtful, deadly, B. iii. C. 5. St. 20. So
again, wicked fiafte, B. iii. C. 5. St. 24. wicked
weapon, B. iii. C. 5. St. 24. wicked weapon, B.iv.
C. 3. St. ii.
Wield: fpelt fometimes Weld, to manage, handle,
govern, direft, turn, fway &c. B 1 . C. 4. St.
1 1. B. i. C. 3. St. 42. B. i. C. 7. St. 11. B. i.
C. 11. St. 28. B. ii. C. 1. St. 18. B. ii. C. 9. St?.
56. B. iv. C. 1. St. 37. B. iv. C. 2. St. 42. B. v.
C. 10. St. 24. B. vi. C. 8. St. 11. Anglo-S.
pealban- Germ, waken. Wight. Germ. Wicht, res qualibet, homo, animal,
creatura. See Watcht. Anglo-S. pihtT, a crea- ture, a wigbt. Somn. Wimple, See note on B. i. C. I. St. 4. Wije, fee Wi%e. To wis, to know. Wift, knew. Gtxm.wiffen. Anglo-S. pijTan, ?iofcire.
And his fijler food afar off to wit what would be
done to him. Exod. ii, 4.. Wife, blame. B. ii. C. 1 ... St. 16. Introd, B. iv. St.
1. B. vi. C. 3. St. 1 6. fpelt Wjte, B iii. C 4.
St. 52. B. v. C. 11. St. 57. B. vi. C. 12. St. 41.
Anglo-S. plTan, to blame — -plte punifhment
&c. Chaucer (if rightly interpretea) ufeth the
word foj blame, bomn,
Withhault
A GLOSSARY, 9fe.
Witbbnuh,B.\\. C. II. St. 9. with-holden, with- drew, from with and Anglo-S. healben, to
hold.
manner. B. i. C. 4. St. 14- B. in.
C. J. St. 53. ,, - •
Wo ivtrtt the man, fee note on B. U. L. o. bt 32. II') worth the i*f, Ezck. 30. 2.
i.gonne, far gone in woe. B. iii. C. 7. St. 20.
B. v. C. 8. St. 16. ufed by our old writers. Womanhood, the hood, i. e. the quality, ftate, or con- dition, of Woman.
JJ'undrous woe, fee note on B. ii . C. 8. St. 53. B. iv.
C. I- St. 38. paa, maftus, trijiis: hea-vy, /ad. Somn.
Wonnc, is ufed in two fenfes, B. 1. C. 6. St. 39. in the firlt, for to overcome, gain the victory, from to 'win : in the fecond place for to dwell, from the Anglo-S. punian, to dwell, to inhabit. Germ. •xvor.o;, habitare. Both the verb, wonne, dwell : and the fubftantive, Wovne, won, habitation, are ufed in very many places. As a verb, to dwell, to inhabit, B. i. C. 6. St. 39. B. ii. C. I. St. 51. B. ii. C. 3. St. 18. B. ii. C. 7. St. 49. B. ii. C. 12. St. 69. B. iii. C. 1. St. 3. B. 3. C. 4. St. 20. B. iv. C. 12. St. 1. B. iii. C. 6. St. 29.
B. iii. C. 7. St. 5. B. iv. C. 6. St. 5. B. v. C. z. St. 4. B. vi. C. 2. St. 48. B. vi. C I.St. 1. and in other places. As a Subft. Wonne, Won, habita- tion dwelling, B. ii. C. 7. St. 20. B. ii. C. 12. St.u.B. iii. C. 3. St. 7. B. iii. C. 8. St. 37. B. iv.
C. 8. St. 5. B. iv. C. 8. St. 22. B. v. C.9. St. 8. B.vi.C. 3. St. 37. and in other places. Milton ufes it
the wild leaft where be wons in foreji wild.
Milton ufes it here for the alliteration,
?n«,ufe, B. iii. C. 9. St. 21. punian jepunian.
to ufe, to be wont. Chaucer ufes it fo frequently. Wont, cuftom, manner. B. iv. C. 1. St. 43. wont
plea/ures, wonted, ufual, accuftomed, B. v. C. 3.
St. 1. wont in warre, ufed in war. B. v. C. 4.
St. 44. Woo, to court, or win by courting, B. iv. C. 6.
St. 30. Wood, mad. Woodnefs madnefs. Anglo-S. J>ob,
mad wood furious. Somn. Germ, wuten. furere.
Belg. woeden. J wot, I know. Woteft, knoweft. Wowed, wooed, for the rhyme. B. vi. C. 11. St. 4. Woxed, Waxed B. i. C. 10. St. 2. Wraft, wreft, for the rhyme. B. v. C. 12. St. 21. Wrawling, B. vi. C. 1 2. St. zj.vox onomatop. Chaucer
has it : fee Junius in Wral. Wreaie, to revenge. Wrote, revenged. Germ. rachent
Anglo-S. pjlSECCan. Belg. wreten, ulcifci. Wreft, wrift : for the rhyme and poetically part for
the whole : B. iii. C. 7. St. 2. Wrizled, we fay now wrinkled. Spencer fpelt it
from the Germ. ruttxtL Ital. grinzare, to wrinkle*
grinzo, wrinkled. B. i. C. 8. St. 47. ll\lt, beguile. B. iii. C. 10. St. 5. H'jte, fee lb in:
'l 'HE Saxon ^e prefixed to words has given
place to Y and r. for the Saxon language as
fyoken and written after the Norman invafion
changed Je '"to ;' or Y, as geclepcD, vocatus,
Yclcped, ttlcped. Ybet, beaten, B. iv. C. 4. St. 9. Yblent, blinded, or confounded. B. i. C. 2. St. 5.
B. ii. C. 7. St. 1. fee Blent.
Tclad, clad. B. i. C. I. St. 1. St. 7. B. i. C. 4.
St. 38. Tcled, for Yclad, clad ; So the rhyme re- quires.
Ydhjje, idlenefs. B. vi. C 2. St. 31.
Ydrad, Ydred, dreaded : B. i. C. 1. St. 2. B. v. C.
11. St. 3. B. iii. C. 12. St. 2. B. v.C. 12. St. 37. ufed by Chaucer in Troil and CrefT. 11 1. 655. and by G.Douglas, pag. 413. 41. Abuf the bevin Ydrad and Starrit Sky.
Yearne, earn, get, procure. B. vi. C. I. St. 40.
To Yeed, Yeade, to go, B. ii. C. 4. St. 2. Yeae B. i.
C. 11. St 5. Yod, Yode, went, B 1. C. 10. St. 53. B. ii. C. 7. St. 2. B. iii. C. 8 St. 45. Anglo-S. eofce vet, geeobe. he went ; the Anglo-S. prete- rit, fromgangarw™. geode i<uit.
Yfere, B. i. C. 9. St. . B. ii. C. 1 St. 35. B. ii. C. 9. St. 2. B. iii. C. 7. St. 48. B. iii. C. 8. St. 52: B. iii. C. 9. St. 13. B. iii. C. 10. St. 16. B. iii. C.
12. St. 16. in company, together: ufed by Chaucer and G. Douglas : fo in fere in company : 2e'epa iignilies both a companion and company.
Yfoftered, B. iii. C- 6. St. 5 1, foftered, nourijbedf
brought up. Yfraught, fraighted, loaden, B. iii. C. 8. St. 8. Yfretted, the fame as Fretted, which fee above. Ygoe, gone, loft. B. ii. C. I. St. 2. late ygoe, lately
loft, ufed by Chaucer. Yerks, yerks, jerks, lafhes, B. vi. C. 7. St. 44. fee
Junius. Yit, yet : for the rhyme B. i. C. 2. St. 30. B. 3. C.
8. St. 5. Ymagery,B. i. C. 8. St. 36. B. ii. C. 7. S. 4. images,
figures, &c Ymolt, molten, melted, B. i. C. 11. St. 25. B. 3.
C. 11 St. 25. Ymp, impe, offspring, B. i. C. 6. St. 24. B. i. C. 9.
St. 6. B. i, C. 10. St. 60. B. iii. C. 12. St. 7.
B. vi, C. 2. St. 38. Ympt, B. iv. C. 9. St. 4. grafted on, fixed on as a
grafF. Tod, fee Yeed. Yold, yielded, B. iii; C, II. St. 17 25. ufed by
Chaucer.
Tore,
A GLOSSARY,
Tore, B.L C.i.St. 5. B. i. C. 9. St. 1. B.i. C.12.
St. 27. and in other places. Tore, of yore, an- ciently. Anglo-S. geapa.
Tend, fee note on B. ii. C. 8. St. 4.0. B. iii. C. 7. St. 26.
Tounker, alufty young man, B.iv.C.i. St.n.Germ. jungling. Anglo-S. geongejl.
Ypaid, fee Apaid.
Ypight, fee Pight.
Yplafte, placed, B. i. C. 4. St. 28.
Tpligbt, plighted, B. 2. C. iii. St. 1.
Yre, ire, anger, B ii. C. 2. 31.
Trent, rent, B. iv. C 6. St. 15.
Triced, rived, riven, B. iv. C. 6, 15.
Tfame, B. vii, C. 7. St. 32. ' ysame, yfome, /Imul '■una. Spenf. Anglo-S. fam. Goth, famana,
confonum eft Gr. upet, Jun. edit. Lye. ' Anglo-S, ' rame, alfo, together, likewife,' Somn. « Sew.
4 una pariter,' Wacht. 1 rather think in this
paffage yfame is originally from the Germ. Sammens colligere, congregare. Hence the Anglo-S. gfc- ramnian, to gather together, to colleSi : and the Anglo S. T£ is changed into y hence yfame, i. e. collected together. Ythrild, B. iii. C. 4. St. 15. thrilled, pierced.
Twreke, B. iv. C. 8. St. 14, Y-wroke, B.iv. C. 6. St. 23. B. iv. C. 11. St. 5. See Wreake.
l-wis, truly, indeed : ufed fometimes expletively, and fometimes ironically, B. ii. C. 1. St. 19, B. iii. C. 4. St. 37. B, iii. C. 7. St. 53. ufed by Chaucer.
Errata in the Glossary.
'N the explanation of Capon, for met, read metaphorical//.
► ' Curry favour, read gratiam et favorem quaerere blanditiis.
— — For, inftead of printed fordone in other editions, read printed "foredottf,
. Fouidring, read / in/erted lv<p utiaf gratia.
G«/>, for pipa, read pij-a.
"■■ Poynant, for /'» Ariojio's read M Ariofto't.
■ Reave, read »'. *. /oo^ <j<ivay. fcruze, read fcruze from /crew.
-— 5/«r«, after « caliedthefterne. Add, 2&r</ /& Heme e/* /£* />*> // wfor* tfr fW<fer £/ placed to fteer, ordireSi her courfe.
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A Lettter of the Authors, expounding his whole
intention in the courfe of thisworke; which for that
it giueth great light to the Reader, for the better
underftanding is hereunto annexed.
To the Right noble and Valorous
SIR WALTER RALEIGH, Knt.
Lord Wardein of the Stanneryes and her Maiefties lieftenaunt of the
County of Cornewayll.
SIR, knowing how doubtfully all allegories may be conflrued, and this booke of mine, which I haue entituled the Faery Queen, being a con- tinued allegory, or darke conceit, I haue thought good as well for auoyding of gealous opinions and mifconftructions, as alfo for your better light in reading thereof, (being fo by you commanded,) to difcouer unto you the general intention and meaning, which in the whole courfe thereof I haue fafhioned, without exprefling of any particular purpofes, or by-accidents, therein occafioned. The general end therefore of all the booke is to fafhion a gentleman or noble perfon in vertuous and gentle difcipline : which for that I concerned fhoulde be mod plaufible and pleafing, being coloured with an hiftorical fiction, the which the mod part of men delight to read, rather for variety of matter, then for profite of the enfample, I chofe the hiflorye of king Arthure, as mod fitte for the excellency of his perfon, being made famous by many mens former workes, and alfo fur theft from the daunger of enuy, and fufpition of prefent time. In which I haue followed all the antique poets hiftoricall ; firft Homere, who in the perfons of Agamemnon and Ulyfles hath enfampled a good gouernour and a vertuous man, the one in his Ilias, Lie other in his OdyfTeis j then Virgil, whofe like intention was to doe in the perfon of ./Eneas ; after him Ariofto comprifed them both in his Orlando j and lately TaiTo dhTeuered them again, and formed both parts in two perfons, namely that part which they in philofophy call ethice, or vertues of a priv man, coloured in his Rinaldo ; the other named politice in his Godfredo. enfample of which excellente poets, I labour to pourtraicl in Arthure, before
he was king, the image of a hraue knight, perfected in the twelue priuate morall vermes, as Aridotle hath deuifed; the which is the purpofc of thcfe firll twelue bookes : which if I finde to be well accepted, I may be perhaps encoraged to frame the other part of polliticke vertues in his perfon, after that hee came to be kings To fome I know this methode will feem difpleafaunt, which had rather haue good difcipline deliuered plainly in way of precepts, or fermoned at large, as they nib, then thus cloudily enwrapped in allegorical deuilbs. But fuch, me fceme, lhould be fatisfidc with the ufe of thefe days, feeing all things accounted by their fhowes, and nothing efteemed of, that is not delight- hill and pleafmg to commune fence. For this caufe is Xenophon preferred before Plato, for that the one, in the exquiiite depth of his iudgement, formed a com- mune-welth, fuch as it lliould be ; but the other in the perfon of Cyrus, and the Perlians, fafhioned a gouernment, fuch as might bed be : fo much more profitable and gratious is doctrine by enfample, then by rule. So haue I laboured to doe in the peribn of Arthure : whom 1 conceiue, after his long education by Timon, to whom he was by Merlin deliuered to be brought up, fo foone as he wras borne of the lady Igrayne, to haue feene in a dream or viiion the Faery Queene, with whofe excellent beauty rauifhed, he awaking refolued to feeke her out; and fo being by Merlin armed, and by Timon throughly in- structed, he went to ieeke her forth in Faerye land. In that Faery Queene I meane Glory in my generall intention, but in my particular I conceiue the moil excellent and glorious perfon of ourfoueraine the Queene, and her king- dom in Faery land. And yet in fome places els, I do otherwife fhadow her. For considering fhe beareth two perfons, the one of a mod royal queene or emprefle, the other of a mod vertuous and beautifull lady, this latter part in fome places I doe exprerle in Belphcebe, faihioning her name according to your owne excellent conceipt of Cynthia : Phoebe and Cynthia being both names of Diana. So in the perfon of prince Arthure I fette forth magnificence in particular, which vertue for that (according to Aridotle and the reft) it is the perfection of all the reft, and conteineth in it them all, therefore in the whole courfe I mention the deeds of Arthure applyable to that vertue, which I write of in that booke. But of the xii. other vertues, I make xii. other knights the patrones, for the more variety of the hidory : Of which thefe three bookes contayn three.
The firft of the knight of the Red-crofTe, in whom I expreffe Holynes : The feconde of Sir Guyon, in whome I fette forth Temperaunce : The third of Bntomartis a Lady knight, in whome I picture Chadity. But becaufe the be- ginning of the whole worke feemeth abrupte, and as depending upon other antecedents, it needs that ye know the occafion of thefe three knights feuerall aduentures. For the methode of a poet hiftorical is not fuch, as of an hidorio- grapher. For an hidoriographer difcourfeth of affayres orderly as they were donne, accounting as well the times as the actions; but a poet thrudeth into the midded, euen where it mod concerneth him, and there recourfing to the thinges fore- pade, and diuining of thinges to come, maketh a pleafing analyfis of all.
Th?
The beginning therefore of my hiilory, if it were to be told bv an hiflono- grapher lhould be the twelfth booke which is the laft, where 1 deuife that the Faery Queen kept her annual feafte xii. days ; uppon which xii. "feverall dayes, the occaiions of the xii. feuerall aduentures hapned, which beino- un- dertaken by xii. feuerall knights, are in thei'e xii books feuerally handled and difcourfed. The firft was this. In the beginning of the fearl, there pre-* fen ted himfelfe a tall clowniihe younge man, who falling before the Qaeene of Faeries defired a boone (as the manner then was) which durino: that feafl flie might not refufe; which was that hee might haue the atchiuement of any aduenture, which during that feafte mould happen. That being graunted, he refted him on the floore, unntte through his rufticity for a better place. Soone after entred a faire ladye in mourning weedes, riding on a white aiTe, with a dvvarfe behind her leading a warlike fteed, that bore the arms of a knight, and his fpeare in the dwarfes hand. Shee falling before the Queene of Faeries, complayned that her father and mother, an ancient king and queene, had bene by an huge dragon many years fhut up in a brafen caitle, who thence fuffred them not to yffew : and therefore befought the Faery Queene to afiygne her fome one of her knights to take on him that exployt. Prefently that clowniih perfon upftarting, deiired that aduenture : whereat the Queene much wonder- ing, and the lady much gainefaying, yet he earneftly importuned his deiire. In the end the lady told him, that unlefle that armour which {lie brought, would feme him (that is the armour of a chriitian man fpecified by St. Paul, v. Ephef.) that he could not fucceed in that enterprife : which being forthwith put upon him with dew furnitures thereunto, he feemed the goodlier! man in al that company, and was well liked of the lady. And eftefoones taking on him knighthood, and mounting on that ftraunge courfer, he went forth with her on that aduenture : where beginneth the firrt, booke, viz,
A gentle knight was pricking on the playne. &c .
The fecond day there came in a palmer bearing an infant with bloody hands, whofe parents he complained to haue bene ilayn by an enchauntrerte called Acrafia ; and therefore craued of the Faery Queene, to appoint him fome knight, to performe that adventure, which being affigned to Sir Guyon, he prefently went forth with that fame palmer : which is the beginning of the fecond booke, and the whole fubiect thereof. The third day there came in a groome, who complained before the Faery Queene, that a vile enchaunter called Bufirane had in hand a moil faire lady called Amoretta, whom he kept in moil grieuous torment, becaufe fhe would not yield him the pleafure of her body. Whereupon Sir Scudamour the lover of that lady prefently tooke on him that aduenture. But being unable to performe it by reafon of the hard enchauntments, after long forrow, in the end met with Britomartis, who fuc- coured him, and reskewed his love.
Bur
But by occafion hereof, many other aduentures arc intermedled, b ut rather as accidents, then intendments : as the loue of Britomart, the ouer- throw of Marinell, the mifery of Florimell, the vertuoufnes of Belphcebe, the lafciuioufhes of Hellenora ; and many the like.
Thus much, Sir, I haue briefly ouerronne to direct your understanding to the wel-head of the hiftory, that from thence gathering the whole intention of the conceit, ye may as in a handful gripe al the difcourle, which other- wife may happily feem tedious and confufed. So humbly crauing the conti- nuance of your honourable fauour towards me, and th* eternall eftablifh- ment of your happines, I humbly take leaue.
23. lanuary 1589.
Yours moft humbly affectionate,
Ed. Spenfer,
VERSES
VERSES
To the Author of the Faery Queene,
A Vifion vpon this conceipt of the Faery Queene,
ME thought I faw the graue, where Laura lay, Within that temple, where the veftall flame Was wont to burne, and paffing by that way To fee that buried dull of liuing fame, Whofe tumbe faire Loue, and fairer Vertue kept, All fuddeinly I faw the Faery Queene : At whofe approch the foul of Petrarke wept, And from thenceforth thofe Graces were not feent : For they this Queene attended, in whofe fteed Obliuion laid him down on Lauras herfe : Hereat the harden: ftones were feen to bleed, And grones of buried ghoftes the heauens did perfe •
Where Homers ipright did tremble all for griefe,
And curft th' acceffe of that celeftiall theife.
Another of the fame.
TH E prayfe of meaner wits this worke like profit brings, As doth the Cuckoes fong delight when Philumena lings . If thou haft formed right true Vertues face herein j Vertue herfelfe can beft difcerne, to whom they written bin. If thou haft Beautie prayfd, let her fole Iookes diuine Iudge if ought therein be amis, and, mend it by her eine. If Chaftitie want ought, or Temperaunce her dew, Behold her princely mind aright, and write thy Queene anew. Meane while fhe (hall perceiue, how far her vertues fore Aboue the reach of all that liue, or fuch as wrote of yore 5 And thereby will excufe and favour thy good will, Whofe vertue cannot be expreft, but by an Angels quill. Of me no lines are lou'd, nor letters are of price, Of all which fpeak our Englifh tongue, but thofe of thy deuice,
W. R.
To the learned Shepheard.
CO L L Y N, I fee by thy new taken tafke, Some (acred fury hath enricht thy braynes, That leades thy Mufe in haughty verfe to maske,
And loath the layes that long to lowly fwaynes ; That lifts thy notes from fliepheardes unto kinges : So like the liuely lark that mounting finges.
Thy louely Rofalinde feemes now forlorne,
And all thy gentle flockes forgotten quight, Thy chaunged hart now holdes thy pypes in fcorne,
Thole prety pypes that did thy mates delight ; Thofe trufty mates, that loued thee fo well, Whom thou gau'ft mirth ; as they gaue thee the bell.
Yet as thou earft with thy fvveet roundelayes,
Didft ftirre to glee our laddes in homely bowers : So moughtft thou now in thefe refyned layes,
Delight the daintie eares of higher powers : And lb mought they, in their deep fkanning fkill, Alow and grace our Colly ns flowing quill.
And faire befall that Faery Queene of thine j
In whofe faire eyes Loue linckt with Vertue fittes, Enfufing by thofe bewties fyers deuine
Such high conceits into thy humble wittes, As raifed hath poore paftors oaten reedes From ruftick tunes, to chaunt heroique deedes.
So mought thy Redcroffe knight with happy hand
Victorious be in that faire Iflands right, Which thou doft vayle in type of Faery land,
Elizas blefled field, that Albion hight ; That fhields her friendes, and warres her mightie foes , Yet ia ill with people, peace, and plentie flowes.
But
But (iolly fhepeheard) though with pleafing ftyle. Thou feaft the humour of the courtly trayne ;
Let not conceipt thy fetled fence beguile, Ne daunted be through enuy or difdaine :
Subiect thy dome to her empyring fpright,
From whence thy Mufe, and all the world takes light,
Hobynoll.
T? A YRE Thamis ftreame, that from Ludds flately towne, * Runft paying tribute to the ocean feas, Let all thy Nymphes and Syrens of renowne Be filent, whyle this Bryttane Orpheus playes : Nere thy fweet bankes, there Hues that facred crowne, Whofe hand ftrowes palme and neuer-dying bayes; Let all at once with thy foft murmuring fowne Prefent her with this worthy poets prayes : For he hath taught hye drifts in ihepherdes weedes, And deepe conceites now linges in Faeries deedes.
R. S.
^"^RAVE Mufes march in triumph and with prayfes$ ^^ Our GoddefTe here hath giuen you leaue to land : And biddes this rare difpenfer of your graces Bow downe his brow unto her facred hand, Deferte findes dew in that moft princely doome, In whofe fweete breft are all the Mufes bredde : So did that great Auguftus erft in Roome With leaues of fame adorne his Poets hedde. Faire be the guerdon of your Faery Queene, Euen of the faireft that the world hath feene»
H. B.
Vol, I. ?C WHEN
"1X7 HEN ftout Achilles heard of Helens rape,
And what reuenge the dates of Greece deuifd ; Thinking by Height the fatall warres to fcape, In womans weedes himfelfe he then difguiide : But this deuife UlyiTes foon did fpy, And brought him forth the chaunce of warre to try.
When Spencer faw the fame was fpredd fb large Through Faery land of their renowned Queene, Loth that his Mufe mould take fo great a charge, As in fuch haughty matter to be feene, To feeme a fhepeheard then he made his choice : But Sidney heard him fing, and knew his voice.
And as Ulyffes brought faire Thetis fonne From his retyred life to menage armes r So Spencer was by Sidneys {peaches wonne, To blaze her fame, not fearing future harmes : For well he knew his Mufe would foone be tyred In her high praife, that all the world admired.
Yet as Achilles in thofe warlike frayes Did win the palme from all the Grecian peeres : So Spencer now to his immortall prayfe, Hath wonne the laurell quite from all his feres* What though his taske exceed a humaine witt, He is excufed, fith Sidney thought it fitt.
W. L.
TO
npO looke upon a worke of rare deuife, A The which a workman fetteth out to view,
And not to yield it the deferued prife,
That unto fuch a workmanfhip is dew,
Doth either prove the iudgment to be naught, Or elfe doth fhew a mind with enuy fraught.
To labour to commend a peece of worke, Which no man goes about to difcommend, Would raife a iealous doubt that there did lurke Some fecret doubt, whereto the prayfe did tend. For when men know the goodnefs of the wyne, Tis needleffe for the hoaft to have a fygne.
Thus then to mew my iudgment to be fuch As can difcerne of colours blacke and white, As alls to free my minde from enuies tuch, That neuer giues to any man his right, I here pronounce this workmanfhip is fuch, As that no pen can fet it forth too much.
And thus I hang a garland at the dore,
Not for to mew the goodnefs of the ware ;
But fuch hath beene the cuftome heretofore 5
And cuftomes very hardly broken are :
And when your taft mall tell you this is trew, Then looke you giue your hoaft his utmoft dew.
Ignoto.
«C2 SON.
SONNETS
Sent with the Faery Queen to feveral perfons of Quality by the Author.
To the right honourable Sir Chriftopher Hatton, Lord high
Chancellor of England, &c.
rT"*H0SE prudent heads that with their counfels wife Whylom the pillours of th' earth did fuftain,.
And taught ambitious Rome to tyrannife,
And in the neck of all the world to rayne, Oft from thoie graue affaires were wont abftaine^.
With the fweet lady Mufes for to play :
So Ennius, the elder Africane,
So Maro oft did Csefars cares allay. So you great Lord, that with your counfell fway
The burdeine of this kingdom mightily,
With like delightes fometimes may eke delay
The rugged brow of carefull policy : And to thefe ydle rymes lend litle fpace,
Which for their titles fake may find more grace,
E. S»
To
To the right honourable the Lord Burleigh, Lord high Threafurer
of England.
^TpO you right noble Lord, whofe carefull breft A To menage of moft grave affaires is bent,
And on whofe mightie moulders molt doth reft
The burdein of this kingdomes gouernment As the wide compafle of the firmament,
On Atlas mighty fhoulders is vpftayd j
Unfitly I thefe ydle rimes prefent,
The labour of loft time, and wit unflayd : Yet if their deeper fence be inly wayd,
And the dim vele, with which from commune vew
Their fairer parts are hid, afide be layd,
Perhaps not vaine they may appeare to you. Such as they be, vouchfafe them to receaue,
And wipe their faults out of your cenfure graue.
E. S,
To the right honourable the Earl of Oxenford, Lord high Chamberlayne of England, £cc,
TJ Eceiue, moft noble Lord, in gentle gree A The vnripe fruit of an vnready witj
Which by thy countenaunce doth craue to bee
Defended from foule enuies poifnous bit i Which fo to doe may thee right well befit,
Sith th'antique glory of thine aunceflry
Vnder a fhady vele is therein writ,
And eke thine owne long liuing memory. Succeeding them in true nobility -,
And alfo for the loue, which thou doeft beare
To th' Heliconian ymps, and they to thee j
They vnto thee, and thou to them moft deare % Deare as thou art vnto thy felfe -> fo loue
That loues and honours thee, as doth behove.
To
To the right honourable the Earle of Northumberland.
'T^He facred Mufes haue made alwaies clame To be the nourfes of* nobility,
And rcgiftres of euerlafting fame,
To all that arms profelfe and cheualry : Then by like right the noble progeny,
Which them fucceed in fame and worth, are tydc
T' embrace the fei nice of fweete poetry,
By whole endeauours they are glorifide; And eke from all, of whom it is enuide,
To patronize the author of their praife,
Which gives them life, that els would foone haue dio>
And crownes their aflies with immortall baies. To thee therefore, right noble Lord, I fend
This prefent of my pains, it to defend.
E. S.
To the right honourable the Earle of Cumberland.
"O Edoubted Lord, in whole corageous mind
The flowre of cheualry, now bloofming faire,
Doth promife fruite worthy the noble kind,
Which of their praifes haue left you the haire -, To you this humble prefent I prepare,
For loue of vertue and of martiall praife,
To which though nobly ye inclined are,
As goodlie well ye fhew'd in late afTaies, Yet brave enfample of long pafTed daies,
In which trew honor yee may fafhiond fee,
To like defire of honour may ye raife,
And fill your mind with magnanimitee. Receiue it, Lord, therefore as it was ment,
For honour of your name and high defcent. £. S.
To
To the mod honourable and excellent Lord, the Earle of
Effex, Great Maifter of the Horfe to her Highneffe, and
Knight of the noble order of the Garter, etc.
TV/TAgniricke Lord, whofe vertues excellent Doe merit a moft famous poets witt,
To be thy liuing praifes inftrument;
Yet doe not fdeigne to let thy name be writt In this bafe poem, for thee far vnfitt :
Nought is thy worth difparaged thereby.
But when my Mufe, whofe fethers, nothing Hitr,
Doe yet but flagg, and lowly learne to fly, With bolder wing mail dare alofte to fty
To the iaft praifes of this Faery Queene ;
Then (hall it make more famous memory
Of thine heroicke parts, fuch as they beene : Till then, vouchfafe thy noble countenaunce
To thefe firft labours needed furtheraunce, E. S.
To the right Honourable the Earle of Ormond and
Offory.
T> Eceive, moft noble Lord, a fimple tafte
■"■ Of the wilde fruit, which faluage foyl hath bred ;
Which being through long wars left almoft wafte.
With brutiih barbarifme is ouerfpredd , And in fo faire a land, as may be redd,
Not one ParnafTus, nor one Helicone
Left for fweete Mufes to be harboured,
But where thy felfe haft thy brave manfione : There indeede dwel faire Graces many one,
And gentle Nymphes, delights of learned wits.
And in thy perfon without paragone
All goodly bountie and true honour fits.' Such therefore, as that wafted foyl doth yield,
Receiue, dear Lord, in worth the fruit of barren field, E. $,
To
To the'right honourable the Lord Ch. Howard, Lord high Admiral
of England, Knight of the noble order of the Garter,
and one of her Maiefties prime Counfel, &c.
A Nd ye, braue Lord, whofe goodly perfonage, And noble deeds, each other garnifhing,
Make you enfample to the prefent age
Of th' old heroes, whofe famous offspring The antique poets wont fo much to fing,
In this lame pageaunt have a worthy place;
Sith thole huge caflles of Caftilian king,
That vainly threatned kingdomes to dilplace, Like flying doves, ye did before you chace :
And that proud people, woxen infolent
Through many victories, did firft deface.
Thy praifes euerlafting monument Is in this verfe engrauen femblably,
That it may liue to all pofterity.
E. S.
R
To the right honourable the Lord of Hunfdon, high Chamberlaine to her Maiefty,
Enowmed Lord, that for your worthinefTe And noble deeds haue your deferued place
High in the fauour of that Empereffe,
The worlds fole glory and her fexes grace ; Here eke of right haue you a worthie place,
Both for your neernefs to that Faerie Queene,
And for your owne high merit in like cacej
Of which, apparaunt proofe was to be feene, When that tumultuous rage and fearfull deene
Of northerne rebels ye did pacify,
And their difloiall powre defaced clene,
The record of enduring memory. Liue, Lord, for euer in this lafting verfe,
That all pofleritie thy honour may reherfe.
E. S,
T<3
To the moft renowmed and valiant Lord, the Lord Grey of Wilton, Knight of the noble order of the Garter, &c.
TV/jOft noble Lord, the pillor of my life, A And patron of my Mufes pupillage,
Through whofe large bountie poured on me rife,
In the firffc feafon of my feeble age, I now doe liue, bound yours by vafTalage :
Sith nothing euer may redeeme, nor reaue
Out of your endleffe debt fo fure a gage,
Vouchfafe in worth this fmall guift to receaue, Which in your noble hands for pledge I leaue
Of all the reft, that I am tyde t' account ;
Rude rymes, the which a ruftic Mufe did weauc
In favadge foyle, far from ParnafTo mount, And roughly wrought in an vnlearned loome :
The which vouchfafe, dear Lord, your favourable doome.
E. S.
To the right honourable the Lord of Buckhurft, one of her Maiefties priuie Counfell.
N vain I think, right honourable Lord,
By this rude ryme to memorize thy name,
Whofe learned Mufe hath writ her own record
In golden verfe, worthy immortal fame : Thou much more fit (were leafure to the fame)
Thy gracious Souerain praifes to compile,
And her imperiall Maieftie to frame,
In loftie numbers and heroicke flile. But fith thou mayft not fo, giue leaue a while
To bafer wit his power therein to fpend,
Whofe groffe defaults thy daintie pen may file,
And vnaduifed ouerfights amend. But euermore vouchfafe it to maintaine
Againft vile Zoilus backbitings vaine* E. S*
Vol. I. *D T?
I
To the rig&t honourable Sir Fr. Waliingjiam Knight,
principall Secretary to her Aiaiefty, and of her
honourable priuy Counfell.
AT"vHat Mantuane poets incompared ipirit, Whofe girland now is fet in higheft place,
Had not Mecenas, for his worthy merit,
It firft aduaunfl to great Auguftus grace, Might long perhaps haue lien in filence bace,
Ne bene fo much admir'd of later a^e.
This lowly Mule, that learns like fteps to trace,
Flies for like aide unto your patronage, That are the great Mecenas of this age,
As wel to al that ciuil artes profefle
As thofe that are infpir'd with martial rage,
And craues protection of her ' feebleneffe : Which if ye yield, perhaps ye may her rayfe
In bigger tunes to found your liuing praife.
E. S.
To the rio-ht noble Lord and moll valiaunt Captain, Sir John Norris knight, Lord president of Mounfter.
WH O euer gave more honourable prize To the fweet Mufe then did the Martiall crew,
That their braue deeds {he might immortalize
In her fhrill tromp, and found their praifes dew ? Who then ought more to fauour her, then you
Mod noble Lord, the honor of this age,
And precedent of all that armes enfue ?
Whofe warlike proweffe and manly courage, Tempred with reafon and aduizement fage,
Hath fild fad Belgicke with vidorious fpoile,
In Fraunce and Ireland left a famous gage,
And lately fhakt the Lufitanian foile. Sith then each where thou haft difpredd thy fame,
Loue him, that hath eternized your name.
E. So
To the right noble and valorous knight Sir Walter Raleigh, Lord Wardein of the Stanneryes, and lieftenaunt of Cornewaile.
' I %0 thee, that art the fommers nightingale, Thy foueraine Goddeffes moft deare delight,
Why doe I fend this rufticke madrigale,
That may thy tunefull eare unfeafon quite ? Thou onely fit this argument to write,
In whofe high thoughts Pleafure hath built her bowre,
And dainty Love learnd fweetly to endite.
My rimes I know unfauory and fowre, To tafte the ftreames, that like a golden fhowre
Flow from thy fruitfull head, of thy loues praife,
Fitter perhaps to thonder Martiall ftowre,
When fo thee lift thy lofty Mule to raife : Yet till that thou thy poeme wilt make knowne,
Let thy faire Cinthias praifes be thus rudely fhowne.
E. S.
To the right honourable and moft vertuous Lady, the Countefle
of Pembroke.
T> Emembraunce of that moft heroicke fpirit, The heuens pride, the glory of our dales,
Which now triumpheth through immortall merit
Of his braue vertues, crownd with lafting baies, Of heuenlie blifs and euerlafting praies ;
Who firft my Mufe did lift out of the flore,
To fing his fweet delights in lowlie laies,
Bids me, moft noble Lady, to adore His goodly image, liuing euermore
In the diuine refemblaunce of your face;
Which with your vertues ye embellifh more,
And natiue beauty deck with heuenlie grace : For his, and for your own efpecial fake,
Vouchfafe from him this token in good worth to take.
E. S,'
To the moft vcrtuous, and beautiful! Lady, the Lady Carew.
?\JE may T, without blot of endlefle blame,
You, faireft Lady, leaue out of this place,
But with remembraunce of your gracious name.
Wherewith that courtly garlond moft ye grace, And deck the world, adorne thefe verfes bafe :
Not that thefe few lines can in them comprife
Thofe glorious ornaments of heauenly grace,
Wherewith ye triumph ouer feeble eyes, And in fubdued harts do tyranyie :
For thereunto doth need a golden quill,
And filuer leaues, them righty to deuife,
But to make humble prefent of good will; Which, when as timely meanes it purchafe may,
In ampler wife itfelfe will forth difplay.
E. S.
To all the gratlous and beautifull Ladies in the Court.
*Tp H E Chian peincter, when he Was requir'd J To pourtraict Venus in her perfect hew,
To make his worke more abfolute, deflrd
Of all the faireft maides to haue the vew. Much more me needs to draw the femblant trew,
Of beauties Queene, the worlds fole wonderment,
To fharpe my fence with fundry beauties vew,
And fteale from each fome part of ornament. If all the world to feeke I ouerwent,
A fairer crew yet no where could I fee,
Then that braue court doth to mine eie prefent ;
That the worlds pride feems gathered there to bee : Of each a part I ftole by cunning thefte :
Forgiue it me, faire dames, fith lefie ye haue not lefte.
E. S.
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FAERY OUEENE
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The Legend of the Knight of the Red-CroiTe:
or of Holinefie*
O I the man, whofe Mufe whylome did mafke, As time her taught, in lowly fhepheards weeds, Am now enforft a farre unfitter tafke, For trumpets fterne to chaunge mine oaten reeds, And fing of knights and ladies gentle deeds; Whofe praifes having flept in filence long, Me all too meane the facred Mufe areeds To blazon broade emongfl her learned throng : Fierce warres and faithful loves fhall moralize my fong.
II. Help then, o holy virgin, chiefe of nyne, Thy weaker novice to perform thy will; Lay forth out of thine everlafting fcryne The antique rolles, wheh there lye hidden ftill. Of faerie knights and fayreft Tanaquill, Whom that moft noble Briton prince fb long Sought through the world, and fuffered fo much ill, That I muft rue his undeferved wrong. O helpe thou my weake wit, and fharpen my dull tong ! Vol. I. B
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And thou, moft dreaded impe of higheft Jove, Faire Venus fonne, that with thy cruell dart At that good knight (o cunningly didft rove, That glorious fire it kindled in his hart, Lay now thy deadly heben bowe apart, And with thy mother mylde come to mine ayde j Come both, and with you bring triumphant Mart, In loves and gentle jollities arraid,
After his murdrous fpoyles and bloudie rage allayd.
IV.
And with them eke, o Goddeffe heavenly bright, Mirrour of grace and majeftie divine, Great ladie of the greater!: iile, whofe light Like Phoebus lampe throughout the world doth mine, Shed thy faire beames into my feeble eyne, And raife my thoughtes too humble and too vile, To thinke of that true glorious type of thine, The argument of mine afflicted m'le :
The which to hear vouchfafe, o deareft dread, a while.
CANT
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canto I.
jTA? patron of true holinejfe
Foule Errour doth defeat ; Hypocrijie, him to entrappe^
Doth to his home entreate.
I.
GENTLE knight was pricking on the plaine, Ycladd in mightie armes and filver fhielde,
Wherein old dints of deepe woundes did remain e,
The cruel markes of many' a bloody fielde ;
Yet armes till that time did he never wield :
His angry fteede did chide his foming bitt,
As much difdayning to the curbe to yield :
Full jolly knight he feem'd, and faire did fitt, As one for knightly giufts and fierce encounters fitt.
II. And on his breft a bloodie crofTe he bore,
The deare remembrance of his dying lord,
For whofe fweete fake that glorious badge he wore,
And dead, as living, ever him ador'd :
Upon his fhield the like was alfo fcor'd,
For foveraine hope, which in his helpe he had.
Right, faithfull, true he was in deed and word -,
But of his cheere did feeme too folemne fad ; Yet nothing did he dread, but ever was ydrad.
III. Upon a great adventure he was bond,
That greateft. Gloriana to him gave,
(That greatefl: glorious queene of faery lond)
To winne him worfhippe, and her grace to have,
Which of all earthly thinges he moft did crave.
And ever, as he rode, his hart did earne
To prove his puifTance in battell brave
Upon his foe, and his new force to learne 5 Upon his foe, a dragon horrible and ftearne.
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IV.
A lovely ladie rode him faire befide,
Upon a lowly afle more white then fnow ;
Yet fhe much whiter, but the fame did hide
Under a vele, that wimpled was full low ;
And over all a blacke ftole fhee did throw,
As one that inly mournd : fo was me fad,
And heavie fate upon her palfrey flow ;
Seemed in heart fome hidden care fhe had ; And by her in a line a milke- white lambe fhe lad.
V. So pure and innocent, as that fame lambe.
She was in life and every vertuous lore,
And by defcent from royall lynage came
Of ancient kinges and queenes, that had of yore
Their fcepters flrecht from eaft to wefterne more*
And all the world in their fubjeclion held j
Till that infernal feend with foule uprore
Forwafled all their land, and them expeld ; Whom to avenge, (he had this knight from rar compeld.
VI. Behind her farre away a dwarfe did lag,
That lafie feemd in being ever lafl,
Or wearied with bearing of her bag
Of needments at his backe. thus as they paft,
The day with cloudes was fuddeine overcaft,
And angry Jove an hideous ftorme of raine
Did poure into his lemans lap fo fail,
That everie wight to fhrowd it did conflrain j And this faire couple eke to fhroud themfelves were fain.
VII. Enforft to feeke fome covert nigh at hand,
A fhadie grove not farr away they fpide,
That promift ayde the tempeft to withlland ;
Whofe loftie trees, yclad with fommers pride,
Did fpred fo broad, that heavens light did hide,
Not pcrceable with power of any ftarr :
And all within were pathes and alleies wide,
With footing worne, and leading inward farre : Faire harbour that them feems, fo in they entred arre.
VIII. And
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And foorth they paiTe, with pleafure forward led, Joying to heare the birdes fweete harmony, Which therein fhrouded from the temper!: dred, Seemd in their fong to fcorne the cruell fky. Much can they praife the trees fo ftraight and hy, The fayling pine, the cedar proud and tall, The vine-propp elme, the poplar never diy, The builder oake, fole king of forrefts all, The afpine good for ftaves, the cyprefTe funerall,
IX. The laurell, meed of mightie conquerours And poets fage, the firre that weepeth ftill, The willow worne of forlorne paramours, The eugh obedient to the benders will, The birch for fhaftes, the fallow for the mill, The mirrhe fweete-bleeding in the bitter wound, The warlike beech, the am for nothing ill, The fruitfull olive, and the platane round, The carver holme, the maple feeldom inward found.
X. Led with delight they thus beguile the way, Untill the bluftring ftorme is overblowne j When weening to returne, whence they did ftray, They cannot finde that path, which firft was fhowne, But wander too and fro in waies unknowne, Further! from end then, when they neereft weene, That makes them doubt their wits be not their owne : So many pathes, fo many turnings feene, That which of them to take in diverfe doubt they been.
XI. At laft refolving forward ftill to fare,
Till that fome ende they find, or in or out, That path they take, that beaten feemd moil bare, And like to lead the labyrinth about 5 Which when by tract they hunted had throughout, At length it brought them to a hollowe cave, Amid the thicker!: woods, the champion ftout Eftfoones difmounted from his courfer brave, And to the dwarfe a while his needlefle fpere he gave.
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XII.
Be well aware, quoth then that ladie milde, Leaf fuddaine mifchiefe ye too rajh provoke : The danger hid, the place unknowne and wilde, Breedes dreadfull doubts : oft fire is without fmoke,
And peri I I without flow : therefore your flroke,
Sir knight, with-hold, till further tryall made.
Ah ladie, fayd he, flame were to revoke
The forward footing for an hidden Jhade : Vertue gives her felf light through darknefje for to wade,
XIII. Tea but, quoth fhe, the peril of this place
I better wot then you, though nowe too late
To wiflj you backe returne with foule difgrace ;
Tet wifedome wames, whilefi foot is in the gate,
To flay the fteppe, ere forced to retrate.
'this is the wandring wood, this Errours den,
A monfler vile, whom God and man does hate :
Therefore I read beware. Fly, fly, quoth then The fearefull dwarfe ; this is no place for living men.
XIV. But full of fire and greedy hardiment,
The youthful knight could not for ought be ftaide,
But forth unto the darkfom hole he went,
And looked in : his gliftring armor made
A litle glooming light, much like a made 5
By which he faw the ugly monfter plaine,
Halfe like a ferpent horribly difplaide,
But mother halfe did womans fhape retaine, Moft lothfom, filthie, foule, and full of vile difdaine.
XV. And as fhe lay upon the durtie ground,
Her huge long taile her den all overfpred,
Yet was in knots and many boughtes upwound,
Pointed with mortall fling : of her there bred
A thoufand yong ones, which fhe dayly fed,
Sucking upon her poifnous dugs ; each one
Of fundrie fhapes, yet all ill-favored :
Soone as that uncouth light upon them fhone, Into her mouth they crept, and fuddain all were gone.
XVI. Their
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Their darn upftart out of her den effraide,
And rufhed forth, hurling her hideous taile
About her curfed head ; whofe folds difplaid
Were ftretcht now forth at length without entraile.
She lookt about, and feeing one in mayle,
Armed to point, fought backe to turne againej
For light me hated as the deadly bale,
Ay wont in defert darknefs to remaine, Where plain none might her fee, nor me fee any plaine,
XVII. Which when the valiant elfe perceiv'd, he lept
As lyon fierce upon the flying pray,
And with his trenchand blade her boldly kept
From turning backe, and forced her to flay :
Therewith enrag'd me loudly gan to bray,
And turning fierce her fpeckled taile advaunft,
Threatning her angrie fting, him to difmay ;
Who nought aghaft his mightie hand enhaunft j The flroke down from her head unto her moulder glaunfh
XVIII. Much daunted with that dint her fence was dazd,
Yet kindling rage herfelfe flie gathered round,
And all attonce her beaftly bodie raizd
With doubled forces high above the ground :
Tho wrapping up her wrethed fterne arownd,
Lept fierce upon his fhield, and her huge traine
All fuddenly about his body wound,
That hand or foot to ftirr he flrove in vaine. God helpe the man fo wrapt in Errours endlefTe traine.
XIX. His lady, fad to fee his fore conftraint,
Cride out, Now, now, fir knight, Jhew what ye bee ;
Add faith unto your force y and be not faint :
Strangle her, eh fhe fure will fir angle thee.
That when he heard, in great perplexitie,
His gall did grate for griefe and high difdaine,
And knitting all his force, got one hand free,
Wherewith he grypt her gorge with fo great paine, That foone to loofe her wicked bands did her conftraine.
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Therewith me fpewd out of her filthie maw A floud of poyfon horrible and blacke, Full of great lumps of flefh and gobbets raw, Which ftunck fo vildly, that it forft him flacke His grafping hold, and from her turne him backe : Her vomit full of bookes and papers was, With loathly frogs and toades, which eyes did lacke, And creeping fought way in the weedy gras : Her filthie parbreake all the place defiled has.
XXL As when old father Nilus gins to fwell
With timely pride above the Aegyptian vale, His fattie waves doe fertile flime outwell, And overflow each plaine and lowly dale : But when his later ipring gins to avale, Huge heapes of mudd he leaves, wherin there breed Ten thoufand kindes of creatures, partly male And partly femall, of his fruitful feed : Such ugly monftrous ihapes elfwhere may no man reed.
XXII. The fame fo fore annoyed has the knight,
That wel-nigh choked with the deadly ftinke, His forces faile, ne can no lenger fight. Whofe corage when the feend perceivd to fhrinke, She poured forth out of her hellifh finke Her fruitfull curfed fpawne of ferpents fmall, Deformed monfters, fowle, and blacke as inke, Which fwarming all about his legs did crall, And him encombred fore, but could not hurt at all.
XXIII. As gentle fhepheard in fweete eventide,
When ruddy Phoebus gins to welke in weft, High on an hill, his flocke to vewen wide, Markes which doe byte their hafty fupper beft ; A cloud of cumbrous gnattes doe him moleft, All ftriving to infixe their feeble ftinges, That from their noyance he no where can reft ; But with his clownifh hands their tender wines He brufheth oft, and oft doth mar their murmurings.
XXIV. Thus
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Thus ill beftedd, and fearefull more of fhame.
Then of the certeine perill he flood in,
Halfe furious unto his foe he came,
(Refolvd in minde all fuddenly to win,
Or foone to lofe, before he once would lin)
And ftroke at her with more then manly force ;
That from her body, full of filthie fin,
He raft her hatefull heade without remorfe : A flreame of cole-black blood forth gufhed from her corfe.
XXV. Her fcattred brood, foone as their parent deare
They faw fo rudely falling to the ground,
Groning full deadly all with troublous feare
Gathred themfelves about her body round,
Weening their wonted entrance to have found
At her wide mouth : but being there withftood
They flocked all about her bleeding wound,
And fucked up their dying mothers bloud ; Making her death their life, and eke her hurt their good,
XXVI. That deteftable fight him much amazde,
To fee th' unkindly impes of heaven accurft
Devoure their dam ; on whom while fo he gazd,
Having all fatisfide their bloudy thurft,
Their bellies fwolne he faw with fulnefle burft,
And bowels gufhing forth : well worthy end
Of fuch, as drunke her life, the which them nurfl.
Now needeth him no lenger labour fpend, [contend. His foes have flaine themfelves, with whom he mould
XXVII. His lady feeing all, that chaunft, from farre,
Approcht in haft to greet his vi&orie j
And faide, Faire knight, borne under happie Jiarre,
Who fee your vanquifht foes before you lye ;
Well worthie be you of that armory ,
Wherein ye have great glory wonne this day,
And proovd your ftrength on a firong enimie -,
Tour firft adventure : many fuch I pray, And henceforth ever wifh that like fucceed it may.
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Then mounted he upon his fleede againe,
And with the lady backward fought to wend :
That path he kept, which beaten was moft plaint
Ne ever would to any by-way bend;
But frill did follow one unto the end,
The which at laft out of the wood them brought.
So forward on his way (with God to frend)
He pafled forth, and new adventure fought :
Long way he travelled, before he heard of ought.
XXIX.
At length they chaunft to meet upon the way An aged lire, in long blacke weedes yclad, His feete all bare, his beard all hoarie gray. And by his belt his booke he hanging had ; Sober he feemde, and very {agely fad ; And to the ground his eyes were lowly bent, Simple in (hew, and voide of malice bad ; And all the way he prayed, as he went,
And often knockt his brefr., as one that did repent.
XXX.
He faire the knight faluted, louting low,
Who faire him quited, as that courteous was j
And after afked him, if he did know
Of ftraunge adventures, which abroad did pas.
Ah ! my dear fonne, quoth he, howjhould, alas I
Silly old man, that lives i?i hidden cell,
Bidding his beades all day for his trefpas,
Ty dings of warre and worldly trouble tell?
With holy father fits not with fuch t hinges to melL
XXXI.
But if of daunger, which hereby doth dwell, And home-bredd evil ye defire to heare, Of a ftraunge man I can you tidings tell, That wajleth all this countrie farre and ?ieare. Of fuch, faid he, I chiefly doe inquere ; And fall thee well rewarde to fiew the place, In which that wicked wight his dayes doth weare : For to all knighthood it isfoule difgrace,
'That fuch a curfed creature lives fo long afpace.
XXXIL Far
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Far hence, quoth he, in wajifull wildernejfe
His dwelling is, by which no living wight
May ever pajj'e, but thorough great dijlrejje.
Now, faide the ladie, draweth toward night -,
And well Iwote, that of your later fight
Te all forwearied be : for what fo ftrong,
But wanting rejl will alfo want of might f
The funne, that meafures heaven all day long, At night doth bake hisjleedes the ocean waves emong,
XXXIII.
'Then with the funne take, Jir, your timely rejl,
And with new day new worke at once begin :
Untroubled night, they fay, gives counfell bejl.
Right well, Jir blight, ye have advifed bin,
Quoth then that aged man j the way to win
Is wifely to advife. now day isfpent :
'Therefore with me ye may take up your in
For this fame night, the knight was well content : So with that godly father to his home they went.
XXXIV.
A little lowly hermitage it was,
Downe in a dale, hard by a forefts fide,
Far from refort of people, that did pas
In traveill to and froe : a litle wyde
There was an holy chappell edifyde,
Wherein the hermite dewly wont to fay
His holy things each morne and eventyde :
Thereby a chriftall ftreame did gently play, Which from a facred fountaine welled forth alway.
XXXV. Arrived there, the litle houfe they fill,
Ne looke for entertainement, where none was j
Reft is their feaft, and all thinges at their will :
The nobleft mind the beft contentment has.
With faire difcourfe the evening fo they pas >
For that olde man of pleafing wordes had ftore,
And well could file his tongue, as fmooth as glas :
He told of faintes and popes, and evermore He ftrowd an Ave-Mary after and before.
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The drouping night thus creepeth on them fail,
And the fad humor loading their eye-liddes ;
As meffenger of Morpheus on them cart.
Sweet flombring deaw, the which to fleep them bit
Unto their lodgings then his gueftes he riddes :
Where when all drownd in deadly fleepe he findes,
He to his ftudie goes, and there amiddes
His magick bookes, and artes of fundrie kindes, He feeks out mighty charmes to trouble lleepy minds.
XXXVII.
Then choofing out few words moil horrible, (Let none them read) thereof did verfes frame, With which, and other fpelles like terrible, He bad awake blacke Plutoes grieily dame ; And curfed heven, and fpake reprochful fhame Of highefl God, the lord of life and light. A bold bad man, that dar'd to call by name Great Gorgon, prince of darknes and dead night ; At which Cocytus quakes, and Styx is put to flight.
XXXVIII.
And forth he cald out of deepe darknes dredd
Legions of fprights, the which, like litle flyes,
Fluttring about his ever-damned hedd,
Awaite whereto their fervice he applyes,
To aide his friendes, or fray his enimies :
Of thofe he chofe out two, the falfeft twoo,
And fitter! for to forge true-feeming lyes ;
The one of them he gave a meffage too, The other by himfelfe flaide other worke to doo.
XXXIX.
He making fpeedy way through fperfed ayre,
And through the world of waters wide and deepes
To Morpheus houfe doth haftily repaire.
Amid the bowels of the earth full fleepe,
And low, where dawning day doth never peepe,
His dwelling is ; there Tethys his wet bed
Doth ever wafh, and Cynthia frill doth fleepe
In lilver deaw his ever-drouping hed, Whiles fad Night over him her mantle black doth fpred,
XL, Whofe
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Whofe double gates he findeth locked fan: ;
The one faire fram'd of burnifht yvory,
The other all with filver overcaft \
And wakeful dogges before them farre doe lye,
Watching to banifh Care their enimy,
Who oft is wont to trouble gentle fleepe.
By them the fprite doth pafle in quietly,
And unto Morpheus comes, whom drowned deepe
In drowfie fit he findes j of nothing he takes keepe.
XLI.
And more, to lulle him in his {lumber foft,
A trickling ftreame from high rock tumbling downe,
And ever-drizling raine upon the loft,
Mixt with a murmuring winde, much like the fowne
Of fwarming bees, did caft him in a fwowne.
No other noyfe, nor peoples troublous cryes,
As ftill are wont t'annoy the walled towne,
Might there be heard : but careleffe Quiet lyes,
Wrapt in eternall filence farre from enimy es.
XLIL
The meffenger approching to him fpake ;
But his wafte wordes retournd to him in vaine :
So found he flept, that nought mought him awake.
Then rudely he him thruft, and pufht with paine>
Whereat he gan to ftretch : but he againe
Shooke him fo hard, that forced him to fpeake.
As one then m a dreame, whofe dryer braine
Is toft with troubled fights and fancies weake,
He mumbled foft, but would not all his filence breake,
XLIII.
The fprite then gan more boldly him to wake,
And threatned unto him the dreaded name
Of Hecate : whereat he gan to quake,
And lifting up his lompifh head, with blame
Halfe angrie afked him, for what he came*
Hether, quoth he, me Archimago fent !,
He that the Jlubborne fprites can wifely tame,
He bids thee to him fend for his intent
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The God obayde j and calling forth ftraight way
A diverfe dreame out of his prifon darke,
Delivered it to him, and downe did lay
His heavie head, devoide of careful carke j
Whofe fences all were ftraight benumbd and ftarke.
He backe returning by the yvorie dore,
Remounted up as light as chearefull larke ;
And on his litle winges the dreame he bore In haft unto his lord, where he him left afore.
XLV. Who all this while, with charmes and hidden artes,
Had made a lady of that other fpright,
And fram'd of liquid ayre her tender partes,
So lively, and fo like in all mens fight,
That weaker fence it could have ravifht quight :
The maker felfe, for all his wondrous witt,
Was nigh beguiled with fo goodly fight.
Her all in white he clad, and over it Caft a black ftole, moft like to feeme for Una fit.
XLVI. Now when that ydle dreame was to him brought,
Unto that elfin knight he bad him fly,
Where he flept foundry void of evil thought,
And with falfe fhewes abufe his fantafy ;
In fort as he him fchooled privily.
And that new creature, borne without her dew,
Full of the makers guyle, with ufage fly
He taught to imitate that lady trew, Whofe femblance fhe did carrie under feigned hew.
XLVII. Thus well inftrucled to their worke they hafte ;
And comming where the knight in flomber lay,
The one upon his hardie head him plafte,
And made him dreame of loves and luftfull play j
That nigh his manly hart did melt away,
Bathed in wanton blis and wicked joy.
Then feemed him his lady by him lay,
And to him playnd, how that falfe winged bo]f Her chafte hart had fubdewd to learne dame Pleafures toy.
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And Ihe her felfe, of beautie foveraigne queene,
Fayre Venus, feemde unto his bed to bring
Her, whom he waking evermore did weene
To bee the chaftefl flowre, that aye did fpring
On earthly braunch, the daughter of a king,
Nov/ a loofe leman to vile fervice bound :
And eke the Graces feemed all to ling,
Hymen to Hymen, dauncing all around j Whylfb fremell Flora her with yvie girlond crownd.
XLIX. In this great paffion of unwonted lull,
Or wonted feare of doing ought amifs,
He ftarteth up, as feeming to millruft
Some fecret ill, or hidden foe of his :
Lo there before his face his ladie is,
Under blacke Hole hyding her bayted hooke ;
And as halfe blulhing offred him to kis,
With gentle blandilhment and lovely looke, Molt, like that virgin true, which for her knight him took.
L.
All cleane difmayd to fee fo uncouth light,
And halfe enraged at her mamelelTe guife,
He thought have llaine her in his fierce defpight :
But haltie heat tempring with fufferance wife,
He ftayde his hand, and gan himfelfe advife
To prove his fenfe, and tempt her feigned truth.
Wringing her hands, in wemens pitteous wife,
Tho can Ihe weepe, to llirre up gentle ruth Both for her noble blood, and for her tender youth,
LI. And fayd, Ahfr, my liege lord, and my love,
Shall I accufe the hidden cruell fate,
And mightie caufes wrought in heaven above,
Or the blind God, that doth me thus amate,
For hoped love to winne me certaine hate ?
Tet thus perforce he bids me do, or die.
Die is my dew, yet rew my wretched fate
You, whom my hard avenging defiinie Hath made judge of my life or death indifferently,
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Tour owne deare fake forjl me at frji to leave
My fathers kingdom, — there (lie ftopt with teares ;
Her fwollen hart her fpeech feemd to bereave :
And then againe begun, My weaker yeares,
Captivd to fortune andfrayle worldly feares,
Fly to your fayth for fuccour and fur e ayde :
Let me not die in languor and long teares,
TVJjy, dame, quoth he, what hath ye thus difmaydt What fr ayes ye, that were wont to comfort me affrayd?
Lin.
Love of your f elf e, fhe faide, and deare conflraint
Lets me notfeepe, but wafle the wearie night
Infecret anguifi and unpittied plaint,
Whiles you in carelejfe Jleepe are drowned quight.
Her doubtfull words made that redoubted knight
Sufpect her truth ; yet fince no' untruth he knew,
Her fawning love with foule difdainefull fpight
He would not mend, but faid, Deare dame, I rew, That for my fake unknowfie fuch grief e unto you grew,
LIV. Affure your f elf e, it fell not all to ground;
For allfo deare as life is to my hart,
I deeme your love, and hold me to you bound :
Ne let vaine fears procure your nee dleffe f mart,
Where caufe is none ; but to your refl depart.
Not all content, yet feemd fhe to appeafe
Her mournefull plaintes, beguiled of her art,
And fed with words, that could not chofe but pleafe : So llyding foftly forth fhe turnd as to her eafe.
LV.
Long after lay he muring at her mood,
Much griev'd to thinke that gentle dame fo light,
For whofe defence he was to fried his blood.
At laft dull wearines of former fight
Having yrockt afleep his irkefome fpright,
That troublous dreame gan frefhly toffe his braine
With bowres, and beds, and ladies deare delight :
But when he faw his labour all was vaine, With that misformed fpright he backe returnd againe.
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The guileful/ great enchaunter parts
The redcrojfe knight from Truth ; Into whofe jiead faire FalJhoodJieps>
And workes him woefull ruth*
I.
BY this the northerne wagoner had fet His fevenfold teme behind the ftedfaft ftarre,.
That was in ocean waves yet never wet ;
But firme is fixt, and fendeth light from farre
To all, that in the wide deepe wandring arre :
And chearefull chaunticlere with his note mrill
Had warned once, that Phoebus fiery carre
In haft was climbing up the eafterne hill, Full envious that night fo long his roome did iilk
II. When thofe accurfed mefTengers of hell,
That feigning dreame, and that faire-forged fpright,
Came to their wicked maifter, and gan tell
Their bootelefTe paines, and ill-fucceeding night :
Who all in rage to fee his fkilfull might
Deluded fo, gan threaten hellifh paine
And fad Proferpines wrath, them to affright.
But when he faw his threatning was but vaine, He caft about, and fearcht his baleful bokes againe.
III. Eftfoones he tooke that mifcreated faire,
And that falfe other fpright, on whom he fpred
A feeming body of the fubtile aire,
Like a young fquire, in loves and luftyhed
His wanton daies that ever loofely led,
Without regard of armes and dreaded fight :
Thofe two he tooke, and in a fecrete bed,
Covered with darkenes and mifdeeming night, Them both together laid, to joy in vaine delight.
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Forthwith he runnes with feigned-faithfull hafl
Unto his gueft, who after troublous rights
And dreames gan now to take more found repaft ;
Whom fuddenly he wakes with fearful frights,
As one aghaft with feends or damned fprights,
And to him calls, Rife, rife, unhappy fwaine,
tfhat here ivex old infleepe, whiles wicked wights
Have knit them) elves in Venus Jhameful chaine : Come fee where your fa Ife lady doth her honor fiaine.
V.
All in amaze he fuddenly up ftart
With fword in hand, and with the old man went ;
Who foone him brought into a fecret part,
Where that falfe couple were full clofely ment
In wanton luft and leud enbracement :
Which when he faw, he burnt with gealous fire ;
The eie of reafon was with rage yblent ;
And would have flaine them in his furious ire, But hardly was reftreined of that aged fire.
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Retourning to his bed in torment great,
And bitter anguifh of his guilty fight,
He could not reft, but did his ftout heart eat,
And waft his inward gall with deepe defpight,
Yrkefome of life, and too long lingring night.
At laft faire Hefperus in higheft fkie
Had fpent his lampe, and brought forth dawning light -,
Then up he rofe, and clad him haftily ; The dwarfe him brought his fteed j fo both away do fly.
VII. Now when the rofy-fingred Morning faire,
Weary of aged Tithones farTron bed,
Had fpread her purple robe through deawy aire;
And the high hils Titan difcovered ;
The royall virgin fhooke off droufyhed :
And riling forth out of her bafer bowre,
Lookt for her knight, who far away was fled,
And for her dwarfe, that wont to wait each howre : Then gan me wail and weepe to fee that woeful ftowre.
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And after him me rode with fo much fpeede,
As her flowe beaft could make , but all in vaine :
For him fo far had borne his light-foot fteede,
Pricked with wrath and fiery fierce difdaine,
That him to follow was but fruitleffe paine :
Yet me her weary limbes would never reft,
But every hil and dale, each wood and plaine,
Did fearch, fore grieved in her gentle breft, He fo ungently left her, whome me loved beft.
IX.
But fubtill Archimago, when his guefts
He faw divided into double parts,
And Una wandring in woods and forrefts,
(Th'end of his drift,) he praifd his divelim arts*
That had fuch might over true-meaning harts :
Yet refts not fo, but other meanes doth make,
How he may worke unto her further fmarts :
For her he hated as the himng fnake, And in her many troubles did moll pleafure take.
X. He then devifde himfelfe how to difguife ;
For by his mighty fcience he could take
As many formes and fhapes in feeming wife,
As ever Proteus to himfelfe could make :
Sometime a fowle, fometime a fifh in lake*
Now like a foxe, now like a dragon fell j
That of himfelfe he ofte for feare would quake,
And oft would rlie away, o who can tell The hidden powre of herbes, and might of magick fpell ?
XL
But now feemde befl: the perfon to put on
Of that good knight, his late beguiled gueft.
In mighty armes he was yclad anon,
And filver fliield , upon his coward breft
A bloody crofie, and on his craven creft
A bounch of heares difcolourd diverily.
Full iolly knight he feemde, and wel addreft 5
And when he fate uppon his courfer free, Saint George himfelfe ye would have deemed him to be.
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XII.
But he, the knight, whofe femblaunt he did beare,
The true faint George, was wandred far away,
Still flying from his thoughts and gealous feare :
Will was his guide, and griefe led him aftray.
At laft him chaunft to meete upon the way
A faithleife Sarazin, all armde to point,
In whofe great fhield was writ with letters gay
S ANSFOY : full large of limbe and every ioint He was, and cared not for God or man a point.
XIIL
Hee had a faire companion of his way, A goodly lady clad in fcarlot red, Purfled with gold and pearle of rich aifay ; And like a Perfian mitre on her hed Shee wore, with crowns and owches garnifhed, The which her lavifh lovers to her gave : Her wanton palfrey all was overfpred With tinfell trappings, woven like a wave, Whofe bridle rung with golden bels and bofles brave.
XIV. With faire difport, and courting dalliaunce, She intertainde her lover all the way : But when ihe faw the knight his fpeare advaunce, Shee foone left off her mirth and wanton play, And bad her knight addreffe him. to the fray ; His foe was nigh at hand, he, prickte with pride, And hope to winne his ladies hearte that day, Forth fpurred fafl : adowne his courfers fide The red bloud trickling ftaind the way, as he did ride.
XV.
The knight of the redcroffe, when him he fpide
Spurring fo hote with rage difpiteous,
Gan fairely couch his fpeare, and towards ride.
5oone meete they both, both fell and furious,
That daunted with their forces hideous
Their fteeds doe flagger, and amazed ftand ;
And eke themfelves, too rudely rigorous,
Aftomed with the ftroke of their owne hand, Doe backe rebutte, and each to other yealdeth land.
XVI. As
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As when two rams, flird with ambitious pride,
Fight for the rule of the rich-fleeced flocke,
Their horned fronts fo fierce on either fide
Doe meete, that with the terror of the fhocke
Aflonied both fland fenceleffe as a blocke,
Forgetfull of the hanging victory.
So flood thefe twaine, unmoved as a rocke,
Both flaring fierce, and holding idely The broken reliques of their former cruelty.
XVII. The Sarazin, fore daunted with the bufFe,
Snatcheth his fword, and fiercely to him flies ;
Who well it wards, and quyteth cuff with cuff:
Each others equall puiffaunce envies,
And through their iron fides with cruell fpies
Does feeke to perce j repining courage yields
No foote to foe : the flafhing fier flies,
As from a forge, out of their burning fhields ; And flreams of purple bloud new die the verdant fields.
XVIII. Curfe on that crojfe, quoth then the Sarazin,
I'hat keeps thy body from the bitter Jitty
Dead long ygoe, I wote> thou haddeji bin.
Had not that charme from thee forwarned itt :
But yet I warne thee now aj/uredftty
And hide thy head, therewith upon his crefl
With rigor fo outrageous he fmitt,
That a large fhare it hewd out of the reft, And glauncing downe his fhield from blame him fairly bleft.
XIX. Who, thereat wondrous wroth, the fleeping fpark
Of native vertue gan eftfoones revive;
And at his haughty helmet making mark,
So hugely flroke, that it the fleele did rive,
And cleft his head, he tumbling downe alive,
With bloudy mouth his mother earth did kis,
Greeting his grave : his grudging ghofl did flrive
With the fraile flefh ; at laft it flitted is,
Whether the foules doe fly of men, that live amis.
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The lady, when me faw her champion fall,
Like the old ruines of a broken towre,
Staid not to waile his woefull funerall ;
But from him fled away with all her powre :
Who after her as haftily gan fcowre,
Bidding the dwarfe with him to bring away
The Sarazins fhield, figne of the conqueroure.
Her foone he overtooke, and bad to ftay j For prefent caufe was none of dread her to difmay.
XXI. Shee turning backe, with ruefull countenaunce,
Cride, Mercy, mercy, fir, vouchfafe to/how
On filly dame, fubiecl to hard mifchaunce,
And to your mighty will, her humbleife low
In fo rich weedes and feeming glorious mow,
Did much emmove his ftout heroicke heart,
And faid, Deare dame, your fuddein overthrow
Much rueth me-y but now put feare apart, And tel, both who ye be, and who that tooke your part,
XXII.
Melting in teares, then gan fhee thus lament,
llje wretched woman, whom unhappy howre
Hath now made thrall to your commandement,
Before that angry heavens lijl to lowre,
And fortune falje betraide me to your powre,
Was, (o what now availeth that I was I)
Borne the file daughter of an emperour-,
He that the wide weft under his rule has, And high hathfet his throne where 'Tiber is doth pas.
XXIII.
He, in the firfl fowre of my frejhefl age,
Betrothed me unto the onely haire
Of a mojl mighty king, mofi rich andfage ;
Was never prince fo fait hfull and fo fair e,
Was never prince fo me eke and debonair e :
But ere my hoped day of fpoufall (hone ,
My dearejl lord fell from high honors flair v?
Into the hands of hys accurfedfone, And cruelly wasflaine -, that Jhall I ever mone.
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His bleffed body, fpoild of lively breath.
Was afterward, I know not how, convaid,
And fro me hid : of whofe mofi innocent death
When tidings came to mee unhappy maid,
O how great for row myfadfoule ajfaid!
Then forth I went his woeful corfe to find :
And many yeares throughout the world Ifiraid%
A virgin widow ; whofe deepe-wounded mind With love long time did languijh, as thefiriken hind*
XXV.
At laft it chaunccd this proud Sarazin
To meete me wandring, who perforce me led With him away ; but yet could never win The fort, that ladies hold in fiver aigne dread. There lies he now withfoule difionor dead, Who, whiles he livde, was called proud Sansfoy, The eldejl of three brethren , all three bred Of one bad fire, whofe youngefi is Sansioy ; And twixt them both was born the bloudy bold Sansioy,
XXVI. In this fad plight, friendlejfe, unfortunate, Now miferable I Fidejfa dwell, Craving of you in pitty of myfiate, To doe no fie ill, if pleafe ye not doe well. He in great paffion all this while did dwell, More bufying his quicke eies, her face to view, Then his dull eares, to heare what fhee did tell -, And faid, Faire lady, hart offiint would rew The undeferved woes and for r owes, which ye Jhew.
XXVII. Henceforth infafe affuraunce may ye refi, Having both found a new friend you to aid, And lojl an old foe, that did you mokfi : Better new friend then an old foe is faid. With chaunge of chear the feeming-fimple maid Let fall her eien, as mamefaft, to the earth, And yeelding foft, in that me nought gain-faid. So forth they rode, he feining feemely merth, And mee coy lookes : fo dainty, they fay, maketh derth.
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XXVIII. Long time they thus together travelled j
Til weary of their way they came at laft,
Where grew two goodly trees, that faire did fpred
Their armes abroad, with gray mofTe overcaft j
And their greene leaves trembling with every blaft
Made a calme fhadowe far in comparTe round :
The fearefull fhepheard, often there aghafiV
Under them never fat, ne wont there found His mery oaten pipe ; but iliund th'unlucky ground.
XXIX. But this good knight, foone as he them can fpie,
For the coole made him thither haftly got :
For golden Phoebus, now ymounted hie,
From fiery wheeles of his faire chariot
Hurled his beame fo fcorching cruell hot,
That living creature mote it not abide ;
And his new lady it endured not.
There they alight, in hope themfelves to hide From the fierce heat, and reft their weary limbs a tide.
XXX.
Faire -feemely pleafaunce each to other makes,
With goodly purpofes, thereas they fit :
And in his falfed fancy he her takes
To be the faireft wight, that lived yit j
Which to exprefie, he bends his gentle wit :
And thinking of thofe braunches greene to frame
A girlond for her dainty forehead fit,
He pluckt a bough ; out of whofe rifte there came Smal drops of gory bloud, that trickled down the fame.
XXXI.
Therewith a piteous yelling voice was heard,
Crying, Ofpare with guilty hands to teare
My tender Jides in this rough rynd embard-,
But fly, ah ! fly far hence away, for fear e
Leaf to you hap, that happened to me heare,
And to this wretched lady, my deare love ;
O too deare love, love bought with death too deare !
Aftond he flood, and up his heare did hove ; And with that fuddein horror could no member move.
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At laft whenas the dreadfull paffion
Was overpaft, and manhood well awake ;
Yet mufing at the ftraunge occaiion,
And doubting much his fence, he thus befpake,
What voice of damned ghoft from Limbo lake,
Or guilefull fpright wandring in empty aire,
(Both which fraile men doe oftentimes mifiake)
Sends to my doubtful eares thefe /peaches rare, And ruefull plaints, me bidding guiltlefje blood to /pare ?
XXXIII. Then groning deep, Nor damned ghoft, quoth he,
Nor guileful fprrte to thee thefe words doth fpeake;
But once a man Fradubio, now a tree ;
Wretched man, wretched tree ! whofe nature weake
A cruell witch, her curfed will to wreake,
Hath thus transformd, and plaft in open plaines,
Where Boreas doth blow full bitter bleake,
And fcorching funne does dry my fecret vaines ; For though a tree I feme, yet cold and heat me paines.
XXXIV. Say on, Fradubio, then, or man or tree,
Quoth then the knight, by whofe mifchievous arts
Art thou misfhaped thus, as now I fee f
He oft finds medicine, who his grief e imparts -,
But double griefs affiiB concealing harts ;
As ragi?ig flames whofiriveth to fupprej/e.
'The author then, faid he, of all my fmarts,
Is one Due/fa, a falfe forcer effe, That many errant knights hath broght to wretchednejfe.
XXXV. In prime of youthly yeares, when corage hott
The fire of love and toy of chevalree
Firjl kindled in my brefi, it was my lott
To love this gentle lady, whome ye fee,
Now not a lady, but afeeming tree ;
With whome as once I rode accompanyde,
Me chaunced of a knight encountred bee,
'That had a like fair e lady by his fyde ; Lyke a faire lady, but did fowle Due/fa hyde.
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Whoje forged beauty he did take in ha?.' J
will other dames to have exceded Jarre ;
I in defence of mine did likewife fland,
Mine, that did then Jhine as the morning Jlajre.
So both to battel 11 ferce arraunged arre ;
In which his harder fortune was to fail
Under my [pear e : fuch is the dye of warre.
His lady , left as a prife martially Did yield her comely p erf on to be at my call.
XXXVII. So doubly lov'd of ladies unlike j "aire ',
TlS one feeming fuch, the other fuch indeede -,
One day in doubt I c aft for to compare \
Whether in beauties glorie did exceede :
A rofy girlond was the victors meede.
Both feemde to win, and both feemde won to bee ;
So hard the difcord was to be agreede.
Fraeliffa was as fair e, as fair e mote bee,
And ever falfe Duejfa feemde as fair e as/hee.
XXXVIII. The wicked witch now feeing all this while
The doubtfull ballaunce equally tofway,
What not by right, fie caft to win by guile j
And by her hellifh fcience raifd freight way
A foggy mift, that overcafi the day,
And a dull blaft, that breathing on her face
Dimmed her former beauties finning ray,
Aid with foule ugly forme did her dif grace : Then was flx fayre alone, when none was fair e in place,
XXXIX. Tloen cridejhe out, Fye, fye, deformed wight,
Whofe borrowed beautie now appear eth plaine
To have before bewitched all mensfght :
O leave her foone, or let her foone be fame !
Her loathly vifage viewing with difdaine,
Eftfoones I thought her fuch asfhe me told,
And would have kild her j but with faigned paine
The falfe witch did my wrathfull hand with-hold : So left her, where jhe now is turnd to treen mould.
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XL, Thcnsforth I tooke DueJJafor my dame,
And in the witch unweeting ioyd long time j
Ne ever wift, but that Jhe was the fame :
Till on a day (that day is everie prime,
When witches wont co penance for their crime)
I chaunjl to fee her in her proper hew,
Bathing her felfe in ori^ane and thyme :
A filthy foule old woman I did vew, That ever to have toucht her I did deadly rew.
XLI.
Her neather partes mis/hapen, mcpflruous,
Were hidd in water, that I could not fee ;
But they did feme more foule and hideous,
'Then womans Jhape man would beleeve to bee,
Thensfcrthfrom her mofl beaftly companie
I gan refraine, i?i minde tofiipp away,
Boone as appear d f of e opportunitie :
For danger great, if not affurd decay, Ifaw before mine eyes, if I were knowne to fray.
XLIL
The divelifh hag, by chaunges of my cheare,
Perceivd my thought ; and drownd infeepie night %
With wicked herbes and oyntments did befmeare
My body all ; through char me s and magi eke might
'That all my fenfes were bereaved quight :
Then brought fie me into this defert wa/le,
And by my wretched lovers fide me pight ;
Where now enclofd in wooden wals full fafte, Banifht from living wights, our wearie dales we wa/le.
XLIII. But how long time, faid then the elfin knight,
Are you in this misformed hous to dwell ?
We may not chaunge, quoth he, this evi 11 plight,
Till we be bathed in a living well;
That is the terme prefcribed by the fpell.
O how, fayd he, mote I that well out find,
That may reflore you to your wonted well?
Time and fuffifed fates to former kynd Shall us reflore, none elfefrom hence may us unbynd.
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The falfe Duefla, now FidefTa hight,
Heard how in vaine Fradubio did lament,
And knew well all was true, but the good knight
Full of fad feare and ghaftly dreriment,
When all this fpeech the living tree had fpent,
The bleeding bough did thruft into the ground,
That from the blood he might be innocent,
And with frem clay did clofe the wooden wound :
Then turning to his lady, dead with feare her fownd.
XLV.
Her feeming dead he fownd with feigned feare, As all unweeting of that well me knew j And paynd himfelfe with bufie care to reare Her out of carelefTe fwowne. her eylids blew, And dimmed fight with pale and deadly hew, At laft fhe up gan lift ; with trembling cheare Her up he tooke, (too fimple and too trew,) And oft her kift. at length all paffed feare,
He fet her on her fteede, and forward forth did beare,
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CANTO III.
Forfaken 'Truth longfeekes her love,
And makes the lyon m\ldey Marres blind Devotions mart, and f ah
In hand of leachour vylde.
I.
OUGHT is there under heav'ns wide hollownefle, That moves more deare companion of mind, Then* beautie brought t'unworthie wretchcdnefTe Through envies fnares, or fortunes freakes unkind. I, whether lately through her brightnes blynd, Or through alleageance and fail fealty, Which I do owe unto all womankynd, Feele my hart peril: with fo great agony, When fueh I fee, that all for pitty I could dy.
II.
And now it is empaffioned fo deepe,
For faireft Unaes fake, of whom I iing,
That my frayle eies thefe lines with teares do fleepe,
To thinke how fhe through guyleful handeling,
Though true as touch, though daughter of a king,
Though faire as ever living wight was fayre,
Though nor in word nor deed ill meriting,
Is from her knight divorced in defpayre, And her dew loves deryv'd to that vile witches fhayre.
III.
Yet (he, moft faithfull ladie, all this while
Forfaken, wofull, folitarie mayd,
Far from all peoples preace, as in exile,
In wildernerTe and wafriull deferts ftrayd,
To feeke her knight ; who fubtily betrayd
Through that late vifion, which th'enchaunter wrought,
Had her abandond : me of nought arTrayd
Through woods and waflnes wide him daily fought ; Yet wifhed tydinges none of him unto her brought,
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One day, nigh-wearie of the yrkefome way,
From her unhaftie beaft flie did alight;
And on the graffe her dainty limbs did lay
In fecrete fiiadow, far from all mens fight ;
From her fayre head her fillet (he undight,
And layd her ftole afide : her angels face
As the great eye of heaven fhyned bright,
And made a funfhine in the fliady place : Did never mortall eye behold fuch heavenly grace.
V. It fortuned out of the thickeit wood
A ramping lyon rufhed fuddeinly,
Hunting full greedy after falvage blood j
Soone as the royal I virgin he did fpy,
With gaping mouth at her ran greedily,
To have attonce devourd her tender corfe :
But to the pray whenas he drew more ny,
His bloody rage afwaged with remorfe, And with the fight amazd, forgat his furious forfe.
VI.
Inflead thereof he kift her wearie feet,
And lickt her lilly hands with fawning tong ;
As he her wronged innocence did weet.
O how can beautie maifter the moil itrong,
And fimple truth fubdue avenging wrong !
Whofe yielded pryde and proud fubmiffion,
Still dreading death, when (he had marked long,
Her hart gan melt in great companion ; And drizling teares did fhed for pure affection.
VII.
The lyon, lord of everie beafl in field,
Quoth me, his princely puijfance doth abate,
And mightie proud to humble weake does yields
Forgetfull of the hungry rage, which late
Him prickt, in pittie of my fad eftate :
But he, my lyon, and my noble lord,
How does he find in cruel! hart to hate
Her, that him lovd, and ever mofi adord, As the God of my life f why hath he me abhor d f
. VIII. Re-
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Redounding teares did choke th' end of her plaint,
Which foftly ecchoed from the neighbour wood j
And, fad to fee her forrowfull constraint,
The kingly bean: upon her gazing flood ;
With pittie calmd, downe fell his angry mood.
At laft, in clofe hart fhutting up her payne,
Arofe the virgin borne of heavenly brood,
And to her fnowy palfrey got agayne, To feeke her ftrayed champion if fhe might attayne.
IX.
The lyon would not leave her defolate,
But with her went along, as a frrong gard
Of her chaft perfon, and a faythfull mate
Of her fad troubles and misfortunes hard :
Still when me flept, he kept both watch and ward ;
And when flie wakt, he way ted diligent,
With humble fervice to her will prepard :
From her fayre eyes he tooke commandement, And ever by her lookes conceived her intent.
X.
Long me thus travelled through deferts wyde,
By which fhe thought her wandring knight mold pas,
Yet never ihew of living wight efpyde ;
Till that at length fhe found the troden gras,
In which the trad: of peoples footing was,
Under the fleepe foot of a mountaine hore :
The fame me followes, till at laft fhe has
A damzel fpyde flow-footing her before, That on her moulders fad a pot of water bore.
XI.
To whom approching fhe to her gan call,
To weet, if dwelling place were nigh at hand :
But the rude wench her anfwerd not at all j
She could not heare, nor fpeake, nor underfland :
Till feeing by her fide the lyon fland,
With fuddein feare her pitcher downe fhe threw,
And fled away : for never in that land
Face of fayre lady fhe before did vew, And that dredd lyons looke her caft in deadly hew.
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Full faft fhe fled, ne ever lookt bchynd,
As if her life upon the wager lay ;
And home (he came, whereas her mother blynd
Sate in eternall night ; nought could flie fay ;
But fudd :ne catching hold, did her difmay
With quaking hands, and other fignes of fcare :
Who, full of ghaflly fright and cold affray,
Can fliut die dore. by this arrived there Dame Una, weary dame, and entrance did requere :
XIII. Which when none yielded, her unruly page
With his rude clawes the wicket open rent,
And let her in : where, of his cruel! rage
Nigh dead with feare, and faint aftonifhment,
Shee found them both in darklbme corner pent :
Where that old woman day and night did pray
Upon her beads, devoutly penitent;
Nine hundred Pater nojiers every day, And thrife nine hundred Avcs (lie was wont to fay.
XIV.
And to augment her painefull penaunce more,
Thrife every weeke in afhes fhee did fitt,
And next her wrinkled fkin rough fackecloth wore,
And thrife-three times did faft from any bitt :
But now for feare her beads (he did forgett.
Whofe needlelfe dread for to remove away,
Faire Una framed words and count'naunce fitt :
Which hardly doen, at length Hie gan them pray, That in their cotage fmall that night fhe reft her may
XV. The dzy is fpent, and commeth drowiie night,
When every creature mrowded is in fleepe ;
Sad Una downe her laies in weary plight,
And at her feete the lyon watch doth keepe :
Inflead of reft, fhe does lament and weepe,
For the late loffe of her deare-loved knight,
And fighes and grones, and evermore does fteepe
Her tender breft in bitter teares all night ; All night flie thinks too long, and often lookes for light.
XVI. Now
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Now when Aldeboran was mounted hye, Above the fhinie Caffiopeias chaire ; And all in deadly fleepe did drowned lye ; One knocked at the dore, and in would fare : He knocked faft, and often curft, and fware, That ready entraunce was not at his call : For on his backe a heavy load he bare Of nightly ftelths and pillage feverall, Which he had got abroad by purchas criminall.
XVII. He was to weete a ftout and fturdy thiefe, Wont to robbe churches of their ornaments, And poore mens boxes of their due reliefe, Which given was to them for good intents : The holy faints of their rich veftiments He did difrobe, when all men carelerle flept j And fpoild the priefls of their habiliments j Whiles none the holy things in fafety kept, Then he by conning Heights in at the window crept.
XVIII. And all that he by right or wrong could find, Unto this houfe he brought, and did beftow Upon the daughter of this woman blind, AbefTa, daughter of Corceca flow, With whom he whoredome ufd, that few did know j And fed her fatt with feaft of offerings, And plenty, which in all the land did grow ; Ne fpared he to give her gold and rings : And now he to her brought part of his ftolen things.
XIX.
Thus long the dore with rage and threats he bett,
Yet of thofe fearfull women none durft rize,
(The lyon frayed them) him in to lett :
He would no lenger flay him to advize,
But open breakes the dore in furious wize,
And entring is ; when that difdainfull beafl
Encountring fierce, him fuddein doth furprize ;
And feizing cruell clawes on trembling breft, Under his lordly foot him proudly hath fuppreft.
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Him booteth not refift, nor fuccour call,
His bleeding hart is in the vengers hand;
Who fixeight him rent in thoufand peeces fmall,
And quite difmembred hath : the thirfty land
Dronke up his life ; his corfe left on the flxand.
His fearefull freends weare out the wofull night,
Ne dare to weepe, nor feeme to underftand
The heavie hap, which on them is alight ; Affraid, leaft to themfelves the like mifhappen might.
XXI.
Now when broad day the world difcovered has,
Up Una rofe, up rofe the lyon eke;
And on their former iourney forward pas,
In waies unknowne, her wandring knight to feeke,
With paines far pafling that long-wandring Greeke,
That for his love refufed deitye :
Such were the labours of this lady meeke,
Still feeking him, that from her ftill did flye ; Then furtheft, from her hope, when moft me weened nye.
XXII.
Soone as fhe parted thence, the fearfull twayne,
That blind old woman and her daughter dear,
Came forth, and finding Kirkrapine there flayne,
For anguifh great they gan to rend their heare,
And beat their brefts, and naked flefh to teare :
And when they both had wept and wayld their fill,
Then forth they ran, like two amazed deare,
Halfe mad through malice and revenging will, To follow her, that was the caufer of their ill :
XXIII.
Whome overtaking, they gan loudly bray,
With hollow houling, and lamenting cry,
Shamefully at her rayling all the way ;
And her accufing of difhonefty,
That was the flowre of faith and chaftity :
And ftill amidfl her rayling, fhe did pray
That plagues and mifchiefes and long mifery
Might fall on her, and follow all the way ; And that in endlefle error {he might ever ftray.
XXIV. But
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But when fhe faw her prayers nought prevaile,
Shee backe retourned with fome labour loft ;
And in the way, as fhee did weepe and waile,
A knight her mett in mighty armes emboft,
Yet knight was not for all his bragging boft ;
But fubtill Archimag, that Una fought
By traynes into new troubles to have tofte :
Of that old woman tidings he befought, If that of fuch a lady fhee could tellen ought.
XXV.
Therewith (he gan her pamon to renew,
And cry, and curfe, and raile, and rend her heare,
Saying, that harlott me too lately knew,
That caufd her fhed fo many a bitter teare ;
And fo forth told the ftory of her feare.
Much feemed he to mone her haplerTe chaunce,
And after for that lady did inquere ;
Which being taught, he forward gan advaunce His fair enchaunted freed, and eke his charmed launce*
XXVI. Ere long he came where Una traveild flow,
And that wilde champion wayting her befyde ;
Whome feeing fuch, for dread hee durfl not (how
Himfelfe too nigh at hand, but turned wyde
Unto an hil j from whence when fhe him fpyde,
By his like-feeming fhield her knight by name
Shee weend it was, and towards him gan ride :
Approching nigh fhe wift it was the fame ; And with faire fearefull humbleffe towards him fhee came :
XXVII. And weeping faid, Ah my long-lacked lord,
Where have ye bene thus long out of my fight ?
Much feared I to have bene quite abhor d,
Or ought have done, that ye difpleafen might ;
tfhatjhould as death unto my deare heart light :
Forfince mine eie your ioyous fight did mis,
My chearefull day is turnd to chearelejfe night,
And eke my night of death the Jloadow is : But welcome now my light, andjhining lampe of bits.
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He thereto meeting faid, My dearefi dame, ^
Far be it from your thought, and fro my wit,
To thinke that knighthood I Jo much Jhould flame,
As sou to /rare, that have me loved fit,
And chofe in faery court of meere goodwil,
Where noblcft knights were to be found on earth.
The earth jhall fconcr leave her kindly fkil
To bring forth fruit, and make eternal dcrth, Then I leave you, my liefe, yborn of hevenly berth.
XXIX. Andfooth to fay, why Ilefteyoufo long,
Was for to feeke adventure in ftraunge place ;
Woere Archimago faid afelonftrong
To many blights did daily worke dfgrace ■,
But knight he nowjhall never more deface :
Good caufe of mine excufe ; that mote ye pleafe
Well to accept, and evermore etnbrace
My fait /full fervice, that by land andfeas . Have vowdyou to defend: now then your plaint appeafe.
XXX. His lovely words her feemd due recompence
Of all her patted paines : one loving howre
For many years of forrow can difpence :
A dram of fweete is worth a pound of fowre.
Shee has forgott how many a woeful ftowre
For him me late endurd ; me fpeakes no more
Of pail : true is, that true love hath no powre
To looken backe ; his eies be fixt before. Before her flands her knight, for whom me toyld fo fore,
XXXI. Much like, as when the beaten marinere,
That long hath wandred in the ocean wide,
Ofte fouft in fwelling Tethys faltifh teare ;
And long time having tand his tawney hide
With bluftring breath of heaven, that none can bide,
And fcorching flames of fierce Orions hound,
Soone as the port from far he has efpide,
His chearful whittle merily doth found, And Nereus crownes with cups j his mates him pledg around.
XXXII. Such
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Such ioy made Una, when her knight me found $
And eke th'enchaunter ioyous feemde no lefTe,
Then the glad marchant, that does vew from ground
His fhip far come from watrie wilderneffe j
He hurles out vowes, and Neptune oft doth blefTe.
So forth they paft, and all the way they fpent
Difcourrmg of her dreadful late diftrefTe,
In which he afkt her, what the lyon ment j Who told, her ail that fell in iourney, as fhe went.
XXXIII.
They had not ridden far, when they might fee
One pricking towards them with haltie heat j
Full ftrongly armd, and on a courfer free,
That through his fierfnefTe fomed all with fweat,
And the fharpe yron did for anger eat,
When his hot ryder fpurd his chauffed fide :
His looke was Heme, and feemed ftill to threat
Cruell revenge, which he in hart did hyde : And on his fhield SANSLOYin bloody lines was dyde.
XXXIV. When nigh he drew unto this gentle payre,
And faw the red-crofte, which the knight did beare,
He burnt in fire j and gan eftfoones prepare
Himfelfe to batteill with his couched fpeare.
Loth was that other, and did faint through feare
To tafte th'untryed dint of deadly fieele :
But yet his lady did fo well him cheare,
That hope of new good hap he gan to feele : So bent his fpeare, and fpurd his horfe with yron heele.
XXXV. But that proud paynim forward came fo ferce,
And full of wrath j that with his fharp-head fpeare
Through vainly croffed fhield he quite did perce j
And had his ftaggering fleed not fhronke for feare,
Through fhield and body eke he mould him beare :
Yet fo great was the puiffance of his pufh,
That from his fadle quite he did him beare:
He tombling rudely downe to ground did rufh, And from his gored wound a well of bloud did gufh*
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Difmounting lightly from his loftie fteed, He to him lept, in minde to reave his life, And proudly faid, Lo, there the worthie meed Of him, that /lew Sansfoy with bloody knife : Henceforth his ghoft, freed from repining ftrifey In peace may pajjen over Lethe lake ; When mourning altars, purgd with enimies life, *tbe black inf email Furies docn aflake.
Life from Sansfoy thou tookft, Sa?iJloy fiall from thee take,
XXXVII. Therewith in hafte his helmet gan unlace, Till Una cride, 0 hold that heavie hand, Deare fir, what ever that thou be in place : Enough is, that thy foe doth vanquifit ft and Now at thy mercy : mercy not with/land ; For he is one the trueft knight alive, though conquered now he lye on lowly land-, And while fl him fortune favour d, fay re did thrive
In bloudyfeld: therefore of life him not deprive,
XXXVIII.
Her piteous wordes might not abate his rage j But rudely rending up his helmet, would Have flayne him {freight : but when he fees his age, And hoarie head of Archimago old, His hafty hand he doth amafed hold, And halfe afhamed, wondred at the fight : For that old man well knew he, though untold, In charmes and magick to have wondrous might j
Ne ever wont in field, ne in round lifts to fight :
XXXIX.
And faid, Why Archimago, lucklefje fyre, What do I fee ? what hard mifoap is this, 'That hath thee hether brought to tafte mine yre f Or thine the fault, or mine the error is, Inftead of foe to wound my friend amis ? He anfwered nought, but in a traunce ftill lay, And on thofe guilefull dazed eyes of his The cloude of death did fit : which doen away,
He left him lying fo, ne would no lenger flay :
XL. But
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But to the virgin comes ; who all this while
Amafed Hands, herfelfe fo mockt to fee
By him, who has the guerdon of his guile,
For fo misfeigning her true knight to bee :
Yet is fhe now in more perplexitie,
Left in the hand of that fame paynim bold,
From whom her booteth not at all to flie -,
Who by her cleanly garment catching hold, Her from her palfrey pluckt, her vifage to behold.
XLI. But her fiers fervant, full of kingly aw
And high difdaine, whenas his foveraine dame
So rudely handled by her foe he faw,
With gaping iawes full greedy at him came,
And ramping on his fhield, did weene the fame
Have reft away with his marp-rending clawes :
But he was ftout, and lufl did now inflame
His corage more, that from his griping pawes He hath his fhield redeemd ; and forth his fwerd he drawes.
XLII. O then too weake and feeble was the forfe
Of falvage beaft, his puhTance to withftand :
For he was ftrong, and of fo mightie corfe,
As ever wielded fpeare in warlike hand j
And feates of armes did wifely underftand.
Eftfoones he perced through his chaufed chefl
With thrilling point of deadly yron brand,
And launcht his lordly hart : with death oppreft He ror'd aloud, whiles life forfooke his ftubborne brefh
XLIII. Who now is left to keepe the forlorne maid
From raging fpoile of lawleife victors will ?
Her faithfull gard remov'd, her hope difmaid,
Her felfe a yielded pray to fave or fpill.
He, now lord of the field, his pride to fill,
With foule reproches and difdaineful fpight
Her vildly entertaines ; and, will or nill,
Beares her away upon his courfer light : Her prayers nought prevaile, his rage is more of might.
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And all the way, with great lamenting paine,
And piteous plaintes ihe filleth his dull eares ;
That ftony hart could riven have in twaine :
And all the way ihe wetts with flowing teares :
But he enrag'd with rancor nothing heares.
Her iervile beail: yet would not leave her fo, '
But follows her far off, ne ought he feares
To be partaker of her wandring woe. More mild in beailly kind, then that her beaftly foe.
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tfo finfull horn of Pryde Duejfa
Guydes the faithful! knight ; Where, brothers death to wreak, Sansioy
Doth chaleng him to fight.
I.
YOUNG knight whatever that doft armes profefTe, And through long labours hunteft after fame,
Beware of fraud, beware of fickieneffe,
In choice, and chaunge of thy deare-loved dame ;
Leaf! thou of her believe too lightly blame,
And rafh mifweening doe thy hart remove :
For unto knight there is no greater fhame,
Then lightneffe and inconftancie in love : That doth this red-croife knights enfample plainly prove.
II. Who after that he had faire Una lorne,
Through light mifdeeming of her loialtie ;
And falfe DuefTa in her fted had borne,
Called Fidefs', and fo fuppofd to be ;
Long with her traveild, till at lafl they fee
A goodly building, bravely garnifhed ;
The houfe of mightie prince it feemd to be :
And towards it a broad high way that led, All bare through peoples feet, which thether travelled.
III. Great
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Great troupes of people traveild thetherward
Both day and night, of each degree and place >
But few returned, having fcaped hard,
With balefull beggery, or foule difgrace ;
Which ever after in molt wretched cafe,
Like loathfome lazars, by the hedges lay.
Thether DuerTa badd him bend his pace ;
For fhe is wearie of the toilfom way, And alfo nigh confumed is the lingring day.
IV.
A ftately pallace built of fquared bricke,
Which cunningly was without morter laid,
Whofe wals were high, but nothing ftrong nor thick,
And golden foile all over them diiplaid,
That pureft fkye with brightnene they difmaid :
High lifted up were many loftie towres,
And goodly galleries far over laid,
Full of faire windowes and delightful bowres j And on the top a diall told the timely howres.
V.
It was a goodly heape for to behould,
And fpake the praifes of the workmans witt :
But full great pittie, that fo faire a mould
Did on fo weake foundation ever fitt :
For on a fandie hill, that ftill did flitt
And fall away, it mounted was full hie ;
That every breath of heaven lhaked itt :
And all the hinder partes, that few could fpie, Were ruinous and old, but painted cunningly.
VI.
Arrived there, they paffed in forth right ;
For frill to all the gates ftood open wide :
Yet charge of them was to a porter hight
Cald Malvenu, who entrance none denide :
Thence to the hall, which was on every fide
With rich array and coftly arras dight :
Infinite fortes of people did abide
There waiting long, to win the wiihed fight Of her, that was the lady of that pallace bright,
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By them they palfe, all gazing on them round,
And to the prefence mount ; whole glorious vew
Their fravle amazed ienfes did confound.
In living princes court none ever knew
Such endlefle richeiie, and fo fumpteous fhew ;
Ne Perfia felfe, the nourfe of pompous pride,
Like ever few : and there a noble crew
Of lords and ladies flood on every fide, Which with their prefence fayre the place much beautirlde.
VIII. High above all a cloth of flate was fpred,
And a rich throne, as bright as funny day -y
On which there fate, moil: brave embellifhed
With royall robes and gorgeous array,
A mayden queene, that fhone as Tytans ray,
In gliftring gold and perelefTe pretious ftone j
Yet her bright blazing beautie did affay
To dim the brightneffe of her glorious throne, As envying her felfe, that too exceeding fhone :
IX.
Exceeding fhone, like Phoebus fayreft childe,
That did prefume his fathers fyrie wayne,
And flaming mouthes of fteedes unwonted wilde,
Through higheft heaven with weaker hand to rayne -,
Proud of fuch glory and advancement vayne,
While flaming beames do daze his feeble eyen,
He leaves the welkin way mofl beaten playne,
And wrapt with whirling wheeles inflames the fkyen With fire not made to burne, but fayrely for to fhyne.
X. So proud fhe fhyned in her princely ftate,
Looking to heaven ; for earth (he did difdayne ;
And fitting high j for lowly fhe did hate.
Lo underneath her fcorneful feete was layne
A dreadfull dragon with an hideous trayne ;
And in her hand fhe held a mirrhour bright,
Wherein her face fhe often vewed fayne,
And in her felfe-lov'd femblance took delight ; For fhe was wondrous faire, as any living wight.
XI. Of
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Of griefly Pluto flie the daughter was,
And fad Proferpina, the queene of hell ;
Yet did (he thinke her pearelefTe worth to pas
That parentage ; with pride fo did fhe fwell :
And thundring love, that high in. heaven doth dwell,
And wield the world, fhe claymed for her fyre j
Or if that any elfe did love excell :
For to the higheft fhe did ftill afpyre ; Or if ought higher were then that, did it defyre.
XII.
And proud Lucifera men did her call,
That made her felfe a queene, and crownd to be 5
Yet rightfull kingdome fhe had none at all,
Ne heritage of native foveraintie :
But did ufurpe with wrong and tyrannie
Upon the fcepter, which fhe now did hold :
Ne ruld her realme with lawes, but pollicie,
And flrons; advizement of fix wifards old, That with their counfels bad her kingdome did uphold*
XIII.
Soone as the elfin knight in prefence came,
And falfe Duefla, feeming lady fayre,
A gentle hufher, Vanitie by name,
Made rowme, and paffage for them did prepaire :
So goodly brought them to the lowefl ftayre
Of her high throne, where they on humble knee
Making obeyfaunce, did the caufe declare,
Why they were come, her roiall flate to fee, To prove the wide report of her great maieflee.
XIV. With loftie eyes, halfe loth to looke fo lowe,
She thancked them in her difdainefull wife ;
Ne other grace vouchfafed them to fhowe
Of princefle worthy -, fcarfe them bad arife.
Her lordes and ladies all this while devife
Themfelves to fetten forth to flraungers fight :
Some frounce their curled heare in courtly guife,
Some prancke their ruffes, and others trimly dight Their gay attyre : each others greater pride does fpight.
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Goodly they all that knight doe entertayne,
Right-glad with him to have increaft their crew ;
But to Duefs' each one himfelfe did payne
All kindnefle and faire courtefie to fhew ;
For in that court whylome her well they knew :
Yet the flout faery mongft the middeft crowd
Thought all their glorie vaine in knightly vew,
And that great princeiTe too exceeding prowd, That to ftrange knight no better countenance allowd,
XVI. Suddein upriieth from her ftately place
The roiall dame, and for her coche doth call :
All hurtlen forth, and fhe with princely pace ;
As faire Aurora in her purple pall,
Out of the eaft the dawning day doth call.
So forth me comes : her brisrhtnes brode doth blaze.
The heapes of people, thronging in the hall,
Doe ride each other, upon her to gaze : Her glorious glitterand light doth all mens eies amaze.
XVII. So forth me comes, and to her coche does clyme,
Adorned all with gold and girlonds gay,
That feemd as frefh as Flora in her prime ;
And itrove to match, in roiall rich array,
Great Iunoes golden chayre ; the which, they fay,
The Gods ftand gazing on, when me does ride
To loves high hous through heavens bras-paved way,
Drawne of fayre pecocks, that excell in pride, And full of Argus eyes their tayles difpredden wide.
XVIII. But this was drawne of fix unequall beafts,
On which her fix fage counfellours did ryde,
Taught to obay their befliall beheafts,
With like conditions to their kindes applyde :
Of which the firft, that all the reft did guyde,
Was fluggifh IdlenefTe, the nourfe of fin ;
Upon a flouthfull afTe he chofe to ryde,
Arayd in habit blacke, and amis thin ; Like to an holy monck, the fervice to begin.
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And in his hand his portefTe ftill he bare,
That much was worne, but therein little redd j For of devotion he had little care, Still drownd in fleepe, and moft of his daies dedd ; Scarfe could he once uphold his heavie hedd, To looken whether it were night or day. May feeme the wayne was very evil ledd, When fuch an one had guiding of the way, That knew not, whether right he went or elfe aftray.
XX. From worldly cares himfelfe he did efloyne, And greatly fhunned manly exercife ; From everie worke he chalenged efToyne, For contemplation fake : yet otherwife His life he led in lawlefte riotife ; By which he grew to grievous malady : For in his luftlerTe limbs, through evill guife, A making fever raignd continually. Such one was IdleneiTe, firffc of this company.
XXI. And by his fide rode loathfome Gluttony, Deformed creature, on a filthie fwyne -, His belly was upblowne with luxury, And eke with fatneife fwollen were his eyne ; And like a crane his necke was long and fyne, With which he fwallowd up excemve feaft, For want whereof poore people oft did pyne : And all the way, moft like a brutifh beaft, He fpued up his gorge, that all did him deteaft.
XXII. In greene vine leaves he was right fitly clad j For other clothes he could not wear for heate : And on his head an yvie girland had, From under which faft trickled downe the fweat : Still as he rode, he fomewhat ftill did eat, And in his hand did beare a bouzing can, Of which he fupt fo oft, that on his feat His dronken corfe he fcarfe upholden can :
In fhape and life more like a monfter then a man.
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Unfit he was for any wordly thing,
And eke unliable once to ftirre or go ;
Not meet to be of counfell to a king,
Whofe mind in meat and drinke was drowned fo,
That from his frend he feeldome knew his fo :
Full of difeafes was his carcas blew,
And a dry dropfie through his flem did flow,
Which by mifdiet daily greater grew. Such one was Gluttony, the fecond of that crew.
XXIV.
And next to him rode luftfull Lechery
Upon a bearded goat, whofe rugged heare,
And whally eies, (the iigne of gelofy)
Was like the perfon felfe, whom he did beare :
Who rough, and blacke, and filthy did appeare ;
Unfeemely man to pleafe faire ladies eye :
Yet he of ladies oft was loved deare,
When fairer faces were bid ftanden by; O who does know the bent of womens fantafy ?
XXV. In a greene gowne he clothed was full faire,
Which underneath did hide his filthinefTe ;
And in his hand a burning hart he bare,
Full of vaine follies and new-fan glenelfe :
For he was falfe, and fraught with fickleneiTe,
And learned had to love with fecret lookes,
And well could daunce, and fing with ruefulnefTe,
And fortunes tell, and read in loving bookes ; And thoufand other waies, to bait his flemly hookes.
XXVI.
Inconfiant man, that loved all he faw,
And lufted after all, that he did love ;
Ne would his loofer life be tide to law,
But ioyd weake wemens hearts to tempt, and prove,
If from their loyall loves he might them move :
Which lewdnes fild him with reprochfull pain
Of that foule evill, which all men reprove,
That rotts the marrow, and confumes the braine. 'Such one was Lechery, the third of all this traine.
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XXVII.
And greedy Avarice by hirn did ride,
Upon a camell loaden all with gold ;
Two iron coffers hong on either fide,
With precious metall full as they might hold j
And in his lap an heap of coine he told :
For of his wicked pelf his God he made,
And unto hell himfelfe for money fold :
Accurfed ufury was all his trade ; And right and wrong ylike in equall ballaunce waide.
XXVIII. His life was nigh unto deaths dore yplafte ;
And thred-bare cote, and cobled fhoes hee ware j
Ne fcarfe good morfell all his life did tafte ;
But both from backe and belly ftill did fpare,
To fill his bags, and richerTe to compare :
Yet childe ne kinfman living had he none
To leave them to ; but thorough daily care
To get, and nightly feare to lofe his owne, He led a wretched life, unto himfelfe unknowne.
XXIX.
Moft wretched wight, whom nothing might furlife, Whofe greedy luft did lacke in greaterl ftore j Whofe need had end, but no end covetife ; Whofe welth was want, whofe plenty made him pore j Who had enough, yett wifried ever more. A vile difeafe, and eke in foote and hand A grievous gout tormented him full fore j That well he could not touch, nor goe, nor ftand. Such one was Avarice, the fourth of this faire band.
XXX. And next to him malicious Envy rode
Upon a ravenous wolfe, and ftill did chaw Between his cankred teeth a venemous tode. That all the poifon ran about his jaw -, But inwardly he chawed his owne maw At neibors welth, that made him ever fad : For death it was, when any good he faw, And wept, that caufe of weeping none he had j But when he heard of harme, he wexed wondrous glad.
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All in a kirtle of difcolourd fay- He clothed was, ypaynted full of cies j
And in his bofome fecretly there lay
An hateful fnake, the which his taile uptyes
In many folds, and mortall fling implyes.
Still as he rode, he gnaiht his teeth to fee
Thole heapes of gold with griple Covetyfe ;
And grudged at the great felicitee Of proud Lucifera, and his owne companee.
XXXII. .He hated all good workes and vertuous deeds,
And him no lerTe, that any like did ufe :
And who with gratious bread the hungry feeds,
His almes for want of faith he doth accufe ;
So every good to bad he doth abufe.
And eke the verfe of famous poets witt
He does backebite, and fpitefull poifon fpues
From leprous mouth on all that ever writt. Such one vile Envy was, that fifte in row did fitt.
XXXIII. And him befide rides fierce revenging Wrath,
Upon a lion, loth for to be led ;
And in his hand a burning brond he hath,
The which he brandimeth about his hed :
His eies did hurle forth fparcles fiery red,
And flared flerne on all that him beheld,
As ames pale of hew, and feeming ded;
And on his dagger fliil his hand he held, Trembling through hafly rage, when choler in him fweld.
XXXIV. His ruffin raiment all was flaind with blood,
Which he had fpilt, and all to rags yrent ; •
Through unadvized rafhnes woxen wood ;
For of his hands he had no governement,
Ne car'd for blood in his avengement :
But when the furious fitt was overpafl,
His cruel facts he often would repent ;
Yet (wiifull man) he never would forecaft, How many mifchieves mould enfue his heedleiTe hafl.
XXXV. Full
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XXXV. Full many mifchiefes follow cruell wrath ;
Abhorred bloodfhed, and tumultuous ftrife,
Unmanly murder, and unthrifty fcath,
Bitter defpight, with rancours rufty knife ;
And fretting griefe, the enemy of life :
All thefe, and many evils moe haunt ire,
The fweiling fplene, and frenzy raging rife,
The making palfey, and faint Fraunces fire. Such one was Wrath, the laft of this ungodly tire.
XXXVI. And after all upon the wagon beame
Rode Sathan with a fmarting whip in hand,
With which he forward lafnt the laefy teme.
So oft as Slowth ftill in the mire did ftand.
Huge routs of people did about them band,
Showting for joy, and ftill before their way
A foggy mift nad covered all the land ;
And underneath their feet, all fcattered lay Dead fculls and bones of men, whofe life had gone affray.
XXXVII. So forth they marchen in this goodly fort3
To take the folace of the open aire,
And in frefh flowring fields themfelves to fport :
Emongft the reft rode that falfe lady faire,
The foule Duefia, next unto the chaire
Of proud Lucifer', as one of the traine :
But that good knight would not fo nigh repaire,
Him felfe eftraunging from their ioyaunce vaine, Whofe fellowfhip feemd far unfitt for warlike fwaine.
XXXVIII. So having folaced themfelves a fpace,
With pleafaunce of the breathing fields yfed,
They backe retourned to the princely place j
Whereas an errant knight in armes ycled,
And heathnifh fhield, wherein with letters red
Was writt SANS JOY, they new arrived find :
Enflam'd with fury and fiers hardyhed,
He feemd in hart to harbour thoughts unkind, And nourifh bloody vengeaunce in his bitter mind,
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Who when the fliamed fhield of flaine Sansfoy
He fpide with that fame fary champions page,.
Bewraying him, that did of late deftroy
His eldeil brother ; burning all with rage
He to him lept, and that fame envious gage
Of victors glory from him fnacht away :
But th' elfin knight, which ought that warlike wage,
Difdaind to loofe the meed he wonne in fray ; And him rencountring fierce refkewd the noble pray.
XL.
Therewith they gan to hurtlen greedily,
Redoubted battaile ready to darrayne,
And clafh their fliields, and make their fwerds on hy -,
That with their fturre they troubled all the traine :
Till that great queene, upon eternall paine
Of high difpleafure, that enfewen might,
Commaunded them their fury to refraine j
And if that either to that fhield had right, In equall lifts they mould the morrow next it fight.
XLI. Ah dcareft dame, quoth then the paynim bold,
Pardon the error of enraged wight,
Whome great grief e made forgett the raines to hold
Of reafons ride, to fee this recreaunt knight,
(No knight, but treachour full of falfe defpight
And fhameful treafon) who through guile hath flayn
'The prowejl knight, that ever field did fight,
Even flout Sansfoy, (o who can then refrayn f) JVhofe Jhield he beares renverft, the more to heap difdayn.
XLII.
And to augment the glorie of his guile.
His dearefi love, the fair e Fideffa, he
Is there pofjeffed of the traytour vile ;
Who reapes the harvefi fowen by his foe,
Sowen in bloodie field, and bought with woe :
That brothers hand /hall dearely well requight,
So be, o quee?ie, you equall favour fhowe.
Him litle anfwerd th' angry elfin knight j He never meant with words, but fwords to plead his right :
XLIIL But
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XLIII.
But threw his gauntlet as a facred pledg,
His caufe in combat the next day to try :
So been they parted both, with harts on edg
To be aveng'd each on his enimy.
That night they pas in ioy and iollity,
Feafting and courting both in bowre and hall j
For fteward was exceiUve Gluttony,
That of his plenty poured forth to all : Which doen, the chamberlain Slowth did to reft them call.
XLIV. Now whenas darkfome Night had all difplayd
Her coleblacke curtein over brightest ikye ;
The warlike youthes, on dayntie couches layd,
Did chace away fweet fleepe from fluggifh eye,
To mufe on meanes of hoped victory.
But whenas Morpheus had with leaden mace
Arretted all that courtly company,
Uprofe DueiTa from her refting place, And to the paynims lodging comes with filent pace :
XLV.
Whom broad awake me findes in troublous fitt
Fore-cafling, how his foe he might annoy ;
And him amoves with fpeaches feeming fitt,
Ah deare Sansioy, next dearefl to Sansfoy,
Caufe of my new grief e, caufe of my new ioy j
Ioyous, to fee his ymage in mine eye,
And greevd, to thinke how foe did him deftroy,
'That was the flowre of grace and chevalrye : Lo his Fidejfa to thy fecret faith I flye.
XL VI. With gentle wordes he can her fayrely greet,
And bad fay on the fecrete of her hart :
Then fighing foft, / learne that litle fweet
Oft tempred is, quoth fhe, with muchell fmart :
For fince my breft was launcht with lovely dart
Of deare Sansfoy, I never ioyed howre,
But in eternall woes my weaker hart
Have wafted, loving him with all my powre, And for his fake have felt full many an heavie flowre.
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At lafi, when perils all 1 weened pa. fl,
And hopd to reape the crop of all my care.
Into new woes unweeting I was cafi,
By this falfe fay tor, who unworthie ware
His wortbie field, whom be with guilefull fnare
En f rapped /lew, and brought to famefull grave.
Me filly maid away with him he bare,
And ever Jince hath kept in darkfom cave ;
For that I would not yeeld that to Sansfoy 1 gave.
XL VIII.
But Jince fair e funne hath fperfi that low ring clowd, And to my loathed life now fiews feme light, Under your beames I will me fafely frowd From dreaded for me of his difdainfull fpight : To you tlS inheritance belonges by right Of brothers prayfe, to you eke longes his love. Let not his love, let not his reftlefe fpright, Be unrevengd, that calles to ycu above
From wandring Stygian fores, where it doth endlejje move.
XLIX.
Thereto faid he, Faire dame, be 'nought difmaid For forrowes pafl ; their grief e is with them gone. Ne yet of prefent peri 11 be afraide : For needleffe feare did never vantage none -, And helplefe hap it booteth not to mone. Dead is Sansfoy, his vitall paines are paft, Though greeved ghofi for vengeance deep do grone : He lives, that fall him pay his dewties lafi,
And guiltie elfin blood fall facrifice in haft.
L.
O, but I feare the fickle freakes, quoth fhe, Of fortune falfe, and oddes of armes in field. Why dame, quoth he, what oddes can ever bee, Where both doe fight alike, to win or yield ? Tea, but, quoth fhe, he beares a charmed field \ Aid eke enchaunted armes, that none can perce -, Ne none can wound the man, that does them wield. Charmd or enchaunted, anfwerd he then ferce}
I no whitt reck -, ne you the like need to reherce.
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LI.
But, faire Fide (fa, jithens fortunes guile,
Or enimies powre, hath new captived you,
Returne from whence ye came, and reft a while >
Till morrow next, that I the elfe fubdew,
And with Sansfoyes dead dowry you endew.
Ay me, that is a double death, me faid,
With proud foes fight my for row to renew :
Where ever yet I be, my fecrct aide Shall follow you. fo palling forth, fhe him obaid.
CANTO V.
The faithfull knight in e quail field Subdewes his faithleffe foe ;
Whom falfe Due fa faves, and for His cure to hell does goe,
I.
F | ^HE noble hart, that harbours vertuous thought, .A And is with childe of glorious great intent, Can never reft, until 1 it forth have brought Th' eternall brood of glorie excellent. Such reftleffe paffion did all night torment The flaming corage of that faery knight, Devizing, how that doughtie turnament With greater! honour he atchieven might :
Still did he wake, and ftill did watch for dawning light.
II.
At laft, the golden orientall gate
Of greateft heaven gan to open fayre ;
And Phoebus frefh, as brydegrome to his mate,
Came dauncing forth, making his deawie hayre ;
And hurld his gliftring beams through gloomy ayre.
Which when the wakeful elfe perceiv'd, ftreightway
He ftarted up, and did him felfe prepayre
In fun-bright amies, and battailous array :
For with that pagan proud he combatt will that day.
III. And
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And forth he comes into the commune hall j
Where earely waite him many a gazing eye,
To weet what end to ftraunger knights may fall.
There many minftralcs maken melody,
To drive away the dull melancholy j
And many bardes, that to the trembling chord
Can tune their timely voices cunningly -,
And many chroniclers, that can record Old loves, and warres for ladies doen by many a lord.
IV.
Soone after comes the cruell Sarazin,
In woven maile all armed warily j
And fternly lookes at him, who not a pin
Does care for looke of living creatures eye.
They bring them wines of Greece and Araby,
And daintie fpices fetch from further!: Ynd,
To kindle heat of corage privily j
And in the wine a folemne oth they bind T' obferve the facred lawes of armes, that are afiynd.
V. At lair, forth comes that far renowmed queene,
With royall pomp and princely maieflie ;
She is ybrought unto a paled greene,
And placed under itately canapee,
The warlike feates of both thofe knights to fee.
On th' other fide in all mens open vew
DuerTa placed is, and on a tree
Sansfoy his fhield is hangd with bloody hew : Both thofe the lawreil girlonds to the victor dew.
VI.
A fhrilling trompett fownded from on hye,
And unto battaill bad themfelves addrefle :
Their mining mieldes about their wrefles they tye,
And burning blades about their heades doe blelTe,
The inftruments of wrath and heavinefTe :
With greedy force each other doth affayle,
And ftrike fo fiercely, that they do imprefYe
Deepe dinted furrowes in the battred mayle : The yron walles to ward their blowes are weak and fraile.
VII. The
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The Sarazin was ftout and wondrous ftrong,
And heaped blowes like yron hammers great j
For after blood and vengeance he did long.
The knight was fiers, and full of youthly heat,
And doubled ftrokes, like dreaded thunders threat :
For all for praife and honour he did fight.
Both ftricken ftryke, and beaten both doe beat;
That from their fhields forth flyeth firie light, And helmets hewen deepe fhew marks of eithers might.
VIII. So th'one for wrong, the other ftrives for right :
As when a gryfon feized of his pray,
A dragon fiers encountreth in his flight,
Through wideft ayre making his ydle way,
That would his rightfull ravine rend away :
With hideous horror both together fmight,
And fouce fo fore, that they the heavens afTray :
The wife fouthfayer, feeing fo fad fight, Th'amazed vulgar telles of warres and mortal fight.
IX. So th'one for wrong, the other ftrives for right j
And each to deadly fhame would drive his foe :
The cruell fteele fo greedily doth bight
In tender fleiri, that ftreames of blood down flow ;
With which the armes, that earft. fo bright did fhow,
Into a pure vermillion now are dyde.
Great ruth in all the gazers harts did grow,
Seeing the gored woundes to gape fo wyde, That vi&ory they dare not wifh to either fide.
X. At lafi: the paynim chaunfl to cafi: his eye,
His fuddein eye, flaming with wrathfull fyre,
Upon his brothers fhield, which hong thereby :
Therewith redoubled was his raging yre,
And faid, Ah wretched forme of ivofidl fyre,
Doeft thou fit wayling by blacke Stygian lake,
Wljyleft here thy fiield is hangd for viclors hyre ?
And, Jluggifh german, doeft thy forces fake Ta after -fend his foe, that him may overtake f
XI. Goe,
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Goe, cay five elfe, him quickly overtake.
And foone redccme from his long-wandring woe .•
Goe, guiltie ghofi, to him my meffage make,
'That I his Jhield have quit from dying foe.
Therewith upon his creft he ftroke him fo,
That twife he reeled, readie twife to fall :
End of the doubtfull battaile deemed tho
The lookers on ; and lowd to him gan call The falfe Dueffa, Thine the fiield, and I, and all.
XII.
Soone as the faerie heard his ladie fpeake, Out of his fwowning dreame he gan awake, And quickning faith, that earfl: was woxen weake, The creeping deadly cold away did make : Tho mov'd with wrath, and fhame, and ladies fake, Of all attonce he caft aveng'd to be, And with lb'exceeding furie at him ftrake, That forced him to ftoupe upon his knee : Had he not ftouped fo, he mould have cloven bee.
XIII.
And to him faid, Goe new, proud mifcreant,
Thyfefe thy me [[age do to german deare ;
Alone he wandring thee too long doth want :
Goe Jay, his foe thy fiield with his doth beare.
Therewith his heavie hand he high gan reare,
Him to have flaine : when lo a darkefome clowd
Upon him fell ; he no where doth appeare,
But vaniflit is. the elfe him calls alowd, But anfwer none receives j the darknes him does fhrowd.
XIV.
In hafle Dueffa from her place arofe,
And to him running fayd, O prowejl knight^
That ever ladie to her love did chofe,
Let now abate the t err our of your might,
And quench the flame of furious defpight,
And bloodie vengeance : lo tti infernal! powres,
Covering your foe with cloud of deadly night,
Have borne him hence to Plutoes baleful! bowres : The conquefl yours, I yours, the Jhield and glory yours.
XV. Not
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Not all fo fatisfide, with greedy eye
He fought all round about, his thirfly blade
To bathe in blood of faithlefte enimy -,
Who all that while lay hid in fecret made :
He ftandes amazed how he thence mould fade.
At laft the trumpets triumph found on hie ;
And running heralds humble homage made,
Greeting him goodly with new victorie ; And to him brought the fhield, the caufe of enmitie.
XVI. Wherewith he goeth to that foveraine queene,
And falling her before on lowly knee,
To her makes prefent of his fervice {qctiq :
Which me accepts with thankes and goodly gree,
Greatly advauncing his gay chevalree :
So marcheth home, and by her takes the knight,
Whom all the people followe with great glee,
Shouting, and clapping all their hands on hight j That all the ayre it fils, and flyes to heaven bright.
XVII.
Home is he brought, and layd in fumptuous bed :
Where many fkilfull leaches him abide
To falve his hurts, that yet ftill frefhly bled.
In wine and oyle they warn his woundes wide.
And foftly gan enbalme on everie fide.
And all the while moft heavenly melody
About the bed fweet muiicke did divide,
Him to beguile of griefe and agony : And all the while DuelTa wept full bitterly.
XVIII.
As when a wearie traveller, that ilrayes
By muddy more of broad feven-mouthed Nile,
Unweeting of the perillous wandring wayes.
Doth meete a cruell craftie crocodile,
Which in falfe griefe hyding his harmefull guile,
Doth weepe full fore, and fheddeth tender tears ;
The foolifh man, that pities all this while
His mourneful plight, is fwallowed up unwares ; Forgetfull of his owne, that mindes an others cares.
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So wept DuefTa untill evcntyde,
That fhyning lampes in loves high houfe were light :
Then forth fhe rofe, ne lenger would abide ;
But comes unto the place, where th' heathen knight,
In flombring Iwownd nigh voyd of vitall fpright,
Lay cover'd with inchaunted cloud all day :
Whom when fhe found, as fhe him left in plight,
To wayle his wofull cafe fhe would not flay, But to the eafterne coaft of heaven makes fpeedy way :
XX.
Where griefly Night, with vifage deadly fad,
That Phoebus chearefull face durft never vew,
And in a foule blacke pitchy mantle clad,
She findes forth comming from her darkfome mew ;
Where fhe all day did hide her hated hew,
Before the dore her yron charet flood,
Already harnefied for iourney new,
And cole-blacke fleedes yborne of hellifh brood, That on their rufty bits did champ, as they were wood,
XXI. ' Who when fhe faw DuefTa funny bright,
Adornd with gold and iewels mining cleare,
She greatly grew amazed at the fight,
And th'unacquainted light began to feare ;
(For never did fuch brightnes there appeare)
And would have backe retyred to her cave,
Untill the witches fpeach ilie gan to heare,
Saying, Yet, o thou dreaded dame, I crave Abyde, till I have told the mejfage which I have,
XXII.
She ftayd, and foorth DuefTa gan proceede,
O thou moft auncient grandmother of all,
More old than love, whom thou at firfi didjl breede3
Or that great houfe of Gods caelejliall ;
IVhich waft begot in Daemogorgons hall,
And fawft the fecrets of the world unmade j
Why fuffredjl thou thy nephewes deare to fall
With elfin [word, moft Jhamefully betrade ? ho where the fiout Sansioy doth f.eepe in deadly flade !
XXIII. And
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XXIII.
And him before Ifaw with bitter eyes
'The bold Sansfoy Jhrinck underneath his fpeare ; And now the pray of fowles in field he lyes, Nor way Id of friends, nor layd on groning bearet 'That whylome was to me too dearely deare. O what of Gods then boots it to be borne. If old Aveugles fonnes Jo evill he are ? Or who Jhall not great Nightes children fcorne, When two of three her nephews are fo fowle for lor net
XXIV. Up then, up dreary dame, of darknes queene, Go gather up the reliques of thy race ; Or elfe goe them avenge, and let be feene That dreaded Night in brightefi day hath place, And can the children of fay re light deface. Her feeling fpeaches fome companion mov'd In hart, and chaunge in that great mothers face : Yet pitty in her hart was never prov'd Till then j for evermore me hated, never lov'd :
XXV. And faid, Deare daughter, rightly may I rew The fall of famous children borne of mee, And good fucceffes, which their foes enfew : But who can turne thefireame of defiinee. Or breake the chayne of firong necefjitee, Which fajl is tyde to loves eternall feat ? The fonnes of Day he favour eth, I fee, And by my mines thinkes to make them great : To make one great by others lofe is bad excheat,
XXVI. let fiall they not efcape fo freely all ;
For fome Jhall pay the price of others guilt : And he, the man that made Sansfoy to fall, Shall with his owne blood price that he hath fpth. But what art thou, that telft of nephews kilt $ I, that do fee?ne not I, Dueffa ame, Quoth (he, how ever now in garments gilt, And gorgeous gold array d, I to thee came ; Duejfa I, the daughter of Deceipt and Shame*
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XXVII.
Then bowing downe her aged backe, flie kift
The wicked witch, faying, In that fiyre face
The falfe refemblaunce of Deceipt I wijl
Did clofely lurke : yet Jo truefceming grace
It carried, that I fcarfe in dark/owe place
Could it dijeerne ; though I the mother bee
Of Falfiood, and roote of DueJJaes race.
O welcome child, whom I have longdtofee, And now have fee ne unwares. lo now I go with thee.
XXVIII. Then to her yron wagon fhe betakes,
And with her beares the fowle wel-favourd witch :
Through mirkefome aire her ready way fhe makes.
Her twyfold teme (of which two blacke as pitch,
And two were browne, yet each to each unlich)
Did foftly fwim away, ne ever flamp,
UnlelTe fhe chaunft their ftubborne mouths to twitch :
Then foming tarre, their bridles they would champ, And trampling the fine element would fiercely ramp.
XXIX. So well they fped, that they be come at length
Unto the place, whereas the paynim lay
Devoid of outward fence and native ftrength,
Coverd with charmed cloud from vew of day,
And fight of men, fince his late luckelefle fray.
His cruell wounds with cruddy bloud congeald
They binden up fo wifely as they may,
And handle foftly, till they can be heald : So lay him in her charett, clofe in night conceald.
XXX.
And all the while me flood upon the ground,
The wakefull dogs did never ceafe to bay j
As giving warning of th'unwonted found,
With which her yron wheeles did them affray,
And her darke griefly looke them much difmay,
The meflenger of death, the ghaftly owle;
With drery fhriekes did alfo her bewray ;
And hungry v/olves continually did howle At her abhorred face, fo filthy and fo fowle»
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Thence turning backe in filence fofte they ftole, And brought the heavy corfe with eafy pace To yawning gulfe of deepe Avernus hole : By that fame hole an entraunce darke and bace, With fmoake and fulphur hiding all the place,,. Defcends to hell : there creature never pall, That backe retourned without heavenly grace j But dreadfull Furies, which their chaines have brail:,
And damned iprights fent forth to make ill men aghaft.
XXXII.
By that fame way the direfull dames doe drive Their mournefull charett, fid with rufty blood, And downe to Plutoes houfe are come bilive : Which paifing through, on every fide them flood The trembling ghofts with fad amazed mood, Chattring their iron teeth, and flaring wide With ftonie eies j and all the hellifh brood Of feends infernall flockt on every fide,
To gaze on erthly wight, that with the Night durfl ride,
XXXIII.
They pas the bitter waves of Acheron, Where many foules fit wailing woefully -y And come to fiery flood of Phlegeton, Whereas the damned ghofts in torments fry, And with fharp fhrilling fhriekes doe bootiefTe cry, Curling high love, the which them thither fent. The houfe of endlefTe paine is built thereby, In which ten thoufand forts of punifhment
The curfed creatures doe eternally torment,
XXXIV.
Before the threfhold dreadfull Cerberus His three deformed heads did lay along, Curled with thoufand adders venemous j And lilled forth his bloody flaming tong : At them he gan to reare his briftles ftrong, And felly gnarre, untill Dayes enemy Did him appeafe ; then downe his taile he hong, And fufFered them to palTen quietly :
For (he in hell and heaven had power equally,
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There was Ixion turned on a wheele,
For daring tempt the queene of heaven to fin ;
And Sifyphus an huge round ftone did reele
Againift an hill, ne might from labour lin ;
There thirfty Tantalus hong by the chin ;
And Tityus fed a vultur on his maw ;
Typhoeus ioynts were ftretched on a gin ;
Thefeus condemnd to endlefie flouth by law ; And fifty lifters water in leake veffels draw.
XXXVI. They all beholding worldly wights in place,
Leave off their worke, unmindfull of their fmart,
To o-aze on them j who forth by them doe pace,
Till they be come unto the furtheft part ;
Where was a cave ywrought by wondrous art,
Deepe, darke, uneafy, dolefull, comfortleffe,
In which fad Aefculapius far apart
Emprifond was in chaines remedileffe ; For that Hippolytus rent corfe he did redreffe.
XXXVII. Hippolytus a iolly huntfman was,
That wont in charett chace the foming bore :
He all his peeres in beauty did furpas ;
But ladies love as loffe of time forbore :
His wanton ftepdame loved him the more ;
But when (he faw her offred fweets refufd,
Her love me turnd to hate, and him before
His father fierce of treafon falfe accufd, And with her gealous termes his open eares abufd :
XXXVIII. Who all in rage his fea-god fyre befought,
Some curfed veno-eaunce on his fonne to cad :
From furging gulf two monfters ftreight were brought -y
With dread whereof his chafing fleedes aghaft
Both charett fwifte and huntfman overcall:.
His goodly corps, on ragged cliffs yrent,
Was quite difmembred, and his members chaft
Scattered on every mountaine as he went ; That of Hippolytus was lefte no moniment,
XXXIX. His
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His cruell ftep-dame feeing what was donne, Her wicked daies with wretched knife did end, In death avowing th'innocence of her fonne. Which hearing, his rafh fyre began to rend His heare, and hafty tong, that did offend : Tho gathering up the reliques of his fmart By Dianes meanes, who was Hippolyts frend, Them brought to Aefculape, that by his art
Did heale them all againe, and ioyned every part.
XL.
Such wondrous fcience in mans witt to rain When love avizd, that could the dead revive, And fates expired could renew again, Of endlefle life he might him not deprive , But unto hell did thruft him downe alive, With flaming thunderbolt ywounded fore : Where long remaining, he did alwaies ftrive Himfelfe with falves to health for to reflore,
And flake the heavenly fire, that raged evermore.
XLI.
There auncient Night arriving, did alight
From her nigh-weary wayne, and in her armes To Aefculapius brought the wounded knight : Whom having foftly difaraid of armes, Tho gan to him difcover all his harmes, Befeeching him with prayer and with praife, If either falves, or oyles, or herbes, or charmes, A fordonne wight from dore of death mote raife.
He would at her requeft prolong her nephews daies,
XLII.
Ah dame, quoth he, thou tempt eft ?ne in vaine To dare the thing, which daily yet I rew •> And the old caufe of my continued paine With like attempt to like end to renew. Is not enough, that thrufi from heaven dew Here endlefe penaunce for one fault I pay ; But that redoubled crime with vengeaunce new Thou biddefl me to eeke ? can Night defray
The wrath of thundring love, that rules both flight and day ?
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Net fo3 quoth me, but Jith that heavens king
From hope of heaven hath thee excluded quight,
Why feareji thou, that canjl not hope for thing ?
And feareji not that more thee hurten might,
Now in the if everktfting Night f
Go to then, o thou far-renoivmed fonne
Of great Apollo, Jhew thy famous might
In medicine, that eh hath to thee <wonne Great pains, and greater praife, both never to be donne \
XLIV. Her words prevaild : and then the learned leach
His cunning hand gan to his wounds to lay,
And all things els, the which his art did teach :
Which having feene, from thence arofe away
The mother of dredd darkneiTe, and let flay
Aveugles fonne there in the leaches cure j
And backe retourning took her wonted way,
To ronne her timely race, whilft Phoebus pure In weilerne waves his weary wagon did recure.
XLV. The falfe DuefTa, leaving noyous Night,
Returnd to {lately pallace of dame Pryde :
Where when fhe came, fhe found the faery knight
Departed thence ; albee (his woundes wyde
Not throughly heald) unready were to ryde.
Good caufe he had to hailen thence away ;
For on a day his wary dwarfe had fpyde,
Where in a dungeon deepe huge nombers lay Of caytive wretched thralls, that wayled night and day :
XLVI. A ruefull fight as could be feene with eie :
Of whom he learned had in fecret wife
The hidden caufe of their captivitie j
How mortgaging their lives to Covetife,
Through waftfull pride, and wanton riotife,
They were by law of that proud tyranneife,
Provokt with Wrath, and Envyes falfe furmife,
Condemned to that dongeon mercilerTe, Where they mould live in wo, and dye in wretchednefTe.
XLVIL There
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XLVII.
There was that great proud king of Babylon ;
That would compell all nations to adore,
And him as onely God to call upon,
Till through celeftiall doorne, thrown out of dore,
Into an oxe he was transformd of yore.
There alfo was king Croefus, that enhaunft
His hart too high through his great richerTe ftore :
And proud Antiochus, the which advaunft His curfed hand gainft God, and on his altares daunfl.
XLVIIT. And them long time before, great Nimrod was,
That firft the world with fword and fire warrayd ;
And after him old Ninus far did pas
In princely pomp, of all the world obayd.
There alfo was that mightie monarch layd
Low under all, yet above all in pride,
That name of native fyre did fowle upbrayd,
And would as Ammons fonne be magnifide ; Till fcornd of God and man a fhamefull death he dide.
XLIX.
All thefe together in one heape were throwne,
Like carcafes of beaftes in butchers flail.
And in another corner wide were ftrowne
The antique ruins of the Romanes fall :
Great Romulus, the grandfyre of them all j
Proud Tarquin ; and too lordly Lentulus -,
Stout Scipio j and flubborne Hanniball j
Ambitious Sylla ; and flerne Marius ; High Caefar ; great Pompey ; and fiers Antonius.
L.
Amongfl thefe mightie men were wemen mixt,
Proud wemen, vaine, forgetfull of their yoke :
The bold Semiramis, whofe fides transfixt
With fonnes own blade her fowle reproches fpoke j
Fayre Sthenoboea, that her felfe did choke
With wilfull chord, for wanting of her will -,
High-minded Cleopatra, that with ftroke
Of afpes fling her felfe did floutly kill : And thoufands moe the like, that did that dongeon fill :
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Befides the endlefTe routes of wretched thralles, Which thether were afTembled day by day, From all the world after their wofull falles, Through wicked pride, and wafted welthes decay. But moft of all, which in that dongeon lay, Fell from high princes courtes, or ladies bowres ; Where they in ydle pomp, or wanton play, Confumed had their goods and thriftlelTe howres, And laftly thrown themfelves into thefe heavy ftowres.
LIL Whofe cafe whenas the careful dwarfe had tould, And made enfample of their mournfull fight Unto his maifter ; he no lenger would There dwell in perill of like painefull plight ; But early rofe, and ere that dawning light Difcovered had the world to heaven wyde, He by a privy pofterne tooke his flight, That of no envious eyes he mote be fpyde : For doubtlefie death enfewd, if any him defcryde,
LIII. Scarfe could he footing find in that fowle way, For many corfes, like a great lay-ftall, Of murdred men, which therein ftrowed lay, Without remorfe, or decent funerall : Which al through that great princefTe pride did fall, And came to fhamefull end. and them befyde, Forth ryding underneath the caftell wall, A donghill of dead carcafes he fpyde ; The dreadfull fpectacle. of that fad home of Pryde.
CANT
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CANTO VI.
From lawlejfe luft by wondrous grace
Fayre Una is releaji : Whom falvage nation does adore.
And learnes her wife beheaft*
I.
S when a fliip, that flyes fayre under fayle, An hidden rocke efcaped hath unwares,
That lay in waite her wrack for to bewaile -,
The manner yet halfe amazed flares
At perill paft, and yet in doubt ne dares
To ioy at his fool-happie overfight :
So doubly is diftreft twixt ioy and cares
The dreadleffe corage of this elfin knight, Having efcapt fo fad enfamples in his fight.
II. Yet fad he was, that his too haftie fpeed
The fayre Duefs' had forft him leave behind ;
And yet more fad, that Una, his deare dreed,
Her truth had ftaynd with treafon fo unkind ;
Yet cryme in her could never creature find :
But for his love, and for her own felfe fake,
She wandred had from one to other Ynd,
Him for to feeke, ne ever would forfake ; Till her unwares the fiers Sansloy did overtake :
III.
Who, after Archimagoes fowle defeat,
Led her away into a forefi: wilde,
And turning wrathfull fyre to luftfull heat,
With beaftly fin thought her to have defilde,
And made the varlall of his pleafures vilde.
Yet firft he can: by treatie and by traynes
Her to perfuade that flubborne fort to yilde :
For greater conquefl of hard love he gaynes, That workes it to his will, then he that it conflraines.
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With fawning wordes he courted her a while, And looking lovely, and oft lighing fore, Her conftant hart did tempt with diverfe guile : But wordes, and lookes, and fighes (lie did abhore ; As rock of diamond ftedfaft evermore. Yet for to feed his fyrie luftfull eye, He fnatcht the vele that hong her face before : Then gan her beautie fhyne as brighten: fkye,
And burnt his beaftly hart t'enforce her chaftitye.
V.
So when he faw his flatt'ring artes to fayle, And fubtile engines bett from batteree ; With greedy force he gan the fort aflayle, Whereof he weend pofleiled foone to bee, And win rich fpoile of ranfackt chaftitee. Ah heavens ! that doe this hideous act behold, And heavenly virgin thus outraged fee, How can ye vengeance iuft fo long withhold,
And hurle not flaming flames upon that paynim bold ?
VI.
The pitteous mayden, carefull, comfortleiTe,
Does throw out thrilling fhriekes, and mrieking cryes %
(The laft vaine helpe of wemens greate diftreiTe)
And with loud plaintes importuneth the fkyes j
That molten fiarres do drop like weeping eyes ;
And Phoebus flying fo moft fhameful fight
His blufhing face in foggy cloud implyes,
And hydes for fhame. what witt of mortall wight,
Can now devife to quitt a thrall from fuch a plight ?
VII.
Eternall Providence, exceeding thought,
Where none appeares can make her felfe a way : A wondrous way it for this lady wrought, From lyons clawes to pluck the gryped pray. Her fhrill outcryes and fhrieks fo loud did bray, That all the woodes and foreftes did refownd ; A troupe of Faunes and Satyres far away Within the wood were dauncing in a rownd,
Whiles old Sylvanus flept in fhady arber fownd ;
VIII. Who,
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Who, when they heard that pitteous {trained voice,
In hafte forfooke their rurall meriment,
And ran towardes the far-rebownded noyce,
To weet what wight fo loudly did lament.
Unto the place they come incontinent :
Whom when the raging Sarazin efpyde,
A rude, mifhapen, monftrous rablement,
Whofe like he never faw, he durft not byde ; But got his ready fteed, and faft away gan ryde.
IX. The wyld wood-gods, arrived m the place,
There find the virgin, doolfull, defolate,
With ruffled rayments, and fayre blubbred face,
As her outrageous foe had left her late ;
And trembling yet through feare of former hate :
All ftand amazed at fa uncouth fight,
And gin to pittie her unhappie ftate -,
All ftand aftonied at her beautie bright, In their rude eyes unworthy of fo wofull plight,
X.
She more amazd in double dread doth dwell ;
And every tender part for feare does fhake.
As when a greedy wolfe, through honger fellj,
A feely lamb far from the flock does take,
Of whom he meanes his bloody feaft to make,
A lyon fpyes faft running towards him,
The innocent pray in haft he does forfake ;
Which quitt from death, yet quakes in eveiy lim With chaunge of feare, to fee the lyon looke fo grim,
XL
Such fearefull fitt aflaid her trembling hart j
Ne word to fpeake, ne ioynt to move fhe had :
The falvage nation feele her fecret fmart,
And read her forrow in her cont'nance fad -,
Their frowning forheads with rough homes yclad.
And ruftick horror all afyde doe lay,
And gently grenning fhew a femblance glad
To comfort her; and feare to put away, Their backward-bent knees teach her humblv to cbay,
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The doubtfull damzell dare not yet committ
Her fingle perfon to their barbarous truth ;
But ftill twixt feare and hope amazd does fitt,
Late learnd what harme to hafty truft enfu'th :
They, in companion of her tender youth,
And wonder of her beautie foverayne,
Are wonne with pitty and unwonted ruth j
And all proftrate upon the lowly playne, Doe kifle her feete, and fawne on her with count'nance fayne.
XIII.
Their harts fhe ghefleth by their humble guife,
And yieldes her to extremitie of time :
So from the ground fhe fearelefle doth arife,
And walketh forth without fufpecl; of crime :
They all as glad as birdes of ioyous pryme
Thence lead her forth, about her dauncing round,
Shouting, and ringing all a fhepheards ryme ;
And with greene braunches ftrowing all the ground, Do worfhip her as queene with olive girlond cround.
XIV. And all the way their merry pipes they found,
That all the woods with doubled eccho ring j
And with their horned feet doe weare the ground,
Leaping like wanton kids in pleafant fpring.
So towards old Sylvanus they her bring ;
Who with the noyfe awaked commeth out
To weet the caufe, his weake fteps governing,
And aged limbs on cyprerTe ftadle ftout ; And with an yvie twyne his wafle is girt about.
XV. Far off he wonders what them makes fo glad,
Or Bacchus merry fruit they did invent,
Or Cybeles franticke rites have made them mad :
They drawing nigh unto their God prefent
That flowre of fay'ch and beautie excellent :
The God himfelfe vewing that mirrhour rare,
Stood long amazd, and burnt in his intent :
His owne fayre Dryope now he thinkes not faire, 1 Pholoe fowle, when her to this he doth compane,
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XVI. The wood-borne people fall before her flat, And worfhip her as GoddefTe of the wood 5 And old Sylvanus felfe bethinkes not, what To thinke of wight fo fayre ; but gazing flood In doubt to deeme her borne of earthly brood : Sometimes dame Venus felfe he feemes to fee ; But Venus never had fo fober mood : Sometimes Diana he her takes to be ; But mifleth bow and fhaftes and bufkins to her knee.
XVII. By vew of her he ginneth to revive
His ancient love, and deareft CyparirTe j And calles to mind his pourtraiture alive, How fayre he was, and yet not fayre to this ; And how he flew with glauncing dart amifle A gentle hynd, the which the lovely boy Did love as life, above all worldly blifle : For griefe whereof the lad n'ould after ioy ; But pynd away in anguifh and felfe- wil'd annoy.
XVIII. The wooddy nymphes, faire Hamadryades, Her to behold do thether runne apace ; And all the troupe of light -foot Naiades, Fiocke all about to fee her lovely face : But when they vewed have her heavenly grace, They envy her in their malitious mind, And fly away for feare of fowle difgrace : But all the Satyres fcorne their woody kind, And henceforth nothing faire but her on earth they find,
XIX. Glad of fuch lucke the luckelefTe lucky mayd Did her content to pleafe their feeble eyes ; And long time with that falvage people ftayd. To gather breath in many miferyes. During which time her gentle wit fhe plyes, To teach them truth, which worfhipt her in vaine^ And made her th' image of idolatryes : But when their bootleffe zeale fhe did reflrayne From her own worfhip, they her afTe would worfhip fayn*
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It fortuned a noble warlike knight
By iuft occafion to that forreft came,
To feeke his kindred, and the lignage right,
From whence he tooke his wel-deierved name :
He had in armes abroad wonne muchell fame,
And fild far landes with glorie of his might ;
Plaine, faithful!, true, and enimy of fhame,
And ever lov'd to fight for ladies right ; But in vaine glorious frayes he litle did delight.
XXL A fatyres fonne yborne in forreft wyld,
By ftraunge adventure as it did betyde,
And there begotten of a lady myld,
Fayre Thyamis the daughter of Labryde j
That was in facred bandes of wedlocke tyde
To Therion, a loofe unruly fwayne :
Who had more ioy to raunge the forreft wyde,
And chafe the falvage beafte with bufie payne, Then ferve his ladies love, and wafte in pleafures vayne.
XXII. The forlorne mayd did with loves longing burne,
And could not lacke her lovers company ;
But to the wood £he goes, to ferve her turne,
And feeke her fpoufe, that from her ftill does fly,
And followes other game and venery :
A fatyre chaunft her wandring for to find,
And kindling coles of luft in brutifh eye,
The loyall linkes of wedlocke did unbinde, And made her perfon thrall unto his beaftly kind.
XXIII. So long in fecret cabin there he held
Her captive to his fenfuall defyre ;
Till that with timely fruit her belly fweld,
And bore a boy unto that falvage fyre :
Then home he furfred her for to retyre ;
For ranfome leaving him the late-borne childe :
Whom, till to ryper years he gan afpyre,
He noufled up in life and maners wilde, Emongft wild beaftes and woods, from lawes of men exilde.
XXIV. For
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XXIV.
For all he taught the tender ymp, was but
To banifh cowardize and baftard feare :
His trembling hand he would him force to put
Upon the lyon and the rugged beare ;
And from the me-beares teats her whelps to teare ;
And eke wyld roring buls he would him make
To tame, and ryde their backes not made to beare ;
And the robuckes in flight to overtake : That everie beaft for feare of him did fly and quake.
XXV.
Thereby fo feareleffe and fo fell he grew,
That his owne fyre and maifter of his guife
Did often tremble at his horrid vew ;
And oft for dread of hurt would him advife
The angry beaftes not rafhly to defpife,
Nor too much to provoke : for he would learne
The lyon ftoup to him in lowly wife,
(A lerlbn hard) and make the libbard fterne Leave roaring, when in rage he for revenge did earne.
XXVI. And for to make his powre approved more,
Wyld beaftes in yron yokes he would compell ;
The fpotted panther, and the tufked bore,
The pardale fwift, and the tigre cruell,
The antelope and wolfe, both fiers and fell j
And them conftraine in equall teme to draw.
Such ioy he had their ftubborne harts to quell,
And fturdie courage tame with dreadfull aw ; That his beheaft they feared, as a tyrans law.
XXVII. His loving mother came upon a day
Unto the woodes, to fee her little fonne ;
And chaunft unwares to meet him in the way,
After his fportes and cruell paftime donne ;
When after him a lyonefie did runne,
That roaring all with rage did lowd requere
Her children deare, whom he away had wonne :
The lyon whelpes me faw how he did beare, And lull in rugged armes withouten childifh feare.
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XXVIII.
The fearefull dame all quaked at the fight,
And turning backe gan fall to fly away ;
Until with love revokt from vaine affright,
She hardly yet perfwaded was to flay,
And then to him thefe womanifh words gan fay,
u4b Satyr ane , my dearling and my ioy,
For love of me leave off this dreadful! play j
T<? dally thus with death is no fit toy : Go find Jbme other play-fellowes, mi?ie own fweet boy.
XXIX.
In thefe and like delightes of bloody game
He trayned was, till ryper years he raught ;
And there abode, whylfl any beafl of name
Walkt in that forrefl, whom he had not taught
To feare his force : and then his courage haught
Defyrd of forreine foemen to be knowne,
And far abroad for flraunge adventures fought ;
In which his might was never overthrowhe j But through al faery lond his famous worth was blown*
XXX.
Yet evermore it was his maner faire,
After long labours and adventures fpent,
Unto thofe native woods for to repaire,
To fee his fyre and ofspring auncient.
And now he thether came for like intent ',
Where he unwares the fairefl Una found,
(Straunge lady, in fo flraunge habiliment)
Teaching the Satyres, which her fat around, Trew facred lore, which from her fweet lips did redound,
XXXI.
He wondred at her wifedome hevenly rare,
Whofe like in womens witt he never knew ;
And when her curteous deeds he did compare,
Gan her admire, and her lad forrowes rew,
Blaming of fortune, which fuch troubles threw3
And ioyd to make proofe of her cruelty
Cn gentle dame, fo hurtlcffe and fo trew :
Thenceforth he kept her goodly company. And learnd her difcipline of faith and verity,
XXXIL But
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XXXII.
But (he, all vowd unto the red-crofle knight,
His wandring perill clofely did lament,
Ne in this new acquaintaunce could delight ;
But her deare heart with anguifh did torment,
And all her witt in fecret counfels fpent,
How to efcape. at laft in privy wife
To Satyrane fhe fhewed her intent ;
Who, glad to gain fuch favour, gan devife, How with that penfive maid he beft might thence arife.
XXXIIL
So on a day when Satyres all were gorue To do their fervice to Sylvanus old, The gentle virgin, left behinde alone,' He led away with corage ftout and bold. Too late it was to Satyres to be told, Or ever hope recover her againe : In vaine he feekes that having cannot hold. So faft he carried her with carefull paine, That they the woods are part, and come now to the plaine."
XXXIV. The better part now of the lingring day They traveild had, whenas they far efpide A weary wight forwandring by the way j And towards him they gan in hall: to ride, To weete of newes, that did abroad betyde, Or tidings of her knight of the red-croffe ; But he them fpying gan to turne afide For feare, as feemd, or for fome feigned lolfe : More greedy they of newes fall towards him do crofib.
XXXV. A filly man, in fimple weeds forworne,
And foild with dufl of the long dried way ; His fandales were with toilfome travell torne, And face all tand with fcorching funny ray, As he had traveild many a fommers day Through boyling fands of Arabie and Ynde ; And in his hand a lacobs ftaffe, to flay His weary limbs upon : and eke behind His fcrip did hang, in which his needments he did bind.
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xxxvi.
The knight approching nigh of him inquerd
Tidings of warre, and of adventures new ;
But warres, nor new adventures none he herd.
Then Una gan to afke, if ought he knew,
Or heard abroad of that her champion trew,
That in his armour bare a croflet red.
Ay me ! d are dame, quoth he, well may I rew
To tell the fad fight which mine eies have red ; Thefe eies did fee that knight both living and eke ded.
XXXVII. That cruel word her tender hart fo thrild,
That fuddein cold did ronne through every vaine,
And ftony horrour all her fences fild
With dying fitt, that downe fhe fell for paine.
The knight her lightly reared up againe,
And comforted with curteous kind reliefs j
Then wonne from death, me bad him tellen plaine
The further proceffe of her hidden griefe : The lerler pangs can beare, who hath endur'd the chief.
XXXVIII.
Then gan the pilgrim thus, JT chaunfl this day,
This fatall dayy that Jhall I ever rew,
To fee two knights, in travell on my way,
(A fory fight) arraimgd i?i batteill new,
Both breathing vengeaunce, both of wrathfull hew :
My f careful jlefo did tremble at their ftrife,
To fee their blades fo greedily imbrew,
That dronke with blood, yet thrifled after life : What more ? the red-croffe knight was fain with paynim knife,
XXXIX.
Ah ! dcarejl lord, quoth fhe, how might that bee,
And he the fioutejl knight, that ever wonne ?
Ah I dear eft dame, quoth hs, how might I fee-
The thing, that ?night not be, and yet was donne ?
Where is, faid Satyrane, that paynims fonne,
That him of life, and us of ioy hath refie f
Not far away, quoth he, he hence doth wonne,
Foreby a fount aine, where I late him left Wafhing his bloody wounds, that through thejleele were cleft*
XL. There-
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XL.
Therewith the knight thence marched forth in haft,
Whiles Una, with huge heavineffe oppreft,
Could not for forrow follow him fo fail ;
And foone he came, as he the place had ghsft,
Whereas that pagan proud himfelfe did reft
In fecret fhadow by a fountaine fide :
Even he it was, that earft would have fuppreft
Faire Una ; whom when Satyrane efpide, With foule reprochful words he boldly him defide j
XLI.
And faid, Arije thou curfed mifcreaunt,
That haft with knightlejfe guile and trecherous train Faire knighthood Jowly foamed \ and doeft vaunt That good knight of the red-crojfe to have fain z Arife, and with like treafon now maintain Thy guilty wrong, or els thee guilty yield. The Sarazin this hearing, rofe amain, And catching up in haft his three-fquare ftJeld, And fhining helmet, foone him buckled to the field ;
XLII. And drawing nigh him faid, Ah ! mijhorn elfe. In evill houre thy foes thee hither fenf, Another s wrongs to wreak upon thy felfe : Tet ill thou blameft me, for having blent My name with guile and traiterous intent : That red-crojj'e knight, per die, I never flew ; But had he beene, where earft his armes were lent, Th' enchaunter vaine his erroar fhould not rew : But thou his errour fkalt, I hope, now proven trew.
XLIII. Therewith they gan, both furious and fell, To thunder blowes, and fierfly to aftaile, Each other bent his enimy to quell ; That with their force they peril: both plate and maile, And made v/ide furrowes in their flemes fraile, That it would pitty any living eie : Large floods of blood adowne their ftdes did raile ; But floods of blood could not them fatisfie : Both honored after death 5 both chofe to win or die.
XLIV. So
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XLIV.
So long they fight, and full revenge purfue, That fainting each themfelves to breathen lett; And ofte refrefhed, battell oft renew. As when two bores, with rancling malice mett, Their gory rides frefh bleeding fiercely frett ; Til breathlerfe both themfelves afide retire, Where, foming wrath, their cruell tuikes they whett, And trample th earth, the whiles they may refpire ; Then backe to fight againe, new breathed and entire.
XLV. So fierfly, when thefe knights had breathed once, They gan to fight retourne, increafing more Their puifiant force and cruell rage attonce With heaped ftrokes more hugely then before j That with their drery wounds and bloody gore They both deformed, fcarfely could bee known. By this fad Una fraught with anguifh fore. Led with their noife which through the aire was thrown, Arriv'd, wher they in erth their fruitles blood had fown.
XL VI. Whom all fo foone as that proud Sarazin Efpide, he gan revive the memory Of his leud lufts, and late attempted fin ; And lefte the doubtfull battel haftily, To catch her, newly offred to his eie : But Satyrane with ftrokes him turning, ftaid, And fternely bad him other bufinefs plie, Then hunt the fteps of pure unfpotted maid : Wherewith he al enrag'd thefe bitter fpeaches faid,
XLVII.
D Joclifi faeries fonne, what fury mad
Hath thee incerjl to hafl thy doleful! fate f
Were it not better I that lady had,
Then that thou hadfi repented it too late ?
Mojl fenceJefe man he, that himfefe doth hate
To love another : lo then for thine ayd
Here take thy lovers token on thy pate.
So they to fight ; the whiles the royall mayd Fledd farre away, of that proud paynim fore afrayd.
XLVIII. But
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XLVIII, But that falfe pilgrim, which that leafing to\d3 Being in deed old Archimage, did ftay In fecret fhadow all this to behold ; And much reioyced in their bloody fray : But when he faw the damfell paffe away, He left his ftond, and her purfewd apace, In hope to bring her to her laft decay. But for to tell her lamentable cace, And eke this battels end, will need another place,
CANTO VII.
The red-crq[fe knight is captive made,
By gyaunt proud opp7"e]l : Prince Arthur e meets with Una great*
ly with thofe newes dijlrejl.
I.
WHAT man fo wife, what earthly witt fo ware3 As to difcry the crafty cunning traine, By which deceipt doth mafke in vifour faire, And caft her coulours died deepe in graine, To feeme like truth, whofe lhape me well can faine. And fitting geftures to her purpofe frame, The euiltlefte man with o-uile to entertaine ? Great maiftrefTe of her art was that falfe dame, The falfe Dueifa, cloked with FidefTaes name.
JI.
Who when, returning from the drery Night,
She fownd not in that perilous hous of Pryde,
Where flie had left, the noble red-croffe knight.
Her hoped pray ; me would no lenger byde,
But forth me went, to feeke him far and wide.
Ere long me fownd, whereas he wearie fate.
To reft him felfe, foreby a fountaine fyde,
Difarmed all of yron-coted plate -, And by his lide his ileed the gralTy forage ate,
III. Hee
80 The firfl Booke of the
ill.
Hee feedes upon the cooling (hade, and bayes
His fweatie forehead in the breathing wynd,
Which through the trembling leaves full gently playes,
Wherein the chearefull birds of fundry kynd
Doe chaunt fweet mufick, to delight his mynd :
The witch approching gan him fayrely greet,
And with reproch of carelefnes unkind
Upbrayd, for leaving her in place unmeet, With fowle words tempring faire -, foure gall with hony fweet.
IV. UnkindneiTe paft, they gan of folace treat,
And bathe in pleafaunce of the ioyous (hade,
Which (hielded them againft the boyling heat,
And with greene boughes decking a gloomy glade,
About the fountaine like a girlond made j
Whofe bubbling wave did ever frefhly well,
Ne ever would through fervent fommer fade :
The facred nymph, which therein wont to dwell, Was out of Dianes favor, as it then befell.
V. The caufe was this : one day when Phoebe fayre
With all her band was following the chace,
This nymph, quite tyr'd with heat of fcorching ayre,
Satt downe to reft in middeft of the race :
The goddeffe wroth gan fowly her difgrace,
And badd the waters, which from her did flow,
Be fuch as (he her felfe was then in place.
Thenceforth her waters wexed dull and (low ; And all that drinke thereof do faint and feeble grow.
VI. Hereof this gentle knight unweeting was,
And lying downe upon the fandie graile,
Dronke of the ftreame, as cleare as chriftall glas :
Eftfoones his manly forces gan to fayle,
And mightie ftrong was turnd to feeble frayle.
His chaunged powres at nrft themfelves not felt ;
Till crudled cold his corage gan afTayle,
And cheareful blood in fayntnes chill did melt, Which like a fever fit through all his bodie fwelt.
VII. Yet
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Yet goodly court he made ftill to his dame, Pourd out in loomeffe on the grarTy grownd, Both carelefTe of his health and of his fame : Till at the laft he heard a dreadfull fownd, Which through the wood loud bellowing did rebownd, That all the earth for terror feemd to make, And trees did tremble, th' elfe therewith aftownd, Upftarted lightly from his loofer make,
And his unready weapons gan in hand to take.
VIII.
But ere he could his armour on him dight, Or gett his fhield ; his monftrous enimy With fturdie fteps came talking in his fight, An hideous geaunt, horrible and hye, That with his tallneffe feemd to threat the fkye ; The ground eke groned under him for dreed : His living like faw never living eye, Ne durft behold ; his ftature did exceed
The hight of three the tailed fonnes of mortall feed.
IX.
The greateft Earth his uncouth mother was, And bluftring Aeolus his boafled fyre -, Who with his breath, which through the world doth pas, Her hollow womb did fecretly infpyre, And fild her hidden caves with ftormie yre, That (he conceiv'd 5 and trebling the dew time, In which the wombes of wemen do expyre, Brought forth this monftrous maiTe of earthly flyme,
Puft up with emptie wynd, and fild with finfull cryme,
X.
So growen great, through arrogant delight Of th' high defcent whereof he was yborne, And through prefumption of his matchleffe might, All other powres and knighthood he did fcorne. Such now he marcheth to this man forlorne, And left to lorTe ; his ftalking fteps are itayde Upon a fnaggy oke, which he had torne Out of his mothers bowelles, and it made
His mortall mace, wherewith his foemen he difmayde. Vol.. I. M
XL That,
82 tht firji Booke of the
XI.
That, when the knight he fpyde, he gan advaunce
With huge force and infuoportable mayne ;
And towardcs him with dreadfull fury praunce j
Who haplefle, and eke hopeleffe, all in vaine
Did to him pace fad battaile to darrayne,
Diiarmd, difgrafle, and inwardly difmayde ;
And eke fo faint in every ioynt and vayne,
Through that fraile fountain, which him feeble made, That fcarfely could he weeld his bootlefle fingle blade.
XII.
The geaunt ftrooke fo maynly mercilerTe,
That could have overthrowne a ftony towre ;
And were not hevenly grace, that him did bleiTe,
He had beene pouldred all, as thin as flowre :
But he was wary of that deadly ftowre,
And lightly lept from underneath the blow :
Yet fo exceeding was the villeins powre,
That with the winde it did him overthrow, And all his fences ftoond, that ftill he lay full low.
XIII.
As when that divelifh yron engin wrought
In deeper! hell, and framd by Furies fkill,
With windy nitre and quick fulphur fraught,
And ramd with bollet rownd, ordaind to kill,
Conceiveth fyre, the heavens it doth fill
With thundring noyfe, and all the ayre doth choke ;
That none can breath, nor fee, nor heare at will,
Through fmouldry cloud of duikifh ilincking fmoke ; That th' only breath him daunts, who hath efcapt the ftroke,
XIV. So daunted when the geaunt faw the knight,
His heavie hand he heaved up on hye,
And him to duft thought to have battred quight ;
Untill DuelTa loud to him gan crye,
O great Orgogh'o, great eft under Jkye,
O hold thy mortal! hand for ladies fake ;
Hold for my fake, and doe him not to dyey
But vanquijbt thine eternall bondfave maket And me th worthy meed unto thy leman take,
XV. He
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xv.
He hearkned, and did ftay from further harmes,
To gayne fo goodly guerdon, as me fpake :
So willingly me came into his armes,
Who her as willingly to grace did take,
And was pofTerTed of his new-found make.
Then up he tooke the flombred fencelefle corfe ;
And ere he could out of his fwowne awake,
Him to his caftle brought, with haftie forfe, And in a dongeon deepe him threw without remorfe.
XVI. From that day forth Dueffa was his deare,
And highly honourd in his haughtie eye :
He gave her gold and purple pall to weare,
And triple crowne fet on her head full hye,
And her endowd with royall maieftye :
Then for to make her dreaded more of men,
And peoples hartes with awful terror tye,
A monftrous beaft ybredd in filthy fen He chofe, which he had kept long time in darkfom den.
XVII.
Such one it was, as that renowmed fnake
Which great Alcides in Stremona flew,
Long foftred in the filth of Lerna lake :
Whofe many heades out-budding ever new
Did breed him endlefie labour to fubdew.
But this fame monfter much more ugly was j
For feven great heads out of his body grew,
An yron breft, and back of fcaly bras, And all embrewd in blood his eyes did mine as glas.
XVIII.
His tayle was ftretched out in wondrous length,
That to the hous of hevenly gods it raught j
And with extorted powre, and borrow'd ftrength,
The ever-burning lamps from thence it braught,
And prowdly threw to ground, as things of naught j
And underneath his filthy feet did tread
The facred thinges, and holy heaftes fortaught.
Upon this dreadfull beaft with fevenfold head He fett the falfe DuefTa, for more aw and dread.
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84 $bt fir ft 'Booh of the
XIX.
The wofull dwarfe, which faw his maimers fall,
(Whiles he had keeping of his graiing fteed)
And valiant knight become a caytive thrall -,
When all was part, tooke up his forlorne weed ;
His mightie armour, miffing moft at need ;
His filver fhield, now idle maifterlcfle ;
His poynant fpeare, that many made to bleed ;
(The rueful moniments of heavinefle) And with them all departes, to tell his great diflrefle.
XX. He had not travaild long, when on the way
He wofull lady, wofull Una met,
Fail flying from the paynim's greedy pray,
Whileft. Satyrane him from purfuit did let :
Who when her eyes fhe on the dwarf had fet,
And faw the fignes, that deadly tydinges fpake,
She fell to ground for forrowfull regret,
And lively breath her fad breft did forfake j Yet might her pitteous hart be feen to pant and quake.
XXL
The meffenger of fo unhappie newes
Would faine have dyde -, dead was his hart within 5
Yet outwardly fome little comfort fhewes :
At laft, recovering hart, he does begin
To rub her temples, and to chaufe her chin,
And everie tender part does tone and turne :
So hardly he the flitted life does win
Unto her native prifon to retourne : Then gins her grieved ghoft thus to lament and mourne,
XXII.
Ye dreary inftrtimenis of dolefull fight,
That dee this deadly fpecfacle behold,
Why doe ye lenger feed on loathed light,
Or liking find to gaze on earthly mould,
Sitb cruell fates the careful I threds unfould,
'The which my life and love together tyde ?
Now let the fiony dart of fencekfe cold
Perce to my hart, and pas through everie fide ~, And let et email night fo fad fight fro me h\de .
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XXIII.
O light fome day (the lampe of highejl Eve,
Firji made by him mens wandring wayes to gz/yde, When darknejfe he in deepejl dongeon drove) Henceforth thy hated face for ever hyde, And JJmt up heavens windowes fyning wyde ; For earthly fght can nought but for row breed, And late repentance ', which fall long abyde. Mine eyes no more on vanitie jhall feed, But fee led up with death fall have their deadly meed,
XXIV. '. Then downe againe fhe fell unto the ground j But he her quickly reared up againe : Thrife did fhe finke adowne in deadly fwownd, And thrife he her reviv'd with bufie paine. At laft when life recover'd had the raine, And over-wreftled his ftrong enimy, With foltring tong, and trembling everie vaine, Tell on, quoth fhe, the woful tragedy , The which thefe reliques fad prefe?2t unto mine eye.
XXV.
Tempeftuous fortune hath fpent all her fpight, And thrilling forrow throwne his utmojl dart. Thy fad tong cannot tell more heavy plight, Then that I feele, and harbour in mine hart : Who hath endurd the whole, can beare ech part. If death it be, it is not the firji wound, That launched hath my breft with bleeding fmart. Begin, and end the bitter baleful found ,
If lefje then that I fare, more favour I have found.
Y YV T
Then ean the dwarfe the whole difeburfe declare ;
The fubtile traines of Archimago old ,
The wanton loves of falfe Fidelia fayre,
Bought with the biood of vanquifht paynim bold .
The wretched payre transformd to treen mould ;
The houfe of Pryde, and perilles round about ;
The combat, which he with Sansioy did hould ;
The luckleffe conflict with the gyaunt flout, Wherein captiv'd, of life or death he flood in doubt.
XXVII. She
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XXVII.
She heard with patience all unto the end ; And ftrove to maiiter ibrrowfull aflay, Which greater grew, the more (he did contend, And almoit rent her tender hart in tway ; And love frefti coles unto her fire did lay : For greater love, the greater is the loffe. Was never lady loved dearer day, Then ihe did love the knight of the red-crofTe j For whole deare fake fo many troubles her did tofle.
XXVIII. At laft when fervent forrow flaked was, She up arofe, refolving him to. find Alive or dead ; and forward forth doth pas, All as the dwarfe the way to her afiynd : And evermore, in conftant careful! mind, She fedd her wound with frefh renewed bale. Long toll: with ftormes, and bet with bitter wind, High over hills, and lowe adowne the dale, She wandred many a wood, and meafurd many a vale,
XXIX. At laft me chaunced by good hap to meet
A goodly knight, faire marching by the way, Together with his fquyre, arayed meet : His glitterand armour mined far away, Like glauncing light of Phoebus brighteft ray ; From top to toe no place appeared bare, That deadly dint of fteele endanger may : Athwart his breft a bauldrick brave he ware, That mind, like twinkling ftars, with ftones moil pretious rare :
XXX. And in the midft thereof one pretious ftone
Of wondrous worth, and eke of wondrous mights, Shapt like a ladies head, exceeding {hone, Like Hefperus emongft the letter lights, And ftrove for to amaze the weaker fights ; Thereby his mortall blade full comely hong In yvory (heath, ycarv'd with curious flights j Whofe hilts were burnifht gold, and handle ftrong Of mother-perle, and buckled with a golden tong.
XXXI. His
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XXXI.
His haughtie helmet, horrid all with gold,
Both glorious brightnerTe and great terrour bredd :
For all the creft a dragon did enfold
With greedie pawes, and over all did fpredd
His golden winges ; his dreadfull hideous hedd,
Clofe couched on the bever, feemd to throw
From flaming mouth bright fparckles fiery redd j
That fuddeine horrour to faint hartes did fhow : And fcaly tayle was ftretcht adowne his back full low.
XXXII.
Upon the top of all his loftie creft,
A bounch of heares difcolourd diverfly,
With fprincled pearle and gold full richly drelt,
Did make, and feemd to daunce for iollity ;
Like to an almond tree ymounted hye
On top of greene Selinis all alone,
With blofToms brave bedecked daintily ;
Whofe tender locks do tremble every one At everie little breath, that under heaven is blowne.
XXXIII.
His warlike fhield all clofely cover'd was,
Ne might of mortall eye be ever feene ;
Not made of fteele, nor of enduring bras,
(Such earthly mettals foon confumed beene)
But all of diamond perfect pure and cleene
It framed was, one maffy entire mould,
Hewen out of adamant rocke with engines keene ;
That point of fpeare it never percen could, Ne dint of direfull fword divide the fubftance would.
XXXIV. The fame to wight he never wont difclofe,
But whenas monfters huge he would difmay,
Or daunt unequall armies of his foes,
Or when the flying heavens he would affray :
For fo exceeding ihone his gliftring ray,
That Phoebus golden face it did attaint,
As when a cloud his beames doth over-lay j
And filver Cynthia wexed pale and faynt, As when her face is itaynd with magicke arts conftraint,
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XXXV.
No magicke arts hereof had any might,
Nor bloody vvordes of bold enchaunters call ;
But all that was not iuch as feemd in fight
Before that fliield did fade, and fuddeine fall :
And when him lift the raikall routes appall,
Men into ftones therewith he could tranfmew,
And ftones to duft, and duft to nought at all ;
And when him' lift the prouder lookes fubdew, He would them gazing blind, or turne to other hew.
XXXVI. Ne let it feeme that credence this exceedes ;
For he that made the fame, was knowne right well
To have done much more admirable deedes.
It Merlin was, which whylome did excell
All living wightes in might of magicke fpell : •
Both fhield, and fword, and armour all he wrought
For this young prince, when nrft to armes he fell j
But when he dyde, the faery queene it brought To faerie lond j where yet it may be feene, if fought.
XXXVIL
A gentle youth, his dearely loved fquire,
His fpeare of heben wood behind him bare,
Whofe harmeful head, thrife heated in the fire,
Had riven many a breft v/ith pikehead fquare :
A goodly perfon j and could menage faire
His ftubborne fteed with curbed canon bitt,
Who under him did trample, as the aire,
And chauft, that any on his backe mould fitt : The yron rowels into frothy feme he bitt.
XXXVIII. Whenas this knight nigh to the lady drew,
With lovely court he gan her entertaine ;
But when he heard her aunfwers loth, he knew
Some fecret forrow did her heart diftraine :
Which to allay, and calme her ftorming paine,
Faire-feeling words he wifely gan dilplay,
And for her humor fitting purpofe faine,
To tempt the caufe it felfe for to bewray ; Wherewith enmoud, thefe bleeding words fhe gan to fay ;
XXXIX. IVhat
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xxxix.
What worlds delight, or toy of living fpeach
Can hart, fo plungd in fea of for r owes deep,
And heaped withfo huge misfortunes, reach £
The carefull cold begin fie th for to creep,
And in my heart his yron arrow Jleep,
Soone as I thinke upon my bitter bale.
Such helplejfe harmes yts better hidden keep,
'Then rip up grief e, where it may ?tot availe ; My loft left comfort is my woes to weepe and waile.
XL. Ah lady deare, quoth then the gentle knight,
Well may I ween your grief e is wondrous great ;
For wondrous great grief e groneth in my Jpright,
Whiles thus I hear e you of your forrowes treat.
But, woefull lady, let me you intrete,
For to unfold the anguijh of your hart :
Mi/haps are ?naijlred by advice difcrete,
And counfell mitigates the greatejl fmart ; Found never help, who never would his hurts impart.
XLI. O but, quoth fhe, great grief e will not be tould„
And can more eafily be thought, then J aid.
Right fo, quoth he, but he, that never would,
Could never : will to might gives greatejl aid.
But grief e, quoth (he, does greater grow difplaid,
If then it find not helpe, and breeds defpaire.
"Defpaire breeds not, quoth he, where faith isjlaid.
No faith fofajl, quoth (he, but fiejh does paire. Flefi may empaire, quoth he, but reafon can repaire*
XLII. His goodly reafon and well-guided fpeach
So deepe did fettle in her gracious thought ;
That her perfwaded to difclofe the breach,
Which love and fortune in her heart had wrought -,
And faid, Fair e fir, I hope good hap hath brmght
Tou to inquere the fecrets of my grief e -,
Or that your wifdome will direcl my thought ;
Or that your proweffe can me yield relief e : Then heare thefioryfad, which If jail tell you brief e.
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XLIII.
The forlorne maiden, whom your eies have feene
The laughing ftocke of fortunes mockeries,
Am ttS one!)' daughter of a king and queene,
Whofe parents deare (whiles equal deft inies
Did ronne about, and their felicities -
The favourable heavens did not envy)
Did fpred their rule through all the territories^
Which Phi/on and Euphrates feweth by, And G ebons golden waves doe wafi continually :
XLIV. Till that their cruell curfed enemy,
An huge great dragon, horrible inflgbt.
Bred in the loathly lakes of Tartary,
With murdrous ravine, and devouring mighty
Their kingdome fpoild, and countrey wafted quight :
*1 he mf elves, for fear e into his iawes to fall \
He fcrft to caftle ftrong to take their flight ;
Where f aft embard in mighty brafen wall, He has them nowfowr years befiegd to make them thrall,
XLV.
Full many knights, adventurous and flout.
Have enter prizd that monfter to fubdew :
From every coaft, that heaven walks about \
Have thither come the noble martial crew,
'That famous harde atchievements ftill purfew %
Tet never any could that girlond win,
But all ftill Jhronke, and ftill he greater grew z
All they for want of faith, or guilt of fin \ The piteous pray of hisfiers cruelty have bin,
XL VI.
At laft, yled with far-reported praife,
Which flymg fame throughout the world had fpred *
Of doughty knights, whom far y land did raife3
That noble order hight of maidenhed,.
Forthwith to court of Gloriane Ifped,
(Of Gloriane, great queene of glory bright)
Whofe kingdome s feat Cleopolis is red ;
There to obtahie fome fuch redoubted knight, lhat parents deare from tyrants pour e deliver might.
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XLVII.
Tt was my chaunce (my chaunce was faire and good)
There for to find afrefh unproved knight ;
Whofe manly hands imbrewd in guilty blood
Had never beene, ne ever by his might
Had throwne to ground the unregarded right :
Tet of his prowejfe proof e he fince hath made
(Iwitnes am) in many a crue 11 fight :
The groning ghojls of many one difmaide Have felt the bitter dint of his avenging blade.
XLVIII.
And ye ) the for lor ne reliques of his powre,
His biting fword) and his devouring fpeare,
Which have endured many a dreadfull Jlowre,
Can fpeake his prowejfe, that did earfiyou bearef% .
And well could rule -, now he hath left you heare
'To be the record of his ruefull lojfe,
And of my dolefull difaventurous deare.
O heavie record of the good red-crojfe, Where have yee left your lord, that could fo well you tojfe t
XLIX.
Well hoped I, and faire beginnings had,
That he my captive languor Jhould redeejfie-, Till all unweeting, afi enchaunter bad His fence abufd, and made him to mifdeeme My loyalty, not fuch as it did feeme -, That rather death defire, then fuch dejpight. Be iudge, ye heavens, that all things right efieeme, How I him lovd, and love with all my might ! So thought I eke of him, and think I thought aright,
L.
Thenceforth me deflate he quite forfooke,
To wander, where wilde fortune would me lead,
And other bywaies he himfelfe betooke,
Where never foote of living wight did tread,
That brought not backe the balefull body dead-,
In which him chaunce d falfe Duejfa meete,
Mine onely foe, mine onely deadly dread-,
Who with her witchcraft and miffeeming fweele9 Inveigled him to follow her defires unmeete.
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LI.
At loft, by fubtile jleights fi:e him bet raid
Unto his foe, a gyaunt huge and tall ;
Who him difarmed, dijfolute, difmaid,
Unwares furprifed, and with mighty mall
The monfter mercilefe him made to fall ;
Whofe fall did never foe before behold :
And now in darkefome dungeon, wretched thrall,
Remedilejfe, for aie he doth him hold. This is my caufe of griefe, more great then may be told,
LII. Ere me had ended all, me gan to faint :
But he her comforted, and faire befpake,
Certes, madame, ye have great caufe of plaint ;
That ftoutefi hearty I weene, could caufe to quake.
But be of cheare, and comfort to you take ;
For till I have acquit your captive knight,
AJJure your fife, I will you not forfake.
His chearefull words reviv'd her chearelefTe fpright : So forth they went, the dwarfe them guiding ever right.
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CANTO VIII.
Faire virgin, to redeeme her deare,
Brings Arthur e to the fight : Who fiaycs the gyaunt, wounds the beafi,
And firips Duejfa quight.
I.
AY me, how many perils doe enfold The righteous man, to make him daily fall !
Were not that heavenly grace doth him uphold,
And fledfaft truth acquite him out of all ;
Her love is firme, her care continuall,
So oft as he through his own foolifh pride,
Or weaknes, is to finfull hands made thrall :
Els mould this red-croife knight in bands have dyde, For whofe deliverance me this prince doth thether guyd.
II. They fadly traveild thus, untill they came
Nigh to a caftle builded ftxong and hye :
Then cryde the dwarfe, Lo yonder is the fame,
In which my lord my liege doth lucklejje ly,
thrall to that gy aunts hatefull tyranny :
^therefore y deare fir, your mightie powres afiay.
The noble knight alighted by and by
From loftie fteed, and badd the lady flay, To fee what end of fight mould him befall that day.
III. So with his fquire, th* admirer of his might,
He marched forth towardes that caftle wall ;
Whofe gates he fownd faft mutt, ne living wight
To warde the fame, nor anfwere commers call.
Then tooke that fquire an home of bugle fmall.,
Which hong adowne his fide in twifted gold,
And taffelles gay : wyde wonders over all
Of that fame homes great vertues weren told, Which had approved bene in ufes manifold,
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IV.
Was never wight that heard that fhrilling fownd,
But trembling feare did feel in every vaine :
Three miles it might be eafy heard arownd,
And ecchoes three aunfwer'd it felfe againe :
No faulfe enchauntment nor deceiptfull traine
Might once abide the terror of that blaft,
But prefently was void and wholly vaine :
No gate fo ftrong, no locke fo firme and fail, But with that percing noife flew open quite, or brail.
V. The fame before the geaunts gate he blew,
That all the cattle quaked from the grownd,
And every dore of free-will open flew.
The gyaunt felfe difmaied with that fownd,
Where he with his DuefTa dalliaunce fownd,
In haft came rufhing forth from inner bowre,
With flaring countenance fterne, as one aftownd,
And ftaggering fteps, to weet what fuddein ftowre Had wrought that horror ftrange, and dar'd his dreaded powre.
VI. And after him the proud DuefTa came,
High mounted on her many-headed beaft,
And every head with fyrie tongue did flame,
And every head was crowned on his creaft,
And bloody mouthed with late cruell feaft.
That when the knight beheld, his mightie mild
Upon his manly arme he foone addreft,
And at him fierfly flew, with corage fild, And eger greedinefTe through every member thrild.
VII.
Therewith the gyaunt buckled him to fight,
Inflamd with fcornefull wrath and high difdaine,
And lifting up his dreadfull club on hight,
All armd with ragged fnubbes and knottie graine,
Him thought at firft encounter to have flaine.
But wife and wary was that noble pere,
And lightly leaping from fo monftrous maine,
Did fayre avoide the violence him nere ; It booted nought to thinke fuch thunderbolts to beare ;
VIII. Ne
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VIII.
Ne fhame he thought to fhonne fo hideous might :
The ydle ftroke, enforcing furious way,
Miffing the marke of his mifaymed light,
Did fall to ground, and with his heavy fway
So deepely dinted in the driven clay,
That three yardes deepe a furrow up did throw ;
The fad earth wounded with fo fore affay
Did grone full grievous underneath the blow, And trembling with ftrange feare did like an erthquake fhow.
IX. As when almightie love in wrathfull mood,
To wreake the guilt of mortall fins is bent,
Hurles forth his thundring dart with deadly food,
Enrold in flames, and fmouldring dreriment,
Through riven cloudes and molten firmament -,
The fiers threeforked engin making way,
Both loftie towres and highefl trees hath rent,
And all that might his angry paflage flay ; And mooting in the earth carles up a mount of clay*
X. His boyflrous club, fo buried in the grownd,
He could not rearen up againe fo light,
But that the knight him at advantage fownd ;
And whiles he flrove his combred clubbe to quight
Out of the earth, with blade all burning bright
He fmott off his left arme, which like a block
Did fall to ground, depriv'd of native might :
Large flreames of blood out of the truncked flock Forth gufhed, like frefh- water flreame from riven rocke.
XI. Difmayed v/ith fo defperate deadly wound,
And eke impatient of unwonted payne,
He lowdly brayd with beaflly yelling fownd,
That all the fieldes rebellowed againe i
As great a noyfe, as when in Cymbrian plaine
An heard of bulles, whom kindly rage doth fling.
Doe for the milky mothers want complaine,
And fill the fieldes with troublous bellowing : The neighbour woods around with hollow murmur ring,
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XII.
That when his deare Duefla heard, and faw The evil flownd, that daungerd her eftate, Unto his aide me nattily did draw Her dreadfull beaft. ; who fwolne with blood of late Came ramping forth with proud prefumpteous gate, And threatned all his heades like flaming brandes. But him the fquire made quickly to retrate, Encountring fiers with fingle fword in hand ;
And twixt him and his lc^rd did like a bulwarke Hand.
XIII.
The proud DuefTa, full of wrathfull fpight And fiers difdaine, to be affronted fo, Enforft her purple beafl: with all her might, That ftop out of the way to overthroe, Scorning the let of fo unequall foe : But nathemore would that corageous fwaync To her yeeld paffage, gainft his lord to goe ; But with outrageous ftrokes did him reftraine,
And with his body bard the way atwixt them twaine.
XIV.
Then tooke the angrie witch her golden cup, Which ftill me bore, replete with magick artes ; Death and defpeyre did many thereof fup, And fecret poyfon through their inner partes ; Th' eternal 1 bale of heavie wounded harts : Which after charmes and fbme enchauntments faid, She lightly fprinkled on his weaker partes : Therewith his fturdie corage foone was quayd,
And all his fences were with fuddein dread difmayd.
XV.
So downe he fell before the cruell beaft,
Who on his neck his bloody clawes did feize j That life nigh crufht out of his panting breir. : No powre he had to ftirre, nor will to rize. That when the carefull knight gan well avife, He lightly left the foe with whom he fought, And to the beaft gan turne his enterprife -, For wondrous anguifh in his hart it wrought,
To fee his loved fquyre into fuch thraldom brought :
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XVI.
And high advauncing his blood-thirflie blade,
Stroke one of thofe deformed heades fo fore,
That of his puiffaunce proud enfample made ;
His monflrous fcalpe down to his teeth it tore,
And that misformed fhape misfliaped more :
A fea of blood gufht from the gaping wownd,
That her gay garments flaynd with filthy gore,
And overflowed all the field arownd ; That over fhoes in blood he waded on the grownd.
XVII. Thereat he rored for exceeding paine,
That to have heard great horror would have bred ;
And fcourging th' emptie ayre with his long trayne,
(Through great impatience of his grieved hed)
His gorgeous ryder from her loftie fled
Would have cafl downe, and trodd in durty myre,
Had not the gyaunt foone her fuccoured ;
Who, all enrag'd with fmart and frantick yre, Came hurtling in full fiers, and fori! the knight retyre.
XVIII. The force, which wont in two to be difperfl,
In one alone left hand he now unites,
Which is through rage more flrong then both were erft ;
With which his hideous club aloft he dites,
And at his foe with furious rigor fmites ;
That ftrono-efl oake might feeme to overthrow:
The flroke upon his fhield fo heavie lites,
That to the ground it doubleth him full low. What mortall wight could ever beare fo monflrous blow ?
XIX. And in his fall his fhield, that covered was,
Did loofe his vele by chaunce, and open flew j
The light whereof, that hevens light did pas,
Such blazing brightneffe through the ayer threw,
That eye mote not the fame endure to vew.
Which when the gyaunt fpyde with flaring eye,
He downe let fall his arme, and foft withdrew
His weapon huge, that heaved was on hye For to have flain the man, that on the ground did lye.
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XX.
And eke the fruitfull-headed beaft, amazd
At flaming beames of that fun-fhiny fhield,
Became ftark blind, and all his fences dazd ;
That downe he tumbled on the durtie field,
And feemd himfelfe as conquered to yield.
Whom when his maiftrefTe proud perceiv'd to fall,
Whiles yet his feeble feet for faintnefTe reeld,
Unto the gyaunt lowdly flie gan call, O helpt\ Orgoglio, helpe^ or els we pcrifo all.
XXI. At her fo pitteous cry was much amoov'd
Her champion flout ; and, for to ayde his frend,
Againe his wonted angry weapon proov'd,
But all in vaine ; for he has redd his end
In that bright fliield, and all their forces fpend
Themfelves in vaine : for lince that glauncing fight
He hath no poure to hurt, nor to defend.
As where th'Almighties lightning brond does light, It dimmes the dazed eyen, and daunts the fences quight,
XXII.
Whom when the prince, to batteill new addreft,
And threatning high his dreadfull ftroke, did fee,
His fparkling blade about his head he bleft,
And fmote off quite his right leg by the knee,
That downe he tombled -, as an aged tree,
High growing on the top of rocky clift,
Whofe hart-ftrings with keene fleele nigh hewen be \
The mightie trunck halfe rent with ragged rift Doth roll adowne the rocks, and fall with fearefull drift.
XXIIL
Or as a caftle, reared high and round,
By fubtile engins and malitious flight
Is undermined from the lowefr. ground,
And her foundation forft, and feebled quight,
At lafl downe falles j and with her heaped hight
Her haftie ruine does more heavie make,
And yields it felfe unto the viclours might :
Such was this gyaunts fall, that feemd to fhake The fledfaft globe of earth ; as it for feare did quake,'
XXIV. Tke
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XXIV. The knight then lightly leaping to the pray,
With mortall fteele him fmot againe fo fore.
That headleffe his unweldy bodie lay,
All wallowd in his owne fowle bloody gore,
Which flowed from his wounds in wondrous ilore.
But foone as breath out of his breft did pas,
That huge great body, which the gyaunt bore,
Was vanifht quite j and of that monftrous mas Was nothing left, but like an emptie blader was.
XXV. Whofe grievous fall when falfe DuefTa fpyde,
Her golden cup (he cafl unto the ground,
And crowned mitre rudely threw afyde :
Such percing griefe her ftubborne hart did wound,
That fhe could not endure that dolefull flound ;
But leaving all behind her, fled away :
The light-foot fquyre her quickly turnd around,
And by hard meanes enforcing her to flay, So brought unto his lord, as his deferved pray.
XXVI. The roiall virgin, which beheld from farre
In penfive plight and fad perplexitie
The whole atchievement of this doubtfull warre,
Came running faft to greet his victorie,
With fober gladnefle and myld modeflie ;
And with fweet ioyous cheare him thus befpake,
Fayre braunch of nobleffe, ftowre of chevalrie,
That with your worth the world amazed make, How Jhall I quite the paynes, ye ftiffer for my fake ?
XXVII. * And you frejh budd of vertue fpringing faft,
Whom thefe fad eyes J aw nigh unto deaths dore,
What hath poore virgin for fuch per ill pafl
Wherewith you to reward ? accept therefore
My ftmple felfe, and fervice evermore.
And he that high does ft, and all things fee
With equall eye, their merites to reftore,
Behold what ye this day have done for mee ;
And what I cannot quite, requite with ufuree.
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XXVIII. But fith the heavens, and your faire handeling,
Have made sou mafter of the field this day,
Tour fortune maifter eke with governing,
And well begonne, end all fo well, I pray,
Ne let that wicked woman fcape away -3
For Jhe it is, that did my lord bethrall,
My dearefi lord, and deepe in dongeon lay ;
Where he his better dayes hath wafted all. O heare, how piteous he to you for ayd does call !
XXIX.
Forthwith he gave in charge unto his fquyre,
That fcarlet whore to keepen carefully :
Whyles he himfelfe with greedie great defy re
Into the caftle entred forcibly,
Where living creature none he did efpye :
Then gan he lowdly through the houfe to call -,
But no man car'd to anfwere to his crye :
There raignd a folemne filence over all j Nor voice was heard, nor v/ight was feene in bowre or hall.
XXX.
At laft, with creeping crooked pace forth came
An old old man, with beard as white as fnow ;,
That on a ftaffe his feeble fteps did frame,
And guyde his wearie gate both too and fro j
For his eye light him fayled long ygo :
And on his arme a bounch of keyes he bore*
The which unufed ruft did overgrow :
Thofe were the keyes of every inner dore ; But he could not them ufe, but kept them ftill in ftore.
XXXI.
But very uncouth fight was to behold,
How he did fafhion his untoward pace ;
For as he forward moov'd his footing old,
So backward ftill was turnd his wrincled face :
Unlike to men, who ever, as they trace,
Both feet and face one way are wont to lead.
This was the auncient keeper of that place5
And fofler-father of the gyaunt dead j His name Ignaro did his nature right aread,
XXX II. Rfis
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xxxii.
His reverend heares and holy gravitee
The knight much honord, as befeemed well ;
And gently askt, where all the people bee,
Which in that flately building wont to dwell.
Who anfwerd him full foft, he could not tell.
Againe he askt, where that fame knight was layd,
Whom great Orgoglio with his puiffaunce fell
Had made his caytive thrall, againe he fayde, He could not tell j ne ever other anfwere made.
XXXIII. Then asked he, which way he in might pas.
He could not tell, againe he anfwered.
Thereat the courteous knight difpleafed was,
And faid, Oldfyre, it fe ernes thou haft not red
How ill it Jits with that fame Jilver hed,
In vaine to mocke, or mockt in vaine to bee :
But if thou be, as thou art pourtrahed
With natures pen, in ages grave degree ', Are ad in graver wife, what I demaund of thee.
XXXIV.
His anfwere likewife was, he could not tell.
Wnofe fencelefle {peach, and doted ignorance,
Whenas the noble prince had marked well,
He gheft his nature by his countenance ;
And calm'd his wrath with goodly temperance.
Then to him ftepping, from his arme did reache
Thole keyes, and made himfelfe free enterance.
Each dore he opened without any breach : There wac no barre to flop, nor foe him to empeach,
XXXV. There all within full rich arayd he found,
With royall arras, and refplendent gold,
And did with ftore of every thing abound,
That greater!: princes prefence might behold.
But all the floore (too filthy to be told)
With blood of guiltleile babes, and innocents trew.
Which there were flaine, as meepe out of the fold,
Defiled was ; that dreadfull was to vew :
And facred afhes over it was ft rowed new.
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XXXVI.
And there befide of marble ftone was built An altare, carv'd with cunning ymagery ; On which trew Christians blood was often fpilt, And holy martyres often doen to dye, With cruell malice and ftrong tyranny : Whofe bleffed fprites from underneath the ftone To God for vengeance cryde continually ; And with great griefe were often heard to grone ; That hardeft. heart would bleede to hear their piteous mone.
XXXVII. Through every rowme he fought, and everie bowr ; But no where could he find that wofull thrall. At laft he came unto an yron doore, That fail was lockt -, but key found not at all Emongft that bounch to open it withall j But in the fame a little grate was pight, Through which he fent his voyce, and lowd did call With all his powre, to weet if living wight Were houfed therewithin, whom he enlargen might.
XXXVIII.
Therewith an hollow, dreary, murmuring voyce
Thefe pitteous plaintes and dolours did refound,
O who is that ^ which bringes me happy choice
Of death, that here lye dying every found,
Tet live perforce in baleful darkenejfe bound?
For now three moones have changed thrice their hewt
And have been thrice hid underneath the ground,
Since I the heavens chearefull face did vew. O welcome thou, that doefl of death bring tydings trew,
XXXIX. Which when that champion heard, with percing point
Of pity deare his hart was thrilled fore -,
And trembling horrour ran through every ioynt,
For ruth of gentle knight fo fowle forlore :
Which making off, he rent that yron dore
With furious force and indignation fell j
Where entred in, his foot could find no flore,
But all a deepe defcent, as dark as hell, That breathed ever forth a filthie banefull fmell.
XL. But
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XL.
But neither darkenefle fowle, nor filthy bands, Nor noyous fmell his purpofe could withhold, (Entire affection hateth nicer hands) But that with conflant zele and corage bold, After long paines and labors manifold, He found the meanes that prifoner up to reare; Whofe feeble thighes, unhable to uphold His pined corfe, him fcarfe to light could beare -s
A rueful fpedtacle of death and ghaftly drere.
XLI.
His fad dull eies, deepe funck in hollow pits, Could not endure th' unwonted funne to view ; His bare thin cheekes for want of better bits, And empty fides deceived of their dew, Could make a ftony hart his hap to rew 5 His rawbone armes, whofe mighty brawned bowrs Were wont to rive fleele plates, and helmets hew, Were clene confum'd, and all his vitall powres
Decayd, and al his flefh fhronk up like withered flowres,
XLII.
Whome when his Lady faw, to him fhe ran With hafty ioy : to fee him made her glad, And fad to view his vifage pale and wan ; Who earft in flowres of frefheft youth was clad, Tho when her well of teares me wafted had2 She faid, Ah dear eft lord! what evil ftarre On you hathfrownd, and pour d his influence baa \ That of your felfe ye thus berobbed arrey
And this miffeeming hew your manly looks doth marre f
XLIIL
But welcome now, my lord, in wele or woe ; Whofe prefence I have lackt too long a day : Andfye on fortune mine avowed foe, Whofe wrathful wreakes themfelves doe now alay » And for thefe wronges jhall treble penaunce pay Of treble good : good growes of evils priefe. The chearlefle man, whom forrow did difmay3 Had no delight to treaten of his griefe ;
His long endured famine needed more reliefe.
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XLIV.
Faire Lady, then faid that victorious knight,
The things, that grievous were to doe, or beare,
Ihcm to renew, I wote, breeds no delight ;
Bf muficke breeds delight in loathing eare :
But tti only good that grooves of pajjed feare,
Is to be wife, and ware of like agein.
This dales enfample hath this lejfon deare
Deepe written in my heart with yron pen. That blijje may not abide in fate of mortall men,
XLV.
Henceforth, fir knight, take to you wonted frength,
And mai/ler thefe mijhaps with patient might :
Loe where your foe lies ftreicht in ?nonflrous length -,
A?id loe that wicked woman in yourfght,
The roote of all your care and wretched plight.
Now in your powre, to let her live, or die.
To doe her die, quoth Una, were defpight,
And fame ? avenge fo weake an enimy ; But fpoile her of her fear lot robe, and let her fy.
XLVI.
So, as (he bad, that witch they difaraid,
And robd of roiall robes, and purple pall, n
And ornaments that richly were difplaid ;
Ne fpared they to ftrip her naked all.
Then, when they had defpoyld her tire and call,
Such, as me was, their eies might her behold,
That her misfhaped parts did them appall,
A loathly, wrinckled hag, ill favoured, old, Whofe fecret filth good manners biddeth not be told.
XLVII.
Her crafty head was altogether bald,
And, as in hate of honorable eld,
Was overgrowne with fcurfe and filthy fcald ;
Her teeth out of her rotten gummes were feld,
And her fowre breath abhominably fmeld ;
Her dried dugs, lyke bladders lacking wind,
Hong downe, and filthy matter from them weld j
Her wrizled fkin, as rough as maple rind, So fcabby was, that would have loathd all womankind.
XLVIII. Her
Cant, viil Faery Qju e e n e. ioj
XLVIII.
Her neather parts, the fhame of all her kind, My chatter Mufe for fhame doth blufh to write : But at her rompe fhe growing had behind A foxes taile, with dong all fowly dight : And eke her feete mofl monftrous were in fight ; For one of them was like an eagles claw, With griping talaunts armd to greedy fight j The other like a beares uneven paw.
More ugly fhape yet never living creature faw.
XLIX.
Which when the knights beheld, amazd they were, And wondred at fo fowle deformed wight. Such theny faid Una, as Jhe feemeth herey Such is the face offal/hood, fuch the fight Of fowle Duejfa, when her borrowed light Is laid away, and counterfefaunce knowne. Thus when they had the witch difrobed quight3 And all her filthy feature open fhowne,
They let her goe at will, and wander waies unknowns
L.
Shee flying faft from heavens hated face,
And from the world that her difcovered wide, Fled to the waflfull wildernefle apace, From living eies her open fhame to hide j And lurkt in rocks and caves long unefpide. But that faire crew of knights and Una faire Did in that caftle afterwards abide, To reft themfelves, and weary powres repaire :
Where ftore they fownd of al that dainty was and rare.
Vol. I; V CANT
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CANTO IX.
His loves and lignage Arthure tells :
The knights knitt friendly bands : Sir Trevifan flies from Dejpeyrey
Whom red-cros knight with/lands,
I.
O Goodly golden chayne, wherewith yfere The vertues linked are in lovely wize j And noble mindes of yore allyed were, In brave pourfuit of chevalrous emprize, That none did others fafety defpize, Nor aid envy to him, in need that {lands ; But friendly each did others praife devize, How to advaunce with favourable hands, As this good princ e redeemd the red-crofTe knight from bands.
II.
Who when their powres, empayrd through labor long,
With dew repair, they had recured well,
And that weake captive wight now wexed flrong 5 N
Them lift no lenger there at leafure dwell,
But forward fare, as their adventures fell :
But ere they parted, Una faire befought
That ftraunger knight his name and nation tell j
Leaft fo great good, as he for her had wrought, Should die unknown, and buried be in thankles thought.
III.
Faire virgin, faid the prince, yee me require
A thing without the compas of my witt :
For both the lignage ', and the certeinfire
From which Ifprong, from mee are hidden yitt.
For all fofoone as life did me admitt
Into this world, and jhewed hevens light ,
From mother s pap I taken was unfit ,
And freight deliver d to afary knight. To be upbrought in gentle thewes and martiall might.
IV. Unto
Cant. ix. Faery Queene. 107
IV.
Unto old Timon he me brought by live ;
Old Timon, who inyouthly ye ares hath beene
In warlike fe ate s ttie Xpert ejl man alive ,
And is the wifejl now on earth I weene :
His dwelli?ig is low in a valley greene,
Under the foot of Rauran moffy hore,
From whence the river Dee, as fiver cleene,
His tombling billowes rolls with gentle rore : There all my dales he traind me up in vertuous lore,
V. Thether the great magicien Merlin came,
As was his ufe, oft-times to vift ?nee ;
For he had charge my difcipline to frame,
And tutors nouriture to overfee.
Him oft and oft I afkt in privity,
Of what loines and what lignage I didfpring.
Whofe aunjwere bad me fill affured bee,
That Iwasfonne and heire unto a king, As time in her iufl term the truth to light Jloould bring,
VI. Well worthy impe, faid then the lady gent,
And pupil fitt for fuch a tutors hand.
But what adventure, or what high intent
Hath brought you hether into fary land,
Aread, prince Arthur e, crowne of martiall band ?
Full hard it is, quoth he, to read aright
The courfe of heavenly caufe, or underftand
The fecret meaning of ttieternall might, That rules mens waies, and rules the thoughts of living wight,
VII. For whether he, through fatal deepe forefight,
Me hither fent, for caufe to me ungheft -9
Or that frejh bleeding wound, which day and night
Whilome doth rancle in my riven breft,
With forced fury following his behejl,
Me hether brought by wayes yet never found ; Tou to have helpt I hold myfelf yet blejl. Ah courteous knight, quoth fhe, what fecret wound Could ever fad to grieve the gentlefl hart on ground %
p 2 VIII. Dear
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VIII.
"Dear dame, quoth he, you Jlccping fparkes awake,
Which troubled once into huge flames will grow -,
Ne ever will their fervent fury fake,
ft' 11 living mo i /lure into f moke do flow.
And wajled life doe lye in afijes low.
Tet Jithens fllence lejfeneth not my fire,
But told it flames, and hidden it does glow j
I will revele, what ye fo much defire. AJj ! Love, lay down thy bow, the whiles I may refpyre.
IX.
// was in frefhtfi flenvre of youthly yeares,
When cor age firft does creepe in manly chef ;
Thenfirft that cole of kindly heat appear es
To kindle love in every living bref :
But me had warnd old Timons wife behefl,
Thofe creeping fames by reafon to fubdew,
Before their rage grew to fo great unrefl,
As mifcrable lovers ufe to rew, Which fill wex old in woe, whiles woe flil wexeth new.
X. That ydle name of love, and lovers life,
As lojje of time, and vertues enimy,
I ever J corn 'd, and toy d to fir re up fir if e, s
Jn middeft of their mournfull tragedy ;
Ay wont to laugh, when them I heard to cry,
And blow the fire, which them to ajhes brent :
Their God himfelfe, grievd at my libertie,
Shott many a dart at me withfiers intent ; But I them warded all with wary government.
XL
But all in vaine ; no fort can be Jofirong,
Nefiejhly bref can armed be fo fownd,
But will at lafl be wonne with battrie long,
Or unawares at difadvant age fownd :
Nothing is fur e that gr owes on earthly grownd.
And who mofl trufies in arme of flefily might,
And boafles in beauties chaine not to be bownd,
Doth foonefl fall in difave?2trous fight, And yeeldes his caytive neck to vicloun mofl defpight.
XII. Enfample
Cant. ix. Faery Qju e e n e. 109
XII.
Enfample make of him your haplejfe toy,
And of my felfe now mated, as ye fee -,
Whofe prouder vaunt that proud avenging boy
Did foone pluck downe, and curbd my libertee.
For on a day prickt forth with iollitee
Of loofer life, and heat of hardiment,
Raungifig the forejl wide on courfer free,
'The fields, the floods, the heavens with one confent Did feeme to laugh on me, and favour mine intent.
XIII.
Forwearied with my fportes, I did alight
From lof tie feed, and downe tojleepe me layd :
The verdant gras my couch did goodly dight,
And pillow was my helmet t fay re difplayd :
Whiles every fence the humour fweet embay d,
And Jlombring foft my hart did fie ale away,
Me feemed, by my flde a royall mayd
Her daintie limbes full fiftly down did lay : So fay re a creature yet faw never funny day,
XIV.
Moft goodly glee and lovely blandi/hment
She to me made, and badd i7ie love her deare >
For dearely fure her love was to me bent,
As, when iufl time expired, Jhould appeare.
But, whether dreames delude, or true it were,
Was never hart fo ravi/ht with delight,
Ne living ?na?i like wordes did ever heare,
As fie to me delivered all that night ; rAnd at her parting faid, Jhe queene of faries hight*
XV. When I awoke, and found her place devoyd,
And nought but prefed gras where Jhe had lyen,
I forrowed all fo much, as earft I ioyd,
And wajhed all her place with watry even.
From that day forth Ilov'd that face divyne ;
From that day forth I caft in carefdl mynd.
To feek her out with labor and long tyne,
And never vow to rejl, till her I fynd : Nynemonetbes I feek in vain, yet ni 11 that vow unbynd.
XVI. Thus
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XVI.
Thus as he fpake, his vifage wexed pale,
And chaunge of hew great paiTion did bewray;
Yett Mill he ftrove to cloke his inward bale,
And hide the fmoke, that did his fire difplay j
Till gentle Una thus to him gan fay,
0 happy que cv.c of juries, that haji found
Mongst many one, that with his prowejfe may
Defend thine honour, and thy*foes confownd. True loves are often fown, but feldotn grow on grownd.
XVII.
Thine, o ! then faid the gentle red-croffe knight,
Next to that ladies love, foal be the place,
O fay reft virgin, full of heavenly light,
Whofe wondrous faith, exceeding earthly race,
Was firmejl fixt in myne extreme]} cafe.
Jbid you, my lord, the patrone of my life,
Of that great queene may well gaine worthie grace ;
For onely worthie you, through prowes priefe, (If living man mote worthie be) to be her liefe.
XVIII. ' So diverfly difcourfing of their loves,
The golden funne his gliftring head gan mew,
And fad remembraunce now the prince amoves
With frefh defire his voyage to purfew :
Als Una earnd her traveill to renew.
Then thofe two knights, faft frendfhip for to bynd,
And love eftabliih each to other trew,
Gave goodly gifts, the lignes of gratefull mynd, And eke the pledges firme, right hands together ioynd.
XIX.
Prince Arthur gave a boxe of diamond fure,
Embowd with gold and gorgeous ornament,
Wherein were closd few drops of liquor pure,
Of wondrous worth, and vertue excellent,
That any wownd could heale incontinent.
Which to requite, the red-croffe knight him gave
A booke, wherein his Saveours teflament
Was writt with golden letters rich and brave ; A worke of wondrous grace, and hable foules to fave.
XX. Thus
Cant. ix. Faery Queene, hi
XX.
Thus beene they parted ; Arthur on his way To feeke his love, and th' other for to fight With Unaes foe, that all her realme did pray. But me now weighing the decayed plight, And fhrunken fynewes of her chofen knight, Would not a while her forward courfe purfew, Ne bring him forth in face of dreadfull fight, Till he recovered had his former hew :
For him to be yet weake and wearie well me knew.
XXI.
So as they traveild, lo they gan efpy
An armed knight towards them gallop fail, That feemed from fome feared foe to fly, Or other griefly thing, that him aghaft. Still as he fledd, his eye was backward caft, As if his feare flill followed him behynd : Als flew his fteed, as he his bandes had braft, And with his winged heeles did tread the wynd5
As he had been a fole of Pegafus his kynd.
XXIL
Nigh as he drew, they might perceive his head To be unarmd, and curld uncombed heares Upftaring ftiffe, difmaid with uncouth dread ; Nor drop of blood in all his face appears, Nor life in limbe ; and, to increafe his feares, (In fowle reproch of knighthoods fayre degree) About his neck an hempen rope he weares, That with his gliftring armes does ill agree :
But he of rope, or armes, has now no memoree,
XXIII.
The red-croffe knight toward him crofied faft, To weet what mifler wight was fo difmayd : There him he findes all fencelerTe and aghaf\ That of himfelfe he feemd to be afrayd j Whom hardly he from flying forward flayd, Till he thefe wordes to him deliver might j Sir knight, aread^ who hath ye thus araydy And eke from whom make ye this hajiy flight ?
For never knight I Jaw in fach mijfeeming plight >
XXIV. He
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XXIV.
He anfwerd nought at all ; but adding new Feare to his firir, amazment, flaring wyde With ftony eyes and hartlefle hollow hew, AftonifTit flood, as one that had afpyde Infernall Furies with their chaines untyde. Him yett againe, and yett againe befpake The gentle knight, who nought to him replyde ; But trembling every ioynt did inly quake, And foltring tongue at lafl thefe words feemd forth to make ;
XXV. For Gods deare love, fir knight, doe me not fay ; For Joe ! he comes, he comes faft after mee. Eft looking back would faine have runne away > But he him forft to fray, and tellen free The fecrete caufe of his perplexitie : Yet nathemore by his bold hartie fpeach Could his blood-frozen hart emboldned bee ; But through his boldnes rather feare did reach : Yett forfr. at lafr. he made through filence fuddein breach ;
XXVI. A)id am I now in fafetie fure, quoth he, From him, that would have forced me to dye ? And is the point of death now turnd fro mee, That I may tell this haplejje hijlory ? Feare nought, quoth he, no daunger now is nye. Then Jhall I you recount a ruefull cace, S aid he, the which with this unlucky eye I late beheld, and, had not greater grace Me reft from it, had bene partaker of the place.
XXVII. / lately chaunjl (would I had never chaunji ! ) With a fayre knight to keepen companee, Sir Terwin hight, that well himfelfe advaunft In all affayres, and was both bold and free -3 But not fo happy as mote happy bee : Hi lovd, as was his lot, a lady gent,
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him againe lovd in the leaf degree :
jke was proud, and of too high intent,
And toyd to fee her lover lanvuifh and lament :
* XXVIII. From
Cant, ix.' Faery Queene, 113
XXVIII.
From whom retourning fad mid comfort lejfe,
As on the way together we did fare,
We met that villen, (God from him me bleffe I)
'That curfed wight, from whom I fcapt why le are,
A man of hell, that calk kimfelfe Defpayre :
Wloo firfi us greets, and after fayre areedes
Of tydingesflraunge, and of adventures rare :
So creeping clofe, as fnake in hidden weedes, Inqidreth of our fates and of our knightly deedes,
XXIX.
Which when he knew, an d% felt our feeble harts
Embofl with bale and bitter byting grief e,
Which love had launched with his deadly darts ;
With wounding words, and termes of foul e repriefe,
He pluckt from us all hope of dew relief e,
That earft us held in love of lingring life :
Then hopelefje, hartlejje, gan the cunning thief e
Perjwade us dye, to flint all further flrife ; To me he lent this rope, to him a rufly knife :
XXX.
With which fad inflrument of hafly death,
That wofull lover, loathing lenger light,
A wyde way made to let forth living breath*
But I more fearfull, or more lucky wight,
Difmayd with that deformed difmall fight,
Fleddfafl away, halfe dead with dying feare ;
Ne yet affurd of life by you, flr knight,
Whofe like infirmity like chaunce may beare : But God you never let his charmed fpe aches he are /
XXXI.
How may a man, faid he, with idle fpeach
Be wonne to fpoyle the caflle of his health f
I wote, quoth he, whom try all late did teach,
That like would not for all this worldes wealth.
His fubtile tong like dropping honny mealfh
Into the heart, and fearcheth every vaine,
That ere one be aware, by fecret flealth
His powre is reft, and weaknes doth remaine* O never, Jir, defire to try his guilefull traine !
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XXXII.
Certes, faid he, hence flail I never reft,
'Till I that treachours art have heard and tryde :
And you, fir knight, whofe name mote I requeft,
Of grace do me unto his cabin guyde.
I that bight Trevifan, quoth he, will ryde
Againft my liking backe, to doe you grace :
But not for gold nor glee will I abyde
By you , when ye arrive in that fame place ; For lever had I die then fee his deadly face.
XXXIII. Ere long they come, where that fame wicked wight
His dwelling has, low in an hollow cave,
Far underneath a craggy cliff ypight,
Darke, dolefull, dreary, like a greedy grave,
That null for carrion carcafes doth crave :
On top whereof ay dwelt the ghaflly owle,
Shrieking his balefull note, which ever drave
Far from that haunt all other chearefull fowle; And all about it wandring ghoftes did wayle and howle :
XXXIV. And all about old flockes and flubs of trees,
Whereon nor fruit nor leafe was ever feen,
Did hang upon the ragged rocky knees ;
On which had many wretches hanged beene,
Whofe carcafes were fcattred on the greene,
And throwne about the cliffs, arrived there,
That bare-head knight, for dread and dolefull teene^
Would faine have fled, ne durfl approchen neare ; But th* other forft him flaye, and comforted in feare.
XXXV. That darkefome cave they enter, where they find
That curfed man, low fitting on the ground,
Mufing full fadly in his fullein mind -}
His griefly lockes long growen and unbound,
Difordred hong about his moulders round,
And hid his face ; through which his hollow eyne
Lookt deadly dull, and flared as aflound ;
His raw-bone cheekes, through penurie and pine5 Were fhronke into his iawes, as he did never dine,
XXXVI. His
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His garment, nought but many ragged clouts,
With thornes together pind and patched was,
The which his naked fides he wrapt abouts ;
And him befide there lay upon the gras
A dreary corfe, whofe life away did pas,
All wallowd in his own yet luke-warme blood,
That from his wound yet welled frefh, alas I
In which a rufty knife faft fixed flood, And made an open paffage for the gufhing flood.
XXXVII.
Which piteous fpeclacle approving trew
The wofull tale that Trevifan had told,
Whenas the gentle red-crofle knight did vew,
With firie zeale he burnt in courage bold
Him to avenge, before his blood were cold ;
And to the villein fayd, Thou damned -
The authour of this facl we here behold.
What iuftice can but iudge againfi thee right, With thine owne blood to price his blood, here Jhed in Jight ?
XXXVIII. What franticke fit, quoth he, hath thus difiraught
Thee, foolijh man, fo raJJj a doome to give ?
What iufiice ever other iudgement taught,
But he Jhould dye, who merites i2ot to live f
None els to death this man defpayring drive.
But his owne guiltie mind deferving death.
Is then uniujl to each his dew to give %
Or let him dye, that loatheth living breath ? Or let him die at eafe, that liveth here uneath f
XXXIX.
IVho travailes by the wearie wandring way,
To come unto his wifloed home in hafle,
And meetes a flood, that doth his pajfage flay,
Is not great grace to helpe him over pafl,
Or free his feet, that in the myre flicke fafl ?
Mofl envious man, that grieves at neighbours good,
And fond, that ioyefl in the woe thou hafl,
Why wilt not let him pajfe, that long hath flood Upon the bancke, yet wilt thy f elf e not pas the flood f
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XXXII.
i he, hence fall I never reft,
wt treacbours art have heard and tryde :
, fir knight, ivhofe name mote I requeft,
■e do me unto his cabin guyde.
igbt Trevijan, quoth he, wB ryde
my liking backe, to doe you grace :
for gold nor glee will I abyde
when ye arrive in that fame place ;
ad I die then fee his deadly face.
XXXIII. hey come, where that fame wicked \v dlins has, low in an hollow cave, lerneath a craggy cliff ypight, dolefull, dreary, like a greedy grave, 11 for carrion carcafes doth crave : whereof ay dwelt the ghaftly owlc, ig his balefull note, which ever dr. n that haunt all other chearefull I tout it wandring ghofte did wayleand >wle:
XXXIV. out old ftockes and ftubs of tre< >n nor fruit nor leafc was ever f< ig upon the ragged rocky kn< ch had many wretches hanged beene, carcafes were fcattrcd on the greene, rowne about the cliffs, arrived there, ire-head knight, for dread and dolefull e, faine have fled, ne durft approchen no ler forfl him ftaye, and comforted in U
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He there does now em'cy eternall reft
And happy eafe, which thou doeft want and crave.
And further from it daily wander eft :
What if ' fome little pdyne the paftage have,
That makes frayle fle/h to feare the bitter wave ?
Is not fort payne well borne, that bringes long eafe,
And laves the Joule to Jleepe in quiet grave ?
Sleepe after toyle, port after for mi e feas, Eafe after warre, death after life, does greatly pleafe.
XLI. The knight much wondred at his fuddeine wit,
And layd, The te?~me of life is limited,
Ne may a man prolong, nor fldorten it :
The foiddier may not move from watchful I fed,
Nor leave his jland, untill his captaine bed.
Who life did limit by almightie doome,
Quoth he, knowes beft the termes eftablified ;
And he, that points the centoiiell his roome, Doth licenfe him depart at found of morning droome.
XLII. Is not his deed, what ever thing is donne
In heaven and earth ? did not he all create
To die againe ? all ends, that was begonne :
Their times in his eternall booke of fate
Are written fure, and have their certein date.
Who then can f rive with frong necefftie,
That holds the world in his flilUchaunging fate ?
Or fhunne the death ordaynd by definie ? When houre of death is come, let none afke whence, nor why.
XLIII. The lenger life, I wote the greater fin ;
The greater fn, the greater punifhment :
All thofe great battels, which thou boa/Is to win,
Through firife, and blood-Jhed, and avengement,
Now prayfd, hereafter deare thou Jhalt repent :
For life muft life, and blood mi'fl blood repay.
Is not eficugh thy evill life forefpent ?
For he, that once bath mijfed the right way, The farther he doth goe, the further he doth fray.
XLIV. Then
Cant, ix, Faery Qjj eene, 117
XLIV.
Then doe no further goe, no further fray ;
But here ly downe, and to thy refl betake,
Th* ill to prevent, that life e?ifewen may.
For what hath life, that may it loved make,
And gives ?wt rather caufe it toforfake ?
Feare, Jicknejfe, age, lojfe, labour, forrow, ftrife,
Payne, hunger, cold, that makes the heart to quake -,
And ever fickle fortune rageth rife -, All which, and thoufands mo do make a loathfome life. '
XLV. Thou, wretched man, of death haft greateft need,
If in true ballaunce thou wilt weigh thy ft ate ;
For never knight, that dared warlike deed,
More lucklefs diffaventures did amate :
Witnes the dungeon deepe, wherein of late
Thy life jhut up for death fo oft did call °,
And though good lucke prolonged hath thy date,
Yet death then would the like miftjaps foreftall, Into the which heareafter thou maift happen fall.
XLVI. Why then doeft thou, o man of Jin, defire
To draw thy dayes forth to their laft degree f
Is not the meafure of thy Jinfull hire
High heaped up with huge iniquitee,
Againft the day of wrath, to burden thee ? -
Is not enough, that to this lady mild
Thou falfed haft thy faith with periuree,
And fold thy f elf e toferve Duejfz vild, . With whom in all abufe thou haft thy f elf e defildf
XLVII. Is not he iuft, that all this doth behold
From higheft heven, and beares an equall ete f
Shall he thy fins up in his knowledge fold.
And guilty be of thine impietie ?
Is not his law, Let every finner die,
Die Jhall all fieftj ? what then muft needs be donne,
Is it not better to die willinglie,
Then linger till the glas be all out-ronne ?
Death is the end of woes ; die foone, o faries fonne*
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XLVIII.
The knight was much cnmoved with his fpcach,
That as a fwords poynt through his hart did perfe,
And in his confcience made a fecrete breach,
Well knowing trew all that he did rcherfe,
And to his frefh remembraunce did reverie
The ugly vew of his deformed crimes ;
That all his manly powres it did difperfe,
As he were charmed with inchaunted rimes ; That oftentimes he quakt, and fainted oftentimes.
XLIX.
In which amazement when the mifcreaunt
Perceived him to waver weake and frail e,
(Whiles trembling horror did his confcience daunt,
And hellim anguifh did his foule aflaile)
To drive him to defpaire, and quite to quaile,
Hee fhewd him painted in a table plaine
The damned ghofts, that doe in torments waile,
And thoufand feends, that doe them endlefle paine With fire and brimiione, which for ever mail remaine.
L. The fight whereof fo throughly him difmaid,
That nought but death before his eies he faw,
And ever-burning wrath before him laid,
By righteous fentence of th' Almighties law.
Then gan the villein him to over-craw,
And brought unto him fwords, ropes, poifon, fire,
And all that might him to perdition draw ;
And bad him choofe, what death he would defire : For death was dew to him, that had provokt Gods ire.
LI. But whenas none of them he faw him take,
He to him raught a dagger fharpe and keen,
And gave it him in hand : his hand did quake,
And tremble like a leafe of afpin greene,
And troubled blood through his pale face was feene
To come and goe with tidings from the heart,
As it a ronning mefienger had beene.
At lafl refolv'd to work his finall fmart, He lifted up his hand, that backe againe did ilart,
LII. Which
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Which whenas Una faw, through every vaine
The cradled cold ran to her well of life,
As in a fwowne : but foone reliv'd againe,
Out of his hand {he fnatcht the curfed knife,
And threw it to the ground, enraged rife,
And to him faid, Fie, fie, faint-hearted knight 9
What meanefi thou by this reprochfull ftrife ?
Is this the battaile, which thou vauntfi to fight With that fire-mouthed dragon, horrible and bright $
LIII. Come, come away, fraile, feeble, fiefhly wight t
Ne let vaine words bewitch thy manly hart,
Ne divelijh thoughts difmay thy confiant fpright*
In heavenly mercies hafi thou not a part ?
Why Jhouldfi thou then defpeire, that chofen art ?
Where iuftice growes, there grows eke greater grace.
The which doth quench thebrond of hellifi fmart,
And that accurjl hand-writing doth deface. Arife, fir knight, arife, arid leave this curfed place*
LIV. ' So up he rofe, and thence amounted ftreight.
Which when the carle beheld, and faw his gueft
Would fafe depart, for all his fubtile Height^
He chofe an halter from among the reft,
And with it hong himfelfo, unbid, unbleft.
But death he could not worke himfelfe thereby 5
For thoufand times he fo himfelfe had dreft^
Yet nathelefTe it could not doe him die, Till he ihould die his laft, that is eternally.
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Her falthfull knight faire Una brings
To houfe of holineffe -, Where he is taught repeiitaunce } and
The way to heven/y blejje.
I.
WHAT man is he, that boafls of flefhly might, And vaine afiuraunce of mortality, Which all fo foone as it doth come to fight Againft fpirituali foes, yields by and by, ■ Or from the fielde moil cowardly doth fly ? Ne let the man afcribe it to his fkill, That thorough grace hath gained victory : If any hrength we have, it is to ill, But all the good is Gods, both power and eke will.
II. By that which lately hapned Una faw
That this her knight was feeble, and too faint j And all his finewes woxen weake and raw, Through long enprifonment and hard constraint, ' Which he endured in his late reftraint, That yet he was unfltt for bloody fight. Therefore to cheriih him with diets daint, She cart, to bring him, where he chearen might, Till he recovered had his late decayed plight.
III.
There was an auncient houfe not far away,
Renowmd throughout the world for facred lore,
And pure unfpotted life : fo well, they fay,
It governd was, and guided evermore,
Through wifedome of a matrone grave and hore ;
Whole onely ioy was to relieve the needes
Of wretched foules, and helpe the helpelerTe pore t
All night fhe fpent in bidding of her bedes,
And all the day in doing good and godly deedes*
IV. Dame
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Dame Caelia men did her call, as thought From heaven to come, or thether to arife ; The mother of three daughters, well upbrought In goodly thewes, and godly exercife : The eldeft two moft fober, chaft, and wife, Fidelia and Speranza, virgins were, Though fpousd, yet wanting wedlocks folemnize ; But faire CharifTa to a lovely fere Was lincked, and by him had many pledges dere.
V. Arrived there, the dore they find fafl lockt j For it was warely watched night and day, For feare of many foes j but when they knockt, The porter opened unto them ftreight way. He was an aged fyre, all hory gray, With lookes full lowly caft, and gate full flow, Wont on a ftafre his feeble fleps to flay, Hight Humiita. they pafle in, ftouping low ; For ftreight and narrow was the way which he did mow.
VI.
Each goodly thing is hardeft. to begin ; But entred in, a fpatious court they fee, Both plaine and pleafaunt to be walked in ; Where them does meete a francklin faire and free, And entertaines with comely courteous glee j His name was Zele, that him right well became : For in his fpeaches and behaveour hee Did labour lively to expreffe the fame, And gladly did them guide, till to the hall they came.
VII. There fayrely them receives a gentle fquyre, Of myld demeanure and rare courtefee, Right cleanly clad in comely fad attyre j In word and deede that fhewd great modeftee, And knew his good to all of each degree ; Hight Reverence : he them with fpeaches meet Does faire entreat j no courting nicetee, But fimple, trew, and eke unfained fweet, As might become a fquyre fo great perfons to greet* Vol. I. R VIII. And
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And afterwardes them to his dame he leades, That aged dame, the lady of the place, Who all this while was bufy at her beades ; Which doen, fhe up arofe with feemely grace, And toward them full matronely did pace. Where, when that faireft Una fhe beheld, Whom well ihe knew to fpring from hevenly race, Her heart with ioy unwonted inly fweld,
As feeling wondrous comfort in her weaker eld :
IX.
And her embracing fliid, O happy earth. Whereon thy innocent feet doe ever tread! Moft vertuous virgin, borne of hevenly berth, 'That, to redeeme thy woeful/ parents head From tyrans rage, and ever-dying dread, Hajl wandred through the world now long a day ; Tett ceafjefi not thy weary files to lead. What grace hath thee now hether brought this way ?
Or doen thy feeble feet unweeting hether fir ay f
X. '
Straunge thing it is an errant knight to fee Here in this place ; or any other wight, That hether turnes hisfeps : Jo few there bee, That chofe the narrow path, or feeke the right : All keepe the broad high way, and take delight With many rather for to goe aftray, And be partakers of their evill plight, Then with a few to walke the rightefl way.
O foolijh men, why hajl ye to your own decay ?
XI.
Thy f elf e to fee, and tyred limbes to refl,
O matrone fage, quoth fhe, I hether came-, And this good knight his way with me addreft, Ledd with thy pray fes and broad-blazed fame, That up to heven is blowne. the auncient dame* Him goodly greeted in her modeft guyfe, And enterteynd them both, as beft became, With all the court'fies that fhe could devyfe,
Ne wanted ought to fhew hjer bounteous or wife.
XII. Thus
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Thus as they gan of fondrie thinges devife,
Loe two moft goodly virgins came in place,
Ylinked arme in arme, in lovely wife ;
With countenance demure and modeft grace
They numbred even fleps and equall pace :
Of which the eldefl, that Fidelia highlit,
Like funny beames threw from her chriflall face,
That could have dazd the rafh beholders fight, And round about her head did mine like hevens light.
XIII.
She was araied all in lilly white,
And in her right hand bore a cup of gold, With wine and water fild up to the hight, In which a ferpent did himfelfe enfold, That horrour made to all that did behold ; But me no whitt did chaunge her conftant mood : And in her other hand fhe fail did hold A booke, that was both fignd and feald with blood -y Wherin darke things were writt, hard to be underftood.
XIV. Her younger fitter, that Speranza hight, Was clad in blew, that her befeemed well ; Not all fo chearefull feemed me of fight, As was her fitter ; whether dread did dwell Or anguifh in her hart, is hard to tell : Upon her arme a filver anchor lay, Whereon me leaned ever, as befell ; And ever up to heven, as me did pray, Her ftedfaft eyes were bent, ne fwarved other way.
XV. They feeing Una, towardes her gan wend, Who them encounters with like courtefee ; Many kind fpeeches they betweene them fpend, And greatly ioy each other for to fee : Then to the knight with fhamefaft modeftie They turne themfelves, at Unaes meeke requeft, And him falute with well-befeeming glee ; Who faire them quites, as him befeemed befl5 And goodly gan difcourfe of many a noble geft,
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Then Una thus, But fie your fifter deare,
The deare ChariJJa, where is Jhe become ?
Or iv ants Jhe health, or bufie is elfivhere ?
Ah ! no, faid they, but forth Jhe may not come ;
For J):e of late is lightned of her wombe,
And hath cncreajl the world with one fonne moret
That her to fee JJmdd be but troublefome .
Indeed, quoth ihe, that fiould her trouble fore \ But thankt be God, and her encreaje fo evermore.
XVII.
Then faid the aged Caelia, Deare dame,
And you, good fir, I ivote that of youre toyle
And labors long, through which ye hether came,
Te both forivearied be : therefore a whyle
I read you rejl, and to your bowres recoyle.
Then called me a groome, that forth him ledd
Into a goodly lodge, and gan defpoile
Of puiiTant armes, and laid in eaiie bedd : His name was meeke Obedience rightfully aredd.
^XVIII. Now when their wearie iimbes with kindly reft,
And bodies were refrefht with dew repaft,
Fayre Una gan Fidelia fayre requeft,
To have her knight into her fchoole-hous plafte,
That of her heavenly learning he might tafte,
And heare the wifedom of her wordes divine..
She graunted, and that knight fo much agraffe,
That me him taught celeftiall difcipline, And opened his dull eyes, that light mote in them fhinc
XIX.
And that her facred booke, with blood y writt,
That none could reade except flie did them teach,.
She unto him difclofed every whitt j
And heavenly documents thereout did preach
(That weaker witt of man could never reach)-
Of God, of grace, of iuftice, of free-will y
That wonder was to heare her goodly fpeach :
For fhe was hable with her wordes to kill, And rayfe againe to life the hart that me did thrilh
XX. And
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And when me lift poure out her larger lpright, She would commaund the hafty funne to ftay, Or backward turne his courfe from hevens hight : Sometimes great hoftes of men me could difmay ; Dry-mod to paife me parts the flouds in tway ; And eke huge mountaines from their native feat She would commaund themfelves to beare away, And throw in raging fea with roaring threat. Almightie God her gave fuch powre and puiflaunce great.
XXI. The faithfull knight now grew in little fpace, By hearing her, and by her lifters lore, To fuch perfection of all hevenly grace, That wretched world he gan for to abhore, And mortall life gan loath, as thing forlore, Greevd with remembrance of his wicked waves, And prickt with anguifh of his finnes fo fore, . That he defirde to end his wretched dayes : So much the dart of finfull guilt the foule difmayes*
XXII. But wife Speranza gave him comfort fweet, And taught him how to take aftured hold Upon her filver anchor, as was meet -, Els has his finnes fo great and manifold Made him forget all that Fidelia told, In this diftreffed doubtfull agony, When him his deareft Una did behold, Difdeining life, defiring leave to dye, She found her felfe affayld with great perplexity ■;
XXIII. And came to Caelia to declare her fmart ;
Who well acquainted with that commune plight, Which finfull horror workes in wounded hart, Her wifely comforted all that (lie might, With goodly, counfell and advifement right ; And ftreightway fent with carefull diligence, To fetch a leach,- the which had great infight In that difeafe of grieved confcience,
And well could cure the fame > .his name was Patience*
XXIV, Wh©
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Who comming to that fowle-difeafcd knight,
Could hardly him intreat to tell his grief:
Which knowne, and all, that noyd his heavie fpright,
Well fearcht, eftfoones he gan apply relief
Of falves and med'cines, which had palling prief j
And thereto added wordes of wondrous might :
By which to cafe he him recured brief,
And much afwag'd the pafiion of Ins plight, That he his paine endur'd, as fceming now more light.
XXV. But yet the caufe and root of all his ill,
Inward corruption and infedted fin,
Not purg'd nor heald, behind remained flill,
And feftring fore did ranckle yett within,
Clofe creeping twixt the marow and the fkin :
Which to extirpe, he laid him privily
Downe in a darkfome lowly place far in,
Whereas he meant his corrofives to apply, And with ftreight diet tame his ftubborne malady.
XXVI.
In afhes and fackcloth he did array
His daintie corfe, proud humors to abate -,
And dieted with failing every day,
The fwelling of his woundes to mitigate ;
And made him pray both earely and eke late :
And ever as fuperfluous flefh. did rott,
Amendment readie ftill at hand did wayt,
To pluck it out with pincers fyrie-whott, That foone in him was lefte no one corrupted iott.
XXVII. And bitter Penaunce with an yron whip,
Was wont him once to difple every day :
And fharp Remorfe his hart did prick and nip,
That drops of blood thence like a well did play :
And fad Repentance ufed to embay
His body in fait water fmarting fore,
The filthy blottes of fin to warn away.
So in ihort fpace they did to health reftore The man that would not live, but erft lay at deathes dore,
XXVIIL In
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XXVIII.
In which his torment often was fo great,
That like a lyon he would cry and rore,
And rend his flefh, and his owne fynewes eat.
His owne deare Una hearing evermore
His ruefull fhriekes and gronings, often tore
Her guiltlefle garments and her golden heare,
For pitty of his payne and anguifh fore :
Yet all with patience wifely fhe did beare j For well fhe will his cryme could els be never cleare.
XXIX. Whom thus recover'd by wife Patience,
And trew Repentaunce, they to Una brought ;
Who ioyous of his cured confcience,
Him dearely kift, and fayrely eke befought
Himfelfe to chearifh, and confuming thought
To put away out of his carefull breft.
By this Chariifa, late in child-bed brought,
Was woxen ftrong, and left her fruitfull neft : To her fayre Una brought this unacquainted gueft.
XXX. She was a woman in her frefheft age,
Of wondrous beauty and of bounty rare,
With goodly grace and comely perfonage,
That was on earth not eafie to compare ;
Full of great love, but Cupids wanton fnare
As hell fhe hated, chafte in worke and will :
Her necke and brefts were ever open bare,
That ay thereof her babes might fucke their fill j The reft was all in yellow robes arayed ftill.
XXXI. A multitude of babes about her hong,
Playing their fportes, that ioyd her to behold ;
Whom ftill fhe fed, whiles they were weake and young,
But thruft them forth ftill as they wexed old :
And on her head fhe wore a tyre of gold,
Adornd with gemmes and owches wondrous fayre,
Whofe paffing price uneath was to be told ;
And by her fyde there fate a gentle payre
Of turtle doves, fhe fitting in an yvory chayre*
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The knight and Una entring fayre her greet,
And bid her ioy of that her happy brood ;
Who them requites with court'iies feerning meet,
And entertaynes with friendly chearefull mood.
Then Una her befought to be fo good,
As in her vertuous rules to fchoole her knight,
Now after all his torment well withftood
In that lad houfe of Penaunce, where his fpright Had pafl the paines of hell and long-enduring night.
XXXIII. She was right ioyous of her iufl requeft j
And taking by the hand that faeries fonne,
Gan him initruct in everie good beheft
Of love, and righteoufnes, and well to donne,
And wrath and hatred warely to fhonne,
That drew on men Gods hatred and his wrath,
And many foules in dolours had fordonne :
In which when him (lie well inftructed hath, From thence to heaven ihe teacheth him the ready path*
XXXIV. Wherein his weaker wandring fteps to guyde,
An auncient matrone fhe to her does call,
Whofe fober lookes her wifedome well defcryde j
Her name was Mercy, well knowne over all
To be both gratious and eke liberall :
To whom the carefull charge of him fhe gave,
To leade aright, that he fhould never fall
In all his waies through this wide worldes wave j That mercy in the end his righteous foule might fave.
XXXV. The godly matrone by the hand him beares
Forth from her prefence, by a narrow way,
Scattred with bufhy thornes and ragged breares,
Which ftill before him fhe remov'd away,
That nothing might his ready parTage ftay :
And ever when his feet encombred were,
Or gan to fhrinke, or from the right to ftray,
She held him fail, and firmely did upbeare $ As carefull nourfe her child from falling oft does reare.
XXXVI. Eft.
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xxxvr.
Eftfoones unto an holy hofpitall,
That was foreby the way, me did him bring ;
In which feven bead-men, that had vowed all
Their life to fervice of high heavens king,
Did fpend their daies in doing godly thing :
Their gates to all were open evermore,
That by the wearie way were travelling ;
And one fate wayting ever them before, To call in commers-by, that needy were and pore.
XXXVII. The firft of them, that eldeft was and beft,
Of all the houfe had charge and governement,
As guardian and fteward of the reft :
His office was to give entertainement
And lodging unto all that came and went ;
Not unto fuch as could him feaft againe,
And double quite for that he on them fpent ;
But fuch, as want of harbour did conftraine : Thofe for Gods fake his dewty was to entertaine.
XXXVIII.
The fecond was as almner of the place :
His office was the hungry for to feed,
And thrifty give to drinke, a worke of grace :
He feard not once himfelfe to be in need,
Ne car'd to hoord for thofe whom he did breede :
The grace of God he layd up ftill in ftore,
Which as a ftocke he left unto his feede :
He had enough, what need him care for more ? And had he lefie, yet fome he would give to the pore.
XXXIX.
The third had of their wardrobe cuftody,
In which were not rich tyres nor garments gay,
(The plumes of pride and winges of vanity)
But clothes meet to keep keene cold away,
And naked nature feemely to aray ;
With which bare wretched wights he dayly clad,
The images of God in earthly clay ;
And if that no fpare clothes to give he had, His owne cote he would cut, and it diftribute glad.
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The fourth appointed by his office was
Poore prifoners to relieve with gratious ayd,
And captives to redeeme with price of bras
From Turkes and Sarazins, which them had ilayd j
And though they faulty were, yet well he wayd,
That God to us forgiveth every howre
Much more then that, why they in bands were Iayd j
And he, that harrowd hell with heavie ftowre, The faulty foules from thence brought to his heavenly bowrc.
XLL
The fift had charge fick perfons to attend,
And comfort thofe in point of death which lay ;
For them moft needeth comfort in the end,
When fin, and hell, and death doe moil difmay
The feeble foule departing hence away.
All is but loft, that living we beftow,
If not well ended at our dying day.
O man ! have mind of that laft bitter throw ; For as the tree does fall, fo lyes it ever low.
XLII. The iixt had charge of them now being dead,
In feemely fort their corfes to engrave,
And deck with dainty flowres their brydall bed,
That to their heavenly fpoufe both fweet and brave
They might appeare, when he their foules mall fave.
The wondrous workmanfhip of Gods owne mould,
Whofe face he made all beaftes to feare, and gave
All in his hand, even dead we honour mould. Ah, deareft God, me graunt, I dead be not defould !
XLIII.
The feventh, now after death and buriall done,
Had charge the tender orphans of the dead,
And wydowes ayd, leaft they mould be undone :
In face of iudgement he their right would plead,
Ne ought the powre of mighty men did dread
In their defence, nor would for gold or fee
Be wonne their rightful! caufes downe to tread :
And when they flood in mod neceffitee, He did fupply their want, and gave them ever free,
XLIV. There
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XLIV.
There when the elfin knight arrived was,
The firffc and chiefeft of the feven, whofe care Was guefts to welcome, towardes him did pas ; Where feeing Mercie, that his fteps upbare, And alwaies led, to her with reverence rare He humbly louted in meeke lowlinerTe, And feemely welcome for her did prepare : For of their order fhe was patron efTe, Albe Charifta were their chiefeft founderefle.
XLV. There ihe awhile him ftayes, himfelfe to reft, That to the reft more hable he might bee : During which time, in every good beheft, And godly worke of almes and charitee, Shee him inftructed with great induftree. Shortly therein fo perfect he became, That from the firft unto the laft degree, His mortall life he learned had to frame In holy righteoufnefTe, without rebuke or blame.
XL VI. Thence forward by that painfull way they pas Forth to an hill, that was both fteepe and hy j On top whereof a facred chappell was, And eke a litle hermitage thereby, Wherein an aged holy man did lie, That day and night faid his devotion, Ne other worldly bufines did apply : His name was hevenly Contemplation ; Of God and goodnes was his meditation.
XLVII. Great grace that old man to him given had ; For God he often law from heavens hight : All were his earthly eien both blunt and bad, And through great age had loft their kindly fight, Yet wondrous quick and perfaunt was his fpright, As eagles eie, that can behold the funne. That hill they fcale with all their powre and might, That his fraile thighes, nigh weary and fordonne, Gan faile, but by her helpe the top at laft he wonne.
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There they doe finde that godly aged fire,
With fnowy lockes adowne his moulders fried ; As hoary froft with fpangles doth attire The molly braunches of an oke halfe ded. Each bone might through his body well be red, And every finew feene, through his long fail : For nought he car'd his carcas long unfed ; His mind was full of fpirituall repair,
And pyn'd his flefh to keep his body low and chaft.
XLIX.
Who, when thefe two approching he afpide, At their firfi: prefence grew agrieved fore, That forfi: him lay his hevenly thoughts afide ; And had he not that dame refpected more, Whom highly he did reverence and adore, He would not once have moved for the knight. They him faluted Handing far afore ; Who well them greeting, humbly did requight,
And aiked, to what end they clomb that tedious hight ?
L.
What end, quoth fhe, fiould caufe us take fuch paine, But that fame end, which every living wight Skidd make his ?narke, high heaven to attaine ? Is not from hence the way, that leadeth right To that mofi glorious houfe, that gliflreth bright With burning fiarres and ever-living fire , Whereof the keies are to thy hand behight By wife Fidelia ? fhee doth thee require,
To Jhew it to this knight, according his dejire.
LL
Thrife happy man, faid then the father grave, Whofe Jlaggering fteps thy Jleady hand doth lead, And fhewes the way his Jinfull foule to fave. Who better can the way to heaven aread, Then thou thyfelfe, that was both borne and bred In hevenly throne, where thoufand angels J, line f 'Thou doefi the praiers of the righteous fead Prefent before the maiejly divine,
J/id his avenging wrath ta clemency incline,
LII. Yet
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Tet Jince thou bidjl, thy pleafure Jhal be donne. Then come, thou man of earth, and fee the way, That never yet was feene of faries Jbnne, That never leads the traveller ajlray ; But after labors long and fad delay Brings them to ioyous rejl and endkjfe bits. But fir fl thou muft a feafon fajl and pray. Till from her bands the fpright ajfoiled is, And have herfirength recur d from fraile infirmitis.
LIIL That done, he leads him to the higheft mount ; Such one, as that fame mighty man of God, That blood-red billowes like a walled front On either fide difparted with his rod, Till that his army dry-foot through them yod, Dwelt forty daies upon j where, writt in ftone With bloody letters by the hand of God, The bitter doome of death and balefull mone He did receive, whiles flalhing fire about him (hone :
LIV. Or like that facred hill, whofe head full hie, Adornd with fruitfull olives all arownd, Is, as it were for endleffe memory Of that deare lord who oft thereon was fownd, For ever with a flowring girlond crownd : Or like that pleafaunt mount, that is for ay Through famous poets verfe each where renownd, On which the thrife three learned ladies play Their hevenly notes, and make full many a lovely lay.
LV. From thence, far off he unto him did fhew A litle path, that was both fteepe and long, Which to a goodly citty led his vew j Whofe wals and towres were builded high and ilrong Of perle and precious ftone, that earthly tong Cannot defcribe, nor wit of man can tell ; Too high a ditty for my fimple fong : The citty of the greate king hight it well,
Wherein eternall peace and happinelfe doth dwell*
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As he thereon flood gazing, he might fee
The blefTed angels to and fro defcend
From higheft heven in gladfome companee,
And with great ioy into that citty wend,
As commonly as frend does with his frend.
Whereat he wondred much, and gan enquere,
What ftately building durft fo high extend
Her lofty towres unto the ftarry fphere, And what unknowen nation there empeopled were.
LVII.
Faire knight, quoth he, Hierufalem that is,
The new Hierufalem, that God has built
For thofe to dwell in, that are chofen his, '
His chofen people purg 'd from Jinful guilt
With pretious blood, which cruelly was fpilt
On cur fed tree, of that unfpotted lam,
That for the f nnes of al the world was kilt :
Now are they faints all in that citty f am, # • More dear unto their God then younglings to their dam.
LVIII.
Till now, faid then the knight, / weened well,
That great Cleopolis, where I have beene,
In which that fair eft fary queene doth dwell
The fair eft citty was, that might be feene ;
And that bright towre, all built of chriftall dene,
Panthea, feemd the brighteft thing that was :
But new by proof e all otherwife I weene ;
For this great citty that does far fur pas, And this bright angels towre quite dims that towrre of glas.
LIX.
Moft trew, then faid the holy aged man -,
Yet is Cleopolis for earthly frame
The fair eft peece, that eie beholden can ;
And well befeemes all knights of noble name,
That covet t in tlo immortall booke of fame
To be eternized, that fame to haunt,
And doen their fervice to that foveraigne dame,
That glory docs to them for guerdon gr aunt : For JJje is hevenly borne, and heaven may iuftly vaunt.
LX. And
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LX.
And thou, faire ymp, fprong out from Englijh race,
How ever now accompted elfins Jbnne,
Well worthy doejl thy fervice for her grace,
To aide a virgin defolate fordonne.
But when thou famous victory haft wonne,
And high emongst all knights haft hong thy Jhield,
'Thenceforth the fuitt of earthly conqueft foonne,
And wafi thy hands from guilt of bloody field: For blood can nought but fm, and wars but for rows yield.
LXL
Then feek this path that I to thee prefage,
Which after all to heaven Jhall thee fend ;
Then peaceably thy painefidl pilgrimage
To yonder fame Hierufalem doe bend,
Where is for thee ordaind a blejfed end :
For thou emongst thofe faints, whom thou doefi fee,
Shalt be a faint, and thine owne nations frend
And pair one : thou faint George Jljalt called bee, Saint George of mery England, thefiigne of vicloree,
LXII. Unworthy wretch, quoth he, of fo great grace,
How dare J thinke fuch glory to attaine %
Thefe that have it attaynd, were in like cace,
Quoth he, as wretched, and livd in like paine.
But deeds of amies muft I at loft be faine
And ladies love to leave, fo dearely bought ?
What need of armes, where peace doth ay remaine,
Said he, and battailes none are to be fought ? As for loofe loves they are vaine, and vanijlo into nought,
LXIII.
0 let me not, quoth he, then turne againe
Backe to the world, whofe ioyes fo fruit lefe are$
But let me here for aie in peace remaine,
Or Jlreightway on that loft long voiage fare,
That nothing may my prefent hope empare.
That may not be, faid he, ne maifi thou yitt
Forgoe that royal maides bequeathed care,
Who did her caufe into thy hand co?nmitt, Till from her cur fed foe thou have her freely quitt,..
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Thenflialllfoone, quoth he, Jo God me grace \
Abett that virgins caufe difconfolate,
And forth back returne unto this place.
To walke this way in pilgrims poore eftate.
But now a read, old father, why of late
Didjl thou behight me borne of Fnglifh blood,
Whom all a 1 faeries fonne doen nominate ?
That wordjball I, faid he, avouchen good, Sith to thee is unknowne the cradle of thy brood.
LXV. For well Iwote thou fpringst from ajicient race
Of Saxon kinges, that have with mightie hand,
And many bloody battailes fought in place,
High reard their royall throne in Britane land,
Aid vanquifht them, unable to with/land :
From thence a faery thee unweeting reft,
There as thoufepft in tender fwadling band,
And her bafe elfin brood there for thee left : Such men do chaungelings call, fo chaungd by faeries theft.
LXVI.
Thence Jhe thee brought into this faery hid,
And in an heaped furrow did thee hyde,
Where thee a ploughman all unweeting fond,
As he his toylefome teme that way did guy de,
And brought thee up in ploughmans fate to byde,
Whereof Georgos he thee gave to name ;
Till prickt with courage, and thy forces pryde,
To fary court thou cam ft to feek for fame, And prove thy puiffant armes, as feems thee beft became.
LXVII. O holy fire, quoth he, how Jhall I quight
The many favours I with thee have fownd,
That haft my name and nation redd aright,
And taught the way that does to heaven bownd ?
This faide, adowne he looked to the grownd,
To have returnd, but dazed were his eyne,
Through paffing brightnes, which did quite confound
His feeble fence, and too exceeding fhyne. So darke are earthly thinges compard to things divine.
LXVIII. At
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LXVIII.
At laft, whenas himfelfe he gan to fynd,
To Una back he caft him to retyre ;
Who him awaited ftill with penfive mynd.
Great thankes and goodly meede to that good fyrc
He thens departing gave, for his paynes hyre.
So came to Una, who him ioyd to fee,
And after litle reft, gan him defyre
Of her adventure myndfull for to bee. So leave they take of Caelia and her daughters three.
CANTO XI.
The knight with that old dragon fights
'Two dayes incejfantly : The third j him overthrowes, and gaym
Mofi glorious viclory.
I.
HIGH time now gan it wex for Una fayre, To thinke of thofe her captive parents deare,
And their forwafted kingdom to repayre :
Whereto whenas they now approched neare,
With hartie wordes her knight fhe gan to cheare,
And in her modeft manner thus befpake,
Deare knight, as deare as ever knight was deare,
That all thefe forrowes fuffer for my fake. High heven behold the tedious toyle, ye for me take I
II. Now are we come unto my native foyle,
And to the place where all our peri lies dwell-,
Here hauntes that feend, and does his daily fpoyle ;
Therefore henceforth bee at your keepifig well,
And ever ready for your foeman fell :
The fparke of noble corage ?iow awake,
And firive your excellent f elf e to excell :
That jhall ye evermore renowmed tnake Above all knights on earth t that battel 11 undertake,
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And pointing forth, Lo yo?:dcr is, faitl /lie,
The brafcn towrc, in which my parents dean- For dread of that hug:' fiend emprifind be ; JVloom I from far fee on the walks appearc, IPhofe fight my feeble foule 48th greatly cheare : And on the top of all I do efpye The watchman wayting tydings glad to heare -, That, o my parents, might I happily Unto you bring, to cafe you of your mifery !
IV.
With that they heard a roaring hideous fownd, That all the ayre with terror filled wyde, And feemd uneath to lhake the ftedfaft ground. Eftfoones that dreadful dragon they efpyde, Where ftretcht he lay upon the funny fide Of a great hill, himfelfe like a great hill i But all fo foone as he from far defcryde Thofe gliftring amies, that heven with light did fill, He rousd himfelfe full blyth, and haftned them untilh
V. Then badd the knight his lady yede aloof, And to an hill herfelfe withdraw afyde ; From whence fhe might behold that battailles proof, And eke be fafe from daunger far defcryde : She him obayd, and turnd a little wyde. Now, o thou facred Mufe, moil learned dame, Fayre ympe of Phoebus and hJs aged bryde, The nourfe of time and everlafting fame, That warlike handes ennobleft with immortall name $
VI. O gently come into my feeble breft,
Come gently, but not with that mightie rage, Wherewith the martiall troupes thou doefl infer!:, And hartcs of great heroes doeft enrage, That nought their kindled corage may afwage : Soone as thy dreadfull trompe begins to fownd, The God of warre with his fiers equipage Thou doeil awake, fleepe never he fo fownd ; And feared nations doefl with horror flerne aftownd.
VII. Fayre
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VII.
Fayre Goddene, lay that furious fitt afyde,
Till I of warres and bloody Mars doe ling,
And Bryton fieldes with Sarazin blood bedydc,
Twixt that great faery queene and paynim king,
That with their horror heven and earth did ring -t
A worke of labour long and endlefle prayfe :
But now a while lett downe that haughtie firing,
And to my tunes thy fecond tenor raife, That I this man of God his godly armes may blaze*
VIII.
By this, the dreadful beaft drew nigh to hand,
Halfe flying and halfe footing in his hafle,
That with his largenefle meafured much land,
And made wide fhadow under his huge waile j
As mountaine doth the valley overcafle.
Approching nigh, he reared high afore
His body monflrous, horrible, and vafle ;
Which, to increafe his wondrous greatnes more, Was fwoln with wrath and poyfon and with bloody gore $
IX.
And over all with brafen fcales was armd,
Like plated cote of fleele, fo couched neare
That nought mote perce, ne might his corfe bee harmd
With dint of fwerd, nor pufh of pointed fpeare :
Which, as an eagle, feeing pray appeare,
His aery plumes doth rouze, full rudely dight j
So fhaked he, that horror was to heare :
For, as the claming of an armor bright, Such noyfe his rouzed fcales did fend unto the knight.
X.
His flaggy winges, when forth he did difplay,
Were like two fayles, in which the hollow wynd
Is gathered full, and worketh fpeedy way :
And eke the pennes, that did his pineons bynd,
Were like mayne-yardes with flying canvas lynd -,
With which whenas him lift the ayre to beat,
And there by force unwonted paflage fynd,
The cloudes before him fledd for terror great, And all the hevens flood flill amazed with his threat
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XI.
His huge long tayle, wownd up in hundred foldes,
Does overfpred his long bras-fcaly back,
Whofe wreathed boughtes when ever he unfoldes,
And thick-entangled knots adown does flack,
Befpotted as with fhieldes of red and blacke,
It fweepeth all the land behind him farre,
And of three furlongs does but litle lacke -,
And at the point two fringes infixed arre, Both deadly fharp, that fharpefl fleele exceeden farre.
XII.
But ftinges and fharpeft. fleele did far exceed
The fharpneffe of his cruel-rending clawes :
Dead was it lure, as fure as death indeed,
What ever thing does touch his ravenous pawes,
Or what within his reach he ever drawes.
But his mofl hideous head my tongue to tell
Does tremble ; for his deepe devouring iawes
Wyde gaped, like the griefly mouth of hell, Through which into his darke abyffe all ravin fell.
XIII. And that more wondrous was, in either iaw
Three ranckes of yron teeth enraunged were,
In which yett trickling blood and gobbets raw
Of late devoured bodies did appeare,.
That fight thereof bredd cold congealed feare ;
Which to increafe, and all at once to kill,
A cloud of fmoothering fmoke and fulphure feare
Out of his flinking gorge forth fleemed frill, That all the ayre about with fmoke and flench did fill.
XIV.
Kis blazing eyes, like two bright mining fhieldes,
Did burne with wrath, and fparkled living fyre i
As two broad beacons, fett in open fieldes,
Send forth their flames far off to every fhyre>
And warning give, that enemies confpyre
With fire and fword the region to invade j
-So flam'd his eyne with rage and rancorous yre :
But far within, as in a hollow glade, Thofe glaring lampes were fett, that made a. dreadfull fhade.
XV. So
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xv.
So dreadfully he towardes him did pas, Forelifting up aloft his fpeckled breft, And often bounding on the brufed gras, As for great ioyance of his new-come gueit. Eftfoones he gan advance his haughty creft ; As chauffed bore his briftles doth upreare ; And fhoke his fcales to battaile ready dreft ; That made the red-croffe knight nigh quake for feare,, As bidding bold defyaunce to his foeman neare.
XVI. The knight gan fayrely couch his fteady fpeare, And fierfely ran at him with rigorous might : The pointed fteele, arriving rudely theare, His harder hyde would nether perce nor bight, But glauncing by foorth parTed forward right : Yet fore amoved with fo puirTaunt pufh, The wrathfull beaft about him turned light, And him fo rudely paffing by did brum With his long tayle, that horfe and man to ground did rum.
XVII. Both horfe and man up lightly rofe againe, And frefh encounter towardes him addreft : But th' ydle ftroke yet backe recoyld in vaine, And found no place his deadly point to reft. Exceeding rage enflam'd the furious beaft, To be avenged of fo great defpight ; For never felt his imperceable breft So wondrous force from hand of living wight ; Yet had he prov'd the powre of many a puiflant knight.
XVIII. Then with his waving wings difplayed wyde, Himfelfe up high he lifted from the ground, And with ftrong flight did forcibly divyde The yielding ayre, which nigh too feeble found Her flitting parts, and element unfound, To beare fo great a weight : he cutting way With his broad fayles, about him foared round ; At laft low ftouping with unv/eldy fway Snatcht up both horfe and man, to beare them quite away,
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Long he them bore above the fubject plaine,
So far as ewghen bow a fhaft may fend ;
Till flruo-dinp itron^ did him at laft conftraine
To let them downe before his flightes end :
As hagard hauke prefuming to contend
With hardy fowle, above his hable might,
His wearie pounces all in vaine doth fpend
To trufle the pray too heavy for his flight ; Which comming down to ground does free itfelfe by fight.
XX. He to difTeized of his gryping grofTe,
The knight his thrillant fpeare againe affayd
In his bras-plated body to embofle,
And three mens nrength unto the ftroake he layd j
Wherewith the ftiffe beame quaked, as affrayd,
And glauncing from his fcaly necke did glyde
Clofe under his left wing, then broad difplayd j
The percing fteele there wrought a wound full wyde, That with the uncouth fmart the monfter lowdly cryde.
XXI. He cryde, as raging feas are wont to rore,
When wintry ftorme his wrathful wreck does threat -,
The rolling billowes beate the ragged more,
As they the earth would moulder from her feat ;
And greedy gulfe does gape, as he would eat
His neighbour element in his revenge :
Then gin the bluftring brethren boldly threat
To move the world from off his ftedfait henge, And boyflrous battaile make, each other to avenge.
XXII.
The fteely head ftuck faft ftill in his flefh,
Till with his cruell clawes he fnatcht the wood,
And quite afunder broke : forth flowed frefh
A guihing river of blacke gory blood,
That drowned all the land, whereon he flood ;
The ftreame thereof would drive a water-mill ;
Trebly augmented was his furious mood
With bitter fence of his deepe-rooted ill, That flames of fire he threw forth from his large nofethrill.
XXIII. His
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XXIII.
His hideous tayle then hurled he about,
And therewith all enwrapt the nimble thyes Of his froth-fomy freed, whofe courage flout Striving to loofe the knott, that fafl him tyes, Himfelfe in {freighter bandes too rafh implyes ; That to the ground he is perforce conflraynd To throw his ryder : who can quickly ryie From off the earth, with durty blood diftaynd, For that reprochfull fall right fowly he difdaynd :
XXIV. And fercely tooke his trenchand blade in hand, With which he flroke fo furious and fo fell, That nothing feemd the puhTaunce could withftand : Upon his creft the hardned yron fell ; But his more hardned crefr. was armd fo well, That deeper dint therein it would not make ; Yet fo extremely did the buffe him quell, That from thenceforth he fhund the like to take, But when he faw them come, he did them frill forfake,
XXV. The knight was wroth to fee his flroke beguyld, And fmot againe with more outrageous might 5 But backe againe the fparcling fleek recoyld, And left not any marke, where it did light ; As if in adamant rocke it had beene pight. The beaft impatient of his fmarting wound, And of fo fierce and forcible defpight, Thought with his winges to ftye above the ground j But his late wounded wing unferviceable found.
XXVI. Then full of grief and anguifh vehement, He lowdly brayd, that like was never heard -, And from his wide devouring oven fent A flake of fire, that flaming in his beard Him all amazd, and almoffc made afeard : The fcorching flame fore fwinged all his face, And through his armour all his body feard, That he could not endure fo cruell cace, But thought his armes to leave, and helmet to unlace,
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Not that great champion of the antique world, Whom famous poetes verfe fo much doth vaunt, And hath for twelve huge labours high extold, So many furies and fharpe fits did haunt, When him the poyfoned garment did enchaunt With Centaures blood, and bloody verfes charmd ; As did this knight twelve thoufand dolours daunt, Whom fyrie fteele now burnt, that erft him armd,
That erft him goodly armd, now moft of all him harmd.
XXVIII.
Faynt, vvearie, fore, emboyled, grieved, brent,
With heat, toyle, wounds, armes, fmart, and inward fire,
That never man fuch mifchiefes did torment s
Death better were, death did he oft defire,
But death will never come, when needes require.
Whom lb difmayd when that his foe beheld,
He cart to fuffer him no more refpire,
But gan his fturdy fterne about to weld,
And him fo ftrongly ftroke, that to the ground him feld.
XXIX.
It fortuned, (as fayre it then befell)
Behynd his backe unweeting, where he flood, Of auncient time there was a fpringing well, From which faft trickled forth a filver flood, Full of great vertues, and for med'eine good : Whylome, before that curfed dragon got That happy land, and all with innocent blood Defyld thofe facred waves, it rightly hot
The well of life, ne yet his vertues had forgot :
XXX.
For unto life the dead it could reftore,
And guilt of fmfull crimes cleane wafh away ;
Thofe that with fickneffe were infected fore,
It could recure, and aged long decay
Renew, as one were borne that very day.
Both Silo this, and Iordan did excell,
And th' Englifh Bath, and eke the German Spau,
Ne can Cephife, nor Hebrus match this well :
Into the fame the knight back overthrowen fell.
XXXI. Now
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XXXI.
Now gan the golden Phoebus for to fteepe
His fierie face in billowes of the weft,
And his faint fleedes watred in ocean deepe,
Whiles from their iournall labours they did reft j
When that infernall monfter, having keft
His wearie foe into that living well,
Can high advaunce his broad difcoloured breft
Above his wonted pitch, with countenance fell, And clapt his yron wings, as victor he did dwell.
XXXII.
Which when his penfive lady faw from farre,
Great woe and forrow did her foule aftay,
As weening that the fad end of the warre,
And gan to higheft God entirely pray
That feared chaunce from her to turne away :
With folded hands and knees full lowly bent
All night fhe watcht, ne once adowne would lay
Her dainty limbs in her fad dreriment ; But praying ftill did wake, and waking did lament.
XXXIII. The morrow next gan earely to appeare,
That Titan rofe to runne his daily race ;
But earely ere the morrow next gan reare
Out of the fea faire Titans deawy face,
Up rofe the gentle virgin from her place,
And looked all about, if me might fpy
Her loved knight to move his manly pace :
For fhe had great doubt of his fafety, Since late fhe faw him fall before his enimy.
XXXIV. At laft fhe faw, where he upftarted brave
Out of the well, wherein he drenched lay j
As eagle frefh out of the ocean wave,
Where he hath lefte his plumes all hory gray,
And deckt himfelfe with fethers youthly gay,
Like eyas hauke up mounts unto the fkies,
His newly-budded pineons to affay,
And marveiles at himfelfe, ftil as he flies : So new this new-borne knight to battell new did rife.
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Whom when the damned feend fo frefli did fpy,
No wonder if he wondred at the fight,
And doubted whether his late enimy
It were, or other new-fupplied knight.
He, now to prove his late-renewed might,
Higli brandifhing his bright deaw-burning blade,
Upon his crefted fcalp fo fore did finite,
That to the fcull a yawning wound it made ; The deadly dint his dulled fences all difmaid.
XXXVI.
I wote not, whether the revenging fteele
Were hardned with that holy water dew
Wherein he fell, or (harper edge did feele,
Or his baptized hands now greater grew,
Or other fecret vertue did enfew :
Els never could the force of flefhly arme,
Ne molten mettall in his blood embrew :
For till that ftownd could never wight him harme, By fubtilty, nor flight, nor might, nor mighty charme.
XXXVII.
The cruell wound enraged him fo fore,
That loud he yelled for exceeding paine ;
As hundred ramping lions feemd to rore,
Whom ravenous hunger did thereto conitraine.
Then gan he torTe aloft his ftretched traine,
And therewith fcourge the buxome aire fo fore,
That to his force to yielden it was faine ;
Ne ought his fturdy ftrokes might ftand afore, That high trees overthrew, and rocks in peeces tore :
XXXVIIL
The fame advauncing high above his head,
With fharpe intended fting fo rude him fmott,
That to the earth him drove, as ftricken dead,
Ne living wight would have him life behott :
The mortall fting his angry needle fhott
Quite through his fhield, and in his moulder feasd,
Where fall: it ilucke, ne would tnereout be gott :
The griefe thereof him wondrous fore difeasd, Ne might his rancling paine with patience' be appeasd.
XXXIX, But
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XXXIX. But yet more mindfull of his honour deare,
Then of the grievous fmart which him did wring,
From loathed foile he can him lightly reare,
And flrove to loofe the far-infixed fling :
Which when in vaine he tryde with flruggeling,
Inflam'd with wrath, his raging blade he hefte,
And flrooke fo flrongly, that the knotty firing
Of his huge taile he quite afonder clefte ; Five ioints thereof he hewd, and but the flump him lefte.
XL. Hart cannot thinke, what outrage and what cries,
With fowle enfouldred fmoake and flaming fire,
The hell-bred beafl threw forth unto the fkies,
That all was covered with darkneffe dire :
Then fraught with rancour, and engorged yre,
He cafl at once him to avenge for all ;
And gathering up himfelfe out of the mire,
With his uneven wings did fiercely fall Upon his funne-bright fhield, and grypt it fafl withalL
XLI.
Much was the man encombred with his hold,
In feare to lofe his weapon in his paw,
Ne wifl yett, how his talaunts to unfold j
Nor harder was from Cerberus greedy iaw
To plucke a bone, then from his cruell claw
To reave by flrength the griped gage away :
Thrife he aflayd it from his foote to draw,
And thrife in vaine to draw it did allay, It booted nought to thinke to robbe him of his pray,
XLII. Tho when he faw no power might prevaile,
His trufly fword he cald to his lafl aid,
Wherewith he fierfly did his foe afiaile,
And double blowes about him floutly laid,
That glauncing fire out of the yron plaid ;
As fparckles from the andvile ufe to fly,
When heavy hammers on the wedg are fwaid j
Therewith at lafl he forfl him to unty One of his grafpine feete, him to defend thereby.
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The other foote, fafl fixed on his fhield,
Whenas no flrength nor ftroks mote him conflraine
To loofe, ne yet the warlike pledg to yield,
He fmott thereat with all his might and maine,
That nought fo wondrous puiiTaunce might fuflaine :
Upon the ioint the lucky fteele did light,
And made fuch way, that hewd it quite in twaine ; .
The paw yett milled not his minifht might, But hong Hill on the fhield, as it at firfl was pight.
XLIV.
For griefe thereof and divelifh defpight,
From his infernall fournace forth" he threw
Huge flames, that dimmed all the hevens light,.
Enrold in dufkifh fmoke and brimflone blew :
As burning Aetna from his boyling flew
Doth belch out flames, and rockes in peeces broke,.
And ragged ribs of mountaines molten new,
Enwrapt in cole-blacke clowds and filthy fmoke, That al the land with flench, and heven with horror choke.
XLV. The heate whereof, and harmefull peflilence,
So fore him noyd, that forfl him to retire
A litle backeward for his befl defence,
To fave his body from the fcorching fire,
Which he from hellifh entrailes did expire.
It chaunfl (eternall God that chaunce did guide)
As he recoiled backeward, in the mire
His nigh forwearied feeble feet did flide, And downe he fell, with dread of fhame fore terrifide0.
XLVI.
There grew a goodly tree him faire befide,
Loaden with fruit and apples rofy redd,
As they in pure vermilion had been dide,
Whereof great vertues over all were redd t
For happy life to all which thereon fedd,
And life eke everlafling did befall :
Great God it planted in that blefifed fledd
With his almighty hand, and did it call The tree of life, the crime of our firfl fathers fall.
XLVIL In
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XLVII.
In all the world like was not to be fownd,
Save in that foile, where all good things did grow*
And freely fprong out of the fruitfull grownd,
As incorrupted nature did them fow,
Till that dredd dragon all did overthrow.
Another like faire tree eke grew thereby,
Whereof whofo did eat, eftfoones did know
Both good and ill : o mournfull memory ! That tree through one mans fault hath doen us all to dy.
XLVIII. From that firft tree forth flowd, as from a well,
A trickling ftreame of balme, moft foveraine
And dainty deare, which on the ground ftill fell3
And overflowed all the fertile plaine,
As it had deawed bene with timely raine :
Life and long health that gracious ointment gave,
And deadly wounds could heale, and reare againe
The fencelefTe corfe appointed for the grave : Into that fame he fell, which did from death him fave,
XLIX.
For nigh thereto the ever-damned bean:
Durft not approch, for he was deadly made,
And al that life preferved did detefl: ;
Yet he it oft adventur'd to invade.
By this the drouping day-light gan to fade,
And yield his rowme to fad fucceeding night,
Who with her fable mantle gan to made
The face of earth and wayes of living wight, And high her burning torch fet up in heaven bright*
L.
When gentle Una faw the fecond fall
Of her deare knight, who weary of long fight,
And faint through lorTe of blood, moov'd not at all,
But lay as in a dreame of deepe delight,
Befmeard with pretious balme, whofe vertuous might
Did heale his woundes, and fcorching heat alay j
Againe me ftricken was with fore affright.,
And for his fafetie gan devoutly pray, And watch the noyous night, and wait for ioyous day,
LI. The
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LI.
The ioyous day gan early to appeare, And fayre Aurora from the deawy bed Of a^cd Tithone pan herfelfe to reare With rofy checkes, for fhame as blufhing red : Her golden locks for haft were loofely flied About her eares, when Una her did marke Clymbe to her charet, all with rlowei a fpred, From heven high to chace the chearelefTe davke ; With mery note her lowd falutes the mounting larke.
LII. Then frefhly up arofe the doughty knight, All healed of his hurts and woundes wide, And did himfelfe to battaile ready dight ; Whofe early foe awaiting him befide To have devourd, fo foone as day he ipyde, When now he faw himfelfe fo frefhly reare, As if late fight had nought him damnifyde, He woxe difmaid, and gan his fate to feare : NathelerTe with wonted rage he him advaunced neare :
LIII. And in his firft encounter, gaping wyde,
He thought attonce him to have fwallowd quight, And rufht upon him with outragious pryde : Who him rencounting fierce, as hauke in flight, Perforce rebutted back, the weapon bright Taking advantage of his open iaw, Ran through his mouth with fo importune might, That deepe emperit, his darkfom hollow maw, And back retyrd, his life blood forth withall did draw.
LIV.
So downe he fell, and forth his life did breath, That vaniiht into fmoke and cloudes fwift > So downe he fell, that th' earth him underneath Did grone, as feeble fo great load to lift ; So downe he fell, as an huge rocky clift, Whofe falfe foundacion waves have wafht away, With dreadfull poyfe is from the mayneland rift, And rolling downe, great Neptune doth difmay :
So downe he fell, and like an heaped mountaine lay.
LV. The
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LV.
The knight himfelfe even trembled at his fall,
So huge and horrible a maffe it feemd ;
And his deare lady, that beheld it all,
Durft not approch for dread, which me mifdeemd j
But yet -at laft, whenas the direfull feend
She faw not ftirre, off-making vaine affright
She nigher drew, and faw that ioyous end :
Then God me praysd, and thankt her faithfull knight, That had atchievde fo great a conqueft by his might.
CANTO XII.
Fayre Una to the red-crojfe knight
Betrouthed is with toy : Though falfe Duejfa it to barre
Her falfe Jleightes doe imploy.
I.
BEHOLD I fee the haven nigh at hand, To which I meane my wearie courfe to bend ; Vere the maine mete, and beare up with the land. The which afore is fayrly to be kend, And feemeth fafe from ftorms, that may offend : There this fayre virgin wearie of her way Muft landed bee, now at her iourneyes end j There eke my feeble barke a while may flay, Till mery wynd and weather call her thence away.
II.
Scarfely had Phoebus in the glooming eaft
Yett harneffed his fyrie-footed teeme,
Ne reard above the earth his flaming creaft,
When the laft deadly fmoke aloft did fteeme,
That figne of laft out-breathed life did feeme
Unto the watchman on the caftle-wall ;
Who thereby dead that balefull beaft did deeme,
And to his lord and lady lowd gan call,
To tell how he had feene the dragons fatall fall.
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Uprofe with hafty loy, and feeble fpced, That aged fyre, the lord of all that land, And looked forth, to weet if trew indeed Thole tydinges were, as he did underftand : Which whenas trew by tryall he out-fond. He badd to open wyde his brafen gate, Which long time had beene fhut, and out of hond Proclaymed ioy and peace through all his ftate j For dead now was their foe, which them forrayed late.
IV. Then gan triumphant trompets fownd on hye, That lent to heven the ecchoed report Of their new ioy, and happie victory Gainft him, that had them long opprefl: with tort, And faft imprifoned in iieged fort. Then all the people, as in folemne feaft, To him arTembled with one full confort, Reiovcing at the fall of that great beafh, From whofe eternall bondage now they were releafl.
V. Forth came that auncient lord and aged queene Arayd in antique robes downe to the grownd, And fad habiliments right well befeene : A noble crew about them waited rownd Of fage and fober peres, all gravely gownd j Whom far before did march a goodly band Of tall young men, all liable armes to fownd, But now they laurell braunches bore in hand ; Glad figne of victory and peace in all their land.
VI. Unto that doughtie conquerour they came, And him before themfelves proflrating low, Their lord and patrone loud did him proclame, And at his feet their lawrell boughes did throw. Soone after them, all dauncing on a row, The comely virgins came, with girlands dight, As frefh as flowres in medow greene doe grow, When morning deaw upon their leaves doth light ; And in their handes fweet timbrells all upheld on hight.
VII. And
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And them before the fry of children yong
Their wanton fportes and childifh mirth did play,
And to the maydens fownding tymbrels fong
In well attuned notes a ioyous lay,
And made delightfull mufick all the way ;
Untill they came, where that faire virgin flood.
As fayre Diana in frefh fommers day
Beholdes her nymphes, enraung'd in mady wood, Some wreftle, fome do run, fome bathe in chriftall flood:
VIII.
So me beheld thofe maydens meriment
With chearefull vew ; who when to her they came,
Themfelves to ground with gracious humbleffe bent,
And her ador'd by honorable name,
Lifting to heven her everlafting fame :
Then on her head they fett a girlond greene,
And crowned her twixt earneft and twixt game ;
Who in her felf-refemblance well befeene, Did feeme fuch as fhe was, a goodly maiden queene.
IX.
And after all the rafkall many ran,
Heaped together in rude rablement,
To fee the face of that victorious man,
Whom all admired, as from heaven fent,
And gaz'd upon with gaping wonderment.
But when they came where that dead dragon lay,
Stretcht on the ground in monftrous large extent,
The light with ydle feare did them difmay, Ne durft approch him nigh, to touch or once afTay.
X.
Some feard, and fledd -, fome feard, and well it faynd ;
One, that would wifer feeme then all the reft,
Warnd him not touch, for yet perhaps remaynd
Some lingring life within his hollow breft,
Or in his wombe might lurke fome hidden neft
Of many dragonettes, his fruitfull feede j
Another faide, that in his eyes did reft
Yet fparckling fyre, and badd thereof take heed ; Another faid, he faw him move his eyes indeed.
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One mother, whenas her foole-hardy chyld Did come too neare, and with his talants play, Halfe dead through feare, her litle babe revyld, And to her gombs gan in counfell fay, How can I tell, but that his talants. may Tet f cratch my fonne, or rend his tender hand? So diverily themfelves in vaine they fray ; Whiles fome more bold to meafure him nigh ftand,
To prove how many acres he did fpred of land.
XII.
Thus flocked all the folke him rownd about : The whiles that hoarie king with all his traine Being arrived, where that champion flout After his foes defeafaunce did remaine, Him goodly greetes, and fayre does entertayne With princely gifts of yvory and gold, And thoufand thankes him yeeldes for all his paine. Then when his daughter deare he does behold,
Her dearely doth imbrace, and kifleth manifold.
XIII.
And after to his pallace he them bringes,
With fhaumes and trompets and with clarions fweet j
And all the way the ioyous people finges,
And with their garments ftrowes the paved ftreet ;
Whence mounting up, they fynd purveyaunce meet
Of all, that royall princes court became ;
And all the floore was underneath their feet
Befpredd with coftly fcarlott of great name,
On which they lowly fitt, and fitting purpofe frame.
XIV.
What needes me tell their feaft and goodly guize. In which was nothing riotous nor vaine ? What needes of dainty dimes to devize, Of comely fervices, or courtly trayne ? My narrow leaves cannot in them contayne The large difcourfe of roiall princes ftate. Yet was their manner then but bare and playne $ For th' antique world exceffe and pryde did hate :
Such proud luxurious pompe is fwollen up but late,
XV. Then
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Then when with meates and drinkes of every kinde
Their fervent appetites they quenched had,
That auncient lord gan fit occalion finde,
Of ftraunge adventures and of perils fad,
Which in his travell him befallen had,
For to demaund of his renowmed guefl :
Who then with utt'rance grave, and count'nance fad,
From poynt to poynt, as is before expreft,
Difcourft his voyage long, according his requeft.
XVI.
Great pleafure mixt with pittiful regard,
That godly king and queene did pamonate,
Whyles they his pittifull adventures heard ;
That oft they did lament his lucklefle ftate,
And often blame the too importune fate,
That heapd on him fo many wrathfull wreakes :
For never gentle knight, as he of late,
So toffed was in fortunes cruell freakes ;
And all the while fait teares bedeawd the hearers cheaks.
XVII.
Then fayd that royall pere in fober wife,
Deare fonne, great beene the evils which ye bore
From firft to laft in your late enterprife,
That I note, whether praife, or pitty more :
For never living man, I weene, fo fore
In fea of deadly daungers was diflrejl :
But jince now fafe ye feifed have the Jhore,
And well arrived are, (high God be blejl ! )
Let us devize of eafe and everlafling reft.
XVIII.
Ah deareft lord, faid then that doughty knight,
Of eafe or reft I may not yet devize ;
For by the faith, which I to armes have plight ',
I bownden am freight after this emprize,
(As that your daughter can ye well advize)
Backe to retourne to that great faery queene,
And her to ferve fixe yeares in warlike wize,
Gainft that proud paynim king, that works her teene :
'here fore I ought crave pardon, till I there have beene.
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XIX.
Unhappy falls that hard necefity,
Quoth he, the troubler of my happy peace, And vowed foe of my felicity ; Ne Iagainjl the fame can juflly preace. But face that band ye cannot now releafe, Nordoen undo, (for vowes may riot be vayne) Some as the terme of thofe fix year es JI:all ceafe, Te then flail he t her backe re tour ne agayne,
"The marriage to accomplifl vowd betwixt you iwayn i
XX.
Which for my part I covet to performe,
In fort as through the world I did proclame, That whofo kild that monfter moft deforme, Aid him in hardy battayle overcame, Should have mine onely daughter to his damey And of my kingdome heyre apparaunt bee : Therefore fnce now to thee perteynes the fame% By dew defert of noble chevalree,
Both daughter and eke kingdome lo I yield to thee.
XXI.
Then forth he called that his daughter fayre, The fairefl Un\ his onely daughter deare, His onely daughter and his only hayre ; Who forth proceeding with fad fober cheare, As bright as doth the morning ftarre appeare Out of the eaft, with flaming lockes bedight, To tell that dawning day is drawing neare. And to the world does bring long-wifhed light :
So faire and frefh that lady fhewd herfelfe in fight:
XXII.
So faire and frefh, as frefhefl flowre in May j For fhe had layd her mournefull Hole afide, And widow-like fad wimple throwne away, Wherewith her heavenly beautie fhe did hide, Whiles on her wearie iourney me did ride j And on her now a garment fhe did weare All lilly white, withoutten fpot or pride, That feemd like filke and filver woven neare j
But neither filke nor filver therein did appeare,
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XXIII.
The blazing brightnelTe of her beauties beame, And glorious light of her fun-lhyny face To tell, were as to ftrive againft the ftreame ; My ragged rimes are all too rude and bace Her heavenly lineaments for to enchace. Ne wonder ; for her own deare-loved knight, All were fhe daily with himfelfe in place, Did wonder much at her celeftial light : Oft had he feene her faire, but never fo faire dight.
XXIV. So fairely dight when flie in prefence came, She to her fyre made humble reverence, And bowed low, that her right well became, And added grace unto her excellence : Who with great wifedome and grave eloquence Thus gan to fay — but eare he thus had fayd, With flying fpeede, and feeming great pretence, Came running in, much like a man difmayd, A meflenger with letters, which his meffage fayd.
XXV. All in the open hall amazed Hood At fuddeinnelfe of that unwary fight, And wondred at his breathlefle hafty mood : But he for nought would Hay his palfage right, Till fall before the king he did alight ; Where falling flat great humblefle he did make, And kill the ground whereon his foot was pight -3 Then to his handes that writt he did betake, Which he difclofing, red thus, as the paper fpake \
XXVI. «* To thee, moll mighty king of Eden fayre, " Her greeting fends in thefe fad lines addreft *c The wofull daughter and forfaken heyre " Of that great emperour of all the well j 84 And bids thee be advized for the bell, M Ere thou thy daughter linck in holy band M Of wedlocke to that new unknowen guefh " For he already plighted his right hand *' Unto another love, and to another land,
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u To me fad mayd, or rather widow fad,
" He was afryaunced long time before,
" And facred pledges he both gave, and had,
" (Falfe erraunt knight, infamous, and forfwore : )
" Witnelle the burning altars, which he fwore,
" And guilty heavens of his bold periury,
" Which though he hath polluted oft of yore,
" Yet I to them for iudgement iuft doe fly, <l And them coniure t' avenge this fhamefull iniury.
XXVIII. " Therefore fince mine he is, or free or bond,
" Or falfe or trew, or living or elfe dead,
<c Withhold, o foverayne prince, your hafty hond
" From knitting league with him, I you aread ;
iC Ne weene my right with flrength adowne to tread,
" Through weakeneiTe of my widowhed or woe :
" For truth is ftrong her rightfull caufe to plead,
" And mail finde friends, if need requireth foe. M So bids thee well to fare, thy neither friend nor foe,
XXIX. Fidefa.
When he thefe bitter byting wordes had red,
The tydings ftraunge did him abafhed make,
That ftill he fate long time aftoniihed,
As in great mufe, ne word to creature fpake.
At laft his folemne filence thus he brake,
WTith doubtfull eyes fail fixed on his guefl,
Redoubted knight, that for myne only fake
Thy life and honor late adventurefl j Let nought be hid from me, that ought to be expref.
XXX. IVhat meane thefe bloody vowes and idle threats,
Throwne out from womanijh impatient mynd?
What hevens, what altars, what enraged heates,
(Here heaped up with termes of love unkynd)
M\> confcience clear e with guilty bands would bynd?
High God be witnefe, that I guiltleffe ame.
But if yourfelfe, fir knight, ye faulty fynd3
Or wrapped be in loves of former dame, With cry??ie doe not it cover, but difclofe the fame.
XXXI. To
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XXXI.
To whom the red-crorle knight this anfwere fent ; My lord, my king, be nought hereat difmayd, Till well ye wote by grave intendiment, What woman, and wherefore, doth me upbrayd With breach of love and loialty betrayd. It was in my mi/haps, as hitherward I lately travel Id, that unwares I fir ay d Out of my way, through perils fir aunge and hard;
That day fhould faile me ere I had them all declard.
XXXIL
There did I find, or rather I wasfownd Of thisfalfe woman, that FideJJa hight, Fideffa hight the falfejl dame on grownd, Moflfalfe DueJfa, royall richly dight^ That eafy was f inveigle weaker fight : Who by her wicked arts and wiely fkill, Toofalfe andftrongfor earthly fkill or might \ Unwares me wrought unto her wicked will.
And to my foe betrayd, when leaf I feared ill.
XXXIII.
Then ftepped forth the goodly royall mayd, And on the ground herfelfe proflrating low, With fober countenance thus to him fayd, O pardon me, my f over aine lord, to Jhow The fecret treafons, which of late I know To have bene wrought by that falfe forcerejfe : Shee, onely Jhe, it is, that earfl did throw This gentle knight intofo great dijlrefje,
That death him did awaite in daily wretchednejfe*
XXXIV.
And now it fe ernes, that Jhe fuborned hath This crafty meffenger with letters vaine3 To worke new woe and unprovided fcath, By breaking of the band betwixt us twaine j Wherein Jhe ufed hath the praclicke paine Of this Jaife footman, clokt with fimpleneffe t Whome if ye pie afe for to dif cover plaine, Te fall him Archimagofnd, I gheffe,
Thefalffi man alive; who tries fhall find no leffe.
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The king was greatly moved at her fpeach ;
And all with iuddein indignation fraight
Bad on that mefTenger rude hands to reach.
Eftfoones the gard, which on his ftate did wait,
Attacht that faytor falie, and bound him ftrait :
Who feeming ibrely chauffed at his band,
As chained beare, whom cruell dogs doe bait,
With ydle force did faine them to withstand ; And often femblaunce made to fcape out of their hand.
XXXVI. But they him layd full low in dungeon deepe,
And bound him hand and foote with yron chains ;
And with continual watch did warely keepe.
Who then would thinke, that by his fubtile trains
He could efcape fowle death or deadly pains ?
Thus when that princes wrath was pacifide,
He <*an renew the late-forbidden bains,
And to the knight his daughter dear he tyde With facred rites and vowes for ever to abyde.
XXXVII. His owne two hands the holy knotts did knitt,
That none but death for ever can divide ;
His owne two hands, for fuch a turne moll fitt,
The houfling fire did kindle and provide,
And holy water thereon fprinckled wide ;
At which the bufhy teade a groome did light,
And facred lamp in fecret chamber hide,
Where it mould not be quenched day nor night, For feare of evil fates, but burnen ever bright.
XXXVIII. Then gan they fprinckle all the pofts with wine,
And made great feaft to folemnize that day :
They all perfumde with frankincenfe divine,
And precious odours fetcht from far away,
That all the houfe did fweat with great aray :
And all the while fweete muficke did apply
Her curious fkill the warbling notes to play,
To drive away the dull melancholy ;
The whiles one fung a fong of love and iollity. xrvv».r -r^ •
. * XXXDC. During
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xxxix.
During the which there was an heavenly noife
Heard fownd through all the pallace pleafantly,
Like as it had bene many an Angels voice
Singing before th' eternall maiefty,
In their trinall triplicities on hye :
Yett wift no creature whence that hevenly fweet
Proceeded, yet each one felt fecretly
Himfelfe thereby refte of his fences meet, And ravifhed with rare imprerlion in his iprite.
XL.
Qreat ioy was made that day of young and old,
And folemne feaft proclaymd throughout the land,
That their exceeding merth may not be told :
Suffice it heare by fignes to underftand
The ufuall ioyes at knitting of loves band.
Thrife happy man the knight himfelfe did hold,
PofTefTed of his ladies hart and hand ;
And ever, when his eie did her behold, His heart did feeme to melt in pleafures manifold.
XLI.
Her ioyous prefence and fweet company
In full content he there did long enioy ;
Ne wicked envy, ne vile gealofy,
His deare delights were liable to annoy :
Yet fwimming in that fea of blisfull ioy,
He nought forgott how he whilome had fworne,
In cafe he could that monftrous beafl; deftroy,
Unto his faery queene backe to retourne : The which he fhortly did, and Una left to mourne,
XLII. Now flrike your failes, yee iolly mariners,
For we be come unto a quiet rode,
Where we mufc land fome of our pa/Tengers,
And light this weary veffell of her lode.
Here ilie a while may make her fafe abode,
Till lhe repaired have her tackles fpent,
And wants fupplide : and then againe abroad
On the long voiage whereto me is bent : Well may me fpeede, and fairely finim her intent.
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The Legend of Sir Guyon, or of Temperaunce.
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I G H T well I wote, moil mighty foveraine, That all this famous antique hiftory Of fome tii' aboundance of an ydle braiue Will judged be, and painted forgery, Rather then matter of iuft memory ; Sith none that breatheth living aire doth know Where is that happy land of faery, Which I fo much doe vaunt, yet no where mow j But vouch antiquities, which no body can know.
II.
But let that man with better fence advize,
That of the world leaft part to us is red ;
And daily how through hardy enterprize
Many great regions are difcovered,
Which to late age were never mentioned.
Who ever heard of th' indian Peru ?
Or who in venturous verTell meafured
The Amazons huge river, now found trew? Or fmitfullefl Virginia who did ever vew?
III. Ycf
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Yet all thefe were, when no man did them know, Yet have from wifeft ages hidden beene ; And later times thinges more unknowne mall mow. Why then mould witleffe man fo much mifweene, That nothing is, but that which he hath feene ? What if within the moones fayre mining fpheare, What if in every other fharre unfeene, Of other worldes he happily mould heare ?
He wonder would much more ; yet fuch to fome appeare,
IV.
Of faery lond yet if he more inquyre,
By certein fignes, here fett in fondrie place, He may it fynd ; ne let him then admyre, But yield his fence to bee too blunt and bacc, That no'te without an hound fine footing trace. And thou, o fayreft princefTe under fky, In this fayre mirrhour maift behold thy face, And thine owne realmes in lond of faery,
And in this antique ymage thy great aunceftry.
V.
The which o pardon me thus to enfold
In covert vele, and wrap in fhadowes light. That feeble eyes your glory may behold, Which ells could not endure thofe beames bright, But would bee dazled with exceeding light. O pardon, and vouchfafe with patient eare The brave adventures of this faery knight, The good fir Guyon, gratioufly to heare j
In whom great rule of temp'raunce goodly doth appeare.
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Guyon> by Archimage abusd, 'The red-crojfe knight awaytes ;
Fymies Mordant and Amaviajlaine With pleafurcs poifo?icd baytes.
I.
TH AT conning architect of cancred guyle, Whom princes late difpleafure left in bands For falfed letters and fuborned wyle, Soone as the red-crofTe knight he underflands To beene departed out of Eden landes, To ferve againe his foveraine elfin queene, His artes he moves, and out of caytives handes Himfelfe he frees by fecret meanes unfeene ; His fhackles emptie lefte, himfelfe efcaped cleene :
II.
And forth he fares full of malicious mynd To worken mifchiefe and avenging woe, Whereever he that godly knight may fynd, His onely hart-fore and his onely foe; Sith Una now he algates mufl forgoe, Whom his victorious handes did earn: reftore To native crowne and kingdom late ygoe ; Where me enioyes fure peace for evermore,
As wether-beaten fhip arryv'd on happie more*
III.
Him therefore now the obiect of his fpight And deadly feude he makes : him to offend By forged treafon or by open fight He feekes, of all his drifte the aymed end : Thereto his fubtile engins he does bend, His praclick witt and his fayre-fyled tonge, With thoufand other fleightes -, for well he kcnd His credit now in doubtfull ballaunce hong :
For hardly could bee hurt, who was already flong.
IV, Still
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IV.
Still as he went, he craftie ftales did lay,
With cunning traynes him to entrap unwares, And privy fpyals plaft in all his way, To weete what courfe he takes, and how he fares ; To ketch him at a vauntage in his fnares. But now fo wife and wary was the knight By tryall of his former harmes and cares, That he defcryde, and fhonned ftill his flight : The fifh that once was caught new bayt wil hardly byte,
V. Nath'lefle th' enchaunter would not fpare his payne, In hope to win occafion to his will ; Which when he long awaited had in vayne, He chaungd his mynd from one to other ill : For to all good he enimy was Hill. Upon the way him fortuned to meete, Fayre marching underneath a fhady hill, A goodly knight, all armd in harnefTe meete„ That from his head no place appeared to his feete.
VI. His carriage was full comely and upright, His countenance demure and temperate ; But yett fo fterne and terrible in fight, That cheard his friendes, and did his foes amate : He was an elfin borne of noble ftate, And mickle worfhip in his native land j Well could he tourney, and in lifts debate, And knighthood tooke of good fir Huons hand, When with king Oberon he came to fary land.
VII. Him als accompanyd upon the way A comely palmer, clad in black attyre, Of rypeft yeares, and heares all hoarie gray, That with a ftaffe his feeble fteps did ftire, Leaft his long way his aged limbes fhould tire : And if by lookes one may the mind aread, He feernd to be a fage and fober fyre, And ever with flow pace the knight did lead, Who taught his trampling fteed with equall fteps to tread >
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VIII.
Such whenas Archimago them did view,
He weened well to worke fome uncouth wyle :
Eftfoones unt wilting his deceiptfull clew,
He gan to weave a web of wicked guyle,
And with faire countenance and flattring ftylc
To them approching, thus the knight befpake,
Fayre forme of Mars, that fee ke with warlike fpoyle,
And great atchievments, great yourfelfe to make, Voucbfafe to flay your feed for humble mifersfake*
IX.
He itayd his fteed for humble mifers fake,
And badd tell on the tenor of his playnt :
Who feigning then in every limb to quake
Through inward feare, and feeming pale and faynt,
With piteous mone his percing fpeach gan paynt ;
Deare lady, how jhall I declare thy cace,
Whom late I left in languorous conjlraynt ?
Woidd God thy f elf e now prefent were in place, ¥0 tell this ruefull tale ; thy fight could win thee grace :
X.
Or rather would, (0 would it fo had chaunfi /)
That you, tnojl noble fir, had prefent beene
When that lewd rybauld, with vyle lufl advaunft,
Laidfirfl hisflthie hands on virgin cleene,
Tofpoyle her dainty corps fo faire andfheene,
As on the earth, great mother of us all,
With living eye more fayre was never feene
Of chajlity and honour virginall : Witnes ye heavens, whomfhe in vaine to help did call.
XL
How may it be, fayd then the knight halfe wroth,
That knight fhould knighthood ever fo have fhent ?
None but that J aw, quoth he, would wee ne for troth,
How foamefully that mayd he did torment :
Her loofer golden lockes he rudely rent,
And drew her on the ground, and his Jharpe fword
Againft her fnowy brefl he fiercely bent,
And threatned death with many a bloodie word j Tonge hates to tell the reft that eye to fee abhord.
XII. Therewith
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XII.
Therewith amoved from his fober mood,
And lives he yet, faid he, that wrought this aft, And doen the heavens afford him vit all food ^ He lives , quoth he, and boajleth of thefatf, Ne yet hath any knight his courage crackt. Where may that treachour then, fayd he, be founds Or by what meanes may I his footing tradi ? That Jhall 1 ' Jhew, fayd he, as furs as hound
Thejlricken deare doth chaleng by the bleeding wound.
XIII.
He ftayd not lenger talke, but with fierce yre And zealous hafte away is quickly gone To feeke that knight, where him that crafty fquyre Supposd to be. they do arrive anone Where fate a gentle lady all alone, With garments rent, and heare difcheveled, Wringing her handes, and making piteous mone : Her fwollen eyes were much disfigured,
And her faire face with teares was fowly blubbered,
XIV.
The knight approching nigh thus to her faid, Faire lady, through fowle forrow ill bedight, Great pitty is to fee you thus difmayd, And marre the bloffom of your beauty bright : Forthy appeafe your grief e and heavy plight, And tell the caufe of your conceived payne : For if he live, that hath you doen dejpight, He // ball you doe dew recompence agayne,
Or els his wrong with greater puijfance maintaine.
XV.
Which when fhe heard, as in deipightfull wife,, She wilfully her forrow did augment, And ofFred hope of comfort did defpife : Her golden lockes moft cruelly me rent, And fcratcht her face with ghaflly dreriment y Ne would me fpeake, ne fee, ne yet be feen, But hid her vifage, and her head downe bent, Either for grievous mame, or for great teene,
As if her hart with forrow had transfixed bcene ;
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XVI.
Till her that fquyre befpakc, Madame, my liefe, For Gods dearc love be not fo wilful I bent, But doe vouchjafe now to receive reliefe, 'The which good fortune doth to you prefent . For what bootes it to weepe and to waymejit ? When ill is chaun/ly but doth the ill increafey And the weake minde with double woe torment. When flie her fquyre heard fpeake, fhe gan appeafc
Her voluntarie paine, and feele fome fecret eafe.
XVII.
Eftfoone fhe faid, Ah gentle truftie fquyre, Wloat comfort can Iwofull wretch conceave f Or wbyjhould ever I henceforth defyre To fee fair e heavens face, and life not leave, Sith that falfe tray tour did my honour reave? Falfe traytour certesy faide the faerie knight, / read the man, that ever would deceave A gentle lady, or her wrong through might :
Death were too litle paine for fuch afowle defpight.
XVIII.
But now, fay re lady, comfort to you make,
And reade who hath ye wrought this Jhamefull plight j That fijort revenge the man may overtake, Wherefo he be, andfoone upon him light. Certes, faide fhe, I wote not how he hight, But under him a gray flee de he did wield y Whcfe fides with dapled circles weren dight \ Upright he rode, and in his fiver fix 'eld
He bore a bloodie croffe, that quartred all the field,
XIX.
Now by my head, faide Guyon, much I mufe, How that fame knight fiould doe fofowle amis, Or ever gentle damzellfo abufe : For may I boldly fay, he furely is A right good knight, and trew of word y wis : I prefent was, and can it witnefie well, IVljen armes he fwore, and freight did enterpris Th' adventure of the errant damozell,
In which he hath great glory wonne, as I heare tell.
XX. Nathlefe
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xx.
Nathleffe he Jhortly jhall againe be tryde, And fair ely quit him of tti imputed blame $ Els be ye Jure he dearely Jhall abyde, Or make you good amendment for the fame : All wrongs have mendes, but no amende s of fhame. Now therefore, lady, rife out of your paine, And fee the fafoing of your blotted name. Full loth fhe feemd thereto, but yet did faine ; For fhe was inly glad her purpofe fo to gaine.
XXI. Her purpofe was not fuch as fhe did faine, Ne yet her perfon fuch as it was feene ; But under fimple {hew and femblant plaine Lurkt falfe Dueffa fecretly unfeene, As a chafle virgin that had wronged beene : So had falfe Archimago her difguysd, To cloke her guile with forrow and fad teene j And eke himfelfe had craftily devisd To he her fquire, and do her fervice well aguisd.
XXII. Her late forlorne and naked he had found, Where fhe did wander in wafte wildecnefTe, Lurking in rockes and caves far under ground, And with greene moffe cov'ring her nakednefle, To hide her fhame and loathly filthinene, Sith her prince Arthur of proud ornaments And borrowd beauty fpoyld. her nathelefTe Th' enchaunter finding fit for his intents Did thus reveft, and deckt with dew habiliments.
XXIII. For all he did was to deceive good knights,
And draw them from purfuit of praife and fame. To Aug in flouth and fenfuall delights, And end their daies with irrenowmed fhame. And now exceeding griefe him overcame, To fee the red-croffe thus advaunced hye ; Therefore this craftie engine he did frame, Againft his praife to ftirre up enmitye Of fuch2 as vertues like mote unto him allye,
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So now he Guyon guydes an uncouth way,
Through woods and mountaines, till they came at lail
Into a pleafint dale, that lowly lay
Betwixt two hils, whofe high heads overplaft
The valley did with coole made overcaft ;
Through niidft thereof a little river rold,
By which there fate a knight with helme unlaftej
Himfelfe refreshing with the liquid cold, After his travell long and labours manifold.
XXV. ho yonder be, cryde Archimage alowd,
That wrought the fhamcfidl faB which I did flew °,
Aid now he doth himfelfe in fecret JJyrowd,
Tofy the vengeaunce for his outrage dew 5
But vaine : for ye Jhall dearely do him rem ;
So God ye fpeed, and fend you good fucceffe \
IVljich we far off will here abide to yew.
So they him left inflam'd with wrathfulnefTe, That ftreight againft that knight his fpeare he did addrefTe.
XXVI. Who feeing him from far fo fierce to pricke„
His warlike armes about him gan embrace,
And in the reft his ready fpeare did flicke j
Tho whenas ftill he faw him towards pace.
He gan rencounter him in equall race.
They bene ymett, both ready to affrap,
When fuddeinly that warriour gan abace
His threatned fpeare, as if fome new mifhap Had him betide3 or hidden danger did entrap -r
XXVII. And cryde, Mercie, fir knight ', and mercie, Lord9
For mine offence and heedelejfe hardiment.
That had almofl committed crime abhord,
And with reprochfidl Jhame mine honour fient9
Whiles curfedfteele againfl that badge I benty
The f acred badge cf my Redeemers death,
Which on your Jhield is fet for ornament.
But his fierce foe his freed could flay uneath, Who prickt with courage kene did cruell battell breath,
XXVIIL But
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XXVIII.
But when he heard him fpeake, ftreight way he knew
His errour ; and, himfelfe inclyning, fayd,
Ah deare fir Guyon, well becommeth you,
But me behoveth rather to upbrayd,
Whofe hafiy hand Jo far from reafonjlrayd,
That almofi it did haynous 'violence
On that fayre y mage of that heavenly mayd,
That decks and amies your Jhield with fair e defence : Tour court fie takes on you another s dew offence.
XXIX.
So beene they both atone, and doen upreare
Their bevers bright each other for to greet ;
Goodly comportaunce each to other beare,
And entertaine themfelves with court'fies meet.
Then faide the red-crofle knight, Now mote I weet,
Sir Guyon, why with fo fierce faliaunce,
And fell intent, ye did at earfi me meet,
Forjith I know your goodly gouvernaunce, Great caufe, I weene, you guided, orfome uncouth chaunce.
XXX.
Certes, faid he, well mote IJhame to tell
The fond encheafon that me hether led.
A falfe infamous fait our late befell
Me for to meet, that feemed ill befied,
Andplaynd of grievous outrage, which he red
A knight had wrought againfi a lady gent >
Which to avenge, he to this place me led,
Where you he made the marke of his intent, And now is fled : foule Jhame him follow wher he went.
XXXI. So can he turne his earneft unto game, *
Through goodly handling and wife temperaunce.
By this his aged guide in prefence came,
Who foone as on that knight his eye did glaunce,
Eftfoones of him had perfect cognizaunce,
Sith him in faery court he late avizd ;
And faid, Fayre fonne, God give you happy chaunce%
And that deare croffe uppon your Jhield devizd,
Wherewith above all knights ye goodly feeme aguizd.
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hy may you have and ever la/ling fame,
Of late moft hard atchievment by you domic,
For which enrolled is your glorious name
In heavenly regejlei-s above the f unite,
Where you a faint with faints your feat have isoonne :
But wretched we, where ye have left your marke,
Mojl now anew begin like race to ronne.
God guide thee, Guyon, well to end thy warke,
And to the wijhcd haven bring thy weary barke.
XXXIII.
Palmer, him anfwered the red-crofTe knight, His be the praife, that this atchievment wrought Who made my hand the organ of his might ; More than goodwill to me attribute nought : For all I did, I did but as I ought. But you, f aire fir, whofe pageant next enfewes, Well mote yec thee, as well can wijh your thought, That home ye may report thrife happy newes-,
For well ye worthy bene for worth and gentle thewes.
XXXIV.
So courteous conge both did give and take,
With right hands plighted, pledges of good will. Then Guyon forward gan his voyage make With his blacke palmer, that him guided ftill : Still he him guided over dale and hill, And with his fteedy ftaffe did point his way ; His race with reafon, and with words his will, From fowle intemperaunce he ofte did ftay,
And fuffred not in wrath his hafty fteps to ftray.
XXXV.
In this faire wize they traveild long yfere,
Through many hard artayes which did betide ; Of which he honour ftill away did beare, And fpred his glory through all countryes wide. At laft as chaunlr. them by a foreft fide To pafTe, for fuccour from the fcorching ray, They heard a ruefull voice, that dearnly cride With percing fhriekes and many a dolefull lay ;
Which to attend awhile their forward fteps they ftay.
XXXVI. But
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xxxvi.
But if that careleffe hevens, quoth fhe, defpife
The doome of iuft revenge, and take delight
¥0 fee fad page aunts of mens miferies,
As bownd by them to live in lives defpight ;
Tet can they not warne death from wretched wight.
Come then, come foone, come, fweetejl death, to me,
And take away this long lent loathed light :
Sharpe be thy wounds, but fweete the medicines be, That long captived foulesfrom weary thraldome free*
XXXVII. But thou, fweete babe, whom frowning froward fate
Hath made fad witnejje of thy fathers fall,
Sith heven thee deignes to hold in living fate,
Long maijl thou live, and better thrive withall,
Then to thy lucklejfe parents did befall :
Live thou, and to thy mother dead attefl,
That clear e Jhe dide from blemifh criminall $
Thy litle hands embrewd in bleeding brejl Loe I for pledges leave. Jo give me leave to reft. .
XXXVIII.
With that a deadly fhrieke fhe forth did throw,
That through the wood re-echoed againe;
And after gave a grone fo deepe and low,
That feemd her tender heart was rent in twaine,
Or thrild with point of thorough-piercing paine :
As gentle hynd, whofe fides with cruell fteele
Through launched, forth her bleeding life does raine,
Whiles the fad pang approching fhee does feele, Braies out her latefl breath, and up her eies doth feele.
XXXIX. Which when that warriour heard, difmounting ftraict
From his tall fteed, he rufht into the thick,
And foone arrived where that fad pourtraicl:
Of death and dolour lay, halfe dead, halfe quick -,
In whofe white alabafler breft did flick
A cruell knife, that made a griefly wownd,
From which forth gulht a flream of gore-blood thick,
That all her goodly garments flaind arownd, And into a deepe fanguine dide the graffy grownd,
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Pitifull fpe&acle of deadly fmart,
Befide a bubling fountaine low me lay, Which fhee increafed with her bleeding hart, And the cleane waves with purple gore did ray ; Als in her lap a lovely babe did play His cruell fport in ftead of forrow dew ; For in her ftreaming blood he did embay His litle hands and tender ioints embrew :
Pitifull ipectacle, as ever eie did vew.
XLI.
Befides them both upon the foiled gras
The dead corfe of an armed knight was fpred,
Whofe armour all with blood befprincled was j
His ruddy lips did fmyle, and rofy red
Did paint his chearefull cheekes, yett being ded ;
Seemd to have beene a goodly perfonage,
Now in his frefheft flowre of luftyhed,
Fitt to inflame faire lady with loves rage ;
But that fiers fate did crop the bloffome of his age.
XLII.
Whom when the good fir Guyon did behold, His hart gan wexe as llarke as marble ftone, And his frefh blood did frieze with fearefull cold, That all his fences feemd berefte attone : At laft his mighty ghoft gan deepe to grone, As lion, grudging in his great difdaine, Mournes inwardly, and makes to himfelfe mone; Til ruth and fraile affection did conftraine
His flout courage to ftoupe, and mew his inward paine.
XLIII.
Out of her gored wound the cruell fleel
He lightly fnatcht, and did the floodgate flop With his faire garment : then gan foftly feel Her feeble pulfe, to prove if any drop Of living blood yet in her veynes did hop : Which when he felt to move he hoped faire To call backe life to her forfaken mop ; So well he did her deadly wounds repaire,
That at the laft fhee gan to breath out living aire^
XLIV. Which
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XLIV,
Which he perceiving greatly gan reioice,
And goodly counfell (that for wounded hart
Is meeteft med'cine) tempred with fweete voice j
Ay me, deare lady, which the ymage art
Of rueful I pitty and impatient Jmart,
What direful/ chaunce armd with avenging fate.
Or curfed hand hath plaid this cruell part,
Thusfowle to hajlen your untimely date ? Speake, o dear lady, fpeake : help never comes too late,
XLV. Therewith her dim eie-lids me up gan reare,
On which the drery death did fitt, as fad
As lump of lead, and made darke clouds appeare :
But when as him, all in bright armour clad,
Before her {landing fhe efpied had,
As one out of a deadly dreame affright,
She weakely ftarted, yet fhe nothing drad :
Streight downe againe herfelfe in great defpight She groveling threw to ground, as hating life and light,
XLVI. The gentle knight her foone with carefull paine
Uplifted light, and foftly did uphold :
Thrife he her reard, and thrife fhe funck againe..
Till he his armes about her fides gan fold.
And to her faid, Tet if the ftony cold
Have not allfeized on your frozen hart,
Let one word fall that may your grief unfold,
And tell the Jeer ete of your mort all f mart : JJe oft finds prefent helpe who does his grief e impart .'
XLVIL Then carting up a deadly looke, full low
She figh't from bottome of her wounded brefl ^
And after many bitter throbs did throw, With lips full pale and foltring tong opprefl,
Thefe words fhe breathed forth from riven chefl 3
Leave, ah leave off, whatever wight thou bee, *To lett a weary wretch from her dew refi,. And trouble dying Joules tranqidlitee :
Take not away now got, which none would give to me,
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Ah far be it, faid he, dcare dame, fro mcct To hinder Joule from her deftred reft, Or hold fad life in long captivitee : For all Ifct'ke is but to have redreft "The bitter pangs, that doth your heart infeft. Tell then, o lady, tell what fatall priefe Hath withfo huge misfortune you oppreft : That I may caft to compas your relief,
Or die with you in for row, and partake your grief e.
XLIX.
With feeble hands then ftretched forth on liye, As heven accufing guilty of her. death, And with dry drops congealed in her eye, In theie lad wordes fhe fpent her utmofl breath ; He are then, o man, the for r owes that uneath My tong can tell, fofar all fence they pas : Lee this dead corpfc, that lies here underneath, The gentleft knight, that ever on greene gras
Gay feed with f purs did pricke, the good fir Mordant was.
JL/.
Was, (ay the while, that he is not fo now !)
My lord, my love, my deare lord, my deare love, So long as hevens iuft with equall brow Vouchsafed to behold us from above : One day when him high cor age did emmove, ^ (As wont ye knight es tofeeke adventures wilde) He pricked forth his puiffant force to prove. Me then he left enwombed of this childe,
This luckles childe, whom thus ye fee with blood defild.
LI.
Him fortuned (hard fortune, ye may ghejfe) To come, where vile Acrqfia does wonne -, Acrafia, afalfe enchauntereffe, That many errant knight es hath fowle for donne : Within a wandring iftand, that doth ronne Andftray in perilous gulfe, her dwelling is : Fayrefr, if ever there ye travell, fhonne The curfed land where many wend amis,
'And know it by the name ; it bight the bowre of bits-
LIL Her
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LII.
Her blis is all in pteafure and delight,
Wherewith Jhe makes her lovers dronken mad ;
And then with words and weedes of wondrous mighty
On them fie workes her will to ufes bad:
My Uef eft lord jhe thus beguiled had-,
For he wasftejh : (all fief i doth fray hi e breed)
Whom when I heard to beenefo ill beftady I
(Weake wretch) I wrapt myfelfe in palmers weed, And caft to fee k him forth through danger and great dreed,
LIII. Now hadfayre Cynthia by even tournes.
Full meafured three quarters of her yeare,
And thrife three tymes had fid her crooked homes,
Whenas tny wombe her burdein would forbear e> ,
And bad me call Lucina to me neare.
Lucina came : a manchi Id forth I brought y
The woods, the nymphes, my bowres, my midwives weare^
Hard help at need, fo deare thee, babe, I bought -, Tet nought too dear I deemd, while fo my deare I fought.
LIV. Himfo I fought, andfo at laft Ifownd,
Where him that witch had thralled to her will),
In chaines of luft and lewde defyres ybownd,
Andfo transformed from his former Jkill,
That me he knew not, nether his owne ill;
Till through wife handling and f aire governaunce,
I him recur ed to a better will,
Purged from drugs of fowle intemperaunce : Then meanes Igan devifefor his deliverance.
LV.
Which when the vile enchaunterejfe perceivd,
How that my lord from her I would reprive,
With cup thus charmd him parting Jhe deceivd;
" Sad verfe, give death to him that death does give,
f ' And lofje of love to her that loves to live,
ie Sofoone as Bacchus with the nympbe does lincke*
So parted we, and on our iourney drive,
Till coming to this well, he floupt to drincke : The charme fulfil aeaa juddeinly he downe did fincke.
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Which 'when I wretch — not one word more me fayd,
But breaking off the end for want of breath,
And flyding foft, as downe to fleepe her layd,
And ended all her woe in quiet death.
That feeing, good fir Guyon could uneath
From teares abftayne ; for griefe his hart did grate.
And from fo heavie fight his head did wreath,
Accufing fortune and too cruell fate, Which plonged had faire lady in fo wretched flatc.
LVII. Then turning to his palmer faid, Old fyre,
Behold the ymage of mortalities
And feeble nature cloth 'd withfe/hly tyrey
When raging pafion with fere e tyranny
Robs reafon of her dew regaletie,
And makes it fer vaunt to her bafejl part :
*The ftrong it weakens with infirmitie,
JLnd with bold furie armes the weakeft hart.-, Thefrong through pleafure foonefl falles, the weake through fmart*
LVIII. But temperaunce, faid he, with golden fquire
Betwixt the?n both can meafure out a meant}
Nether to melt in pleafures whott defyre,
Nor fry e in hartlejfe griefe and doleful I tene :
Thrife happy man, who fares them both atweenel.
Butfth this wretched woman overcome
Of anguijh, rather then of crime, hath beney
Referve her caufe to her eternall doome, And in the meane vouchfafe her honorable toombe*
LIX.
Palmer, quoth he, death is an e quail doome
'To good and bad, the common imte of refl $
But after death the try all is to come,
When bejl Jhall bee to them that lived be ft :
But both alike, when death hath bothfuppreJlf
Religious reverence doth buriall teene,
Which whofo wants, wants fo much of his refi i
For allfo greet Jhame after death Iweene, As lelfe ta dyen bad, nnburied bad to beene,
LX. So
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lx.
So both agree their bodies to engrave ;
The great earthes wombe they open to the fky,
And with fad cyprerTe feemely it embrave -,
Then covering with a clod their clofed eye.
They lay therein thofe corfes tenderly,
And bid them fleepe in everlafting peace.
But ere they did their utmoft obfequy,
Sir Guyon more affection to increace, Bynempt a facred vow, which none mould ay releace.
LXI. The dead knights fword out of his fheath he drew,
With which he cutt a lock of all their heare,
Which medling with their blood and earth he threw
Into the grave, and gan devoutly fweare 5
Such and fuch evil God on Guyon re are,
And worfe a?id worfe, young orphane, be thy paynet
If lor thou dew vengeaunce doe forbeare,
'Till guiltie blood her guerdon doe obtayne. So fhedding many teares they closd the earth agayne.
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ISO The fecond Booke of the
CANTO II.
Bcibes bloody handes may not be clensd*
'The face of golden Meane : Her ffers, two Extremities,
Strive her to banijh clcane.
I.
THUS when fir Guyon with his faithful guyde Had with dew rites and dolorous lament
The end of their fad tragedie uptyde,
The litle babe up in his armes he hent ;
Who with fweet pleafaunce and bold blandifhment
Gan fmyle on them, that rather ought to weepe,
As carelefle of his woe, or innocent
Of that was doen j that ruth emperced deepe In that knightes hart, and wordes with bitter teares did fleepe y
II. Alo lucklejfe babe, borne under cruelljlarre.
And in dead parents balefull ajhes bred,
Full little weeneft thou what forrowes are
Left thee for porcion of thy lively hed ;
Poore orphane, in the wide world fcattered,
As budding braunch rent from the native tree,
And throwen forth, till it be withered :
Such is the fate of men -, thus enter we Into this life with woe, and end with mifereel
III. Then foft himfelfe inclyning on his knee
Downe to that well, did in the water weenc
(So love does loath difdainefull nicitee)
His guiltie handes from bloody gore to cleene :
He wafht them oft and oft, yet nought they beene
For all his warning cleaner : ftill he {trove,
Yet frill the litle hands were bloody feene ;
The which him into great amaz'ment drove, And into diverfe doubt his wavering wonder clove*
IV. He
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IV.
He wift not whether blott of fowle offence Might not be purgd with water nor with bath ; Or that high God, in lieu of innocence, Imprinted had that token of his wrath, To (hew how fore blood-guiltineffe he hat'th ; Or that the charme and veneme, which they dronck* Their blood with fecret filth infected hath, Being diffufed through the fencelefs tronck, That through the great contagion direful deadly flonck.1
V. Whom thus at gaze the palmer gan to bord With goodly reafon, and thus fayre befpake ; Ye bene right hard amated, gratious lord. And of your ignorance great merveill make, Whiles caufe not well conceived ye miflake. But know, that fecret vertues are infusd In every fountaine and in everie lake, Which who hathfkill them rightly to have chusd, Toproofe of faffing wonders hath full often usd:
VI. Of thofefome were fo from their fourfe indewd By great dame Nature, from whofe fruitful I pap Their weUheads fpring, and are with moijlure deawd; Which feeds each living plant with liquid fapy And files with flowres fayre Florae s painted lap : But other fome by guifte of later grace, Or by good prayers, or by other hap, Had vertue pourd into their waters bace, ' And thenceforth were renowmd, and fought from place to place,
VII. Such is this well wrought by occafionftraunge, Which to her nymph befell, upon a day, As fie the woodes with bow andjhaftes did raunge, The hartlejfe hynd and roebucke to difmay, Dan Faunus chaunft to meet her by the way, And kindling fire at her faire-burning eye, Inflamed was to follow beauties chace, And chace d her, that f aft from him did fly %
As hynd from her, Jo fie fled from her enimy,
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VIII.
At Lift when failing breath began to faint \
And law no tticanes to f cape, of Jhame aff'rayd,
She fet her downe to weepe for fore confiraint,
And to Diana calling lowdfor aydey
Her deare befought to let her die a may J.
The goddeffe heard, and fuddeine where fie fate,
Welling outftreames of tearcs, and quite difnayd
With Jlony feare of that rude nt flick mate, Transformd her to a ftone from ftedfaft virgins fate.
IX.
Lo now Jhe is that f one ; from whole two heads,
As from two weeping eyes, freffyftreames dofiowt
Yet colde through feare and old conceived dreads :
And yet the f one her femblance fe ernes tofiow,
Shapt like a maide, that fuch ye may her know-,
And yet her vertues in her water byde :
For it is chafe and pure as purefl fnow,
Ne lets her waves with any filth be dyde ; . But ever, like herfelfe, unflayned hath beene tryde,
X. From thence it comes, that this babes bloody hand
May not be clensd with water of this well :
Ne certes, fir, firive you it to withftand}
But let them fi ill be bloody, as befell,
That they his mothers innocence may tell.
As fie bequeathd in her lafi tefiament j
That as a f acred fymbole it may dwell
In her fonnes flefii, to mind revengement, And be for all chafe dames an endlejfe moniment.
XI.
He hearkned to his reafon , and the childe
Uptaking, to the palmer gave to beare ;
But his fad fathers armes with blood defilde
(An heavie load) himfelfe did lightly rearej
And turning to that place, in which whyleare
He left his loftie fteed with golden fell,
And goodly gorgeous barbes, him found not theare :
By other accident, that earn: befell, He is convaide j but how or where, here fits not tell.
XII. Which
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XII. Which when fir Guyon faw, all were he wroth.
Yet algates mote he foft himfelfe appeafe,
And fairely fare on foot, however loth :
His double burden did him fore difeafe.
So long they travelled with litle eafe,
Till that at laft they to a cattle came,
Built on a rocke adioyning to the feas :
It was an auncient worke of antique fame,' And wondrous ttrong by nature and by fkilfull frame.
XIII.
Therein three fitters dwelt of fundry fort,
The children of one fyre by mothers three ;
Who dying whylome did divide this fort
To them by equall mares in equall fee :
But ttryfull mind and diverfe qualitee
Drew them in partes, and each made others foe :
Still did they ftrive and daily difagree j
The eldeft did againtt the youngeft goe, And both againtt the middett meant to worken woe,
XIV. Where when the knight arriv'd, he was right well
Receiv'd, as knight of fo much worth became,
Of fecond litter, who did far excell
The other two -, Medina was her name,
A fober fad and comely courteous dame :
Who rich arayd, and yet in modeft guize,
In goodly garments, that her well became,
Fayre marching forth in honorable wize, Him at the threfhold mett and well did enterprize.
XV. She led him up into a goodly bowre,
And comely courted with meet modettie ;
Ne in her fpeach, ne in her haviour,
Was lightneffe feene or loofer vanitie,
But gratious womanhood and gravitie,
Above the reafon of her youthly yeares :
Her golden lockes fhe roundly did uptye
In breaded tramels, that no loofer heares Did out of order ttray about her daintie eares,
XVI. Whilett
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Whilcft flic her felfe thus buiily did frame Seemely to entertaine her new-come gueft, Newcs hereof to her other filters came, Who all this while were at their wanton reft, Accourting each her frend with lavifh feft : They were two knights of perelefie puiflaunce, And famous far abroad for warlike geft, Which to thefe ladies love did countenaunce,
And to his miitreffe each himfclfe ftrove to advaunce.
XVII.
He that made love unto the eldefb dame, Was hight fir Huddibras, an hardy man ; Yet not fo good of deedes as great of name, Which he by many ralli adventures wan, Since errant armes to few he firfl began. More huge in flrength then wife in workes he was, And reafon with foole-hardize over-ran j Sterne melancholy did his courage pas ;
And was, for terrour more, all armd in fhyning bras,
XVIII.
But he that lov'd the youngefl: was Sansloy,, He that faire Una late fowle outraged, , The moft unruly and the boldefl: boy That ever warlike weapons menaged. And all to lawlefTe luft encouraged, Through ftrong opinion of his matchlefTe might ; Ne ought he car'd whom he endamaged By tortious wrong, or whom bereav'd of right -,
He now this ladies champion chofe. lor love to fight.
XIX.
Thefe two gay knights, vowd to fo diverfe loves, Each other does envy with deadly hate, And daily warre againft his foeman moves, In hope to win more favour with his mate, And th' others pleafing fervice to abate, To magnifie his owne. but when they heard How in that place ftraunge knight arrived late, Both knights and ladies forth right angry far'd,
And fercely unto battell flerne themfelves preparxL
XX. But
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xx.
But ere they could proceede unto the place Where he abode, themfelves at difcord fell, And cruell combat ioynd in middle ipace : With horrible aflault and fury fell They heapt huge flxokes, the fcorned life to quell ; That all on uprore from her fettled feat The houfe was raysd, and all that in did dwell ; Seemd that lowde thunder with amazement great Did rend the ratling ikyes with flames of fouldring heat,
XXI. The noyfe thereof cald forth that ftraunger knight, To weet what dreadfull thing was there in hond ; Where whenas two brave knightes in bloody fight With deadly rancour he enraunged fond, His fun-broad iTiield about his wreft he bond, And fhyning blade unfheathd, with which he ran Unto that ftead, their flrife to underftond 5 And at his firffc arrivall them began With goodly meanes to pacifie, well as he can.
XXII. But they him fpying, both with greedy forfe Attonce upon him ran, and him befet With ftrokes of mortall fleele without remorfe, And on his fhield like yron fledges bet. As when a beare and tygre, being met In cruell fight on Lybicke ocean wide, Efpye a traveiler with feet furbet, Whom they in equall pray hope to divide, They flint their flrife and him aflayle on everie fide.
XXIII. But he, not like a weary traveilere,
Their fharp aflault right boldly did rebut, And furTred not their blowes to byte him nere, But with redoubled buffes them backe did put : Whofe grieved mindes, which choler did englut, Againft themfelves turning their wrathfull fpight, Gan with new rage their fhieldes to hew and cut. But ftill when Guyon came to part their fight, With heavie load on him they frefhly gan to fmight.
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As a tall fhip toffed in troublous feas,
Whom raging windes, threatning to make the pray Of the rough rockes, doe diverily difeafe, Meetes two contrarie billowes by the way, That her on either fide doe fore affay, And boaft to fwallow her in greedy grave ; Shee fcorning both their fpights does make wide way, And with her breil: breaking the fomy wave Does ride on both their backs, and faire herfelf doth fave :
XXV. So boldly he him beares, and rufheth forth
Betweene them both, by conduct of his blade. Wondrous great prowefle and heroick worth He ihewd that day, and rare enfample made, When two fo mighty warriours he difmade : Attonce he wards and ftrikes, he takes and paies^ Now forft to yield, now forcing to invade, Before, behind, and round about him laies : So double was his paines, fo double be his praife.
XXVI. Straunge fort of fight, three valiaunt knights to fee Three combates ioine in one, and to darraine A triple warre with triple enmitee, All for their ladies froward love to gaine, Which gotten was but hate, fo love does raine In ftouteft minds, and maketh monftrous warre ; He maketh warre, he maketh peace againe, And yett his peace is but continual iarre. O miferable men, that to him fubiect arre !
XXVII. Whilft thus they mingled were in furious armes> The faire Medina with her treifes torne, And naked breft, in pitty of their harmes, Emongft them ran, and falling them beforne Befought them by the womb which them had born,' And by the loves which were to them moft deare, And by the knighthood which they fure had fworn, Their deadly cruell difcord to forbeare,
And to her iuft conditions of faire peace to heare,
XXVIII. But
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XXVIII.
But her two other fitters {landing by
Her lowd gainfaid, and both their champions bad Purfew the end of their ftrong enmity, As ever of their loves they would be glad Yet fhe with pitthy words and counfell fad Still ftrove their flubborne rages to revoke : That at the laft fuppreffing fury mad They gan abftaine from dint of direfull firoke, And hearken to the fober fpeaches which (he fpoke 5
XXIX. Ah, puijfaunt lords, what curfed evillfpright, Or fell Erinnys, in your noble harts Her helltjld brond hath kindled with defpight, And flird you up to worke your wilfull fmarts ? Is this the ioy of armes ? be thefe the parts Of glorious knighthood, after blood to thrufl, And not regard dew right and iujl defarts ? Vaine is the vaunt, and victory uniufi, That more to mighty hands then rightful caufe doth trufl*
XXX. And were there rightfidl caufe of difference ', Tet were not better fay re it to accord, Then with blood-gidltineffe to heape offence, And mortal vengeaunce ioyne to crime abhor d t O fly from wrath, fly, 0 my liefefl lord : Sad be the fights, and bitter fruit es of warrey And thoufand furies wait on wrathfidl flword : Ne ought the praife of prowefje more doth marre, Thenfowle revenging rage and bafe contentious iarre.
XXXI.
But lovely concord and moft facred peace
Doth ?wurijh vertue and fafl friend/hip breeds j
JVeake Jhe makes flrong, andftrong thing does increace,
Till it the pitch of highefl praife exceeds :
Brave be her warres, and honorable deeds,
By which flje triumphes over yre and pride ',
And winnes an olive girlondfor her meeds.
Be therefore, 0 my deare lords, paciflde, And this miffeeming di fiord meekely lay a/ide.
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XXXII.
Her gracious words their rancour did appall,
And funcke fo deepe into their boyling brefts,
That downe they lett their cruell weapons fall,
And lowly did abafe their lofty crefts
To her faire prefence and difcrete behefls.
Then fhe began a treaty to procure,
And ftablifh tcrmes betwixt both their requefts,
That as a law for ever fhould endure ; Which to obferve in word of knights they did allure.
XXXIII. Which to confirme, and fail to bind their league,
After their weary fweat and bloody toile,
She them befought, during their quiet treague,
Into her lodging to repaire a while,
To reft themfelves, and grace to reconcile.
They foone confent : fo forth with her they fare,
Where they are well receivd, and made to fpoile
Themfelves of foiled armes, and to prepare Their minds to pleafure, and their mouths to dainty fare.
XXXIV. And thofe two fro ward lifters (their faire loves)
Came with them eke, all were they wondrous loth,
And fained cheare, as for the time behoves -,
But could not colour yet fo well the troth,
But that their natures bad appeard in both :
For both did at their fecond lifter grutch
And inly grieve, as doth an hidden moth
The inner garment frett, not th' utter touch ; One thought her cheare too litle, th' other thought too mutch*
XXXV.
Elifta (fo the eldeft hight) did deeme
Such entertainment bafe, ne ought would eat,
Ne ought would fpeake, but evermore did feeme
As difcontent for want of merth or meat j
No folace could her paramour intreat
Her once to Ihow, ne court, nor dalliaunce ;
But with bent lowring browes, as fhe would threat^
She fcould, and frownd with froward countenaunce y Unworthy of faire ladies comely governaunce,
XXXVI. But
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But young PerifTa was of other mynd,
Full of difport, ftill laughing, loofely light,
And quite contrary to her lifters kynd ;
No meafure in her mood, no rule of right,
But poured out in pleafure and delight ;
In wine and meats me flowd above the banck,
And in exceffe exceeded her owne might ;
In fumptuous tire fhe ioyd her felfe to pranck $ But of her love too lavifh, litle have me thanck.
XXXVII. Faft by her fide did fitt the bold Sansloy,
Fitt mate for fuch a mincing rnineon,
Who in her IoofenerTe tooke exceeding ioy $
Might not be found a francker franion,
Of her leawd parts to make companion.
But Huddibras, more like a malecontent,
Did fee and grieve at his bold fafhion ;
Hardly could he endure his hardiment : Yett ftill he fatt, and inly did himfelfe torment,
XXXVIII. Betwixt them both the faire Medina fate
With fober grace and goodly carriage :
With equall meafure fhe did moderate
The ftrong extremities of their outrage ; ,
That forward paire me ever would arTwage,
When they would ftrive dew reafon to exceed 3
But that fame froward twaine would accoragej,
And of her plenty adde unto their need : So kept fhe them in order, and herfelfe in heed,
XXXIX.
Thus fairely fhee attempered her feaft,
And pleasd them all with meete fatiety :
At laft, when luft of meat and drinke was ceafi,
She Guyon deare befought of curtefie
To tell from whence he came through ieopardy3
And whether now on new adventure bownd.
Who with bold grace and comely gravity,
Drawing to him the eies of all arownd, From lofty fiege began thefe words aloud to fownd ;
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XL. This thy demaund, 0 lady, doth revive
Frejh ??iemory in me of that great queene,
(Great and mofi glorious virgin queene alive)
That with her [over ante power and fcepter fern
All faery lond does peaceably fufiene.
In wideji ocean Jlx her throne does i\\v\\
That over all the earth it may be feene ;
As morning funne her bcames difprcdden cleare ; And in her face faire peace and mercy doth appear e.
XL J." In her the richejje of all heavenly grace
In chiefs degree are heaped up on hye :
And all, that els this worlds enclofure bace
Hath great or glorious in mortatt eye,
Adornes the perfon of her maiejlye ;
That men beholding fo great excellence,
And rare perfection in mortalitye,
Doe her adore with f acred reverence. As tti idole of her Makers great magnificence.
XLII.
To her I homage and my fervice owe,
In number of the noblejl knight es on ground-, Mongst whom on me Jhe deigned to befiowe Order of maydenhead, the mofi renownd, That may this day in all the world be found. An ye are ly folemne feajl foe wontes to make, The day that firfi doth lead the ye are around, To which all knights of worth and courage bold
Refort, to heare of firawige adventures to be told.
XLIII.
There this old palmer jhewd himfelfe that day, And to that mighty princeffe did complaine Of grievous mifchiefes, which a wicked fay Mad wrought, and many whelmd in deadly paine, Whereof he cravd redreffe. my foveraine, Whofe glory is in gracious deeds, and ioyes Throughout the world her mercy to maintaine, "Eftfoones devisd redreffe for fuch annoy es :
Me all unfit t for fo great purpofe Jhe employes.
XLIV. Now
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XLIV.
Now hathfaire Phoebe with her Jiher face
Thrife feene the jhadowes of the neathar world,
Sith loft I left that honorable place,
In which her roiall pre fence is enrold -,
Ne everjhall I rejl in houfe nor hold,
'Till I that fa If e Acrafia have wonne -,
Of whofe fowk deedes, too hideous to bee told,
I witnejfe am, and this their wretched fonne, Whofe wofull parents Jhe hath wickedly for donne.
XLV.
Tell on, fayrefir, faid me, that dolefull tale,
From which fad ruth does feme you to refraine,
That we may pitty fuch unhappie bale,
And learne from pleafures poyfon to abftaine :
III, by enfample, good doth often gayne.
Then forward he his purpofe gan purfew,
And told the ftory of the mortall payne,
Which Mordant and Amavia did rew, As with lamenting eyes himfelfe did lately vew.
XL VI. Night was far fpent, and now in ocean deep
Orion, flying fail from hiffing fnake,
His flaming head did haften for to fteep,
When of his pitteous tale he end did make j
Whilft with delight of that he wifely fpake
Thofe gueftes beguyled did beguyle their eyes
Of kindly fleepe, that did them overtake.
At lalt, when they had markt the chaunged fkyes, They wift their houre was fpent ; then each to reft him hyes.
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CANTO III.
Value Braggadocchio getting Guyons
Horfe is made the f come Of knighthood trew, and is of fay re
Belphoebe foivle fot dome,
I.
SO O N E as the morrow fayre with purple beames Difperit the fhadowes of the mifly night,
And Titan, playing on the eaftern ftreames,
Gan cleare the deawy ay re with fpringing light \
Sir Guyon mindfull of his vow yplight
Uprofe from drowfie couch, and him addreft
Unto the iourney which he had behight :
His puhTaunt armes about his noble breft, And many-folded fhield he bound about his wreft.
II. Then taking conge of that virgin pure,
The bloody-handed babe unto her truth
Did earneftly committ, and her coniure
In vertuous lore to traine his tender youth,
And all that gentle noriture enfu'th ;
And that fo foone as ryper yeares he raught,
He might for memory of that dayes ruth
Be called Ruddymane, and thereby taught T 'avenge his parents death on them that had it wrought.
III. So forth he far'd, as now befell, on foot,
Sith his good fleed is lately from him gone ;
Patience perforce : helplefTe what may it boot
To frett for anger, or for griefe to mone ?
His palmer now fhall foot no more alone.
So fortune wrought, as under greene woodes fyde
Ke lately heard that dying lady grone,
He left his fteed without, and fpeare befyde, And ruined in on foot to ayd her ere me dyde.
IV. The
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IV.
The whyles a lofell wandring by the way,
One that to bountie never caft his mynd,
Ne thought of honour ever did affay
His bafer breit, but in his keftrell kynd
A pleafing vaine of glory he did fynd,
To which his flowing toung and troublous fpright
Gave him great ayd, and made him more inclynd j
He that brave fteed there finding ready dight, Purloynd both fteed and fpeare, and ran away full lio-ht,
V.
Now gan his hart all fwell in iollity,
And of himfelfe great hope and help conceiv'd,
That puffed up with fmoke of vanity,
And with felfe-loved perfonage deceiv'd,
He gan to hope of men to be receiv'd
For fuch, as he him thought, or faine would bee :
But for in court gay portaunce he perceiv'd,
And gallaunt (hew to be in greateft gree, Eftfoones to court he caff, t'advaunce his firft degree.
VI.
And by the way he chaunced to efpy
One fitting ydle on a funny banck,
To whom avaunting in great bravery,
As peacocke, that his painted plumes doth pranck,
He fmote his courfer in the trembling flanck,
And to him threatned his hart-thrilling fpeare :
The feely man feeing him ryde fo ranck,
And ayme at him, fell flatt to ground for feare, And crying, Mercy, loud, his pitious handes gan rearc.
VII.
Thereat the fcarcrow wexed wondrous prowd,
Through fortune of his firft adventure fayre,
And with big thundring voice revyld him lowd ;
Vile caytive, vaffall of dread and defpayre,
Unworthie of the commune breathed ay re,
Why liveft thou, dead dog, a lenger day,
And doejl not unto death thyfelfe prepayre ?
Dy, or thyfelfe my captive yield for ay. Great favour I thee graunt for aunfwere thus to flay.
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Hold, o dean lord, hold your dead-doing hand. Then loud he cryde, / am your humble thrall. Ah wretch, quoth he, thy dejlinies <withftand My wrath full will, and doe for mercy call. I give thee life : therefore pro fir at cd fall, And kife my flirrup ; that thy Imnage bee. The mifer threw himfelfe, as an offall, Streight at his foot in bafe humilitec, And cleeped him his liege, to hold of him in fee.
IX. So happy peace they made and faire accord.
Eftfoones this liegeman gan to wexe more bold, And when he felt the folly of his lord, In his owne kind he gan himfelfe unfold : For he was wylie-witted, and growne old In cunning fleightes and pra&ick knavery. From that day forth he caft for to uphold His ydle humour with fine flattery, And blow the bellowes to his fwelling vanity.
X. Trompart, fitt man for Braggadochio
To ferve at court in view of vaunting eye ; Vaine-glorious man, when nuttring wind does blow In his light winges, is lifted up to ikye ; The fcorne of knighthood and trew chevalrye, To thinke without defert of gentle deed, And noble worth to be advaunced hye > Such prayfe is fhame : but honour, vertues meed, Doth beare the fayrefl flowre in honourable feed.
XI. So forth they pas, a well conforted payre,
Till that at length with Archimage they meet : Who feeing one, that fhone in armour fayre, On goodly courfer thondring with his feet, Eftfoones fuppofed him a perfon meet Of his revenge to make the inilrument : For fince the red-croffe knight he erft did weet To been with Guyon knitt in one confent, The ill, which earil to him, he now to Guyon ment.
XII. And
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And comming clofe to Trompart gan inquere
Of him, what mightie warriour that mote bee,
That rode in golden fell with fingle fpere,
But wanted fword to wreake his enmitee.
He is a great adventurer ; faid he,
That hath his fword through hard ajfay for gone ',
And now hath vowd, till he avenged bee
Of that defpight, never to wearen none ; That fpeare is him enough to doen a thoufand grone.
XIII.
Th' enchaunter greatly ioyed in the vaunt,
And weened well ere long his will to win,
And both his foen with equal 1 foyle to daunt :
Tho to him louting lowly did begin
To plaine of wronges, which had committed bin
By Guyon, and by that falfe red-croffe knight ;
Which two, through treafon and deceiptful gin,
Had flayne fir Mordant and his lady bright : That mote him honour win, to wreak fo foule defpight.
XIV. Therewith all fuddeinly he feemd enrag'd,
And threatned death with dreadfull countenaunce,
As if their lives had in his hand beene gag'd ;
And with ftiffe force making his mortall launce,
To let him weet his doughtie valiaunce,
Thus faid, Old man, great Jure foal be thy meed,
If where thofe knights for fear e of dew vengeaunce
Doe lurkey thou certeinly to mee areed, That I may wreake on the?n their hainous hateful deed.
XV. Certes, my lord, faid he, that fiall Ifoone,
And give you eke good helpe to their decay.
But mote I wifely you advife to doon,
Give no ods to your foes, but doe purvay
Yourfelfe of fword before that bloody day :
For they be two the prowejl knights on grownd,
And oft approved in many hard a/fay :
And eke of fur eft fie ele, that may be fownd, Do arm yourfelfe againfl that day, them to confownd.
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XVI.
Dotard, faide he. Jet be thy deepe advife ;
Seemes that through many yeares thy wits thee faile, And that weake eld hath left thee nothing wife, Els never Jhould thy judgement be fofrayle, To meal are manhood by the J word or mayle. Is not enough fowre quarters of a man, Without en Jhvord or Jin eld, an hojle to quay le '4 "Thou title woteji that this right-hand can :
Speake they, which have beheld the battailes which it wan.
XVII.
The man was much abaihed at his boaft ; Yet well he wift that whofo would contend With either of thofe knightes on even coaft, Should neede of all his armes him to defend -, Yet feared leaft his boldnelTe mould offend : When Braggadocchio faide, Once I didfweare, When with o?ie fword f even knightes I brought to end> Thenceforth in battaile never fword to be are,
But it were that which noblejl knight on earth doth weare.
XVIII.
Perdy, fir knight, faide then th' enchaunter blive, That fall IJhortly pur chafe to your hond : For now the bef and noblejl knight alive Prince Arthur is, that wonnes in faerie lond ; He hath a fword, that fames like burning brondt The fame by my device I undertake Shall by to morrow by thyfde be fond. At which bold word that boafter gan to quake,
And wondred in his minde what mote that monfter make.
XIX.
He ftayd not for more bidding, but away Was fuddeine vanimed out of his fight : The northerne winde his wings did broad difplay At his commaund, and reared him up light From off the earth to take his aerie flight. They lookt about, but no where could efpye Tracl: of his foot : then dead through great affright They both nigh were, and each bad other flye :
Both fled attonce, ne ever backe retourned eye ;
XX. Till
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xx.
Till that they come unto a forreft greene,
In which they fhrowd themfelves from caufeleffe fcare j
Yet feare them followes (till, where fo they beene :
Each trembling leafe and whittling wind they heare,
As ghaftly bug, does greatly them affeare :
Yet both doe flrive their fearefulnelTe t6 faine.
At laft they heard a home, that fhrilled cleare
Throughout the wood, that ecchoed againe, And made the forrefl ring, as it would rive in twaine.
XXI. Eft through the thicke they heard one rudely rufh ;
With noyfe whereof he from his loftie fteed
Downe fell to ground, and crept into a bufh,
To hide his coward head from dying dreed.
But Trompart ftoutly ftayd to taken heed
Of what might hap. eftfoone there ftepped foorth
A goodly ladie clad in hunters weed,
That feemd to be a woman of great worth, And by her ftately portance borne of heavenly birth.
XXII. Her face fo faire, as flefh it feemed not,
But hevenly pourtraicr. of bright angels hew,
Cleare as the flcye, withouten blame or blot,
Through goodly mixture of complexions dew -,
And in her cheekes the vermeill red did fhew
Like rofes in a bed of lillies fried,
The which ambrofiall odours from them threw,
And gazers fence with double pleafure fed, Hable to heale the ficke and to revive the ded.
XXIII. In her fa ire eves two living lamps did flame,
Kindled above at th' hevenly Makers light,
And ...ics.d fyrie beames out of the fame -,
So pamng perfant and fo wondrous bright,
That quite bereav'd the rafh beholders fight :
In them the blinded god his luftfull fyre
To kindle oft aflayd, but had no might ;
For with dredd maieflie and awfull yre, She broke his wanton darts, and quenched bace defyre,
XXIV, Her
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XXIV.
Her yvorie forhead, full of bounty brave,
Like a broad table did itfelfe difpred,
For Love his loftie triumphes to engrave,
And write the battailes of his great godhed :
All good and honour might therein be red ;
For there their dwelling was. and when me fpake,
Sweete wordes like dropping honny me did fhed,
And twixt the perles and rubins foftly brake A filver found, that heavenly muficke feemd to make.
XXV.
Upon her eyelids many Graces fate, Under the madow of her even browes, Working belgardes and amorous retrate ; And everie one her with a grace endowes, And everie one with meekeneile to her bowes : So glorious mirrhour of celeftiall grace, And foveraine moniment of mortall vowes, How mall frayle pen defcrive her heavenly face, For feare through want of fkill her beauty to difgrace ?
XXVI. So faire, and thoufand thoufand times more faire, She feemd, when me prefented was to fight, And was yclad, for heat of fcorching aire, All in a filken camus lilly whight, Purfled upon with many a folded plight, Which all above befprinckled was throughout With golden aygulets, that gliftred bright, Like twinckling ftarres, and all the fkirt about Was hemd with golden fringe.
XXVII. Below her ham her weed did fomewhat trayne, And her ftreight legs mod bravely were embayld In gilden bufkins of coftly cordwayne, x\ll bard with golden bendes, which were entayld With curious antickes, and full fayre aumayld : Before they faftned were under her knee In a rich iewell, and therein entrayld The ends of all the knots, that none might fee How they within their fouldings clofe enwrapped bee :
XXVIII. Like
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XXVIII.
Like two faire marble pillours they were feene,
Which doe the temple of the gods fupport,
Whom all the people decke with girlands greene,
And honour in their feflivall refort ;
Thofe fame with ftately grace and princely port
She taught to tread, when me herfelfe would grace ;
But with the woody nymphes when me did play,
Or when the flying libbard fhe did chace, She could them nimbly move, and after fly apace.
XXIX. And in her hand a fharpe bore-fpeare me held,
And at her backe a bow and quiver gay
Stuft with fteel-headed dartes, wherewith fhe queld
The falvage beaftes in her victorious play,
Knit with a golden bauldricke, which forelay
Athwart her fnowy breft, and did divide
Her daintie paps ; which like young fruit in May
Now little gan to fwell, and being tide Through her thin weed their places only figninde.
XXX. Her yellow lockes crifped like golden wyre
About her moulders weren loofely flied,
And when the winde emongft them did infpyre,
They waved like a penon wyde difpred,
And low behinde her backe were fcattered :
And whether art it were or heedlefTe hap,
As through the flouring forreft rafh ihc fled,
In her rude heares fvveet flowres themfelves did lap, And flourifhing frefh leaves and bloflbmes did enwrap.
XXXI. Such as Diana by the fandy more
Of fwift Eurotas, or on Cynthus greene,
Where all the nymphes have her unwares forlore,
Wandreth alone with bow and arrowes keene,
To feeke her game : or as that famous queene
Of Amazons, whom Pyrrhus did deflroy,
The day that firft of Priame fhe was feene,
Did fTiew herfelfe in great triumphant ioy, To fuccour the weake flate of fad afflicted Troy.
XXXII. Such
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XXXII.
Such whenas hartleffe Trompart did Jier vew,
He was diiinayed in his coward minde,
And doubted whether he himfelfe mould fliew,
Or rly away, or bide alone behinde ;
Both feare and hope he in her face did finde :
When flie at laft him fpying thus beipake ;
Hayle, groome ; didft not thou fee a bleeding hynde,
Wbofe right haunch earft my ftedfaft arrow ftrake $ Jf thou didft, tell me, that I may her overtake.
XXXIII.
Wherewith reviv'd, this anfwere forth he threw;
O GoddeJJ'e, (for fuch I thee take to bee)
For nether doth thy face terrejlriall Jhew,
Nor voycefoimd ?nortall j / avow to thee,
Such wounded be aft, as that, I did not fee ',
Sitb earft into thisforreft wild I came.
But mote thy goodlyhed forgive it mee,
To weete which of the gods I Jljall thee name, That unto thee dew worftjip I may rightly frame.
XXXIV.
To whom (lie thus— but ere her words enfewd,
Unto the bum her eye did fuddein glaunce,
In which vaine Braggadocchio was mewd,
And faw it ftirre : me lefte her percing launce,
And towards gan a deadly fhafte advaunce,
In mind to marke the beaft. at which fad ftowre
Trompart forth ftept, to flay the mortall chaunce,
Out crying, O whatever hcvenly powre, Or earthly wight thou be, withhold this deadly howre,
XXXV.
Oft ay thy hand ; for yonder is no game
For thyfters arrowes, them to exercize ;
But he my lord, my liege, whofe warlike name
Is far renowmd through many bold emprize -t
And now in ft jade he ftjrowded yonder lies.
She ftaid : with that he crauld out of his neft,
Forth creeping on his caitive hands and thies ;
And ftanding ftoutly up, his lofty creft Did fiercely make and rowze, as comming late from reft.
XXXVI. As
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XXXVI.
As fearfull fowle, that long in fecret cave
For dread of foring hauke herfelfe hath hid,
Not caring how her filly life to fave,
She her gay painted plumes diforderid ;
Seeing at lair, herfelfe from daunger rid,
Peepes forth, and foone renews her native pride ;
She gins her feathers fowle disfigured
Prowdly to prune, and fett on every fide ; So makes off fhame, ne thinks how erfr. fhe did her hide.
XXXVII.
So when her goodly vifage he beheld,
He gan himfelfe to vaunt : but when he vewd
Thofe deadly tooles which in her hand fhe held,
Soone into other fitts he was tranfmewd j
Till fhe to him her gracious fpeach renewd ;
All haile, fir knight , and well may thee befall,
As all the like, which honor have purfewd
'Through deeds of armes and prowejje martiall : All vertue merits praife, but fuch the moft of all.
XXXVIII. To whom he thus, O faireft under fkiey
Trew be thy words, and worthy of thy praife,
That warlike feats doejl highejl glorife.
Therein 1 have fpent all my youthly dales,
And many battailes fought and many fraies
Throughout the world, wherfo they might be found,
Endevoring my dreaded name to raife
Above the moone, that fame may it re found In her et email tromp with laurell girlond croimd.
XXXIX. But what art thou, o lady, which doejl raunge
In this wilde forejl, where no pleafure is,
And doejl not it for ioyous court exchaunge,
Emongjl thine equall peres, where happy blis
And all delight does raigne, much more then this t
There thou maijl love, and dearly loved be,
Andfwim in pleafure, which thou here doeft mis ;
There maijl thou bejl befeene, and beft maijl fee : The wood is fit fir beafis, the court isfittfor thee,
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XL.
Whofo in pompe of prowd eflate, quoth ihe, Does fvoim, and bathes himfelfe in courtly blis, Does wafte his dates in darke obfcuritee, And in oblivion ever buried is : Where eafe almonds, yfs eath to doe amis : But who his limbs with labours, and his mynd Behaves with cares, cannot Jo eafy mis. Abroad in armes, at home injludious kynd,
Who fe ekes with painfull toile, foal honor fooiieft fynd :
XLI.
In woods, in waves, in warres fix wonts to dwell, And wil be found with peri 11 and with paine ; Ne can the man, that moulds in ydle cell, Unto her happy manfon attaine : Before her gate high God didfweate ordaine, And wakefull watches ever to abide : But eafy is the way and paffage plaine To pleafures pallace ; it may foone be fpide, .
And day and night her dores to all Jl and open wide.
XLII.
In princes court the reff. fhe would have fayd,
But that the foolifh man (iild with delight Of her fweete words, that all his fence difmayd, And with her wondrous beauty ravifht quight) Gan burne in filthy luff, and leaping light, Thought in his baftard armes her to embrace. With that fhe fwarving backe, her iavelin bright Againft him bent, and fiercely did menace :
So turned her about, and fled away apace.
XLIII.
Which when the pefaunt faw, amazd he flood, And grieved at her flight ; yet durfl he nott Purfew her fteps through wild unknowen wood ^ Befides he feard her wrath, and threatned fliott. Whiles in the buffi he lay, not yet forgott : Ne car'd he greatly for her prefence vayne, But turning faid to Trompart, Whet f&wfe blctt Is this to knight, that lady flj uJd agayne
Depart to woods untouch?, and leave fo proud diflayne ?
XLIV. Perdy,
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XLIV.
Perdy, faid Trompart, let her pas at will.
Leaf by her prefe?ice daunger mote befall.
For who can tell (and Jure Ifeare it ill)
But that foe e isfome powre celejliall ?
For whiles floe fpake, her great words did appall
My feeble cor age and my heart opprejfe,
'That yet I quake and tre?nble over all.
And Iy faid Braggadocchio, thought no lejfe, WJoenfrJl I heard her horn found with fuch ghajllineffe \
XLV.
For from my mothers wombe this grace I have Me given by eternall de/liny, That earthly thing may not ?ny corage brave Difmay with fear e, or caufe one foot tofyey But either hellijhfee?ids, or powre s on hye : Which was the caufe ; when earjl that home I heard \ Weejiing it had beene thwider in thefkye, I hid my f elf e from it, as one off ear d \
But when I other knew, my felf I boldly reard.
XLVI.
But now, for fear e of worfe that may betide. Let us foone hence depart, they foone agree : So to his fteed he gott, and gan to ride As one unfitt therefore, that all might fee He had not trayned bene in chevalree. Which well that valiaunt courfer did difcerne j For he defpisd to tread in dew degree, But chaufd and fom'd, with corage fiers and fterne,
And to be easd of that bafe burden jftill did erne.
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CANTO IIII.
Guy on does Furor bifid in cbaines,
And flops Occajion: Delivers Phedon, and therefore
By Strife is ray Id uppon.
I.
N brave pourfuitt of honorable deed, There is I know not what great difference
Betweene the vulgar and the noble feed,
Which unto things of valorous pretence
Seemes to be borne by native influence -,
As feates of armes and love to entertaine :
But chiefly fkill to ride feemes a fcience
Proper to gentle blood : fome others faine To menage fteeds, as did this vaunter ; but in vaine.
II. But he, the rightfull owner of that fteede,
Who well could menage and fubdew his pride,
The whiles on foot was forced for to yeed
With that blacke palmer, his mod trufty guide 5
Who fuffred not his wandring feete to Hide.
But when ftrong paffion or weake flefhlineffe
Would from the right way feeke to draw him wide,
He would through temperaunce and ftedfaftnefle Teach him the weak to ftrengthen, and the ftrong fuppre/Te,
III.
It fortuned, forth faring on his way,
He faw from far, or feemed for to fee
Some troublous uprore or contentious fray,
Whereto he drew in haft it to agree.
A mad man, or that feigned mad to bee,
Drew by the heare along upon the grownd,
A handfom ftripling with great crueltee,
Whom fore he bett, and gor'd with many a wownd, That cheekes with teares, and fydes with blood did all abownd.
IV. And
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IV.
And him behynd a wicked hag did ftalke,
In ragged robes and filthy difaray,
Her other leg was lame, that fhe no'te walke,
But on a ftaffe her feeble fteps did flay :
Her lockes, that loathly were and hoarie gray,
Grew all afore, and looily hong unrold ;
But all behinde was bald, and worne away,
That none thereof could ever taken hold ; And eke her face ill-favour'd, full of wrinckles old,
V.
And ever as fhe went, her toung did walke
In fowle reproch and termes of vile defpight,
Provoking him by her outrageous talke,
To heape more vengeance on that wretched wight :
Somtimes fhe raught him flones, wherwith to fmite y
Sometimes her ftaffe, though it her one leg were*
Withouten which fhe could not goe upright ;
Ne any evil meanes fhe did forbeare, That might him move to wrath, and indignation reare.
VI.
The noble Guyon, mov'd with great remorfey
Approching, firft the hag did thrufl away ,
And after adding more impetuous forfe,
His mighty hands did on the madman lay,
And pluckt him backe ; who all on fire ftreightway
Againft him turning all his fell intent,
With beaftly brutifh rage gan him affay,
And fmott, and bitt, and kickt, and fcratcht, and rent, And did he wift not what in his avengement.
VII.
And fure he was a man of mickle might,
Had he had governaunce it well to guyde :
But when the frantick fitt inflamd his fpright,
His force was vaine, and flrooke more often wyde,
Then at the aymed marke which he had eyde :
And oft himfelfe he chaunft to hurt unwares,
Whyleft reafon, blent through paflion, nought defcryde 3
But, as a blindfold bull, at randon fares, And where he hits nought knowes, and whom he hurts nought cares,
VIIL His
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VIII.
His rude affault and rugged handeling
Straunge feemed to the knight, that aye with foe
In fayre defence and goodly menaging
Of amies was wont to fight -y yet nathemoe
Was he abaihed now, not fighting fo :
But more enrierced through his currifh play,
Him fternly grypt, and hailing to and fro,
To overthrow him ftrongly did allay,
But overthrew himielfe unwares, and lower lay :
IX.
And being downe the villein fore did beate
x\nd bruze with clownifh fiftes his manly face : And eke the hag, with many a bitter threat, Still cald upon to kill him in the place. With whofe reproch and odious menace The knight emboyling in his haughtie hart, Knitt all his forces, and gan foone unbrace His grafping hold : fo lightly did upftart,
And drew his deadly weapon to maintaine his part.
X.
Which when the palmer faw, he loudly cryde, Not fo, o Guyon, never thinke that fo 'That monfier can be maijired or deftrcyd: He is not, ah ! he is not fuch a foe, Asjieele can wound, or flrength can cverthroe. That fame is Furor, curfed cruel wight, That unto knighthood workes muchfhame and woe j And that fame hag, his aged mother, hight
Occafon, the roote of all wrath and defpightt
XL
With her, whofo will raging Furor tame, Mufl firfl begin, and well her amenage : Firfl her reftraine from her reprochfull blame And evill meaiies, with which fie doth enrage Her frantick fonne, and kindles his cor age j Then when fie is withdrawne, or Jlrong withflood, It's eatb his y die fury to afwage, And calme the tempefl of his pafjion wood :
The bankes are cverfowne when flopped is the food.
XIL There-
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XII.
Therewith fir Guyon left his firft emprife, And turning to that woman, faft her hent By the hoare lockes that hong before her eyes, And to the ground her threw : yet n'ould me ftent Her bitter rayling and foule revilement ; But ftill provokt her fonne to wreake her wrong : But nathelerTe he did her Hill torment, And catching hold of her ungratious tong,
Thereon an yron lock did fatten firme and ftrong.
XIII.
Then whenas ufe of fpeach was from her reft,
With her two crooked handes me lignes did make, And beckned him ; the laft help me had left : But he that laft left helpe away did take, And both her handes faft bound unto a ftake, That fhe no'te ftirre. then gan her fonne to flye Full faft away, and did her quite forfake : But Guyon after him in haft did hye,
And foone him overtooke in fad perplexitye.
XIV.
In his ftrong armes he ftifly him embrafte,
Who him gain-ftriving nought at all prevaild °
For all his power was utterly defafte,
And furious fitts at earft quite weren quaild :
Oft he re'nforft, and oft his forces fayld,
Yet yield he would not, nor his rancor flack.
Then him to ground he caft, and rudely hayld,
And both his hands faft bound behind his backe,
And both his feet in fetters to an yron rack.
XV.
With hundred yron chaines he did him bind,
And hundred knots, that did him fore conftraine : Yet his great yron teeth he ftill did grind And grimly gnafh, threatning revenge in vaine : His burning eyen, whom bloody ftrakes did ftaine, Stared full wide, and threw forth fparkes of fyre ; And more for ranck defpight, then for great paine., Shakt his long locks, colourd. like copper-wyre,
And bitt his tawny beard to mew his raging ype,
XVI, Thus
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XVI.
Thus whenas Guyon Furor had captivd,
Turning about he faw that wretched fquyre,
Whom that mad man of life nigh late deprivd,
Lying on ground, all foild with blood and myre :
Whom whenas he perceived to refpyre,
He °m to comfort, and his woundes to drefle.
Being at lafl recured, he gan inquyre
What hard mifhap him brought to fuch diftrefle, And made that caytives thrall, the thrall of wretchedneilc.
XVII. With hart then throbbing, and with watry eyes,
Fayre fir, quoth he, what man can fiun the hap,
'That hidden lyes unwares him to fur pry fe ?
Misfortune waites advantage to entrap
The man mofi wary in her whelming lap.
So me weake wretch, of many weakefi one,
JJnweeting and unware of fuch mifhap,
She brought to mifchiefe through occafion, Where this fame wicked villein did me light upon,
XVIII. Jt was a fait hie jfe f quire, that was the four fe
Of all my forrow and of thefe fad teares,
With whom from tender dug of commune nourfe
Attonce I was upbr ought ; and efte when yeares
More rype us reafon lent to chofe our peares,
Ourfehes in league of vowed love we knitt :
In which we long time without gealous feares
Or fault ie thoughts contynewd, as was fit ; And for my part, I vow, diffembled ?iot a whitt.
XIX,
It was my fortune (commune to that age)
To love a lady fayre of great degree.
The which was borne of noble parentage,
And jet in highefl feat of dignitee,
Yet feemd no leffe to love then lovd to bee :
Long I her ferv d, and found her faithful ft ill,
Ne ever thing could caufe us difagree :
Love that two harts makes one, makes eke one will: Eachflrove to pleafe, and others pleafure to fulfil,
XX. My
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xx.
My friend, hight Philemon, I did partake
Of all my love and all my privitie y
Who greatly ioyous feemed for my fake,
And gratious to that lady, as to mee ,
Ne ever wight, that mote fo welcome bee
As he to her, withouten blott or blame,
Ne ever thing, that fie could think or fee,
But unto him Jhe would impart the fame : 0 wretched man, that would abufe fo gentle dame,
XXI. At loft fuch grace I found, and meanes I wrought,
That I that lady to my fpoufe had wonne ;
Accord of friendes, confent of parents fought,
Affyaunce made, my happineffe begonney
There wanted nought but few rites to be donne,
Which mariage make , that day too far re didfeeme :
Moji ioyous man, on whom the f dining funne
Did few his face, myfelfe I did efeeme, And that my falfer friend did no lefs ioyous deeme.
XXII.
But ere that wijhed day his beame difclosd,
He either envying my toward good,
Or of himfelfe to treafon ill difposd,
One day unto me came in friendly mood,
And told for fecret how he underfood
That lady, whom I had to me ajfynd,
Had both dijlaind her honorable blood,
And eke the faith which Jhe to me did bynd ; And therefore wifht me fay, till I more truth Jhouldfynd.
XXIII. The gnawing anguifi and fiarp gelofy,
Which his fad f peach infixed in my breft,
Ranckledfofore, and fefired inwardly,
That my engreeved mind could find no reft,
Till that the truth thereof I did out-wrejl,
And him befought by that fame f acred band
Betwixt us both to counfell me the beft :
He then with file mne oath and plighted hand Affurd, ere long the truth to let me under/land.
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XXIV.
Ere long with like againe he boarded mee,
Saying, be now had bo id ted all the flour r,
And that it was a groome of bafe degree.
Which of my love was partner par amour e -,
Who ufcd in a darhefome inner bowre
Her oft to meete : which better to approve.
He promifed to bring me at that bowre.
When Ijlotddfee that would me nearer move, And drive me to withdraw my blind abufed love,
XXV.
This graceleffc man, for furtherance of his guile,
Did court the hand may d of my lady dear e,
Who, glad f cmbofome his affection vile,
Did alljhe might more pleajing to appear e.
One day to worke her to his will more neare,
He wood her thus ; Try em (fo fie bight)
What great defpight doth fortune to thee be are,.
Thus lowly to abaft thy beautie bright, That itfijould not deface all others lejfer light ?
XXVL But if fie had her leafl helpe to thee lent,
T' adorne thy forme according thy defart,
Their blazing pride thou wouldefl foone have blent \t
And flay m d their prayfes with thy leafl good part y
Ne fioould faire Claribell with all her art,
Thd fie thy lady be, approch thee neare:
Tor proof thereof this evening, as thou art,
Aray thyfelfe in her mofl gorgeous geare, That I may more delight in thy embracement deare*
XXVII.
The may den, proud through praife, and mad through Iov.eD
Him hearkned to, and foone kerfelfe arayd :
The whiles to me the treachour did remove
His craftie engin, and, as he hadfayd,
Me leading, in afecret corner layd,
The fad f peel at our of my tr age die ;
Where left, he went, and his owne falfe part play d,
Difguifed like that groome of bafe degree, Whom he hadfeignd tJf abufer of my love to bee,
XXVIII. Eft-
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XXVIII.
Eftfoones he came unto ttt appointed place ,
And with him brought Pryene, rich arayd,
In Claribellaes clothes : her proper face
I not defcerned in that darkefome Jhade,
But weend it was my love with whom he playd.
Ah God I what horrour and tormenting grief e
My hart ^ my handes* mine eies, and all affayd !
Me liefer were ten thoufand deathes priefe, Then wounde of gealous worme, andfiame of fuch repriefe.
XXIX.
I heme retourning, fraught with fowle defpight,
And chawing vengeaunce all the way I went.,
Soone as my loathed love appeard in fight,
With wrathfull hand I few her innocent ;
That after foone I dearely did lament :
For when the caufe of that outrageous deede
F)emaunded, I made plaine and evident,
Her fault ie handmayd, which that bale did breede, Confejl how Philemon her wrought to chaunge her weede.
XXX.
Which when I heard, with horrible affright
Aid hellijh fury all e?iragdy I fought
Upon myfelfe that vengeable defpight
To punijh : yet it better fir ft I thought
To wreake my wrath on him, that firjl it wrought .*
To Philemon, falfe fay tour Philemon,
I caft to pay that Ifo dearely bought :
Of deadly drugs I gave him drinke anon, And waft away his guilt with guilty potion.
XXXI.
Thus heaping crime on crime, and grief e on grief e,
To loffe of love adioyning loffe of f rend,
I meant to purge both with a third mifchiefe,
And in my woes beginner it to end :
That was Pryene ; fhe did firfi offend,
She laft ft:ould fimart : with which cruell intent,
When I at her my murdrous blade did bend,
She fled away with ghafily dreriment, And I pourfewing my fell purpofe, after went.
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XXXII.
Feare gave her wiuges, and rage enforft my flight ;
Through woods and phi ties Jo long I did her chace,
Till this mad man (whom your victorious might
Hath now f aft bound) me met in middle f pace :
Sis I her, fo he me pourfewd apace,
Andjhorih orertcoke : I breathing yre,
Sore chau'ff'ed at my flay in fuch a cace,
And with my heat kindled his cruellfyre ; Which kindled once, his mother did more rage in/pyre.
XXXIII. Betwixt them both they have me doen to dye,
Through wounds andflrokes andflubborne handeling,
That death were better then fuch agony,
As grief e and fury unto me did bring \
Of which in me yetflickes the mortall fling,
T'hat during life will never be appeasd,.
When he thus ended had his iorrowing,
Said Guyon, Squyre, fore have ye beene difeasd; But all your hurts may foone through temperance be easd*
XXXIV. Then gan the palmer thus, Mofl wretched man,
That to aflfeBions does the bridle lend-,
In their beginning they are weake and wan,
But foone through fluff ranee growe to fear ef all end :
Whiles they are weake betimes with them contend-,
For when they once to perfefl ftrength do grow,
Stro?2g warres they make, a?id cruell battry bend
Gainft fort of reafon, it to overthrow: Wrath, gelofy, grief e, love, this fquyre have laide thus low,
XXXV.
Wrath, gealqfie, grief e, love, do thus expell :
Wratfj is a fire, and gealqfie a weede,
Griefe is a flood, and love a monfter fell ;
The fire of fparkes, the weede of little f cede,
The flood of drops, the monfter filth did breede :
But f parks, feed, drops, and filth, do thus delay y
The fp arks foone quench, the fpringing feed outweed,
The drops dry up, and filth wipe cleane away : Sofl:all wrath, gealofy, griefe, love, die and decay.
XXXVI. Unlucky
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Unlucky /quire, faide Guyon, fth thqu haft Fake into mi/chief e through intemperaunce, Henceforth take heede of that thou now haft paft, And guyde thy waies with warie governaunce, Leaf worf betide thee by fome later chaunce. But read how art thou namd, and of what kin. Phaon I bight, quoth he, and do advauncs Mine auncefry from famous Coradin, Whofirft to rayfe our houfe to honour did begin.
XXXVII. Thus as he fpake, lo far away they fpyde A varlet ronning towardes haftily, Whole flying feet fo fan: their way applyde, That round about a cloud of duft did fly, Which mingled all with fweate did dim his eye. He foone approched, panting, breathleffe, whot. And all fo foyld, that none could him defcry ; His countenaunce was bold, and bafhed not For Guyons lookes, but fcornefull ey-glaunce at him mot,
XXXVIII. Behind his backe he bore a brafen fhield, On which was drawen faire, in colours fit, A flaming fire in midffc of bloody field, And round about the wreath this word was writ, Burnt I doe burne. right well befeemed it To be the fhield of fome redoubted knight ; And in his hand two dartes exceeding flit And deadly fharp he held, whofe heads were dight In poyfon and in blood of malice and defpight.
XXXIX. tWhen he in prefence came, to Guyon nrffe
He boldly fpake, Sir knight, if knight thou bee. Abandon this fere flailed place at erft, For fear e of further harme, I counfell thee ; Or bide the chaunce at thine owne ieopardee. The knight at his great boldnefle wondered ; And though he fcorn'd his ydle vanitee, Yet mildly him to purpofe anfwered; For not to grow of nought he it coniectured 5
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XL. Far let, tins place mofl dew to me I deeme.
Yielded by him that held it forcibly .
But whence /hold come that bar me ; which thou dojlfeeme
To threat to him that mindes his chaunce t' abye f
Perdv, fayd he, here comes, and is hard by
A knight of wondrous powre and great affay,
That never yet encountred enemy,
But did him deadly daunt, orfowle difmay ; Ne thou for better hope, if thou his prefence flay.
XLI. How hight he, then fayd Guyon, and from whence ?
Pyrochles is his name, renowmed farre
For his bold fates and hardy confidence,
Full oft approvd in many a cruell warre,
The brother of Cymochles, both which arre
The fames of old Aerates and Defpight -,
Aerates fonne of Phlegeton and Iarre :
But Phlegeton is fame of He re bus and Night ; But Herebus fonne of Aeternitie is hight.
XLII. So from immortall race he does proceede,
That mortall hands may not with/land his might,
Dradfor his derri?ig doe and bloody deed j
For all in blood andfpoile is his delight.
His am I At in, his in wrong and right,
That matter make for him to worke upon,
Andftirre him up tojlrife and cruell fight.
Fly therefore, fly this fearfull flead anon. Leaf thy fool-hardize worke thy fad confufion.
XLIII.
His be that care, whom mofi it doth concerne,
Sayd he : but whether with fuch hafty flight
Art thou now bownd ? for well mote I difcerne
Great caufe, that carries thee fo fwifte and light.
My lord, quoth he, me fent, and freight behight
Tofceke Occafion, wherefo [he bee :
For he is all difposd to bloody fight,
And breathes out wrath and hainous crueltee j Hard is his hap, that firfi fals in his ieopardee.
XLIV. Mad
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XLIV.
Mad man, faid then the palmer, that doesfeeke
Occajion to wrath, and caufe of Jlrife ;
Shee comes unfought, and fionned followcs eke.
Happy, who can abjlai?ie, when rancor rife
Kindles revenge, and threats his rujly knife :
Woe never wants, where every caufe is caught,
And ra/h Occajion makes unquiet life.
'Then he, wher bound fie fits, whom thou haft fought, Said Guyon, let that mejfage to thy lord be brought.
XLV.
That when the varlett heard and faw, ftreightway
He wexed wondrous wroth, and faid, Vile knight,
That knights and knighthood doefl with/hame upbray3
And Jhewjl tti enfample of thy cbildijhe might,
With filly weake old woman thus to fight.
Great glory and gay fpoile fure haft thou gott,
Andftoutly provd thy puijjaunce here in fight :
That Jhall Pyrochles well requite, Iwott, And with thy blood abolijldfo reprochfull blott.
XL VI.
With that one of his thrillant darts he threw,
Headed with yre and vengeable defpight :
The quivering fteele his aymed end wel knew,
And to his breft itfelfe intended right :
But he was wary, and ere it empight
In the meant marke, advaunft. his fhield atween y
On which it feizing no way enter might,
But backe rebownding left the forckhead keene : Eftfoones he fled away, and might no where be feene*
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CANTO V.
Pyrcchles does with Guyon fight y
And Furors chayne untyes j Who him fore wounds, whiles Atin to
Cymochles for aydfiyes.
I.
HOEVER doth to temperaunce apply His ftedfaft life, and all his actions frame,
Trufl me, ihal rind no greater enimy
Then fhibborne perturbation to the fame ;
To which right wel the wife doe give that name $
For it the goodly peace of ftaied mindes
Does overthrow, and troublous warre proclaime :
His owne woes author, whofo bound it findes, As did Pyrochles, and it wilfully unbindes.
II. After that varlets flight, it was not long
Ere on the plaine fart, pricking Guyon ipide
One in bright armes embatteiled full ftronor ;
That as the funny beames do glaunce and glide
Upon the trembling wave, lb mined bright,
And round about him threw forth fparkling fire,
That feemd him to enflame on every fide :
His fteed wras bloody red, and fomed yre, When with the mailtring fpur he did him roughly flire.
III.
Approching nigh, he never ftaid to greete,
Ne chafTar words, prowd corage to provoke,
But prickt fo ners, that underneath his feete
The fmouldring duft did rownd about him fmoke,
Both horfe and man nigh able for to choke j
And fayrly couching his fteele-headed ipeare,
Him firfl faluted with a fturdy flroke :
It booted nought fir Guyon, comming neare, To thincke fuch hideous puiffaunce on foot to beare :
IV. But
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IV.
But lightly fhunned it, and paffing by
With his bright blade did fmite at him fo fell, That the fharpe fleele arriving forcibly On his broad fhield bitt not, but glauncing fell On his horfe necke before the quilted fell, And from the head the body fundred quight : So him difmounted low he did compell On foot with him to matchen equall fight ; The truncked beafi faft bleeding did him fowly dight.
V. Sore bruzed with the fall he flow uprofe, And all enraged thus him loudly fhent ; Dijleall knight \ whofe coward cor age chofe ^to wreake itfelfe on beajl all innocent ', Andjhund the marke at which it JJjould be ment ; Therby thine armes feem Jlrong, but manhood fray I : So haft thou oft with guile thine honor blent j But litle may fuch guile thee now avayl, If wonted force and fortune doe me not much fay I .
VI. With that he drew his flaming fword, and ftrooke At him fo fiercely, that the upper marge Of his feven-folded fhield away it tooke, And glauncing on his helmet, made a large And open gafh therein : were not his targe, That broke the violence of his intent, The weary fowle from thence it would difcharge ; Natheleffe fo fore a buff to him it lent, That made him reele, and to his breft his bever bent.
VII. Exceeding wroth was Guyon at that blow, And much afhamd that ftroke of living arme Should him difmay, and make him ftoup fo low, Though otherwife it did him litle harme : Tho hurling high his yron-braced arme, He fmote fo manly on his fhoulder-plate, That all his left fide it did quite difarme ; Yet there the fleele fcayd not, but inly bate Deepe in his flefh, and opened wide a red floodgate.
Vot. I. f f VIII. Deadly
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VIII.
Deadly difmayd with horror of that dint Pyrochles was, and grieved eke entyre i Yet nathemore did it his fury Hint, But added flame unto his former fire, That wel-nigh molt his hart in raging yre : Ne thenceforth his approved fkill, to ward, Or ftrike, or hurtle rownd in warlike gyre, Remembred he, ne car'd for his faufgard,
But rudely rag'd, and like a cruel tygre far'd.
IX.
He hewd, and lafht, and foynd, and thondred blowes, And every way did feeke into his life ; Ne plate, ne male could ward fo mighty throwes, But yielded paffage to his cruell knife : But Guy on, in the heat of all his ftrife, Was wary wife, and clofely did awayt Avauntage, whilefl his foe did rage moil rife j Sometimes athwart, fometimes he ftrook him flraytj
And falfed oft his blowes t'illude him with fuch bayt,
X.
Like as a lyon, whofe imperiall powre A prowd rebellious unicorne defyes, T' avoide the ram aflault and wrathful ftowre Of his fiers fo@, him to a tree applyes, And when him ronning in full courfe he fpyes, He flips afide j the whiles that furious beafl: His precious home, fought of his enimyes, Strikes in the ftocke, ne thence can be releafl,
But to the mighty victor yields a bounteous feaft.
XI.
With fuch faire Height him Guyon often fayld, Till at the laft all breathlefTe, weary, faint, Him fpying, with frefh onfett he afTayld, And kindling new his corage, feeming queint, Strooke him fo hugely, that through great conflraint He made him floup perforce unto his knee. And doe unwilling worfhip to the faint, That on his fhield depamted he did fee ;
Such homage till that inftant never learned hee.
XII. Whom
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XII.
Whom Guyon feeing ftoup, pourfewed fail The prefent offer of faire victory, And foone his dreadfull blade about he caft, Wherewith he fmote his haughty creft fo hye, That ftreight on grownd made him full low to lye ; Then on his breft his victor foote he thru ft : With that he cryde, Mercy, doe me not dye, Ne deeme thy force ', by fortunes doome uniufi That hath (maugre her fpight) thus low me laid in duft.
XIII. Eftfoones his cruel hand fir Guyon ftayd, Tempring the pamon with advizement flow, And maiftring might on enimy dlfmayd ; For th' equall die of warre he well did know : Then to him faid, Live, and alleagaunce owe To him, that gives thee life and liberty ; And henceforth by this dales enfample trowy That hajly wroth and heedlejje bazar dry Doe breede repentaunce late and lajling infamy,
XIV. So up he let him rife ; who with grim looke
And count'naunce fterne upftanding, gan to grind His grated teeth for great difdeigne, and fhooke His fandy lockes, long hanging downe behind, Knotted in blood and duft, for grief of mind That he in ods of armes was conquered ; Yet in himfelfe fome comfort he did find, That him fo noble knight had mayftered ; Whofe bounty more then might5 yet both he wondered.
XV. Which Guyon marking faid, Be nought agrievdt
Sir knight, that thus ye now fub dewed arre :
Was never man who mojl conqueftes atcloievd,
But fometimes had the worfe and loft by warre y
Yet JJjortly gaynd that loffe exceeded f arre :
Lojfe is no fhame, nor to bee leffe then foe ,
But to bee leffer then himfelfe doth ?narre
Both loofers lott and vigours prayfe alfoe : Vaine others over thr owes who felfe doth overthrow.
Ff2 XVI. Fly,
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XVI. Fly, o PyrocbUs, fly the dreadful warre
That in thy fife I by lefj'er partes do move 5
Outrageous anger, and woe-working iarre,
Direfull impatience, andhart-murdring love :
Tbcfe, thofe thy foes \ thofe warri ours far remove ',
J! Inch thee to endlej/e hale captived lead.
But fit h in might thou did/1 my mercy prove \
Of courtefe to mcc the caufe arcad 'That thee againfl me drew with fo impetuous dread.
XVII. Dreadleffe, f-iid he, that fall I foone declare ;
It was complaind that thou hadft done great tort
Unto an aged woman, poore and bare,
And thralled her in chaines with fir ong effort ',
Voide of all fuccour a?id needfull comfort :
That ill befeemes thee, fuch as I thee fee,
To worke fuch fhame : therefore I thee exhort
To chaunge thy will, a?id fet Occafionfree, And to her captive fonne yield his firfl liberie e\
XVIII.
Thereat fir Guyon fmylde, And is that ally
Said he, that thee fo fore difpleafed hath ?
Great mercy fire, for to enlarge a thrall,
Whofe freedom fall thee turne to great efl fcath.
Nattileffe now quench thy whott emboyling wrath :
Loe there they bee ; to thee I yield them free.
Thereat he wondrous glad, out of the path
Did lightly leape, where he them bound did fee, And gan to breake the bands of their captivitee.
XIX.
Soone as Occafion felt herfelfe untyde,
Before her fonne could well aflbyled bee,
She to her ufe returnd, and ftreight defyde
Both Guyon and Pyrochles : th' one (faid fhee)
Bycaufe he wonne ; the other, becaufe hee
Was wonne : fo matter did me make of nought
To ftirre up fcrife, and garre them difagree :
But foone as Furor was enlargd, fhe fought To kindle his quencht fyre, and thoufand caufes wrought.
XX. It
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XX. It was not long ere (he inflam'd him fo,
That he would algates with Pyrochles fight,
And his redeemer chalengd for his foe,
Became he had not well mainteind his right,
But yielded had to that fame flraunger knight.
Now gan Pyrochles wex as wood as hee,
And him affronted with impatient might :
So both together fiers engrafped bee, Whyles Guyon Handing by their uncouth ftrife does fee.
XXI. Him all that while Occafion did provoke
Againft Pyrochles, and new matter fram'd
Upon the old, him flirring to bee wroke
Of his late wronges, in which fhe oft him blam'd
For fuffering fuch abufe as knighthood fham'd,
And him difhabled quyte : but he was wife,
Ne would with vaine occalions be inflam'd j
Yet others (he more urgent did devife ; Yet nothing could him to impatience entife.
XXII. Their fell contention ftill increafed more,
And more thereby increafed Furors might,
That he his foe has hurt and wounded fore,
And him in blood and durt deformed quight.
His mother eke, more to augment his fpight*
Now brought to him a flaming fyer-brond,
Which fhe in Stygian lake, ay burning bright,
Had kindled : that fhe gave into his hond, That armd with fire more hardly he mote him withflond.
XXIII. Tho gan that villein wex fo fiers and ftrong,
That nothing might fuftaine his furious forfe :
He cafl him downe to ground, and all along
Drew him through durt and myre without remorfe.
And fowly battered his comely corfe,
That Guyon much difieignd fo loathly fight.
At laft he was compeld to cry perforfe,
Hc!p> ojir Guyon, helpe moji ncble knight, To ridd a wretched mom from handes of hcllijh wight.
XXIV. The
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XXIV.
The knight was greatly moved at his playnt,
And o-an him oVht to fuccour his diftrefTe,
Till that the palmer, by his grave reftraynt,
Kim ftayd from yielding pitifull redrefle,
And faid, Deare jonne, thy caufclefje ruth reprejfe,
Ne let thy flout hart melt in pitty vayne :
He that his forow fought through wilfulneffey
And his foe fettred would releafe agayne, Deferves to tajie his follies fruity repented payne.
XXV.
Guy on obayd ; fo him away he drew
From needle-lie trouble of renewing fight
Already fought, his voyage to pourfew.
But ram Pyrochles' varlett, Atin hight,
When late he faw his lord in heavie plight,
Under fir Guyons puirTaunt ftroke to fall,
Him deeming dead, as then he feemd in fight,
Fledd fan: away to tell his funerall Unto his brother, whom Cymochles men did call.
XXVI.
He was a man of rare redoubted mip-ht,
Famous throughout the world for warlike prayfe,
And glorious fpoiles, purchafl in perilous fight :
Full many doughtie knightes he in his dayes
Had doen to death, fubdewde in equall frayes ;
Whofe carkafes, for terrour of his name,
Of fowles and beaftes he made the piteous prayes,
And hong their conquerd armes for more defame On gallow-trees, in honour of his deareft dame.
XXVII.
His deareft dame is that enchaunterefie,
The vyle Acralia, that with vaine delightes,
And ydle pleafures in her bowre of blirTe,
Does charme her lovers, and the feeble fprightes
Can call out of the bodies of fraile wightes ;
Whom then fhe does trasforme to monftrous hewes,
And horribly misfhapes with ugly fightes,
Captiv'd eternally in yron mewes, i
And darkfom dens, where Titan his face never mewes,
XXVIII. There
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XXVIII. There Atin fownd Cymocles foiourning,
To ferve his lemans love : for he by kynd
Was given all to luft and loofe living,
Whenever his iiers handes he free mote fynd :
And now he has pourd out his ydle mynd
In daintie delices and laviih ioyes,
Having his warlike weapons call behynd,
And flowes in pleafures and vaine plealing toyes, Mingled emongfl loofe ladies and lafcivious boyes.
XXIX. And over him art ftryving to compayre
With nature did an arber green e difpred,
Framed of wanton yvie, flouring fayre,
Through which the fragrant eglantine did fpred
His prickling armes, entrayld with rofes red,
Which daintie odours round about them threw :
And all within with flowres was garniihed,
That when myld Zephyrus emongfl them blew, Did breath out bounteous fmels, and painted colors fhew»
XXX. And fail befide there trickled foftly downe
A gentle flreame, whofe murmuring wave did play
Emongfl the pumy flones, and made a fowne,
To lull him foft afleepe that by it lay :
The wearie traveller, wandring that way,
Therein did often quench his thrifty heat,
And then by it his wearie limbes difplay,
Whiles creeping flomber made him to forget His former payne, and wypt away his toilfom fweat.
XXXI. And on the other fyde a pleafaunt grove
Was fhott up high, full of the flately tree
That dedicated is t' Olympick love,
And to his fonne Alcides, whenas hee
In Nemus gayned goodly vkftoree :
Therein the mery birdes of every forte
Chaunted alowd their chearfull harmonee,
And made emongfl themfelves a fweete confort, That quickned the dull fpright with mulicall comfort,
XXXII. There
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There he him found all carelefly difplaid,
In fecrete fhadow from the funny ray,
On a fweet bed of lillics foftly laid,
Amidit a flock of damzelles frefh and gay,
That rownd about him diflblute did play
Their wanton follies and light meriment ;
Every of which did loofely difaray
Her upper partes of meet habiliments, And mewd them naked, deckt with many ornaments.
XXXIII. And every of them flrove with moil delights
Him to aggrate, and greateft pleafures ihew :
Some framd faire lookes, glancing like evening lights ;
Others fweet wordes, dropping like honny dew j
Some bathed kirTes, and did foft embrew
The fugred licour through his melting lips :
One boailes her beautie, and does yield to vew
Her dainty limbes above her tender hips ; Another her out-boaftes, and all for tryall ftrips.
XXXIV. He, like an adder lurking in the weedes,
His wandring thought in deepe defire does fleepe,
And his frayle eye with fpoyle of beauty feedes ;
Sometimes he falfely faines himfelfe to fleepe,
Whiles through their lids his wanton eies do peepe
To fteale a fnatch of amorous conceipt,
Whereby clofe fire into his hart does creepe ;
So he them deceives, deceivd in his deceipt, Made dronke with drugs of deare voluptuous receipt.
XXXV.
Atin arriving there when him he fpyde
Thus in ftill waves of deepe delight to wade,
Fiercely approching to him lowdly cryde,
Cymochles ; oh no, but Cymcchles fiade,
In which that manly perfon late did fade :
Wljat is become of great Aerates fonne?
Or where hath he hong up his mortall blade,
*£hat hath Jo many haughty conquefis wonne? Is all his force for lor ne> and all his glory donned
XXXVI. Then
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xxxvi.
Then pricking him with his fharp-pointed dart, He faid, Up, up, thou womanifj weake knight, "That here in ladies lap entombed art, Unmindfull of thy praife and prowefi might, And weetlejje eke of lately -wrought defpight ; Whiles fad Pyrochles lies on fence ieffe ground, And groneth out his utmojl grudging fpright through many aftroke and many a fir 'earning wound.
Calling thy help in vaine that here in ioyes art dround.
XXXVII.
Suddeinly out of his delightfull dreame
The man awoke, and would have quefliond more -,
But he would not endure that wofull theame
For to dilate at large, but urged fore
With percing wordes and pittifull implore
Him hafty to arife : as one affright
With hellifh feends, or Furies mad uprore,
He then uprofe, inflamd with fell defpight,
And called for his armes ; for he would algates fight :
XXXVIII. They bene ybrought ; he quickly does him dight, And lightly mounted pafTeth on his way : Ne ladies loves ne fweete entreaties might Appeafe his heat, or haftie parTage flay ; For he has vowd to beene avengd that day (That day itfelfe him feemed all too long) On him, that did Pyrochles deare difmay. So proudly pricketh on his courfer flrong,
And Atin ay him pricks with fpurs of fhame and wrong.
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CANTO VI.
Guyon is of immodcjl merth,
Led into loofc dcjyre j Fights with Cymochles, whiles his bro~
ther bur nes in furious fyre.
I.
A Harder lefTon to learne continence In ioyous pleafure then in grievous paine :
For fweetnerTe doth allure the weaker fence
So ltrongly, that uneathes it can refraine
From that which feeble nature covets fainc :
But griefe and wrath, that be her enemies
And foes of life, fhe better can reftraine :
Yet vertue vauntes in both her victories ; And Guyon in them all fliewes goodly mayfteries*
II. Whom bold Cymochles travelling to finde,
With cruell purpofe bent to wreake on him
The wrath which Atin kindled in his mind.
Came to a river, by whofe utmoil brim
Wayting to parTe he faw whereas did fwim
Along the more, as fwift as glaunce of eye,
A litle gondelay, bedecked trim
With boughes and arbours woven cunninglys That like a litle forreft feemed outwardly.
III.
And therein fate a lady frefh and fayre,
Making fweete folace to herfelfe alone ;
Sometimes fhe fong as lowd as larke in ayre,
Sometimes me laught, that nigh her breath was gone 5
Yet was there not with her eife any one,
That to her might move caufe of meriment :
Matter of merth enough, though there were nonej,
She could devife, and thoufand waies invent To hcdQ her foolifli humour and vaine iolliment.
Which
Cant vi. Faery Queene. 227
IV.
Which when far off Cymochles heard and faw,
He lowdly cald to fuch as were abord
The little barke unto the fhore to draw,
And him to ferry over that deepe ford.
The merry mariner unto his word
Soone hearkned, and her painted bote flreightway
Turnd to the more, where that fame warlike lord
She in receiv'd ; but Atin by no way She would admit, albe the knight her much did pray.
V. Eftfoones her (hallow fhip away did Aide,
More fwift then fwallow meres the liquid fkye,
Withouten oare or pilot it to guide,
Or winged canvas with the wind to fly :
Onely fhe turnd a pin, and by and by
It cut away upon the yielding wave ;
Ne cared fhe her courfe for to apply,
For it was taught the way which fhe would have, And both from rocks and flats itfelfe could wifely fave.
VI. And all the way the wanton damfell found
New merth her paffenger to entertaine ;
For fhe in pleafaunt purpofe did abound,
And greatly ioyed merry tales to fayne,
Of which a fiore-houfe did with her remaine ;
Yet feemed nothing well they her became :
For all her wordes fhe drownd with laughter vaine,
And wanted grace in utt'ring of the fame ; That turned all her pleafaunce to a fcofling game.
VII.
And other whiles vaine toyes fhe would devize,
As her fantafticke wit did moft delight :
Sometimes her head fhe fondly would aguize
With gaudy girlonds, or frefh flowrets dight
About her necke, or rings of rufhes plight :
Sometimes to do him laugh, me would aflay
To laugh at making of the leaves light,
Or to behold the water worke and play About her little frigot, therein making way.
G?2 VIII. Her
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viii.
Her light behaviour and loofe dalliaunce
Gave wondrous great contentment to the knight,
That of his way he had no fovenaunce,
Nor care of vow'd revenge and cruell light ;
But to weake wench did yield his martiall might.
So eafie was to quench his flamed minde
With one fweete drop of feni trail delight :
So eafie is t'appeafe the ftormy winde Of malice in the calme of plealaunt womankind.
IX. Diverfe difcourfes in their way they fpent j
Mongft which Cymochles of her queftioned
Both what me was, and what that ufage ment,
Which in her cott fhe daily practized :
Vaine man, faide fhe, that wouldeft be reckoned
A ftraunger in thy home, and ignoraunt
Of Phaedria (for fo my name is red)
Of Phaedria, thine owne fellow fervaunt -y For thou toferve Acrafia thy f elf e doefi vaunt.
X. In this wide inland fea, that bight by name
The Idle lake, my wandring Jhip I row,
That knowes her port, and thether fayles by ay me,
Ne care nefeare I how the wind do blow,
Or whether fwift I wend or whether flow :
Both flow and fwift alike do ferve my tourne ;
Ne fuelling Neptune ne lowd-thundring love
Can chaunge my cheare, or make me ever tnourne : My title boat can fafely paffe this perilous bourne.
XI.
Whiles thus me talked, and whiles thus me toyd,
They were far paft the paffage which he fpake,
And come unto an ifland wafte and voyd,
That floted in the midfl: of that great lake ;
There her fmall gondelay her port did make,
And that gay payre iifewing on the more
Difburdned her : their way they forward take
Into the land that lay them faire before, Whofe pleafaunce fhe him fhewd and plentifull great ftore,
XII. It
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XII.
It was a chofen plott of fertile land,
Emongft wide waves fett like a litle neft,
As if it had by natures cunning hand
Bene choycely picked out from all the red:,
And laid forth for enfample of the beft :
No dainty flowre or herbe that growes on grownd,
No arborett with painted blolTomes dreft
And mielling fweete, but there it might be fownd To bud out faire and throwe her fweete fmels al arownd.
XIII.
No tree, whofe braunches did not bravely fpring ; No braunch, whereon a fine bird did not fitt ; No bird, but did her fhrill notes fweetely fing j No fong, but did containe a lovely diet. Trees, braunches, birds, and fongs were framed fitt For to allure fraile mind to careleffe eafe. CarelelTe the man foone woxe, and his weake witt Was overcome of thing that did him pleafe : So pleafed did his wrathfull purpofe faire appeafe.
XIV. Thus when fhee had his eyes and fences fed
With falfe delights and fild with pleafures vayn, Into a fhady dale me foft him led, And layd him downe upon a graiTy playn $ And her fweete felfe without dread or difdayn She fett befide, laying his head difarmd In her loofe lap, it foftly to fuflayn, Where foone he flumbred fearing not be harmd : The whiles with a love-lay me thus him fweetly charmd j
XV. Behold, 0 man, that toilefome paines doeft take, The fewrs, the fields, and all that pleafaunt growes., Mow they t he mf elves doe thine enfample make, Whiles nothing envious nature them forth throwes Out of her fruitfull lap : how, no man knowes, They fpring, they bud, they bloffome frefi and faire, And de eke the world with their rich pompous f owes : Yet no man for them taketh paines or care, Tet no man to them can his carefull paines compare*
XVI. Tbt
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XVI.
The lilly, lady of the foivring field,
The flowre-dcluce, her lovelv paramoure,
Bid thee to them thy fruitleffe labors yields
And [cone leave off this toyifome weary ftonre :
Loe, he, bow brave fie decks her bounteous boure,
With [ii kin curt ens and gold cover letts,
Therein toJJjrowd her Jumptuous belamoure !
Yet fiether fpinncs nor cards, nc cares norjretti, But to her mother nature all her care foe letts,
XVII. Why then doeft thou, o man, that of them all
Art lord, and eke of nature foveraine,
Wilfully make thyfelfe a wretched thrall,
And wafie thy ioyous howres in needeleffe paine,
Seeking for daunger and adventures roaine 2
What bootes it al to have and nothing ufe ?
Who jhall him rew that fwimming in the maine
Will die for thrift, and water doth refufe ? Refufe fuch fruitleffe toile, and prefent pleafures chufe,
XVIII.
By this fhe had him lulled fart afleepe,
That of no worldly thing he care did take :
Then fhe with liquors ftrong his eies did fteepe,
That nothing mould him haftily awake.
So fhe him lefte, and did herfelfe betake
Unto her boat again, with which fhe clefte
The flouthfull wave of that great griefly lake j
Soone fhee that illand far behind her lefte, And now is come to that fame place where £rfl me weftc.
XIX. By this time was the worthy Guyon brought
Unto the other fide of that wide ftrond,
Where fhe was rowing, and for paffage fought :
Him needed not long call, fhee foone to hond
Her ferry brought, where him me byding fond
With his fad guide : himfelfe fhe tooke aboord,
But the blacke palmer furrred ftill to ftond,
Ne would for price or prayers once affocrd To ferry that old man over the perlous foord.
XX. Guyon
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xx.
Guyon was loath to leave his guide behind,
Yet being entred might not backe retyre j
For the flitt barke obaying to her mind
Forth launched quickly as fhe did defire,
Ne gave him leave to bid that aged fire
Adieu, but nimbly ran her wonted courfe
Through the dull billowes thicke as troubled mire,
Whom nether wind out of their feat could forfe, Nor timely tides did drive out of their fluggifh fourfe.
XXI. And by the way, as was her wonted guize.
Her mery fitt fhee frefhly gan to reare,
And did of ioy and iollity devize,
Herfelfe to cheri£h, and her gueft to cheare.
The knight was courteous, and did not forbeare
Her honeft merth and pleafaunce to partake ;
But when he faw her toy, and gibe, and geare,
And paffe the bonds of modefr. merimake, Her dalliaunce he defpis'd and follies did forfake.
XXII.
Yet {he ftill followed her former ftyle,
And faid, and did all that mote him delight,
Till they arrived in that pleafaunt ile,
Where fleeping late fhe lefte her other knight.
But whenas Guyon of that land had fight,
He wift himfelfe amiffe, and angry faid,
Ah dame, perdy ye have not doen me right y
'Thus to mijlead mee, whiles I you obaid : Me litle needed from my right way to have f raid.
XXIII. Fair e fir, quoth fhe, be not difpleasd at all ;
Who fares on fea may not commaund his way,
Ne wind and weather at his pleafure call :
The fea is wide and eafy for to fray ',
The wind unftable and doth never fay.
But here a while ye may in fafeiy refy
Till feafon ferve new paffage to affay :
Better fafe port then be in fas difrefl. Therewith me laught, and did her earnefl end in ieft.
XXIV. But
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XXIV.
But he halfe difcontent mote nathelefie
Himfelfe appeafe, and uTewd forth on more :
The ioyes whereof and happy fruitfulnefle,
Such as he faw, flie gan him lay before,
And all though pleafaunt, yet (he made much more.
The fields did laugh, the flowres did frefhly fpring,
The trees did bud, and early bloffomes bore ;
And ail the quire of birds did fvveetly ling, And told that gardins pleafures in their caroling.
XXV.
And (lie more fweete then any bird on bough
Would oftentimes emongft them beare a part,
And ftrive to pafle (as ilie could well enough)
Their native muficke by her fkilful art :
So did fhe all, that might his conftant hart
Withdraw from thought of warlike enterprize,
And drowne in diilblute delights apart,
Where noife of armes or vew of martiall guizc Might not revive defire of knightly exercize :
XXVI. But he was wife and wary of her will,
And ever held his hand upon his hart ;
Yet would not feeme fo rude and thewed ill
As to defpife fo curteous feeming part,
That gentle lady did to him impart :
But fairly tempring, fond defire fubdewd,
And ever her defired to depart;
She lift not heare, but her difports pourfewd, And ever bad him ftay till time the tide renewd.
XXVII.
And now by this Cymochles howre was fpent,
That he awoke out of his ydle dreme ;
And fhaking off his drowfy dreriment,
Gan him avize howe ill did him befeme
In flouthfull fleepe his molten hart to Heme,
And quench the brond of his conceived yre.
Tho up he ftarted, ftird with fhame extreme,
Ne ftaied for his damfell to inquire, But marched to the ftrond, there paftage to require.
XXVIII. And
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xxvni.
And in the way he with fir Guyon mett,
Accompanyde with Phaedria the faire :
Eftfoones he gan to rage and inly frett,
Crying, Let be that lady debonaire,
Thou re ere aunt knight ;, andfoo?ie~ thy f elf e prepaire
¥0 batteile, if thou meane her love to gayn.
Loe, he already how the fowles in aire
Doeflocke, awaiting Jhortly to obtayn Thy carcasfor their pray, the guerdon of thy payn.
XXIX. '
And there-withall he fierfly at him flew,
And with importune outrage him afTayld ;
Who foone prepard to field his fword forth drew,
And him with equall valew countervayld :
Their mightie ftrokes their haberieons difmayld,
And naked made each others manly fpalles ;
The mortall fleele defpiteoufly entayld
Deepe in their flefh quite through the yron walles, That a large purple ftreame adown their giambeux falles.
XXX.
Cymochles, that had never mett before
So puhTant foe, with envious defpight
His prowd prefumed force increafed more,
Difdeigning to bee held fo long in fight.
Sir Guyon grudging not fo much his might,
As thofe unknightly raylinges which he fpoke,
With wrathfull fire his corage kindled bright,
Thereof devifmg fhortly to be wroke, And doubling all his powres redoubled every ftroke.
XXXI. Both of them high attonce their hands enhaunft,
And both attonce their huge blowes down did fway ;
Cymochles fword on Guyons fhield yglaunft,
And thereof nigh one quarter fheard away :
But Guyons angry blade fo fiers did play
On th' others helmett which as Titan fhone,
That quite it clove his plumed crefl in tway,
And bared all his head unto the bone ; Where -with aflonifht flill he flood as fencelefTe ftone.
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XXXII.
Still as he flood, fayre Phaedria (that beheld
That deadly daunger) foone atweene them ran,
And at their feet herfelfe moft humbly feld,
Crying with pitteous voyce and count'nance wan,
Ah, well away I moft noble lords, how can
Tour cr uclt eyes endure fo pitteous fight
*fofhed pur lives en ground? wo worth the man,
Tbatfirfi did teach the curfedfteele to bight In his owneficfi, and ?nake way to the living fpright.
XXXIII. Jf ever love of lady did empierce
Tour yron brefies, or ptitie could find place,
Withhold your bloody handes from battai 11 fierce j
Andfithfor me ye fight, to jne this grace
Both yield, to flay your deadly Jlryfe afpace.
They ftayd a while ; and forth me gan proceede >
Moft wretched woman and of wicked race,
'That am the authour of this haijious deed, And caufe of death betweene two doughtie ktiights do breed,
XXXIV. But if for me ye fight, or me will ferve,
Not this rude kynd of battaill, nor thefe armes-
Are meet, the which doe men in bale to Jlerve,
And doolefull forrowe heape with deadly harmes :
Such cruel I game my fcarmoges dif armes.
Another warre and other weapons I
Doe love, where love does give his fweet alar me %
Without bloodfhed, and where the enimy Does yield unto his foe a pie of aunt viclory.
XXXV.
Deb ate full fir if e and cruell enmity
The famous name of knighthood fowly fhend \
But lovely peace and gentle amity,
And in amours the pajjing howres to fpend,.
The mightie ma?,tiall handes doe mofi commend j
Of love they ever greater glory bore,
Then of their armes : Mars is Cupi does f rend,
And is for Venus loves renowmed more Then all his wars and fpoiles, the which he did of yore*
XXXVI. There*
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xxxvi.
Therewith me fweetly fmyld. they, though full bent
To prove extremities of bloody fight,
Yet at her fpeach their rages gan relent,
And calme the fea of their tempeftuous fpight :
Such powre have pleafing wordes j fuch is the might
Of courteous clemency in gentle hart.
Now after all was ceaft, the faery knight
Befought that damzell fuffer him depart, And yield him ready paflage to that other part*
XXXVII.
She no leiTe glad then he defirous was
Of his departure thence ; for of her ioy
And vaine delight me faw he light did pas ;
A foe of folly and immodeft toy,
Still folemne fad, or ftill difdainfull coy,
Delighting all in armes and cruell warre ;
That her fweet peace and pleafures did annoy,
Troubled with terrour and unquiet iarre, That me well pleafed was thence to amove him farrc,
XXXVIII. Tho him fhe brought abord, and her fwift bote
Forthwith directed to that further flrand ;
The which on the dull waves did lightly rlote,
And foone arrived on the (hallow fand,
Where gladfome Guyon failed forth to land,
And to that damfell thankes gave for reward.
Upon that fhore he fpyed Atin ftand,
There by his maifter left, when late he far'd In Phaedrias fiitt barck over that perlous {hard.
XXXIX.
Well could he him remember, fith of late
He with Pyrochles fharp debatement made ;
Streight gan he him revyle, and bitter rate,
As fhepheardes curre, that in darke eveninges lliade
Hath traded forth fome falvage beaftes trade :
Vile mifcreaunt^ faid he, whether dofl thoufiye
*Ihe flame and deaths which will thee foo?ie invade $
What coward hand fiall doe thee next to dye> That art thus fowly fie dd from famous enimy $
Hh 2 XL. With
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XL. With that he flifly fhooke his fleel-head dart : But fober Guyon hearing him fo rayle, Though fomewhat moved in his mightie hart, Yet with flrong reafon maiflred paflion fraile, And pafTed fayrely forth : he turning taile Backe to the flrond retyrd, and there frill flayd, Awaiting paflage, which him late did faile ; The whiles Cymochles with that wanton mayd The hafly heat of his avowd revenge delayd.
XLI. Whylefl there the varlet flood, he fliw from farre An armed knight that towardes him fafr. ran ; He ran on foot, as if in luckleffe warre His forlorn e freed from him the viclour wan : He feemed breathleffe, hartleffe, faint and wan j; And all his armour fprinckled was with blood, And foyld with durtie gore, that no man can Difcerne the hew thereof: he never flood, But bent his haflie courfe towardes the Ydle flood.
XLII. The varlet faw when to the flood he came How v/ithout flop or flay he fierfly lept, And deepe himfelfe beducked in the fame> That in the lake his loftie crefl was flept, Ne of his fafetie feemed care he kept ; But with his raging armes he rudely flafht The waves about, and all his armour fwept, That all the blood and filth away was wafht ; Yet flill he bet the water and the billowes dafht.
XLIII.
Atin drew nigh to weet what it mote bee j For much he wondred at that uncouth fight : Whom mould he but his own deare lord there fee ? His owne deare lord Pyrochles in fad plight, Ready to drowne himfelfe for fell defpight : Harrow now out, and well away ! he cryde, TVhat difmall day hath lent this curfed lights To fee my lordfo deadly damnify de ?
Pyrochles, o Pyrochlesy what is thee betyde ?
XLIV. J
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XLIV. I burne, I burne, I burne, then lowd he cryde,
O how I bur ne with implacable fyre !
Tet nought can quench mi?ie inly flaming fyde,
Nor fea of licour cold, nor lake of myre,
Nothing but death can doe me to refpyre.
Ah be it, faid he, from Pyrochles farre
After purfewing death once to requyre,
Or think, that ought thofe puiffant hands may marre* Death is for wretches borne under unhappy far re,
XLV.
Per dye, then is it Jitt for me, faid he,
That am, Iweene, moji wretched man alive ;
Burning inflames, yet no flames can I fee,
And dying dayly, dayly yet revive.
O Atin, helpe to me lafl death to give.
The varlet at his plaint was grievd fo fore,
That his deepe-wounded hart in two did rive ;
And his owne health remembring now no more, Did follow that enfample which he blam'd afore.
XLVI.
Into the lake he lept his lord to ayd,
(So love the dread of daunger doth defpife)
And of him catching hold, him ftrongly flayd
From drowning : but more happy he then wife
Of that feas nature did him not avife :
The waves thereof fo flow and fluggifh were,
Engroft with mud which did them fowle agrife j
That every weighty thing they did upbeare, Ne ought mote ever finck downe to the bottom there.
XL VII.
Whyles thus they ftrugled in that Ydle wave,
And ftrove in vaine, the one himfelfe to drowne,
The other both from drowning for to fave ;
Lo, to that more one in an auncient gowne,
Whofe hoary locks great gravitie did crowne,
Holding in hand a goodly arming fword,
By fortune came, ledd with the troublous fowne :
Where drenched deepe he fowrid in that dull ford The carefull feirvaunt itryving with his raging lord.
XLVIIL Him
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XLVIII.
Him Atin fpying knew right well of yore,
And lowdly cald, Help, helpe, o Archimage,
To five my lord in wretched plight fopl&Ft \
Helpe with thy hand or with thy counfell fage :
Wcakc handes, but counjell is mofl flrong in age.
Him when the old man faw, he woundred fore
To fee Pyrochles there fo rudely rage :
Vet iithens helpe he faw he needed more Then pitty, he in hail approched to the more ;
XLIX.
And cald, Pyrochles, what is this I fee f
J I 'hat hell flj fury hath at earfi thee hent ?
Furious ever I thee knew to bee,
Tet never in this ftraunge ajloniflment .
The/e flames, the] e flames, he cryde, doe me torment.
What flames, quoth he, when I thee prefent fee
In daunger rather to be drent then brent %
Harrow ! the flames which me confume, faid he, Ne can be quencht, within my fecret bowelles bee,
L.
That curfed man, that cruel feend of hell,
Furor, oh Furor hath me thus bedight :
His deadly woundes within my livers fwell,
And his whott fyre burnes in mine entralles bright !,
Kindled through his inf email brond of fpight,
Sith late with him I batteill vaine would bofle ;
That now I weene loves dreaded thunder-light
Does f cor ch not half e fo fore, nor damned ghofle Inflaming Phlegeton does not fo felly rofle.
LI.
Which whenas Archimago heard, his griefe
He knew right well, and him attonce difarm'd :
Then fearcht his fecret woundes, and made a priefe
Of every place that was with bruizing harmd,
Or with the hidden fire too inly warmd.
Which doen, he balmes and herbes thereto applyde,
And evermore with mightie fpels them charmd j
That in fhort fpace he has them qualifyde, And him reftord to helth, that would have algates dyde.
CANTO
Cant. vii. Faery Queene. 239
CANTO VII.
Guyonfiides Mammon in a delve >
Sunning his threafure hore ; Is by him tempted^ and led downe
^0 fee his fecrete fare.
I.
AS pilot well expert in perilous wave, That to a ftedfaft ftarre his courfe hath bent,
When foggy mifr.es or cloudy tempefts have
The faithfull light of that faire lampe yblent,
And cover'd heaven with hideous dreriment,
Upon his card and compas firmes his eye,
(The mayfters of his long experiment)
And to them does the fleddy helme apply, Bidding his winged vefTell fairely forward fly %
II. So Guyon having loft his truflie guyde,
Late left beyond that Ydle lake, proceedes
Yet on his way, of none accompanyde ;
And evermore himfelfe with comfort feedes
Of his own vertues and praife-worthie deedes.
So long he yode, yet no adventure found,
Which fame of her fhrill trompet worthy reedes :
For ftill he traveild through wide waftfull ground, That nought but defert wilderneiTe fhewd all around.
III.
At laft he came unto a gloomy glade,
Cover'd with boughes and fhrubs from heavens light,
Whereas he fitting found in fecret made
An uncouth, falvage, and uncivile wight,
Of grieily hew and fowle ill-favour'd fight ;
His face with fmoke was tand, and eies were bleard3
His head and beard with fout were ill bedight,
His cole-blacke hands did feeme to have ben feard
In fmythes fire-fpitting forge, and nayles like clawes appeard ;
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His yron cote, all overgrowne with ruft, Was underneath enveloped with gold ; Whole gliftring glofle, darkned with filthy dufl, Well yec appeared to have beene of old A worke of rich entayle and curious mould, Woven with antickes and wyld ymagery ; And in his lap a maffe of coyne he told, And turned uplide downe, to feede his eye And covetous defire with his huge threafury :
V. And round about him lay on every fide
Great heapes of gold that never could be fpent ; Of which fome were rude owre, not purifide Of Mulcibers devouring element : Some others were new driven and diftent Into great ingowes and to wedges fquare ; Some in round plates withouten moniment ; But moil: were ftampt, and in their metal bare The antique fhapes of kings and Kefars flraung and rare,
VI. Soone as he Guyon faw, in great affright And hafte he rofe for to remove afide Thofe pretious hils from ftraungers envious fight, And downe them poured through an hole full wide Into the hollow earth, them there to hide : But Guyon lightly to him leaping ftayd His hand that trembled as one terrifyde ; And though himfelfe were at the fight difmayd, Yet him perforce reflraynd, and to him doubtfull fayd ;
VII.
What art thou man (if man at all thou art)
'That here in defert haft thine habitaunce,
And thefe rich heapes of welth doefi hide apart
From the worldes eye, and from her right ufaunce ?
Thereat with flaring eyes fixed afkaunce
In great difdaine he anfwerd, Hardy elfe,
*Xhat dareft view my direful countenaunce,
I read thee rafi and heedleffe of thyfelfe :,
Ho trouble my fill feat e and heapes of pretious pelfe,
VIII. God
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God of the world and worldlings I me call,
Great Mammon greatefi god below thejkye,
That of my plenty poure out unto all.
And unto 7ione my graces do envye :
Riches, renowme, and principality,
Honour, ejlate, and all this worldes good,
For which men fwinck and Jweat incej/antly9
Fro me do flow into an ample flood, And in the hollow earth have their eternall brood*
IX.
Wherefore if me thou deigne toferve and Jew,
At thy commaund lo all thefe mountaines bee ;
Or if to thy great mind or greedy vew
All thefe may not fufffe, there Jhall to thee
Ten times fo much be nombred francke and free.
Mammon, faid he, thy godheads vaunt is vaine,
And idle offers of thy golden fee ;
To them that covet fuch eye-glutting gaine Proffer thy giftes, and Jitter fervaunts entertainc*
X.
Me ill befits, that in der doing armes
And honours fuit my vowed dales dofpend,
Unto thy bounteous baytes and pleafing charmes,
With which weake men thou witchefl, to attend :
Regard of worldly mucke dothfowly blend
And low abafe the high heroicke fpright,
That ioyes for crownes and kingdomes to contend :
Fair e Jhi elds, gay fleedes, bright armes be my delight} Thofe be the riches Jit for an adventurous knight.
XI.
Vaine glorious elfe, faide he, doeft not thou weet,
That money can thy wantes at willfupply ?
Sheilds, feeds, and armes, and all thi?igsfor thee meet
It can purvay in twinckling of an eye,
And crownes and kingdomes to thee multiply.
Do not I kings create, and throw the crowne
Sometimes to him that low in duft doth ly,
And him that raignd into his rowme thruft downe, And whom I lujl do heape with glory and renowne ?
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All otherwife, faide he, I riches read, And decme them roote of all difquietnejfe ; Firjl got with guile, and then prefervd with dread, Aid after [pent with pride and lavifmeffe, Leaving behind them grief e and heavinejfe : Infinite mifchiefes of them doe arize, Strife and debate, bloodfied and bitternejfe, Outrageous wrong and hellifij covet ize j
That noble heart, as great difoonour, doth defpizt*
XIII.
Ne thine be king domes, ne the fcepters thine % But realmes and riders thou doejl both confound. And by all truth to treajon doejl incline ; Witneffe the guiltlefje blood pourd oft on ground* The crowned often Jlaine, the flayer cround, The J acred diademe in peeces rent. And purple robe gored with many a wound, Cafiles furprizd, great cities fackt and brent .*
So makjl thou kings, and gaynejl wrongful I government,
XIV.
Long were to tell the troublous formes, that tojfe
The private fate, and make the life unfweet ;.
Who fwelling fayles in Cafpianfea doth crojfe,
And infrayle wood on Adrian gulf doth feet,
Doth not, I weene, Jo many evils meet.
Then Mammon wexing wroth, And why then, faycT^
Are mortall men fo fond and undifcreet
So evill thing tojeeke unto their ayd, And having not complaine, and having it upbrayd £
XV.
Indeed, quoth he, through fowle intemperaunce,
Frayle men are oft captivd to covetife :
But would they thhike with how fmall allowaimce
Untroubled nature doth herfelfe fuffife, ,
Such fuperflidties they would clefpife,
Which with fad cares empeach our native ioyes..
At the well-head the purefi flreames arife ;
But mucky filth his braunchhig armes annoyes, 'And with uncomely weedes the gentle wave accloyesl
XVI. Thr
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The antique world in his firfi fiowring youth
Fownd no defetl in his Creators grace ;
But with glad thankes and unreproved truth
The guifts of fiver aine bounty did embrace :
Like Angels life was then mens happy cace :
But later ages pride, like corn-fed feed,
Abusd her plenty and fat-fwolne encreace
To all licentious luft, and gan exceed The meafure of her meane and naturall firjl need,
XVII. Then gan a curfed hand the quiet wombe
Of his great grandmother withfteele to wound,
And the hid treafures in her J acred tombe
With fact 'Hedge to dig : therein he fownd
Fountaines of gold and fiver to abownd,
Of which the matter of his huge defire
And pompous pride eftfoones he did compownd :
Then avarice gan through his veines infpire His greedy fames, and kindled life-devouring f re*
XVIII. Sonne, faid he then, lett be thy bitter fcorne,
And leave the rudeneffe of that antique age
To them, that livd therin injlateforlome.
Thou that doeft live in later times muft wage
Thy workesfor wealth, and life for gold engage $
If then thee lift my offred grace to ufe,
Take what thou pie afe of all this fur pluf age j
If thee lijl not, leave have thou to refufe : But thing refufed doe not afterward accufe.
XIX. Me lift not, faid the elfin knight, receave
Thing offred, till I know it well be gott ;
Ne wote I but thou didjl thefe goods bereave
From rightfull owner by unrighteous lott,
Or that blood-guiltineffe or guile them blott.
Perdy, quoth he, yet never eie did vew,
Ne tong did tell, ne hand thefe handled not %
But f afe I have them kept in fecret mew From hevens fight and powre of al which them pourfew,
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What Jeer et place y quoth he, can fafely hold
So huge a ?nafe, and hide from heavens eie ?
Or where haft thou thy wonne, that Jo much gold
Thou canjl preferoe from wrong and robbery ?
Come thou, quoth he, and fee. fo by and by- Through that thick covert he him led, and fownd
A darkfome way, which no man could defcry,
That deep defcended through the hollow grownd, And was with dread and horror compared arownd.
XXI. At length they came into a larger fpace,
That ftretcht itfelfe into an ample playne ;
Through which a beaten broad high way did trace,
That ftreight did lead to Plutoes griefly rayne :
By that wayes fide there fate infernall Payne,
And faft befide him fat tumultuous Strife ;
The one in hand an yron whip did flxayne,
The other brandifhed a bloody knife ; And both did gnafh their teeth, and both did threaten life :
XXII.
On th' other fide in one confort there fate
Cruell Revenge, and rancorous Defpight,
Difloyall Treafon, and hart-burning Hate ;
But gnawing Gealofy, out of their fight
Sitting alone, his bitter lips did bight -,
And trembling Feare flill to and fro did fly,
And found no place wher fafe. he fhroud him might :
Lamenting Sorrow did in darknes lye ; And Shame his ugly face did hide from living eye :
XXIII.
And over them fad Horror with grim hew
Did alwaies fore beating his yron wings ?
And after him owles and night-ravens flew3
The hatefull meiTengers of heavy things,
Of death and dolor telling fad tidings :
Whiles fad Celeno, fitting on a clifte,.
A fong of bale and bitter forrow fings,
That hart of flint afonder could have rifte ; Which having ended after him fhe flyeth fwifte,
XXIV. All
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All thefe before the gates of Pluto lay -,
By whom they paffing fpake unto them nought. But th' elfin knight with wonder all the way Did feed his eyes, and fild his inner thought. At laft him to a litle dore he brought, That to the gate of hell, which gaped wide, Was next adioyning, ne them parted ought : Betwixt them both but was a litle ftride, That did the houfe of richefle from hell-mouth divide*
XXV. Before the dore fat felfe-confuming Care,
Day and night keeping wary watch and ward, For feare leait. Force or Fraud mould unaware Breake in, and fpoile the treafure there in gard : Ne would he luffer Sleepe once thether-ward Approch, albe his drowfy den were next 5, For next to Death is Sleepe to be compard y Therefore his houfe is unto his annext : Here Sleep, ther richeife, and hel-gate them both betwexk
XXVI. So foon as Mammon there arrivd, the dore To him did open and affoorded way : Him followed eke Sir Guyon evermore, Ne darknerTe him ne daunger might difmay. Soone as he entred was, the dore flreightway Did fhutt, and from behind it forth there lept An ugly feend more fowle then difmall day ; The which with monftrous ftalke behind him ftept, And ever as he went dew watch upon him kept.
XXVII. Well hoped hee, ere long that hardy guefl, If ever covetous hand, or luftfull eye,. Or lips he layd on thing that likt him beft, Or ever fleepe his eie-ftrings did untye, Should be his pray : and therefore ftill on hye He over him did hold his cruell clawes, Threatning with greedy gripe to doe him dye, And rend in peeces with his ravenous pawes, If ever he tranfgreil the fatall Stygian lawes*.
XXVIII.. That
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That houfes forme within was rude and ftrong,
Lyke an huge cave hewne out of rocky clifte,
From whofe rough vaut the ragged breaches hong
Emboli with marly gold of glorious guifte,
And with rich metall loaded every rifte,
That heavy mine they did feeme to threatt :
And over them Arachne high did lifte
Her cunning web, and fpred her fubtile nett, Enwrapped in fowle fmoke and clouds more black then iett.
XXIX.
Both roofe and rloore and walls were all of gold,
But overgrowne with duft and old decay,
And hid in darknes, that none could behold
The hew thereof : for vew of cherefull day
Did never in that houfe itfelfe difplay,
But a faint fhadow of uncertein light ;
Such as a lamp, whofe life does fade away :
Or as the moone cloathed with clowdy night Does fhew to him that walkes in feare and fad affright,
XXX. In all that rowme was nothing to be feene,
But huge great yron cherts and coffers ftrong,
All bard with double bends, that none could weene
Them to enforce by violence or wrong ;
On every fide they placed were along.
But all the grownd with fculs was fcattered
And dead mens bones, which round about were flong j
Whofe lives, it feemed, whilome there were med, And their vile carcafes now left unburied.
XXXI. They forward paffe ; ne Guyon yet fpoke word,
Till that they came unto an yron dore,
Which to them opened of his owne accord,
And fhewd of richeffe fuch exceeding ftore,
As eie of man did never fee before,
Ne ever could within one place be fownd,
Though all the wealth, which is or was of yore,
Could gatherd be through all the world arownd, And that above were added to that under grownd.
XXXIL The
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The charge thereof unto a covetous fpright
Commaunded was, who thereby did attends
And warily awaited day and night,
From other covetous feends it to defend,
Who it to rob and ranfacke did intend.
Then Mammon, turning to that warriour, faid?
Loe here the worldes bits, he here the end,
To which al men do ayme, rich to be made : Such grace now to be happy is before thee laid.
XXXIII.
Certes, iayd he, 7 nili thine offred grace,.
Ne to be made fo happy doe intend :
Another blis before mine eyes I place,
Another happines, another end :
To them that lift thefe bafe re gardes I lend :
But I in armes and m atchievements brave
Do rather choofe my flitting houres tofpend.
Aid to be lord of thofe that riches have, Then them to have my J elf e, and be their fervile fclav ft
XXXIV. Thereat the feend his gnafhing teeth did grate,
And griev'd, fo long to lacke his greedie pray j
For well he weened that fo glorious bayte
Would tempt his gueffc to take thereof affay :
Had he fo doen, he had him fnatcht away.
More light than culver in the faulcons fift :
(Eternall God thee fave from fuch decay ! )
But whenas Mammon faw his purpofe mift, Him to entrap unwares another way he wift.
XXXV. Thence forward he him ledd, and fhortly brought
Unto another rowme, whofe dore forthright
To him did open as it had beene taught :
Therein an hundred raunges weren pight,
And hundred fournaces all burning bright 3
By every fournace many feends did byde,
Deformed creatures, horrible in fight,
And every feend his bufie paines apply de
To melt the golden metall, ready to be tryde.
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One with great bellowes gathered filling ayre,
And with forft. wind the fewell did inflame ;
Another did the dying bronds repayre
With yron tongs, and fprinckled ofte the fame
With liquid waves, fiers Vulcans rage to tame,
Who mayftring them renewd his former heat :
Some fcumd the droffe that from the metall came ;
Some ftird the molten owre with ladles great : And every one did iwincke, and every one did fweat,
XXXVII. But when an earthly wight they prefent faw,
Gliftring in armes and battailous aray,
From their whot work they did themfelves withdraw
To wonder at the light ; for till that day
They never creature faw that cam that way:
Their flaring eyes, fparckling with fervent fyre,
And ugly fhapes did nigh the man difmay,
That were it not for fliame, he would retyre, Till that him thus befpake their foveraine lord and fyre j
XXXVIII.
Behold, thou faeries forme, with mot 'tall eye,
That living eye before did never fee :
The thing that thou didft crave fo earneflly
(To weet whence all the wealth late flew d by mee
Proceeded) lo now is reveald to thee.
Here is the fount aine of the worldes good.
Now therefore, if thou wilt enriched bee,
Avife thee well, and chaunge thy wilfidl mood ; Leaf thou perhaps hereafter wijh, and be withfood.
XXXIX. Siiffife it then, thou money-god, quoth he,
That all thine ydle offers I refufe.
All that I need I have ; what needeth mee
To covet more then I have caufe to ufi f
Withfuch vaine fiewes thy worldlinges vyle abufe ;
But give me leave to follow mine emprife.
Mammon was much difpleasd, yet no'te he chufe
But beare the rigour of his bold mefprife ; And thence him forward ledd him further to entife.
XL. He
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He brought him through a darkfom narrow ftrayt
To a broad gate all built of beaten gold :
The gate was open, but therein did wayt
A flurdie villein, ftryding fiiffe and bold,
As if that higheft God defy he would :
In his right hand an yron club he held,
But he himfelfe was all of eolden mould,
Yet had both life and fence, and well could weld That curfed weapon when his cruell foes he queld,
XLI. Difdayne he called was, and did difdayne
To be fo cald, and whofo did him call :
Sterne was his iooke and full of ftomacke vayne,
His portaunce terrible, and ftature tall,
Far paffing th' hight of men terreftriall,
Like an huge gyant of the Titans race,
That made him fcorne all creatures great and fmall,
And with his pride all others powre deface : More iitt emongffc black fiendes then men to have his place,
XLII. Soone as thofe glitterand armes he did efpye,
That with their brightnerTe made that darknes light,
His harmefull club he gan to hurtle hye,
And threaten batteill to the faery knight ;
Who likewife gan himfelfe to batteill dight,
Till Mammon did his hafty hand withhold,
And counfeld him abftaine from perilous fight ;
For nothing might abafTi the villein bold, Ne mortall fteele emperce his mifcreated mould.
XLIII. So having him with reafon pacify de,
And the tiers carle commaundinp- to forbeare,
He brought him in : the rowme was large and wyde,
As it fome gyeld or folemne temple weare j
Many great golden pillours did upbeare
The marly roofe, and riches huge fuftayne ;
And every pillour decked was full deare
With crownes and diademes and titles vaine, Which mortall princes wore whiles they on earth did rayne.
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A route of people there aiTembled were, Of every fort and nation under fkye. Which with great uprore preaced to draw ncrc To th' upper part, where was advaunced hye A irately fiege of foveraine maieftye ; And thereon (att a woman gorgeous gay, And richly cladd in robes of royaltye, That never earthly prince in fuch aray
His glory did enhaunce, and pompous pryde difplay*
XLV.
Her hce right wondrous faire did feeme to bee,
That her broad beauties beam great brightnes threw Through the dim fhade, that all men might it fee ; Yet was not that fame her owne native hew, But wrought by art and counterfeited mew, Thereby more lovers unto her to call -> Nath'leiTe mofl hevenly faire in deed and vew She by creation was, till me did fall j
Thenceforth me fought for helps to cloke her crime withalL
XLVI.
There, as in gliftring glory me did fitt,
She held a great gold chaine ylincked well, Whofe upper end to highefl heven was knitt, And lower part did reach to loweff. hell j And all that preace did rownd about her fwell To catchen hold of that long chaine, thereby To climbe aloft, and others to excell : That was ambition, rafh deiire to fry,
And every linck thereof a ilep of dignity.
XLVII.
Some thought to raife themfelves to high degree Bv riches and unrighteous reward, Some by clofe mouldring, fome by flatteree ; Others through friends, others for bafe regard ; And all by wrong waies for themfelves prepard : Thofe that were up themfelves kept others low, Thofe that were low themfelves held others hard, Ne fuirred them to ryfe or greater grow ;
But every one did flrive his fellow downe to throw.
XL VIII. Which
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XL VIII. Which whenas Guyon faw, he gan inquire,
What meant that preace about that ladies throne, And what fhe was that did fo high aipyre ? Him Mammon anfwered, That goodly one, Whom all that Jo Ike with fuch contention Doe flock about) my deare^ my daughter is : Honour and dignitie from her alone Derived are, and all this worldes blis, For which ye men doe ftrive : few gett, but many mis.
XLIX. Andfayre P hi lot i me fie rightly bight,
The fair eft wight that wonneth under Jkie, But that this darkfom neather world her light Doth dim with horror and deformity, Worthie of heven and, hye felicitie, From whence the gods have her for envy thruft .* Butfith thou haft found favour in mi?ie eye, Thy fpcufe I will her make, if that thou lift-, That fhe may thee advance for works and merits iuft*
L. Gramercy, Mammon, faid the gentle knight, For fo great grace and offred high eft ate -, But I, that am fraile fleftj and earthly wight, Unworthy ??tatch for fuch immortall mate Myfelfe well wote, and mine unequall fate : And were I ??ot, yet is my trouth yplight, And love avowd to other lady late, That to remove the fame I have no might : To chaunge love caufelejfe is reproch to warlike knight,
LI. Mammon emmoved was with inward wrath ; Yet forcing it to fayne him forth thence ledd, Through griefly fhadowes by a beaten path, Into a gardin goodly garnifhed
With hearbs and fruits, whofe kinds mote not be redd : Not fuch as earth out of her fruitfull woomb Throwes forth to men, fweet and well favored, But direfull deadly black both leafe and bloom, Fitt to adorne the dead, and deck the drery toombe,
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There mournfull cyprefle grew in greateft ftore,
And trees of bitter gall, and heben lad,
Dead ileeping poppy, and black hellebore,
Cold coloquintida, and tetra mad,
Mortall famnitis, and cicuta bad,
Which-with th' uniuft Atheniens made to dy
Wife Socrates, who thereof quaffing glad
Pourd out his life, and laft philofophy To the fayre Critias his deareft belamy.
LIII.
The gardin of Proferpina this hight : And in the midft thereof a filver feat, With a thick arber goodly over-dight, In which fhe often usd from open heat Herfelfe to ihroud, and pleafures to entreat : Next thereunto did grow a goodly tree, With braunches broad difpredd and body great, Clothed with leaves, that none the wood mote fee, And loaden all with fruit as thick as it might bee.
LIV. Their fruit were golden apples gliftring bright, That goodly was their glory to behold ; On earth like never grew, ne living wight Like ever faw, but they from hence were fold 5 For thofe, which Hercules with conqueft bold Got from great Atlas daughters, hence began, And planted there did bring forth fruit of gold j And thofe, with which th' Euboean young man wan Swift Atalanta, when through craft he her out-ran.
LV. Here alfo fprong that goodly golden fruit, With which Acontius got his lover trew, Whom he had long time fought with fruitlerle fuit : Here eke that famous golden apple grew, The which emongft the gods falfe Ate threw 5 For which th' Idaean ladies difagreed, Till partiall Paris dempt it Venus dew, And had of her fayre Helen for his meed, That many noble Greekes and Troians made to bleed.
LVI. The
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The warlike elfe much wondred at this tree
So fayre and great, that fhadowed all the ground ; And his broad braunches, laden with rich fee, Did ftretch themfelves without the utmoft bound Of this great gardin, compaft with a mound ; Which over-hanging, they themfelves did fteepe In a blacke flood, which flow'd about it round j That is the river of Cocytus deepe, In which full many foules do endlefTe wayle and weepe.
LVII. Which to behold he clomb up to the bancke, And looking downe faw many damned wightes In thofe fad waves, which direfull deadly ftancke Plonged continually of cruell fprightes, That with their piteous cryes and yelling fhrightes They made the further fhore refounden wide : Emongft the reft of thofe fame ruefull fightes, One curfed creature he by chaunce efpide, That drenched lay full deepe under the garden fide,
LVIII. Deepe was he drenched to the upmoft chin, Yet gaped ftill as coveting to drinke Of the cold liquour which he waded in ; And ftretching forth his hand did often thinke To reach the fruit which grew upon the brincke j But both the fruit from hand, and flood from mouth Did fly abacke, and made him vainely fwincke ; The whiles he fterv'd with hunger, and with drouth He daily dyde, yet never througly dyen couth.
LIX. The knight him feeing labour fo in vaine
Afkt, who he was, and what he ment thereby 5 Who groning deepe thus anfwerd him againe ; Moji curfed of all creatures under fkye, ho tantalus y I here tormented lye, Of whom high love wont whylome feafted bee -, 3Lo here I now for want of food doe dye : But if that thou be fuch as I thee fee ', Of grace I pray thee give to eat and drinke to mee.
LX. Nay,
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Nay, nay, thou greedy Tantalus, quoth he,
Abide the fortune of thy prefent fate,
And unto all that live in high degree,
En [ample be of mind intemperate,
To teach them how to ufe their prefent fate.
Then gan the curfed wretch alowd to cry,
Accufing higheft love and gods ingrate ;
And eke blahbheming heaven bitterly, As author of uniuftice, there to let him dye.
LXI. He lookt a litle further, and efpyde
Another wretch, whofe carcas deepe was drent
Within the river, which the fame did hyde :
But both his handes, mod filthy feculent,
Above the water were on high extent,
And faynd to wafh themfelves inceflantly,
Yet nothing cleaner were for fuch intent,
But rather fowler feemed to the eye : So loft his labour vaine and ydle induftry.
LXII. The knight him calling afked, who he was ?
Who lifting up his head him anfwerd thus %,
I Pilate am, the falfefi iudge, alas !
And mojl uniuft, that by unrighteous
And wicked doome, to Iewes defpiteous.
Delivered up the Lord of life to dye,
And did acquit e a murdrer felomus ;
The whiles my handes I wajht in purity y The whiles my joule was foyld withfowle iniquity,
LXIII. Infinite moe tormented in like paine
He there beheld, too long here to be told :
Ne Mammon would there let him long remayne.
For terrour of the tortures manifold,
In which the damned foules he did behold ;
But roughly him befpake j Thou fearefull foole>
Why takejl not of that fame fruit e of gold ?
Ne fttteji downe on that fame fiver floole
To reft thy weary per Ion in the Jljadow cook ?
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All which he did to do him deadly fall
In frayle intemperaunce through finfull bayt ; To which if he inclyned had at all, That dreadfull feend, which did behinde him wayt, Would him have rent in thoufand peeces ftrayt : But he was wary wife in all his way, And well perceived his deceiptfull Height, Ne fuffred luft his fafety to betray : So goodly did beguile the guyler of his pray.'
LXV. And now he was fo long remained theare,
That vitall powres gan wexe both weake and wan For want of food and fleepe, which two upbeare, Like mightie pillours, this frayle life of man, That none without the fame enduren can : For now three dayes of men were full out-wrought, Since he this hardy enterprize began : Forthy great Mammon fayrely he befought Into the world to guyde him backe, as he him brought.
LXVI. The god, though loth, yet was conftraynd t'obay ; For lenger time then that no living wight Below the earth might fuffred be to ftay : So backe againe him brought to living light. But all fo foone as his enfeebled fpright Gan fucke this vitall ayre into his brelt, As overcome with too exceeding might, The life did flit away out of her neft, And all his fences were with deadly fit oppreft.
CANTO
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CANTO VIII.
Sir Guy on, layd in fwowne, is by
Aerates fonnes dcfpoyld ; Whom Arthur e foone hath rcjkewed,
And paynim brethren foyld.
I.
AN D is there care in heaven ? and is there love In heavenly fpirits to thefe creatures bace, That may compamon of their evils move ? There is : elfe much more wretched were the cace Of men then bealts : but o th' exceeding grace Of higheft God ! that loves his creatures fo, And all his workes with mercy doth embrace, That bleffed angels he fends to and fro, To ferve to wicked man, to ferve his wicked foe.
II.
How oft do they their filver bowers leave
To come to fuccour us that fuccour want ? How oft do they with golden pineons cleave The flitting fkyes, like flying purfuivant, Againfl: fowle feendes to ayd us militant ? They for us fight, they watch and dewly ward, And their bright fquadrons round about us plant j And all for love and nothing for reward : O why mould hevenly God to men have fuch regard ?
III.
During the while that Guyon did abide
In Mammons houfe, the palmer, whom whyleare
That wanton mayd of parfage had denide,
By further fearch had paflage found elfewhere -,
And being on his way, approached neare
Where Guyon lay in traunce j when fuddeinly
He heard a voyce that called lowd and cleare,
Come hethery he t her o come hajlily. That all the fields refounded with the ruefull cry.
IV. The
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The palmer lent his ear unto the noyce,
To weet who called fo importunely :
Againe he heard a more eftbrced voyce,
That bad him come in hafte : he by and by
His feeble feet directed to the cry $
Which to that fhady delve him brought at laft,
Where Mammon earit. did funne his threafury :
There the good Guyon he found flumbring fafl In fenceles dreame j which fight at nrft him fore aghaft.
V. Befide his head there fatt a faire young man,
Of wondrous beauty and of frefheft yeares,
Whofe tender bud to blorTome new began,
And flourifli faire above his equall peares :
His fnowy front curled with golden heares,
Like Phoebus face adornd with funny rayes,
Divinely fhone j and two fharpe winged fheares
Decked with diverfe plumes, like painted jayes, Were fixed at his backe to cut his ayery wayes.
VI.
Like as Cupido on Idaean hill,
When having laid his cruell bow away
And mortall arrowes, wherewith he doth fill
The world with murdrous fpoiles and bloody pray,
With his faire mother he him dights to play,
And with his goodly fitters, Graces three :
The goddeffe, pleafed with his wanton play,
Suffers herfelfe through lleepe beguild to bee ; The whiles the other ladies mind theyr mery glee.
VII. Whom when the palmer faw, abafht he was
Through fear and wonder, that he nought could fay,
Till him the childe befpoke, Long lackt, alas !
Hath bene thy faithfull aide in hard ajfay,
Whiles deadly fit thy pupill doth difmay.
Beheld this heavy fight ', thou reverend Jirey
But dread of death and dolor doe away ;
For life ere long foall to her home retire, And he that breath lej/e feems fiall cor age bold refpire.
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The charge, which God cloth unto ?nc arrett, Of his deare fafety, I to thee commend -, Yet will I not forgoc, ne yetforgett The care thereof myfelfe unto the end, But evermore him fuccour and defend Agcinjl his foe and mine ; watch thou, I pray ; For evtll is at band him to offend. So having faid, eftfoones he gan difplay
His painted nimble wings, and vanilht quite away,
IX.
The palmer feeing his lefte empty place, And his flow eies beguiled of their fight, Woxe fore afraid, and {landing ftill a fpace Gaz'd after him, as fowle efcapt by flight : At loft, him turning to his charge behight, With trembling hand his troubled pulfe gan try j Where finding life not yet diflodged quight, He much reioyft, and courd it tenderly,
As chicken newly hatcht, from dreaded defliny.
X.
At laft he fpide where towards him did pace Two paynim knights al armd as bright as fkie. And them befide an aged fire did trace j And far before a light-foote page did flie, That breathed iirife and troublous enmitie. Thofe were the two fonnes of Aerates old* Who meeting earft with Archimago flie Foreby that idle ftrond, of him were told
That he, which earft them combatted, was Guyon bold,
XL
Which to avenge on him they dearly vowd,
Where-ever that on ground they mote him find -, Falfe Archimage provokt their corage prowd, And ftryfe-ful Atin in their flubborne mind Coles of contention and whot vengreaunce tind. Now bene they come whereas the palmer fate, Keeping that flombred corfe to him affind ; Well knew they both his perfon, fith of late
With him in bloody armes they rafhly did debate,
XII. Whom
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XII.
Whom when Pyrochles faw, inflam'd with rage
That fire he fowl befpake ; Thou dotard vile,
That with thy brutenejfe Jhendjl thy comely age,
Abandon Jbone, I read, the cay the fpoile
Of that fame out c aft care as, that erewhile
Made itfelfe famous through fialfe trechery,
And crownd his coward creft with knightly file ;
Loe where he now inglorious doth lye, To proove he lived il, that did thusfowly dye,
XIII.
To whom the palmer fearelefle anfwered,
Certes, fir knight, ye bene too much to blame 3
Thus for to blott the honor of the dead,
And withfowle cowardize his carcasjhame,
Whofe living handes immortalizd his ?iame.
Vile is the vengeaunce on the ajhes cold,
And envy bafe to barke atfieepingfatne.
Was never wight that treafon of him told; Tburfelfe his prowejfe provd, and found him filers and bold,
XIV. Then fayd Cymochles, Palmer, thou doeft dote,
Ne canft of prowejfe, ne of knighthood deeme,
Save as thou fe eft or hearft : but well I wote,
That of his puijfiaunce try all made extreeme :
Yet gold all is not that doth gclden fee me j
Ne a I good knights that /bake well fipe are andjhield:
The worth of all men by their end efteeme -,
And then dew praife or dew reproch them yield : Bad therefore I him deeme that thus lies dead on field*
XV.
Good or bad, gan his brother fiers reply,
WJoat do I recke, fith that he dide entire ?
Or what doth his bad death ftowfatisfy
The greedy hunger of revenging yre,
Sith wrathfull hand wrought not her owne defire ?
Tetfince no way is lefte to wreake my fpight,
I will him reave of armes, the victors hire,
And of that Jhield, more worthy of good knight .*. "For whyfhould a dead dog be deckt in armour bright ?
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Fayrfir, faid then the palmer fuppUaunt, For knighthoods love doe not Jo fowle a iked, Ne blame your honor with fo jbamefuU vaunt Of vile revenge : to fpoile the dead of weed Isfacrilege, and doth all fumes exceed : But leave tbefe relicks of his living might To decke his hcrce, and trap his tomb-blackc feed. J J 'bat herce or feed, laid he, fiould he have dighff But be entombed in the raven or the kight ?
XVII. With that, rude hand upon his fliield he laid, And th' other brother gan his helme unlace ; Both fiercely bent to have him difaraid : Till that they fpyde where towards them did pace An armed knight, of bold and bounteous grace, Whofe fquire bore after him an heben launce, And coverd fhield : well kend him fo far fpace Th' enchaunter by his armes and amenaunce, When under him he faw his Lybian fteed to praunce ;
XVIII. And to thofe brethren fayd, Rife, rife bylivey And unto batteil doe yourfelves addrefj'e ; For yonder comes the prowejl knight alive ;., Prince Arthur, flowre of grace and nobileffe, That hath to paynim knights wrought gret dijlreffe, And thoufafid Sarzinsfowlydonne to dye. That word fo deepe did in their harts impreile. That both eftfoones upftarted furioufly, And gan themfelves prepare to batteill greedily*
XIX. But fiers Pyrochles, lacking his owne fword, The want thereof now greatly gan to plaine, And Archimage befought him that afford Which he had brought for Braggadochio vaine. So would I, faid th' enchaunter, glad andfaine Bete erne to you this fword, you to defend, Or ought that els your honour might maintaine y But that this weapons powre I well have kend To be contrary to the worke which ye intend.
XX. For
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For that fame knights owne /word this is of yore, Which Merlin made by his almightie art For that his nourfling, when he knighthood fwore, therewith to doen his foes et er nail f mart. The metallfirft he mixt with medaewart, That jio enchauntment from his dint might fave ; Then it inflames of Aetna wrought apart , Andfeven times dipped in the bitter wave
Of hellifh StyXy which hidden vertue to it gave,
XXI.
The vertue is, that nether feel nor ftone
The flroke thereof from entraunce may defend ; Ne ever may be ufed by his f one, Neforfl his rightful owner to offend, Ne ever will it breake, ne ever bend : Wherefore Morddure it rightfully is hight. In vaine therefore, Pyrochles, Jhould I lend The fame to thee, again ft his lord to fight -,
For Jure yt would deceive thy labor and thy might,
XXII.
Foolifj old man, faid then the pagan wroth,
That weenefi words or charms may force withftond : Soone jhalt thou fee, and the?i beleeve for troth, That I can carve with this inchaunted brond His lords owne fie/h. therewith out of his hond That vertuous fleele he rudely fnatcht away j And Guyons fhield about his wreft he bond : So ready dight fierce battaile to affay,
And match his brother proud in battailous aray,
XXIII.
By this, that ftraunger knight in prefence came,. And goodly falved them ; who nought againe Him anfwered, as courtefie became ; But with fterne lookes and flomachous difdaine Gave fignes of grudge and difcontentment vaine : Then turning to the palmer he gan fpy Where at his feet, with forrowfull demayne And deadly hew, an armed corfe did lye,
In whofe dead face he redd great magnanimity.
XXIV. Sayd
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XXIV. Sayd he then to the palmer, Reverend fyrc,
JHjat great misfortune hath betidd this kftight %
Or did his life her fat a 11 date expyre.
Or did he fall by treafin cr by fight f
However, Jure I rew his pitteous plight.
Not one, nor other, fayd the palmer grave,
Hath him befalne, but cloudes of deadly night
Awhile his heavy eylids covered have.
And all his fences drowned in deep fencelejfe wave t
XXV. Which thofe his cruell foes, that fland hereby ,
Making advantage, to revenge their fight 9
Would him difarme and treaten (loamefully ;
(Unworthie ufage of redoubted knight.)
But you, f aire fir, whofe honourable fight
Doth promife hope of helpe and timely grace >
Mote I befeech to fuccour his fad plight,
And by your powre protect his feeble cace f Firji prayfe of knighthood isfowle outrage to deface.
XXVI. v palmer, faid he, no knight fo rude, I weene.
As to doen outrage to ajleepi?ig ghofi :
Ne was there ever noble cor age feene,
'That in advauntage would his puiffaunce bofl :
Honour is leaf, where oddes appeareth mojl.
May bee, that better reafon will afwage
The rafi revengers heat, words well difpojl
Have fecrete powre fappeafe inflamed rage ; If not, leave unto me tloy knights lafl patronage*
XXVII.
Tho turning to thofe brethren thus befpoke,
Te warlike payre, whofe valorous great might,
It fe ernes, iuft wronges to vengeaunce doe provoke,
To wreake your wrath on this deadfeeming knight ',
Mote ought allay the forme of your defpight,
And fettle patience in fo furious heat ?
Not to debate the chalenge of your right,
But for his carkas pardon I etitreat, Whom fortune hath already laid in lowejl feat.
XXVIII. To
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XXVIII,
To whom Cymochles laid, For what art thou,
That matt ft thyfelfe his dayes-?nan, to prolong
The vengeaunce preft ? or who Jloall let me nova
On this vile body from to wreak my wrong,
And make his carkas as the outcafl dong %
Why Jhould not that dead carrion fatisfye
The guilt, which, if he lived had thus long%
His life for dew revenge Jhould deare a bye $ T7jc trefpafs fill doth live, albee the perfon dye,
XXIX.
Indeed, then faid the prince, the evill donne
Dyes not, when breath the body firft doth leave >
But from the grandfyre to the nephewes fonne,
And all his fee de the curfe doth often cleave,
Till vengeaunce utterly the guilt bereave :
Softreightly God doth iudge. but gentle knight,
That doth againft the dead his hand upreare,
His honour Jlaines with rancour and defpight, And great difparagment makes to his former might*
XXX. Pyrochles gan reply the fecond tyme,
And to him faid, Now felon Jure I read,
How that thou art partaker of his cryme :
Therefore by Termagaunt thoujhalt be dead.
With that, his hand, more fad than lomp of lead,
Uplifting high, he weened with Morddure
(His owne good fword Morddure) to cleave his head,
The faithfull fteele fuch treafon no'uld endure, But fwarving from the marke his lordes life did alfure.
XXXL
Yet was the force fo furious and fo fell,
That horfe and man it made to reele afyde :
Nath'lefTe the prince would not forfake his fell %,
(For well of yore he learned had to ryde)
But full of anger fierfly to him cryde ;
Falfe t rait our, mifcreaunt, thou broken haft
The law of armes, toftrikefoe undefde :
But thou thy treafons fridt, I hope, Jhalt tafte Right fowre, andfeek the law, the which thou haft defaft,
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With that his balefull fpeare he fiercely bent
Againft the pagans breft, and therewith thought His curled life out of her lodg have rent : But ere the point arrived where it ought, That feven-fold fhield, which he from Guyon brought, He caft between to ward the bitter ftownd : Through all thofe foldes the fteele-head palfage wrought, And through his moulder perft ; wherwith to ground He groveling fell, all gored in his gufhing wound.
XXXIII. Which when his brother faw, fraught with great griefe And wrath, he to him leaped furioufly, And fowly faide, By Mahoune, curfed thiefe> That direful I Jlroke thou dearely Jlmlt aby. Then hurling up his harmefull blade on hy, Smote him fo hugely on his haughtie creft, That from his faddle forced him to fly : Els mote it needes downe to his manly breft Have cleft his head in twaine, and life thence difpoflefL
XXXIV. Now was the prince in daungerous diftrefTe,
Wanting his fword, when he on foot mould fight : His fingle fpeare could doe him fmall redreffe Againft two foes of fo exceeding might, The leaft of which was match for any knight. And now the other, whom he earft did daunt, Had reard himfelfe againe to cruel fight, Three times more furious and more puilfaunt, Unmindfull of his wound, of his fate ignoraunt.
XXXV. So both attonce him charge on either fyde With hideous ftrokes and importable powre, That forced him his ground to traverfe wydc, And wifely watch to ward that deadly ftowre : For on his fhield, as thicke as ftormie fhowre, Their ftrokes did raine, yet did he never quaile, Ne backward fhrinke ; but as a ftedfaft towre, Whom foe with double battry doth afiaile, Them on her bulwarke beares, and bids them nought availe.
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So ftoutly he withflood their ftrong affay ;
Till that at laft, when he advantage fpyde,
His poynant fpeare he thruft with puinant fway
At proud Cymochles, whiles his fhield was wyde,
That through his thigh the mortall fteele did gryde :
He, fwarving with the force, within his flefh
Did breake the launce, and let the head abyde :
Out of the wound the red blood flowed frefh, That underneath his feet foone made a purple plefh.
XXXVII. Horribly then he gan to rage and rayle,
Curling his gods, and himfelfe damning deepe :
Als when his brother faw the red blood rayle
Adowne fo faft, and all his armour fleepe,
For very felneffe lowd he gan to weepe,
And faid, Caytive, curffe on thy cruell hond,
That twife hath fpedd ; yet Jhall it not thee keepe
From the third brunt of this my fat all brond: JjO where the dreadfull death behynd thy backe doth fond.
XXXVIII. With that he ftrooke, and th' other ftrooke withall,
That nothing feemd mote beare fo monftrous might :
The one upon his covered fhield did fall,
And glauncing downe would not his owner byte :
But th' other did upon his troncheon fmyte j
Which hewing quite afunder, further way
It made, and on his hacqueton did lyte,
The which dividing with importune fway, It feizd in his right fide, and there the dint did flay.
XXXIX.
Wyde was the wound, and a large lukewarme flood,
Red as the rofe, thence gufhed grievoufly j
That when the paynym fpyde the ftrcaming blood,
Gave him great hart and hope of victory.
On th' other fide in huge perplexity
The prince now ftood, having his weapon broke ;
Nought could he hurt, but ftill at warde did ly :
Yet with his troncheon he fo rudely ftroke Cymochles twife, that twife him forft. his foot revoke.
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Whom when the palmer faw in fuch diftreile,
Sir Guyons fword he lightly to him raught,
And faid, Fayre forme, great God thy right hand blejfe,
To ufe that fword Jo well as he it ought.
Glad was the knight, and with frefli courage fraught,
Whenas againe he armed felt his hond :
Then like a lyon, which had long time faught
His robbed whelpes, and at the laft them fond Emongft the fhepheard fwaynes, then wexeth wood and yond.
XLI. So fierce he laid about him, and dealt blowes
On either fide, that neither mayle could hold,
Ne lliield defend the thunder of his throwes :
Now to Pyrochles many ftrokes he told ;
Eft to Cymochles twife fo many fold ->
Then backe againe turning his bufie hond,
Them both attonce compeld with courage bold
To yield wide way to his hart-thrilling brond $ And though they both flood ftiffe, yet could not both withflond.
XLII. As falvage bull, whom two fierce maftives bayt,
When rancour doth with rage him once engore,
Forgets with wary warde them to awayt,
But with his dreadfull homes them drives afore,
Or flings aloft, or treades downe in the flore,
Breathing out wrath, and bellowing difdaine,
That all the foreft quakes to hear him rore :
So rag'd prince Arthur twixt his foemen twaine> That neither could his mightie puifTaunce fuftaine.
XLIIL But ever at Pyrochles when he fmitt,
(Who Guyons fhield caft ever him before.
Whereon the faery queenes pourtracl: was writt)
His hand relented and the ftroke forbore,
And his deare hart the picture gan adore $
Which oft the paynim fav'd from deadly ftowrc :
But him henceforth the fame can fave no more -,
For now arrived is his fatall howre, That no'te avoyded be by earthly fkill or powre.
XLIV. For
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XLIV.
For when Cymochles faw the fowle reproch,
Which them appeached, prickt with guiltie mame
And inward griefe, he fiercely gan approch,
Refolv'd to put away that loathly blame,
Or dye with honour and defert of fame ;
And on the haubergh ftroke the prince fo fore,
That quite difparted all the linked frame,
And pierced to the fkin, but bit no more ; Yet made him twife to reele, that never moov'd afore,
XLV. Whereat renfierft, with wrath and fharp regret,
He ftroke fo hugely with his borrowd blade,
That it empierfl the pagans burganetj
And cleaving the hard fteele did deepe invade
Into his head, and cruell pafiage made
Quite through his brayne : he tombling downe on ground,
Breath'd out his ghoft, which to th' infernall made
Fail flying, there eternall torment found, For all the finnes wherewith his lewd life did abound.
XL VI. Which when his german faw, the ftony feare
Ran to his hart, and all his fence difmayd ;
Ne thenceforth life ne corage did appcare :
But as a man, whom helliih feendes have frayd,
Long trembling ftill he ftoode : at laft thus fayd,
¥raytour, what haft thou doen ? how ever may
Thy cur Jed hand fo cruelly have fwayd
Againft that knight ? harrow and well away ! After fo wicked deede why livft thou lenger day f
XLVII.
With that all defperate, as loathing light,
And with revenge defyring foone to dye,
AfTembling all his force and utmoft might,
With his owne fwerd he fierce at him did Aye^
And ilrooke, and foynd, and lafht outrageoufly,
Withouten reafon or regard, well knew
The prince with pacience and fufferaunce fly
So hafty heat foone cooled to fubdew : Tho when this breathlene woxe, that batteil gan renew.
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As when a windy temped; bloweth hye,
That nothing may withftand his ftormy ftowre,
The clowdes, as tilings afrayd, before him flye ;
But all fo foone as his outrageous powre
Is layd, they fiercely then begin to fhowre,
And as in fcorne of his fpent ftormy fpight,
Now all attonce their malice forth do poure :
So did prince Arthur beare himfelfe in fight, And fufTred rafli Pyrochles wafle his ydle might.
XLIX.
At laft whenas the Sarazin perceiv'd
How that flraunge fword refusd to ferve his neede,
But when he ftroke moft ftrong, the dint deceiv'd,
He flong it from him, and devoyd of dreed
Upon him lightly leaping without heed
Twixt his two mighty armes engrafped faft,
Thinking to overthrowe and downe him tred ;
But him in ftrength and Hull the prince furpaft, And through his nimble fleight did under him down caft.
L. Nought booted it the paynim then to ftrive :
For as a bittur in the eagles clawe,
That may not hope by flight to fcape alive,
Still waytes for death with dread and trembling aw:
So he now fubiect to the victours law
Did not once move, nor upward call: his eye,
For vile difdaine and rancour, which did gnaw
His hart in twaine with fad melancholy ; As one that loathed life, and yet defpysd to dye.
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But full of princely bounty and great mind
The conqueror nought cared him to flay ;
But cafling wronges and all revenge behind,
More glory thought to give life then decay,
And fayd, Paynim , this is thy difmall day ;
Tet if thou wilt renounce thy mifcreaunce,
And my trew liegeman yield thy f elf e for ayy
Life 'will I graunt thee for thy valiaunce, And all thy wronges will wipe out of mv fovenaunce*
LII. Fook,
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Foole, fayd the pagan, I thy gift defye ; But life thy fortune as it doth befall ; jindfay, that I not overcome doe dye, But in defpight of life for death doe call. Wroth was the prince, and fory yet withall, That he fo wilfully refufed grace ; Yet fith his fate fo cruelly did fall, His fhining helmet he gan foone unlace, And left his headleife body bleeding all the place.
LIII. By this fir Guyon from his traunce awakt, (Life having mayftered her fencelefTe foe) And looking up, whenas his fhield he lakt, And fword faw not, he wexed wondrous woe : But when the palmer, whom he long ygoe Had loft, he by him ipyde, right glad he grew, And faide, Dearefr, whom wandring to and fro I long have lackt, Hoy thy face to vew ; Fir me is thy faith, whom daunger never fro me drew.
LIV. But read what wicked hand hath robbed mee
Of my good fword andfloield F the palmer, glad With fo frefh hew upryfing him to fee, Him anfwered, Fayre fonne, be no whit fad For want of weapons, they Ji hall foone be had. So gan he to difcourfe the whole debate, Which that ftraunge knight for him fuftained had, And thofe two Sarazins confounded late, Whofe carcafes on ground were horribly proilrate.
LV. Which when he heard, and faw the tokens trew, His hart with great affection was embayd, And to the prince bowing with reverence dew, As to the patrone of his life, thus fayd, My lord, my liege, by whofe mojl gratious ayd Hive this day, and fee my foes fubdewd, What may fuffice to be for meede rep ayd Of fo great graces as ye have me Jhewd, But to be ever bound?
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To whom the infant thus, Fayre fir, what need
Good turnes be counted, as afervile bond,
To bind their dooers to receive their meed?
Are not all knightes by oath bound to with/Ion d
Opprc (fours powre by armes and puijjant hond$
Siiffifi that I have dene my dew in place.
So goodly purpofe they together fond
Of kindneiTe and of courteous aggrace- The whiles falfe Archimage and Atin fled apace.
CANTO IX.
The houfe of tetnperaunce, in which
Doth fiber Alma dwelt \ Befiegd of many foes, whom jlraung-
er knightes to flight compel/,
I.
OF all Gods workes, which doe this worlde adornc, There is no one more faire and excellent, Then is man's body both for powre and forme, Whiles it is kept in fober government ; But none then it more fowle and indecent, Diftempred through mifrule and paflions bace -, It grows a monfter, and incontinent Doth lofe his dignity and native grace. Behold, who lift, both one and other in this place.
II.
After the paynim brethren conquer'd were,
The Briton prince recov'ring his ftoln fword,
And Guyon his loft fhield, they both yfere
Forth parTed on their way in fayre accord,
Till him the prince with gentle court did bord >
Sir knight, mote I of you this court fy read,
To weet why on your Jhield, fo goodly fiord,
Beare ye the piBure of that ladies head ? Full lively is the fimblaunt, though the fubjlance dead.
III. Fayre
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in.
Fayrefr, fayd he, if in that picture dead Such life ye read, andvertue in vaine Jhew, What mote ye weene, if the trew lively head Of that mojl glorious vifage ye did vew £ But yf the beauty of her mi fid ye knew, (That is her bounty and imperiall powre, Thoufand times fairer then her mortall hew) O how great wonder would your thoughts devour r,
And infinite dejire into your fpirite poure !
IV,
She is the mighty queene of faery,
Whofe faire retraitt I in myfiield doe be are * Shee is thefiowre of grace and cha/lity, Throughout the world renowmed far and neare% My life, my liege, ?ny foveraine, my deare, Whofe glory fhineth as the morning Jlarre, And with her light the earth enlumines clear e ; Far reach her mercies, and her praifes farre,
As well inflate of peace, as puijfawice in warre,
V.
Thrife happy man, faid then the Briton knight, Whom gracious lott and thy great valiaunce Have made theefoldier of that princeffe bright , Which with her bounty and glad countenaunce Both blejfe her fervaunts, and them high advaunct* How may jlraunge knight hope ever to afpire, By faiihfull fervice and meete amenaunce, XJntofuch blijje f fufficient were that hire
For lojfe of thoufand lives, to die at her defire,
VI.
Said Guyon, Noble lord, what meedfo great, Or grace of earthly prince Jo foveraine, But by your wondrous worth and warlike feat Ye well may hope, and eafely attaine ? But were your will her fold to entertaine, And numbred be mo?igfi knights of maydenhed, Great guerdon, well Iwote, Jhouldyou remaine, And in her favor high bee reckoned,
rAs Arihegall and Sophy now beene honored.
VII. Certes,
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VII.
Certes, then faid the prince, I God avow,
That fit h I armes and knighthood firjl did plight \
My whole defire hath beene, and yet is now,
Tofenue that quecne with a I my powre and might.
Now hath the fun ne with his lamp-burning light
Walkt round about the world, and I no leffe,
Sith of that goddejfe I have fought the fight ,
let no where can her find : fuch happinejfe Heven doth to me envy and fortune favour lejfe.
VIII.
Fortune, the foe of famous chevifaunce,
Seldom, faid Guyon, yields to vertue aide,
But in her way throwes mifchiefe and mifchawice,
Wlxrcby her courfe isfiopt and pafage fiaid.
But you, f aire fir, be not herewith difmaid,
But conflant keepe the way in which ye Jl and *>
Which were it not that I am els delaid
With hard adventure, which I have in hand, I labour would to guide you through alfary land.
IX.
Gramercy fir, faid he, but mote I wcete
What Jlraunge adventure doe ye now purjew,
Perhaps my fuccour or advize me nt meete
Mote fiead you much your purpofe tofubdew.
Then gan fir Guyon all the ftory fhew
Of falfe Acrafia and her wicked wiles j
Which to avenge, the palmer him forth drew
From faery court, fo talked they, the whiles They wafted had much way, and meafurd many miles.
X. And now faire Phoebus gan decline in hafte
His weary wagon to the wefterne vale,
Whenas they fpide a goodly caftle, plafte
Foreby a river in a pleafaunt dale ;
Which choofing for the evenings hofpitale,
They thether marcht : but when they came in fight,
And from their fweaty courfers did avale,
They found the gates faft barred long ere night, And every loup faft lockt, as fearing foes defpight.
XI. Which
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XI.
Which when they faw, they weened fowle reproch
Was to them doen, their entraunce to forftall -,
Till that the fquire gan nigher to approch,
And wind his home under the cafcle wall,
That with the noife it fhooke, as it would fall.
Eftfoones forth looked from the higheft fpire
The watch, and lowd unto the knights did call
To weete what they fo rudely did require : Who gently anfwered, they entraunce did defire.
XII.
Fly Jfyy good blights , faid he, fly fajl away,
If that your lives ye love, as meete ye Jhould :
Fly f aft > and fave yourf elves from neare decay y
Here may ye not have entraunce, though we would :
We woidd and would againe, if that we could :
But thoufand enemies about us rave.
And with long Jit ge us in this caflle hould:
Seven ye ares this wize they us bejieged have, And many good knights Jlaine, that have us fought to fave.
XIII.
Thus as he fpoke, loe with outragious cry
A thoufand villeins rownd about them fwarmd
Out of the rockes and caves adioyning nye ;
Vile caitive wretches, ragged, rude, deformd,
All threatning death, all in ftraunge manner armd ;
Some with unweldy clubs, fome with long fpeares,
Some rufty knives, fome ftaves in fier warmd :
Sterne was their looke j like wild amazed fteares, Staring with hollow eies, and ftiffe upflanding heares.
XIV.
Fierfly at firft thofe knights they did affayie,
And drove them to recoile : but when againe
They gave frefh charge, their forces gan to fayle,
Unliable their encounter to fuftaine -,
For with fuch puhTaunce and impetuous maine
Thofe champions broke on them, that forft them fly,
Like fcattered fheepe, whenas the mepherds fwaine
A lyon and a tigre doth efpye With greedy pace forth rufhing from the foreft nye.
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Awhile they fled, but foone retournd againe
With greater fury then before was found ;
And evermore their cruell captaine
Sought with his rafkall routs t'enclofe them rownd,
And overronne to tread them to the grownd :
But foone the knights with their bright-burning blades
Broke their rude troupes and orders did confownd,
Hewing and flaming at their idle fhades ; For though they bodies feem, yet fubftaunce from them fades.
XVI. As when a fwarme of gnats at eventide
Out of the fennes of Allan doe arife,
Their murmuring fmall trompetts fownden wide,
Whiles in the aire their cluftring army flies,
That as a cloud doth feeme to dim the fkies :
Ne man nor beafr. may refl: or take repaft
For their fharpe wounds and noyous iniuries,
Till the fierce northerne wind with bluflring bianr Doth blow them quite away, and in the ocean caft.
XVII. Thus when they had that troublous rout difperft,
Unto the caftle-gate they come againe,
And entraunce crav'd, which -was denied erft.
Now when report of that their perlous paine,
And combrous conflict which they did fuflaine^
Came to the ladies eare which there did dwell,
Shee forth iflewed with a goodly traine
Of fquires and ladies equipaged well, And entertained them right fairely, as befell.
XVIII. Alma fne called was, a virgin bright,
That had not yet felt Cupides wanton rage ^
Yet was fhee woo'd of many a gentle knight,
And many a lord of noble parentage,
That fought with her to lincke in marriage :
For fhee was faire as faire mote ever bee,
And in the flowre now of her frefhefl: age ;
Yet full of grace and goodly modeftee, That even heven reioyced her fweete face to fee.
XIX. In
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In robe of lilly white me was arayd,
That from her moulder to her heele downe raught ;
The traine whereof loofe far behind her ftrayd,
Braunched with gold and perle, moll richly wrought,
And borne of two faire damfels, which were taught
That fervice well : her yellow golden heare
Was trimly woven and in treiTes wrought,
Ne other tire fhe on her head did weare, But crowned with a garland of fweete rofiere.
XX.
Goodly fhee entcrtaind thofe noble knights,
And brought them up into her cattle-hall ;
Where gentle court and gracious delight
Shee to them made, with mildneffe virginall,
Shewing herfelfe both wife and liberall.
There when they refted had a feafon dew,
They her befought of favour fpeciall
Of that faire caftle to arToord them vew : Shee graunted, and them leading foorth the fame did mew.
XXI. Firft me them led up to the caftle-wall,
That was fo high as foe might not it clime,
And all fo faire and fenfible withall ;
Not built of bricke, ne yet of ftone and lime,
But of thing like to that Aegyptian flime,
Whereof king Nine whilome built Babell towre :
But o great pitty ! that no lenger time
So goodly workmanmip mould not endure : Soone it mull turne to earth j no earthly thing is furc.
XXII.
The frame thereof feemd partly circulare,
And part triangulare ; o worke divine !
Thofe two the firft and laft proportions are ;
The one imperfect, mortall, foeminine,
Th' other immortall, perfect, mafculine ;
And tvvixt them both a quadrate was the bafe,
Proportiond equally by {even and nine ;
Nine was the circle fett in heavens place : All which compacted made a goodly diapafe.
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Therein two gates were placed feemly well > The one before, by which all in did pas, Did th' other far in workmanfhip excell ; For not of wood, nor of enduring bras, But of more worthy fubftance fram'd it was ; Doubly diiparted, it did locke and clofe, That when it locked, none might thorough, pas, And when it opened, no man might it clofe -, Still opened to their friendes, and clofed to their fues*
XXIV. Of hewen ftone the porch was fayrely wrought, (Stone more of valew and more fmooth and fine Then iett or marble far from Ireland brought) Over the which was caft a wandring vine, Enchaced with a wanton yvie twine : And over it a fayre portcullis hong, Which to the gate directly did incline With comely compafTe and compacture flrong, Nether unfeemly fhort, nor yet exceeding long.
XXV. Within the barbican a porter fate,
Day and night duely keeping watch and ward -y Nor wight, nor word mote pafTe out of the gate3 But in good order and with dew regard ; Utterers of fecrets he from thence debard, Bablers of folly, and blazers of cryme : His larum-bell might lowd and wyde be hard When caufe requyrd, but never out of time j Early and late it rong, at evening and at prime.
XXVI. And rownd about the porch on every fyde Twife fixteene v/arders fatt, all armed bright In gliftring fteele, and ftrongly fortifyde : Tall yeomen feemed they and of great might* And were enraunged ready frill for fight. By them as Alma pafTed with her guefles, They did obeyfaunce, as befeemed right, And then againe retourned to their reftes : The porter eke to her did lout with humble geites.
XXVII. Thence
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XXVII.
Thence me them brought into a ftately hall, Wherein were many tables fayre difpred,
And ready dight with drapets feftivall,
Againft the viaundes mould be miniftred.
At th' upper end there fate, yclad in red
Downe to the ground, a comely perfonage,
That in his hand a white rod menaged ;
He fteward was, hight Diet, rype of age, And in demeanure fober, and in counfell fage.
XXVIII. And through the hall there walked to and fro
A iolly yeoman, marfhall of the fame,
Whofe name was Appetite ; he did beftow
Both gueftes and meate, whenever in they came,
And knew them how to order without blame,
As him the fteward badd. they both attone
Did dewty to their lady, as became >
Who patting by, forth ledd her gueftes anone Into the kitchin rowme, ne fpard for niceneffe none.
XXIX. It was a vaut ybuilt for great difpence,
With many raunges reard along the wall,
And one great chimney, whofe long tonnell thence
The fmoke forth threw : and in the midft of all
There placed was a caudron wide and tall
Upon a mightie fornace, burning whott,
More whott then Aetn , or flaming Mongiball :
For day and night it brent, ne ceafed not, So long as any thing it in the caudron gott.
XXX. But to delay the heat, leaft by mifchaunce
It might breake out and fet the whole on fyre,
There added was by goodly ordinaunce
An huge great payre of bellowes, which did ftyre
Continually, and cooling breath infpyre.
About the caudron many cookes accoyld
W7ith hookes and ladles, as need did requyre \
The whyles the viaundes in the verTell boyld,
They did about their bufinefTe fweat and forely toyld.
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The maifter cooke was cald Concoction ;
A carefull man and full of comely guyfe :
The kitchin clerke, that hight Digeftion,
Did order all th' achates in feemely wife,
And fet them forth, as well he could devifc.
The reft had feverall offices afiynd ;
Some to remove the fcum as it did rife ;
Others to bearc the fame away did mynd, And others it to ufe according to his kynd.
XXXII.
But all the liquour, which was fowle and wafte,
Not good nor ferviceable elles for ought, They in another great rownd vefiell plafte,
Till by a conduit pipe it thence were brought ;
And all the reft, that noyous was and nought,
By fecret wayes, that none might it efpy,
Was clofe convaid, and to the back-gate brought,
That cleped was Port Efquiline, whereby It was avoided quite, and throwne out privily.
XXXIII. Which goodly order and great workmans lkill
Whenas thofe knightes beheld, with rare delight
And gazing wonder they their mindes did fill ;
For never had they feene fo ftraunge a fight.
Thence backe againe faire Alma led them right,
And foone into a goodly parlour brought,
That was with royall arras richly dight,
In which was nothing pourtrahed nor wrought ; Not wrought nor pourtrahed, but eafie to be thought :
XXXIV. And in the midfi: thereof upon the rloure
A lovely bevy of faire ladies fate,
Courted of many a iolly paramoure,
The which them did in modeft wife amate,
And eachone fought his lady to aggrate :
And eke emongft them litle Cupid playd
His wanton fportes, being retourned late
From his fierce warres, and having from him layd His cruell bow, wherewith he thoufands hath difmayd.
XXXV. Diverfe
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xxxv.
Diverfe delights they fownd themfelves to pleafe ;
Some fong in fweet confort, fome laught for ioy,
Some plaid with ftrawes, fome ydly fatt at eafe ;
But other fome could not abide to toy,
All pleafaunce was to them griefe and annoy :
This fround, that faund, the third for ihame did bl ufh,
Another feemed envious, or coy,
Another in her teeth did gnaw a rum : But at thefe ftraungers prefence every one did hum.
XXXVI. Soone as the gracious Alma came in place,
They all attonce out of their feates arofe,
And to her homage made with humble grace :
Whom when the knights beheld, they gan difpofe
Themfelves to court, and each a damzell chofe :
The prince by chaunce did on a lady light,
That was right faire and frefh as morning rofe,
But fomwhat fad and folemne eke in fight, As if fome penfive thought conflraind her gentle fpright.
XXXVII. In a long purple pall, whofe fkirt with gold
Was fretted all about, {he was arayd ;
And in her hand a poplar braunch did hold :
To whom the prince in courteous maner fayd, Gentle madame, why beene ye thus difmaydy
And your faire beaut ie doe with fadnes f pi lit
Lives any that you hath thus ill apayd f
Or doen your love, or doen you lack your will f Whatever bee the caufe, it fare befe ernes you ill.
XXXVIII. Fay re fir, faid fhe, halfe in difdaineful wife,
How is it that this word in me ye blame,
And in yourfelfe doe not the fame advife f
Him ill be femes another s fault to name,
That may unwares be blotted with the fame :
Penfive I yeeld I am, and fad in mind,
Through great defire of glory and of fame j
Ne ought I weene are ye therein behynd,
That have twelve months [ought one, yet no where can her find,
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XXXIX.
The prince was inly moved at her fpeach, Well weeting trew what fhe had rafhly told ; Yet with faire femblaunt fought to hyde the breach. Which chaunge of colour did perforce unfold, Now feeming flaming whott, now ftony cold : Tho turning foft afide he did inquyre What wight llie was that poplar braunch did hold: It anfwered was, her name was Prayf-defire,
That by well doing fought to honour to afpyre.
XL.
The whiles the faery knight did entertaine Another damfell of that gentle crew, That was right fayre and modefl of demayne, But that too oft fhe chaung'd her native hew : Straunge was her tyre, and all her garment blew, Clofe rownd about her tuckt with many a plight ; Upon her fift the bird, which fhonneth vew And keepes in coverts clofe from living wight,
Did fitt, as yet amamd how rude Pan did her dight.
XLI.
So long as Guyon with her communed, Unto the grownd me cafl her modeft eye, And ever and anone with rofy red The bafhfull blood her fnowy cheekes did dye, That her became, as polifht yvory, Which cunning craftefman hand hath overlayd With fayre vermilion or pure caftory. Great wonder had the knight to fee the mayd
So ftraungely pamoned, and to her gently faid -,
XLII.
Fayre Damzell, feemeth by your troubled cheare, 'That either me too bold ye weene, this wife Ton to molejly or other ill to fear ey 'That in the fecret of your hart clofe lyes, From whence it doth, as cloud from feat aryfe : If it be I, of pardon I you pray ; But if ought elfe that I mote not devyje, I will, if pleafe you it difcure, affay 'To e of e you of that ill, fo wifely as I may.
XLIII. She
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XLIII.
She anfwerd nought, but more abafht for fhame
Held downe her head, the whiles her lovely face
The flaming blood with blufhing did inflame,
And the ftrong pafiion mard her modeft grace,
That Guyon mervayld at her uncouth cace ; i
Till Alma him befpake, Why wonder yee,
Fairejir, at that which ye fo much embrace •?
She is the fount aine of your modefiee j You Jhamefajl are, but Shamefajines itfelfe isjhee.
XLIV.
Thereat the elfe did blufh in privitee,
And turnd his face away j but me the fame Diflembled faire, and faynd to overfee. Thus they awhile with court and goodly game Themfelves did folace each one with his dame, Till that great lady thence away them fought To vew her catties other wondrous frame : Up to a ftately turret fhe them brought, Afcending by ten fteps of alablafter wrought.
XLV. That turrets frame moft admirable was, Like higheft heaven compaffed around, And lifted high above this earthly mafle, Which it furvewd, as hils doen lower ground : But not on ground mote like to this be found j Not that, which antique Cadmus whylome built In Thebes, which Alexander did confound ; Nor that proud towre of Troy, though richly guilt, From which young HeAors blood by cruell Greekes was fpilt,
XL VI. The roofe hereof was arched over head,
And deckt with flowers and herbars daintily ; Two goodly beacons, fet in watches ftead, Therein gave light and flamd continually : For they of living fire moft fubtily Were made, and fet in filver fockets bright, Cover'd with lids deviz'd of fubftance fly, That readily they fhut and open might. O who can tell the prayfes of that makers might !
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Ne can I tell, ne can I ftay to tell
This parts great workemanfhip and wondrous powrc,
That all this other worldes worke doth excell,
And likeft is unto that heavenly towre
That God hath built for his owne bleifed bowre.
Therein were divers rowmes, and divers ftages,
But three the chiefeft and of greateft powre,
In which there dwelt three honorable fages,
The wiieft men, I weene, that lived in their ages.
XL VIII.
Not he, whom Greece (the nourfe of all good arts) Bv Phoebus doome the wifeft thought alive, Might be compar'd to thefe by many parts : Nor that fage Pylian fyre, which, did furvivc Three ages, fuch as mortall men contrive, By whofe advife old Priams cittie fell, With thefe in praife of pollicies mote ftrive. Thefe three in thefe three rowmes did fondry dwells
And counfelled faire Alma how to governe well.
XLIX.
The firft of them could things to come fore-fee ; The next could of thinges prefent beft advize y. The third things paft could keep in memoree : So that no time nor reafon. could arize, But that the fame could one of thefe comprize,. Forthy the firft did in the fore-part fit, That nought mote hinder his quicke preiudize y. He had a fharpe forefight and working wit
That never idle was> ne once would reft a whit..
JL.
His chamber was difpainted all within
With fondry colours, in the which were writ
Infinite fhapes of thinges difperfed thin ->
Some fuch as in the world were never yit,
Ne can devized be of mortall wit >
Some daily feene and knowen by their names,.
Such as in idle fantafies do flit ;
Infernall hags, Centaurs, feendes, Hippodames, Apes, lyons, aegles, owles3 fboles3 lovers, children^ dames,
LL And
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LI.
And all the chamber filled was with flyes,
Which buzzed all about, and made fuch found
That they encombred all mens eares and eyes ;
Like many fwarmes of bees affembled round,
After their hives with honny do abound.
All thofe were idle thoughtes and fantafies,
Devices, drcames, opinions unfound,
Shewes, virions, footh-fayes, and prophefies ; And all that fained is, as leafings, tales and lies.
LII. Emongft them all fate he which wonned there,
That hight Phantaftes by his nature trew ;
A man of yeares, yet frefh as mote appere,
Of fwarth complexion and of crabbed hew,
That him full of melancholy did mew ;
Bent hollow beetle browes, fharpe flaring eyes,
That mad or foolifh feemd ; one by his vew
Mote deeme him borne with ill-difpofed fkyes, When oblique Saturne fate in th' houfe of agonyes.
LIII.
Whom Alma having fhewed to her gueftes,
Thence brought them to the fecond rowme, whofe wals
Were painted faire with memorable geftes
Of famous wifards, and with picturals
Of magiftrates, of courts, of tribunals,
Of commen wealthes, of ftates, of pollicy,
Of lawes, of iudgementes, and of decretals ;
All artes, all fcience, all philofophy, And all that in the world was ay thought wittily :
LIV. Of thofe that rowme was full ; and them among
There fate a man of ripe and perfect age,
Who did them meditate all his life long,
That through continuall practife and ufage
He now was growne right wife and wondrous fage :
Great plefure had thofe ftraunger knightes to fee
His goodly reafon and grave perfonage,
That his difciples both defyrd to bee : But Alma thence them led to th' hindmofl rowme of three,
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That chamber feemed ruinous and old, And therefore was removed far behind, Yet were the wals, that did the fame uphold, Right iirme and ftrong, though fomwhat they declind ; And therein fat an old old man, halfe blind, And all decrepit in his feeble corfe, Yet lively vigour refted in his mind, And recompenft them with a better fcorfe : Weake body well is chang'd for minds redoubled forfc
LVI. This man of infinite remembraunce was,
And things foregone through many ages held, Which he recorded frill as they did pas, Ne fuffred them to perifh through long eld, As all things els the which this world doth weld > But laid them up in his immortall ferine, Where they for ever incorrupted dweld : The wanes he well remembred of king Nine, Of old AlTaracus and Inachus divine.
LVII. The yeares of Neftor nothing were to his, Ne yet Mathufalem, though longeft liv'd; For he remembred both their infancis : Ne wonder then if that he were depriv'd Of native ftrength now that he them furviv'd • His chamber all was hangd about with rolls, And old records from auncient times derivd, Some made in books, fome in long parchment fcrolls, That were all worm-eaten and full of canker holes.
LVIII. Amidft. them all he in a chaire was fett, Tomng and turning them withouten end : But for he was unhable them to fett, A litle boy did on him ftill attend To reach, whenever he for ought did fend ; And oft when thinges were loft or laid amis, That boy them fought and unto him did lend : Therefore he Anamneftes cleped is j And that old man Eumneftes, by their propertis,
LIX. The
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LIX.
The knightes there entring did hirn reverence dew, And wondred at his endlerTe exerciie. Then as they gan his library to vew, And antique regeftcrs for to avife, There chaunced to the princes hand to rize An auncient booke hight Briton moniments, That of this lands firft conqueft did devize, And old divifion into regiments, Till it reduced was to one mans governements.
LX. Sir Guyon chaunft eke on another booke, That hight Antiquitee of faery lond : In which whenas he greedily did looke, Th' ofspring of elves and faryes there he fond, As it delivered was from hond to hond. Whereat they burning both with fervent fire Their countreys aunceftry to underflond, Crav'd leave of Alma and that aged lire To read thofe bookes 5 who gladly graunted their delire.
CANTO
286 tfhe fecond Booh of the
CANTO X.
A chronicle of Briton kings
From Brute to Utbers rayne 5 And rolls of elfin emperours,
Till time of Gloriane,
I.
WH O now mall give unto me words and found Equall unto this haughty enterprife ?
Or who ihall lend me wings, with which from ground
My lowly verfe may loftily arife,
And lift itfelfe unto the higher!; fkyes ?
More ample fpirit then hetherto was wount
Here needes me, whiles the famous aunceftryes
Of my molt, dreaded foveraigne I recount, By which all earthly princes fhc doth far furmount.
II. Ne under funne, that mines fo wide and faire,
Whence all that lives does borrow life and light,
Lives ought that to her linage may compaire ;
Which though from earth it be derived right,
Yet doth itfelfe ftretch forth to hevens hight,
And all the world with wonder overfpred :
A labor huge, exceeding far my might.
How fhall fraile pen, with feare difparaged, Conceive fuch foveraine glory and great bountyhed ?
III.
Argument worthy of Maeonian quill,
Or rather worthy of great Phoebus rote,
Whereon the ruines of great OrTa hill,
And triumphes of Phlegraean love he wrote,
That all the gods admird his lofty note.
But if feme relifh of that hevenly lay
His learned daughters would to me report,
To decke my fong withall, I would affay Thy name, o foveraine queene, to blazon far away.
IV. Thy
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IV.
Thy name, o foveraine queene, thy realme and race,
From this renowmed prince derived arre,
Who mightily upheld that royall mace,
Which now thou bear'ft, to thee defcended farrc
From mighty kings and conquerours in warre,
Thy fathers and great-grandfathers of old,
Whofe noble deeds above the northern ftarre
Immortall fame for ever hath enrold j As in that old mans booke they were in order told,
V.
The land which warlike Britons now poiTefTe,
And therein have their mighty empire raysd,
In antique times was falvage wildernefTe,
Unpeopled, unmannurd, unprovd, unpraysdj
Ne was it ifland then, ne was it paysd
Amid the ocean waves, ne was it fought
Of merchants farre for profits therein praysd ;
But was all defolate, and of fome thought By fea to have bene from the Celticke mayn-land brought.
VL
Ne did it then deferve a name to have,
Till that the venturous mariner that way
Learning his ihip from thofe white rocks to fave,
Which all along the foutherne fea-coaft lay,
Threatning unheedy wrecke and rafh decay,
For fafety that fame his fea-marke made,
And nam'd it Albion : but later day
Finding in it fit ports for rimers trade, Gan more the fame frequent and further to invade.
VII. But far in land a falvage nation dwelt
Of hideous giaunts and halfe-beaftly men,
That never tailed grace, nor goodnes felt ;
But wild like beaftes lurking in loathfome den,
And flying faft as roebucke through the fen,
All naked without fhame or care of cold,
By hunting and by fpoiling lived then,
Of ftature huge and eke of corage bold ; That fonnes of men amazd their ilernefTe to behold.
VIII. But
288 The fecond Booke of the
VIII. But whence they (prong, or how they were begott, Uneath is to allure ; uneath to wene That monftrous error which doth fome aflbtt, That Dioclefians fifty daughters fhene Into this land by chaunce have driven bene j Where companing with feends and filthy fprights Through vaine illufion of their luft unclene, They brought forth geaunts and fuch dreadful wights, As far exceeded men in their immeafurd mights.
IX. They held this land, and with their filthinefie Polluted this fame gentle foyle.long time ; That their owne mother loathd their beaftlinefle, And gan abhorre her broods unkindly crime, All were they borne of her owne native flime ; Until that Brutus, anciently deriv'd From roiall ftocke of old Aflaracs line, Driven by fatall error here arriv'd, And them of their unjuft poflefTion deprivU.
X. But ere he had eftablifhed his throne,
And fpred his empire to the utmoft more, He fought great batteils with his falvage fone ; In which he them defeated evermore, And many giaunts left on groning flore : That well can witnes yet unto this day The wefterne Hogh, befprincled with the gore Of mighty Goemot, whome in flout fray Corineus conquered, and cruelly did flay.
XL And eke that ample pitt, yet far renownd For the large leape which Debon did compell Coulin to make, being eight lugs of grownd ; Into the which retourning backe he fell : But thofe three monftrous ftones doe mofr. excell, Which that huge fonne of hideous Albion, (Whofe father Hercules in Fraunce did quell,) Great Godmer threw in fierce contention At bold Canutus j but of him was flaine anon.
XII. In
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xii.
In meed of thefe great conquefts by them gott,
Corineus had that province utmoft weft
To him affigned for his worthy lott,
Which of his name and memorable geft
He called Cornwaile, yet fo called beft :
And Debons fhayre was that is Devonfhyre :
But Canute had his portion from the reft,
The which he cald Canutium for his hyre ; Now Cantium, which Kent we comenly inquyre.
XIII. Thus Brute this realme unto his rule fubdewd,
And raigned long in great felicity,
Lov'd of his freends, and of his foes efchewd :
He left, three fonnes, his famous progeny,
Borne of fayre Inogene of Italy j
Mongft whom he parted his imperiall ftate,
And Locrine left chiefe lord of Britany.
At laft ripe age bad him furrender late His life, and long good fortune unto finall fate.
XIV. Locrine was left the foveraine lord of all ;
But Albanact had all the northerne part,
Which of himfelfe Albania he did call ;
And Camber did pofferTe the wefterne quart,
Which Severne now from Logris doth depart :
And each his portion peaceably enioyd,
Ne was there outward breach, nor grudge in hart,
That once their quiet government annoyd ; But each his paynes to others profit ftill employd.
XV.
Untill a nation ftraung, with vifage fwart,
And corage fierce, that all men did affray,
Which through the world then fwarmd in every part,
And overflowd all countries far away,
Like Noyes great flood, with their importune fway,
This land invaded with like violence,
And did themfelves through all the north difplay :
Untill that Locrine for his realmes defence, Did head againft them make and ftrong munificence.
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XVI.
He them encountred, a confufed rout,
Foreby the river that whylome was hight
The ancient Abus, v/here with courage flout
He them defeated in victorious fight,
And chafle fo fiercely after fearefull flight,
That forft their chiefetain, for his fafeties Hike,
(Their chiefetain Humbcr named was aright)
Unto the mighty ftreame him to betake, Where he an end of batteill and of life did make.
XVII. The king retourned proud of victory,
And infolent wox through unwonted eafe,
That fhortly he forgot the ieopardy,
Which in his land he lately did appeafe,
And fell to vaine voluptuous difeafe :
He lov'd faire lady Eftrild, leudly lov'd,
Whofe wanton pleafures him too much did pleafe.
That quite his hart from Guendolene remov'd, From Guendolene his wife, though alwaies faithful proved*
XVIII. The noble daughter of Corineus
Would not endure to bee fo vile difdaind,
But gathering force and corage valorous
Encountred him in batteill well ordaind,
In which him vanquimt fhe to fly conftraind :
But fhe fo fafr. purfewd, that him fhe tooke,
And threw in bands, where he till death remaind 5
Als his faire leman, flying through a brooke, She overhent, nought moved with her piteous looke.
XIX. But both herfelfe, and eke her daughter deare
Begotten by her kingly paramoure,
The faire Sabrina, almoft. dead with feare, She there attached, far from all fuccoure ;
The one fhe flew in that impatient ftoure,
But the fad virgin innocent of all,
Adowne the rolling river fhe did poure,
Which of her name now Severne men do call : Such was the end that to difloyall love did falL
XX. Then
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Then (for her fonne, which fhe to Locrin bore, Madan was young, unmeet to rule the fway) In her owne hand the crowne fhe kept in ftore, Till ryper years he raught and ftronger ftay : During which time her powre fhe did difpiay Through all this realme (the glory of her fex) And firfb taught men a woman to obay : But when her fonne to mans eftate did wex, She it furrendred, ne herfelfe would lenger vex.
XXI. Tho Madan raignd, unworthie of his race ; For with all fhame that facred throne he fild : Next Memprife, as unworthy of that place, In which being conforted with Manild, For thirffc of fingle kingdom him he kild : But Ebranck falved both their infamies With noble deedes, and warreyd on Brunchild In Henault, where yet of his victories Brave moniments remaine, which yet that land envies.
XXII. An happy man in his firft dayes he was, And happy father of faire progeny : For all fo many weekes, as the yeare has, So many children he did multiply ; Of which were twentie fonnes, which did apply Their mindes to prayfe and chevalrous defyre : Thofe germans did fubdew all Germany, Of whom it hight ; but in the end their fyre With foule repulfe from Fraunce was forced to retyre.
XXIII. Which blott his fonne fucceeding in his feat, The fecond Brute, (the fecond both in name, And eke in femblaunce of his puhTaunce great) Right well recur'd, and did away that blame With recompence of everlafiing fame : He with his vi&our fword firft opened The bowels of wide Fraunce, a forlorne dame, And taught her firft how to be conquered ; Since which with fondrie fpoifes fhe hath been ranfacked,
P p 2 XXIV. Let
292 tfhe fecond Booh of the
XXIV.
Let Scaldis tell, and let tell Hania,
And let the marfh of Eithambruges tell,
What colour were their waters that fame day,
And all the moore twixt Elvermam and Dell,
With blood of Henalois which therein fell.
How oft that day did fad Brunchildis fee
The greene-ihield dyde in dolorous vermeil ?
That not fcuith guiridh it mote feeme to bee, But rather y fcuith gogh, figne of fad crueltec.
XXV.
His fonne king Leill by fathers labour long
Enioyd an heritage of lafting peace,
And built Cairleill, and built Cairleon ftrong.
Next Huddibras his realme did not encreafe,
But taught the land from wearie wars to ceafe :
Whofe footfteps Bladud following, in artes
Exceld at Athens all the learned preace,
From whence he brought them to thefe falvage parts* And with fweet fcience mollifide their ftubborne harts,
XXVI. Enfample of his wondrous faculty,
Behold the boiling bathes at Cairbadon,
Which feeth with fecret fire eternally,
And in their entrailles, full of quick brimftori,
Nourim the flames which they are warmd upon,
That to their people wealth they forth do well,
And health to every forreyne nation :
Yet he at laft, contending to excell The reach of men, through flight into fond mifchief fell..
XXVII. Next him king Leyr in happie peace long raynd,
But had no hTue male him to fucceed,
But three faire daughters, which were well uptraind
In all that feemed fitt for kingly feed :
Mongft whom his realme he equally decreed
To have divided : tho when feeble age
Nigh to his utmofr. date he faw proceed,
He cald his daughters, and with fpeeches fege Inquyrd, which of them moft did love her parentage.
XXVIfl. The
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XXVIII.
The deleft Gonorill gan to proteft,
That fhe much more then her owne life him lov'dj
And Regan greater love to him profeft
Then all the world, whenever it were proov'd ;
But Cordeill faid fhe lov'd htm as behoov'd :
Whofe fimple anfwere, wanting colours fayre
To paint it forth, him to difpleafaunce moov'd,
That in his crown he counted her no hayre, But twixt the other twain his kingdom whole did mayre.
XXIX. So wedded th' one to Maglan king of Scottes,.
And th' other to the king of Cambria
And twixt them fhayrd his realm by equall lottes y
But without dowre the wife Cordelia,
Was fent to Aganip of Celtica :
Their aged fyre, thus eafed of his crowne>
A private life ledd in Albania
With Gonorill, long had in great renowne, That nought him griev'd to beene from rule depofed downc.
XXX.
But true it is that when the oyle is fpent,
The light goes out, and weeke is throwne away -,
So when he had refignd his regiment,
His daughter gan defpife his drouping day,
And wearie wax of his continuall flay :
Tho to his daughter Regan he repayrd,
Who him at firfr. well ufed every way ;
But when of his departure fhe defpayrd, Her bountie fhe abated, and his cheare empayrd.
XXXI. The wretched man gan then avife too late,
That love is not where mofr. it is profefr. -,
Too truely tryde in his extremefr. ftate :
At lair, refolv'd likewife to prove the reftr
He to Cordelia himfelfe addrefl,
Who with entyre affection him receav'd,
As for her fyre and king her feemed beft 5
And after all an army ftrong fhe leav'd,
To war on thofe which him had of his realme bereavVL
XXXII. So
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XXXII.
So to his crowne fhe him reftord againe,
In which he dyde, made ripe for death by eld,
And after wild it mould to her remaine :
Who peaceably the lame long time did weld,
And all mens harts in dew obedience held :
Till that her fitters children, woxen ftrong,
Through proud ambition againft her rebeld,
And overcommen kept in prifon long, Till weary of that wretched life herfelfe me hong*
XXXIII.
Then gan the bloody brethren both to raine :
But fierce Cundah gan fhortly to envy
His brother Morgan, prickt with proud difdaine
To have a pere in part of foverainty ;
And kindling coles of cruell enmity,
Raisd warre, and him in batteill overthrew :
Whence as he to thofe woody hilles did fly,
Which hight of him Glamorgan, there him flew : Then did he raigne alone, when he none equal knew.
XXXIV. His fonne Rivall' his dead rowme did fupply;
In whofe fad time blood did from heaven rayne :
Next great Gurguftus, then faire Caecily,
In conftant peace their kingdomes did contayne :
After whom Lago, and Kinmarke did rayne,
And Gorbogud, till far in years he grew j
When his ambitious fonnes unto them twayne
Arraught the rule, and from their father drew ; Stout Ferrex and fberne Porrex him in prifon threw.
XXXV.
But o ! the greedy thirft of royall crowne,
That knowes no kinred, nor regardes no right,
Stird Porrex up to put his brother downe ;
Who unto him aflembling forreigne might
Made warre on him, and fell himfelfe in fight :
Whofe death t' avenge, his mother mercilefle
(Mofr. mercilefTe of women, Wyden hight)
Her other fonne faft fleeping did oppreffe, And with mofl cruell hand him murdred pittilefTe.
XXXVI. Here
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XXXVI.
Here ended Brutus facred progeny,
Which had feven hundred years this fcepter borne
With high renowme and great felicity :
The noble braunch from th' antique ftocke was torne » Through difcord, and the roiall throne forlorne.
Thenceforth this realme was into factions rent,
Whileft each of Brutus boafted to be borne,
That in the end was left no moniment Of Brutus, nor of Britons glorie auncient.
XXXVII. Then up arofe a man of matchleife might,
And wondrous wit to menage high arfayres,
Who ftird with pitty of the ftrefled plight
Of this fad realme, cut into fondry fhayres
By fuch, as claymd themfelves Brutes rightfull hayres,
Gathered the princes of the people loofe
To taken counfell of their common cares ;
Who, with his wifedom won, him ftreight did choofc Their king, and fwore him fealty to win or loofe.
XXXVIII.
Then made he head againft his enimies,
And Ymner flew of Logris mifcreate ;
Then Ruddoc and proud Stater, both allyesa
This of Albany newly nominate,
And that of Cambry king confirmed late,
He overthrew through his owne valiaunce j
Whofe countries he redus'd to quiet ftate,
And fhortly brought to civile governaunce, Now one, which earfl were many made through variaunce,
XXXIX. Then made he facred lawes, which fome men fay
Were unto him reveald in virion ;
By which he freed the traveilers high-way,
The churches part, and ploughmans portion,
Restraining Health and ftrong extortion j
The gratious Numa of great Britany :
For till his dayes the chiefe dominion
By ftrength was wielded without pollicy : Therefore he firft wore crowne of gold for dignity,
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XL.
Donwallo dyde (for what may live for ay ? ) And left two formes of pearelerTe prowerTe both, That facked Rome too dearely did arTay, The recompence of their periured oth, And ranfackt Greece wel tryde, when they were wroth > Bciides fubiecled France and Germany, Which yet their praifes fpeake, all be they loth, And inly tremble at the memory Of Brennus and Belinus, kinges of Britany.
XLI. ' Next them did Gurgiunt, great Belinus fonne, In rule fucceede, and eke in fathers praife ; He Eafterland fubdewd, and Denmarke wonnc, And of them both did foy and tribute raife, The which was dew in his dead fathers daies : He alfo gave to fugitives of Spayne (Whom he at fea found wandring from their waies) A feate in Ireland fafely to remayne, Which they mould hold of him as fubiecT: to Britayne.
XLII. After him raigned Guitheline his hayre, (The iufteft man and treweft in his daies) Who had to wife dame Mertia the fayre, A woman worthy of immortall praife, Which for this realme found many goodly layes, And wholefome ftatutes to her hufband brought : Her many deemd to have beene of the Fayes, As was Aegerie, that Numa tought : Thofe yet of her be Mertian lawes both nam'd and thought.
XLIII. Her fonne Sifillus after her did rayne ; And then Kimarus, and then Danius : Next whom Morindus did the crowne fuftayne j * Who, had he not with wrath outrageous And cruell rancour dim'd his valorous And mightie deedes, mould matched have the beft ; As well in that fame field victorious Againfi: the forreine Morands he expreft ; Yet lives his naemorie, though carcas fleepe in reft
XLIV. Fiv«
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XLIV.
Five fonnes he left begotten of one wife,
All which fucceffively by turnes did rayne j
Firft Gorboman, a man of vertuous life :
Next Archigald, who for his proud difdayne
Depofed was from princedome foverayne,
And pitteous Elidure put in his fted ;
Who fhortly it to him reftord agayne,
Till by his death he it recovered ; But Peridure and Vigent him disthronized :
XLV. In wretched prifon long he did remaine,
Till they out-raigned had their utmoft date,
And then therein refeized was againe,
And ruled long with honorable ftate,
Till he furrendred real me and life to fate.
Then all the fonnes of thefe five brethren raynd
By dew fucceffe, and all their nephewes late ;
Even thrife eleven defcents the crowne retaynd, Till aged Hely by dew heritage it gaynd.
XLVI.
He had two fonnes, whofe elder!:, called Lud,
Left of his life moft famous memory,
And endleffe moniments of his great good :
The ruin'd wals he did r aedifye
Of Troynovant, gainft force of enimy,
And built that gate which of his name is hight,
By which he lyes entombed folemnly :
He left two fonnes, too young to rule aright, Androgeus and Tenantius, pictures of his might.
XLVII. Whilft they were young, Caflibalane their erne
Was by the people chofen in their fled,
Who on him tooke the roiall diademe,
And goodly well long time it governed ;
Till the prowde Romanes him difquieted,
And warlike Caefar, tempted with the name
Of this fweet ifland never conquered,
And envying the Britons blazed fame, (O hideous hunger of dominion ! ) hether came.
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XLVIII.
Yet twife they were repulfed backe agaiiie,
And twife renforft backe to their (hips to fly ;
The whiles with blood they all the more did flaine,
And the gray ocean into purple dy :
Ne had they footing found at laft perdie,
Had not Androgeus, falfe to native foyle,
And envious of uncles foveraintie,
Betrayd his country unto forreine fpoyle. Nought els but treafon from the firft this land did foyle.
XLIX. So by him Caefar got the victory,
Through great bloodfhed and many a fad afTay,
In which himfelfe was charged heavily
Of hardy Nennius, whom he yet did flay,
But loft his fword, yet to be feene this day.
Thenceforth this land was tributarie made
T'ambitious Rome, and did their rule obay,
Till Arthur all that reckoning defrayd : Yet oft the Briton kings againft them ftrongly fwayd.
L.
Next him Tenantius raignd ; then Kimbeline,
What time th' eternall Lord in flefhly flime
Enwombed was, from wretched Adams line
To purge away the guilt of finful crime.
O ioyous memorie of happy time,
That heavenly grace fo plenteoufly difplayd !
O too high ditty for my fimple rime !
Soone after this the Romanes him warrayd ; For that their tribute he refusd to let be payd.
LI. Good Claudius, that next was emperour,
An army brought, and with him batteile fought,
In which the king was by a treachetour
Difguifed flaine, ere any thereof thought :
Yet ceafed not the bloody fight for ought j
For Arvirage his brothers place fupplyde
Both in his armes and crowne, and by that draught
Did drive the Romanes to the weaker fyde, That they to peace agreed, fo all was pacifyde.
LII. Was
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LIE
Was never king more highly magnifide,
Nor dredd of Romanes, then was Arvirage 5 For which the emperour to him allide His daughter Genuifs' in marriage : Yet fhortly he renounft the varlallage Of Rome againe, who hether haftly fent Vefpafian, that with great fpoile and rage Forwafted all, till Genuiffa gent Perfuaded him to cearTe, and her lord to relent.
LIII. He dide ; and him fucceded Marius,
Who ioyd his dayes in great tranquillity. Then Coyll j and after him good Lucius, That firft received Chriflianity, The facred pledge of Chriftes evangely. Yet true it is, that long before that day, Hither came Iofeph of Arimathy, Who brought with him the holy grayle, (they fay) And preacht the truth ; but fmce it greatly did decay.
LIV. This good king fhortly without iffew dide, Whereof great trouble in the kingdome grew, That did herfelfe in fondry parts divide, And with her powre her owne felfe overthrew, Whileft Romanes daily did the weake fubdew : Which feeing, flout Bunduca up arofe, And taking armes the Britons to her drew ; With whom fhe marched ftraight againft her foes, And them unwares befides the Severne did enclofe,
LV. There fhe with them a cruell batteill tryde, Not with fo good fuccefTe as fhee deferv'd ; By reafon that the captaines on her fyde, Corrupted by Paulinus, from her fwerv'd : Yet fuch, as were through former flight preferv'd, Gathering againe, her hofl fhe did renew, And with frefh corage on the victor fervd : But being all defeated, fave a few, Rather than fly, or be captiv'd, herfelfe fhe flew.
LVI. O
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LVI.
O famous moniment of womens prayfe ! Matchable either to Semiramis, Whom antique hiftory fo high doth rayfe, Or to Hypfiphil', or to Thomiris : Her hofl: two hundred thoufand numbred is ; Who, whiles good fortune favoured her might. Triumphed oft againft her enemis ; And yet though overcome in haplefTe fight,
Shee triumphed on death, in enemies defpight.
LVII.
Her reliques Fulgent having gathered,
Fought with Severus, and him overthrew y
Yet in the chace was flaine of them that fled y
So made them victors whome he did fubdew.
Then gan Caraufius tirannize anew,
And gainft the Romanes bent their proper powre y
But him Allectus treacheroufly flew,
And tooke on him the robe of emperoure :
Nath'leffe the fame enioyed but fhort happy howre :..
LVIII.
For Afclepiodate him overcame,
And left inglorious on the vanquifht playne. Without or robe or rag to hide his fhame : Then afterwards he in his- ftead did raigne y But fhortly was by Coyll in batteill flaine : Who after long debate, fince Lucies tyme, Was of the Britons firfl: crownd foveraine : Then gan this realme renew her pafled prime ;
He of his name Coylchefter built of ftone and lime.
LIX.
Y/hich when the Romanes heard, they hether fent Conftantius, a man of mickle might, With whome king Coyil made an agreement, And to him gave for wife his daughter bright, Fayre Helena, the faireft living wight, Who in all godly thewes and goodly praife Did far excell, but was raoft famous hight For fldi in muiicke of all in her daies,
As well in curious inilruments as cunning laies %
LX. Of
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LX.
Of whom he did great Conftantine begett,
Who afterward was emperour of Rome ;
To which whiles abfent he his mind did fett,
Octavius here lept into his roome,
And it ufurped by unrighteous doome :
But he his title iuftifide by might,
Slaying Traherne, and having overcome
The Romane legion in dreadfull fight : So fettled he his kingdome, and confirmd his right :
LXI.
But wanting yrTew male, his daughter deare,
He gave in wedlocke to Maximian,
And him with her made of his kingdome heyre,.
Who foone by meanes thereof the Empire wan.
Till murdred by the freends of Gratian.
Then gan the Hunnes and Picts invade this land,
During the raigne of Maximinian ;
Who dying left none heire them to withftand -, But that they over-ran all parts with eafy hand.
LXII.
The weary Britons, whofe war-hable youth Was by Maximian lately ledd away, With wretched miferyes and woefull ruth Were to thofe pagans made an open pray,, And daily fpectacle of fad decay :
Whome Romane warres, which now fowr hundred yeares. And more, had wafted, could no whit difmay j Til by confent of commons and of peares, They crownd the fecond Conftantine with ioyous teares :..
LXIII. Who having oft in batteill vanquifhed
Thofe fpoylefull Picls, and fwarming Eafterlings, Long time in peace his realme eftabiifhed, Yet oft annoyd with fondry bordragings Of neighbour Scots and forrein fcatterlings, Wich which the world did in thofe dayes abound : Which to out-barre, with painefull pyonings From fea to fea he heapt a mighty mound, Which from Alcluid to Panwelt did that border bownd.
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LXIV.
Thtee fonncs he dying left, all under age } By meanes whereof their uncle Vortigere Ulurpt the crowne during their pupillage ; Which th' infants tutors gathering to feare, Them clolely into Armorick did beare : For dread of whom, and for thofe Picls annoyes, He fent to Germany ftraunge aid to reare ; From whence eftfoones arrived here three hoyes
Of Saxons, whom he for his fafety employes.
LXV.
Two brethren were their capitayns, which hight Hengift and Horfus, well approv'd in warre, And both of them men of renowmed might ; Who making vantage of their civile iarre, And of thofe forreyners which came from farre, Grew great, and got large portions of land, That in the reaime ere long they ftronger arre, Then they which fought at firft their helping hand,
And Vortiger enforfl the kingdome to aband :
LXVI.
But by the helpe of Vortimere his fonne, He is againe unto his rule reftordj And Hengift feeming fad, for that was donne, Received is to grace and new accord, Through his faire daughters face and flattring word : Soone after which three hundred lords he flew Of Britim blood, all fitting at his bord ; Whofe dolefull moniments who lift to rew,
Th' eternall marks of treafon may at Stonheng vew.
LXVII.
By this the fonnes of Conftantine, which fled, Ambrofe and Uther, did ripe yeares attayne, And here arriving ftrongly challenged The crowne, which Vortiger did long detayne : Who, flying from his guilt, by them was flayne -, And Hengift eke foone brought to lhamefull death. Thenceforth Aurelius peaceably did rayne, Till that through poyfon flopped was his breath ;
So now entombed lies at Stoneheng by the heath.
LXVIII. After
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LXVII.
After him Uther, which Pendragon hight,
Succeeding — there abruptly it did end,
Without full point, or other cefure right ;
As if the reft fome wicked hand did rend,
Or th' author felfe could not at leaft attend
To finifh it : that fo untimely breach
The prince himfelfe halfe feemed to offend ;
Yet fecret pleafure did offence empeach, And wonder of antiquity long ftopt his fpeach.
LXIX. At laft, quite ravifht with delight to heare
The royall offspring of his native land,
Cryde out, Deare countrey^ o how dearely deare
Ought thy remembraunce and perpetuall band
Be to thy fojler childe, that from thy hand
Did commun breath and ?iouriture receave !
How brutijh is it not to underftand
How much to her we owey that all us gave ; 'That gave unto us all whatever good we have !
LXX. But Gyon all this while his booke did read,
Ne yet has ended : for it was a great
And ample volume, that doth far excead
My leafure fo long leaves here to repeat :
It told how firft Prometheus did create
A man of many parts from beafts deryv'd,
And then ftole fire from heven to animate
His worke, for which he was by love depryv'd Of life himfelfe, and hart-ftrings of an aegle ryv'd.
LXXI. That man (o made he called Elfe, to weet
Quick, the firft author of all elfin kynd ;
Who, wandring through the world with wearie feet,
Did in the gardins of Adonis fynd
A goodly creature, whom he deemd in mynd
To be no earthly wight, but either fpright,
Or angell, th' authour of all woman kynd -,
Therefore a Fay he her according hight, Of whom all Faryes fpring, and fetch their lignage right.
LXXII. Of
304 Tfo fecond *Booke of tht
LXXII.
Of thefe a mighty people mortly grew,
And puiffant kinges, which all the world warrayd,
And to themlelves all nations did fubdew :
The firft and eldeft, which that fcepter fwayd,
Was Elfin ; him all India obayd,
And all that now America men call :
Next him was noble Elfinan, who laid
Cleopolis foundation firft of all : But Elfiline enclosd it with a golden wall.
LXXIII.
His fonne was Elfinell, who overcame
The wicked Gobbelines in bloody field :
But Elfant was of moft renowmed fame,
Who all of chriftall did Panthea build :
Then Elfar, who two brethren gyauntes kild,
The one of which had two heades, th* other three :
Then Elfinor, who was in magick fkild j
He built by art upon the glafiy fee A bridge of bras, whofe found hevens thunder feem'd to be»
LXXIV. He left three fonnes, the which in order raynd,
And all their offspring in their dew defcents ;
Even {even hundred princes, which maintaynd
With mightie deedes their fondry governments ;
That were too long their infinite contents
Here to record, ne much materiall :
Yet mould they be moft famous moniments,
And brave enfample, both of martiall, And civil rule to kinges and ftates imperiall.
LXXV. After all thefe Elficleos did rayne,
The wife Elficleos in great maieftie,
Who mightily that fcepter did fuftayne,
And with rich fpoyles and famous victoric
Did high advaunce the crowne of Faery :
He left two fonnes, of which faire Elferon,
The eldeft brother, did untimely dy ;
Whofe emptie place the mightie Oberon Doubly fupplide in fpoufall and dominion.
LXXVI. Great
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LXXVI.
Great was his power and glorie over all,
Which him before that facred feate did fill,
That yet remaines his wide memoriall :
He dying left the faireft. Tanaquill,
Him to fucceede therein, by his laft will :
Fairer and nobler liveth none this howre,
Ne like in grace, ne like in learned fkill ;
Therefore they Glorian call that glorious flowre : Long mayft thou, Glorian, live in glory and great powre.
LXXVII.
Beguyld thus with delight of novelties,
And naturall defire of countryes ftate,
So long they redd in thofe antiquities,
That how the time was fled they quite forgate 5
Till gentle Alma, feeing it fo late,
Perforce their ftudies broke, and them befought
To thinke, how fupper did them long awaite :
So halfe unwilling from their bookes them brought. And fayrely feafted, as fo noble knightes me ought.
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CANTO XI.
The enimies of ctcmperaunce Befuge her dwelling place j
Prince Arthure them repelles, andfawh Maleger doth deface.
I.
WH AT warre fo cruel, or what fiege fo fore, As that, which ftrong affections doe apply Againfr. the forte of reafon evermore, To bring the fowle into captivity ? Their force is fiercer through infirmity Of the fraile flefh, relenting to their rage > And exercife moft bitter tyranny Upon the partes, brought into their bondage t No wretchednefle is like to finfull vellenage.
II.
But in a body which doth freely yeeld His partes to reafons rule obedient, And letteth her that ought the fcepter weeld, All happy peace and goodly government Is fetled there in fure effablifhment : There Alma, like a virgin queene moff. bright, Doth floriih in all beautie excellent ; And to her gueftes doth bounteous banket dight,
Attempred goodly well for health and for delight.
III.
Early before the Morne with cremofin ray The windowes of bright heaven opened had, Through which into the world the dawning day Might looke, that maketh every creature glad, Uprofe iir Guyon in bright armour clad, And to his purposd iourney him prepar'd : * With him the palmer eke in habit fad Himfelfe addrefc to that adventure hard :
So to the rivers fyde they both together far'd :
IV. Where
Cant. xi. Faery Qjj eene, 307
IV.
Where them awaited ready at the ford
The ferriman, as Alma had behight,
With his well-rigged bote : they goe abord,
And he eftfoones gan launch his barke forthright.
Ere long they rowed were quite out of fight,
And fait the land bchynd them fled away.
But let them pas, whiles winde and wether right
Doe ferve their turnes : here I a while mult flay, To fee a cruell fight doen by the prince this day.
V.
For all fo foone as Guvon thence was 2on
Upon his voyage with his truftie guyde,
That wicked band of villeins frefh begon
That cattle to aflaile on every fide,
And lay ftrong liege about it far and wyde.
So huge and infinite their numbers were,
That all the land they under them did hyde ;
So fowle and ugly, that exceeding feare Their vifages impreft, when they approched neare.
VI.
Them in twelve troupes their captein did difpart,
And round about in fitteft. fleades did place,
Where each might belt offend his proper part.
And his contrary obiect mofl deface,
As every one feem'd meeteft in that cace.
Seven of the faaie againft. the caftle-gate
In ftrong entrenchments he did clofely place,
Which with inceiTaunt force and endleife hate They battred day and night, and entraunce did awate.
VII.
The other five five fondry waves he fett
Againft the five great buiwarkes of that pyle3
And unto each a bulwarke did arrett,
T'afTayle with open force or hidden guyle.
In hope thereof to win victorious fpoiie.
They all that charge did fervently apply
With greedie malice and importune toyle,
And planted there their huge artillery, With which they dayly made moil dreadfull battery.
r r z VIII. The
3 OS The fecond Booke of the
VIII.
The nrlt troupe was a monftrous rablement
Of fowle misfhapen wightes, of which fome were Headed like owles, with beckes uncomely bent j Others like dogs, others like gryphons dreare j And fome had wings, and fome had clawes to teare : And every one of them had lynces eyes, And every one did bow and arrowes beare : All thole were lawleife luftes, corrupt envyes,
And covetous afpects, all cruel enimyes :
IX.
Thofe fame againft. the bulwarke of the Sight Did lay ftrong fiege and battailous affault, Ne once did yield it refpitt day nor night j But foone as Titan gan his head exault, And foone againe as he his light withhault, Their wicked engins they againft it bent : That is each thing, by which the eyes may fault ; But two then all more huge and violent,
Beautie and money, they that bulwarke forely rent.
X.
The fecond bulwarke was the Hearing fence,
Gainfl which the fecond troupe deffignment makes j Deformed creatures, in ftraunge difference : Some having heads like harts, fome like to fnakes, Some like wild bores late rouzd out of the brakes : , Slaunderous reproches, and fowle infamies, Leafinges, backbytinges, and vaine-glorious crakes, Bad counfels, prayfes, and falfe flatteries :
All thofe againft that fort did bend their batteries.
XI.
Like wife that fame third fort, that is the Smell, Of that third troupe was cruelly affayd ; Whofe hideous fhapes were like to feendes of hell ; Some like to houndes, fome like to apes, difmayd, Some like to puttockes all in plumes arayd j All fhap't according their conditions : For by thofe ugly formes weren pourtrayd, Fcoiifh delights and fond abufions,
Which doe that fence befiege with light illuflons.
XII. And
Cant. xr. Faery Queene.
xii.
And that fourth band, which cruell battry bent
Againft the fourth bulwarke, that is the Tafte,
Was as the reft a gryflie rablement ;
Some mouth'd like greedy oyftriges, fome fafte
Like loathly toades, fome fafhioned in the wafte
Like fwine : for fo deformd is luxury,
Surfeat, mifdiet, and unthriftie wafte,
Vaine feaftes, and ydle fuperfluity : All thofe this fences fort aflayle inceifantly.
XIII.
But the flft troupe moft horrible of hew, And ferce of force, is dreadfull to report ; For fome like fnailes, fome did like fpyders fhew, And fome like ugly urchins thick and fhort : Cruelly they afTayled that nft fort, Armed with dartes of fenfuall delight, With fringes of carnall luffc, and ftrong effort Of feeling pleafures, with which day and night
Againft that fame fift bulwarke they continued fight.
XIV.
Thus thefe twelve troupes with dreadfull puiffaunce Againft that caftle reftleffe fiege did lay, And evermore their hideous ordinaunce Upon the bulwarkes cruelly did play, That now it gan to threaten neare decay : And evermore their wicked capitayn Provoked them the breaches to affay, Somtimes with threats, fomtimes with hope of gayn,
Which by the ranfack of that peece they fhould attayn.
XV.
On th' other fyde, th' ameged caftles ward Their ftedfaft ftonds did mightily maintaine, And many bold repulfe, and many hard Atehievement wrought with perill and with payne, That goodly frame from ruine to fuftaine : And thofe two brethren gyauntes did defend The walles fo ftoutly with their fturdie mayne, That never entraunce any durft pretend,
But they to direfull death their groning ghofts did fend.
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xvj.
The noble virgin, ladie of the place,
Was much difmayed with that dreadful fight,
(For never was me in fo evill cace)
Till that the prince, feeing her wofull plight,
Gan her recomfort from fo fad affright,
Offring his fervice and his deareft life
For her defence againil that carle to fight,
Which was their chiefe and th' authour of that ftrife ; She him remercied as the patrone of her life.
XVII. Eftfoones himfelfe in glitterand armes he dight,
And his well-proved weapons to him hent j
So taking courteous conge, he behight
Thofe gates to be unbar'd, and forth he went.
Fayre mote he thee, the proweft and moll gent,
That ever brandifhed bright fteele on hye :
Whom foone as that unruly rablement
With his gay fquyre iflewing did efpye, They reard a moft outrageous dreadfull yelling cry :
XVIIL And therewithall attonce at him let fly
Their fluttring arrowes, thicke as flakes of fnow3
And round about him flocke impetuoufly,
Like a great water flood, that tombling low
From the high mountaines, threates to overflow
With fuddein fury all the fertile playne,
And the fad hulbandmans long hope doth throw
Adowne the ftreame, and all his vowes make vayne ; Nor bounds nor banks his headlong ruine may fuftayne*
XIX. Upon his fhield their heaped hayle he bore,
And with his fword difperft the rasfkall flockes,
Which fled afonder, and him fell before ;
As withered leaves drop from their dryed ftockes,
When the wroth weftern wind does reave their locks :
And underneath him his courageous fleed,
The fierce Spumador, trode them downe like docks >
The fierce Spumador borne of heavenly feed -,.
Such as Laomedon of. Phoebus, race did breed.
XX. Which
Cant, xl Faery Queene. 311
xx.
Which fuddeine horrour and confufed cry
Whenas their capteine heard, in hafte he yodc
The caufe to weet, and fault to remedy :
Upon a tygre fwift and fierce he rode,
That as the winde ran underneath his lode,
Whiles his long legs nigh raught unto the ground :
Full large he was of limbe, and moulders brode ;
But of fuch fubtile fubftance and unfound, That like a ghoft he feem'd, whofe grave-clothes Were unbauild :
XXI. And in his hand a bended bow was feene,
And many arrowes under his right fide,
All deadly daungerous, all cruell keene,
Headed with flint, and fethers bloody dide ;
Such as the Indians in their quivers hide :
Thofe could he well direct and {freight as line,
And bid them ftrike the marke which he had eyde j
Ne was there falve, ne was there medicine, That mote recure their wounds j fo inly they did tine.
XXII. As pale and wan as afhes was his looke,
His body leane and meagre as a rake,
And fkin all withered like a dryed rooke ;
Thereto as cold and drery as a fnake,
That feemd to tremble evermore and quake :
All in a canvas thin he was bedight,
And girded with a belt of twifted brake ;
Upon his head he wore an helmet light, Made of a dead mans fkull, that feemd a ghaftly fight :
XXIII.
Maleger was his name ; and after him
There follow'd fafl at hand two wicked hags,
W"ith hoary lockes all loofe, and vifage grim ;
Their feet unfhod, their bodies wrapt in rags,
And both as fwift on foot as chafed flags ;
And yet the one her other legge had lame,
Which with a ftaffe all full of litle fnags
She did fupport, and Impotence her name : But th' other was Impatience armd with raging flame.
XXIV. Soone
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XXIV.
Soone as the carle from far the prince cfpyde,
Gliftring in armes and warlike ornament,
His beaft he felly prickt on either fyde,
And his mifchievous bow full readie bent,
With which at him a cruell lhaft he fent :
But he was warie, and it warded well
Upon his Ihield, that it no further went,
But to the ground the idle quarrell fell : Then he another and another did expell.
XXV. Which to prevent, the prince his mortall fpeare
Soone to him raught, and fierce at him did ride,
To be avenged of that fhot whyleare :
But he was not fo hardy to abide
That bitter ftownd, but turning quicke afide.
His light-foot beaft, fled faft away for feare :.
Whom to pourfue, the infant after hide,
So faft as his good courfer could him beare ; But labour loft it was to weene approch him neare.
XXVL For as the winged wind his tigre fled,
That vew of eye could fcarfe him overtake,
Ne fcarfe his feet on ground were feene to tred ;
Through hils and dales he fpeedy way did make,
Ne hedge ne ditch his readie paffage brake,
And in his flight the villeine turn'd his face
(As wonts the Tartar by the Cafpian lake,
Whenas the Ruffian him in fight does chace) Unto his tygres taile, and fhot at him apace.
XXVII.
Apace he (hot, and yet he fled apace,
Still as the greedy knight nigh to him drew ;
And oftentimes he would relent his pace,
That him his foe more fiercely mould pourfew :
But when his uncouth manner he did vew,
He gan avize to follow him no more,
But keepe his ftanding, and his fhaftes efchew,
Untill he quite had fpent his perlous ftore, And then affayle him frefh, ere he could fhift for more.
XXVIII. But
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XXVIII.
But that lame hag, ftill as abroad he ftrew
His wicked arrowes, gathered them againe,
And to him brought frefh batteill to renew ;
Which he efpying, cafl her to reftraine
From yielding fuccour to that curfed fwaine,
And her attaching, thought her hands to tye y
But foone as him dismounted on the plaine
That other hag did far away efpye Binding her iifter, fhe to him ran haftily;
XXIX.
And catching hold of him as downe he lent,
Him backeward overthrew, and downe him ftayd
With their rude handes and gryefly graplement ;
Till that the villein, comming to their ayd,
Upon him fell, and lode upon him layd :
Full litle wanted but he had him flaine,
And of the battell balefull end had made^
Had not his gentle fquire beheld his paine, And commen to his refkew ere his bitter bane.
XXX.
So greater!: and moil glorious thing on ground
May often need the helpe of weaker hand $•,
So feeble is mans flate, and life unfound,
That in arTuraunce it may never ftand,
Till it dirlblved be from earthly band,
Proofe be thou, prince, the proweft. man alyve.
And nobleft borne of all in Brkayne land ;
Yet thee fierce fortune did fo nearely drive, That had not grace thee bleft, thou mouldeft not furvive.
XXXI. The fquyre arriving, fiercely in his armes
Snatcht firfl the one, and then the other jade,
(His chiefefb letts and authors of his harmes)
And them perforce withheld with threatned blade,
Leafl that his lord they mould behinde invade ;
The whiles the prince, prickt with reprochful lhame,
As one awakte out of long flombring fhade,
Revivyng thought of glory and of fame, United all his powres to. purge himfelfe from blame.
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314 Tfo fecond Booh of the
XXXII.
Like as a fire, the which in hollow cave
Hath long bene under-kept and down fuppreft,
With murmurous difdayne doth inly rave,
And grudge, in fo ftreight prifon to be prefl,
At laft breakes forth with furious unreft,
And ftrives to mount unto his native feat y
All that did earn: it hinder and molefl,
Yt now devoures with flames and fcorching heat, And carries into finoake with rage and horror great.
XXXIII. So mightely the Briton prince him rouzd
Out of his holde, and broke his caytive bands ;
And as a beare, whom angry curres have touzd,
Having off-makt them and efcapt their hands,
Becomes more fell, and all that him withftands
Treads down and overthrowes. now had the carle
Alighted from his tigre, and his hands
Difcharged of his bow and deadly quar'le, To feize upon his foe flatt lying on the marie.
XXXIV. Which now him turnd to difavantage deare ;
For neither can he fly, nor other harme,
But truft unto his ftrength and manhood meare,
Sith now he is far from his monftrous fwarme,
And of his weapons did himfelfe difarme.
The knight yet wrathfull for his late difgrace,
Fiercely advaunfc his valorous right arme,
And him fo fore fmott with his yron mace, That groveling to the ground he fell, and fild his place.
XXXV. Wei weened hee that field was then his owne,
And all his labor brought to happy end ;
When fuddein up the villeine overthrown e
Out of his fwownc arofe frefh to contend,
And gan himfelfe to fecond battaill bend,
As hurt he had not beene : thereby there lay
An huge great flone, which flood upon one end,
And had not bene removed many a day -y Some land-marke feemd to bee, or figne of fundry way :
XXXVI. The
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The fame he fnatcht, and with exceeding fway Threw at his foe, who was right well aware To fhonne the engin of his meant decay ; It booted not to thinke that throw to beare, But grownd he gave, and lightly lept areare : Efte fierce retourning, as a faulcon fayre, That once hath failed of her foufe full neare, Remounts againe into the open ayre, And unto better fortune doth herfelfe prepayre.
XXXVII. - So brave retourning, with his brandimt blade He to the carle himfelfe agayn addreft, And ftrooke at him fo fternely, that he made An open paffage through his riven breft, That halfe the fteele behind his backe did reft j Which drawing backe, he looked evermore When the hart blood mould gufh out of his cheft. Or his dead corfe mould fall upon the flore ; But his dead corfe upon the flore fell nathemore :
XXXVIII.
Ne drop of blood appeared fried to bee,
All were the wownd fo wide and wonderous That through his carcas one might playnly fee. Halfe in amaze with horror hideous, And halfe in rage to be deluded thus, Again through both the fides he ftrooke him quight. That made his fpright to grone full piteous j Yet nathemore forth fled his groning fpright, But frefhly as at firft prepard himfelfe to fight.
XXXIX, Thereat he fmitten was with great affright, And trembling terror did his hart apall, Ne wift he what to thinke of that fame fight3 Ne what to fay, ne what to doe at all : He doubted leaft it were fome magicall Illufion, that did beguile his fenfe, Or wandring ghoft that wanted funerall, Or aery fpirite under falfe pretence, Or hellifh feend raysd up through divelifh fcience.
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XL.
His wonder far exceeded reafons reach,
That he began to doubt his dazeled fight,
And oft of error did himfelfe appeach :
Flefh without blood, a perfon without fpright,
Wounds without hurt, a body without might,
That could doe harme, yet could not harmed bee,
That could not die, yet feemd a mortall wight,
That was moil ftrong in moft infirmitee ; Like did he never heare, like did he never fee.
XLI. Awhile he ftood in this aftonifhment,
Yet would he not for all his great difmay
Give over to effect his firft intent,
And th' utmoft meanes of victory affay,
Or th' utmoft yflew of his owne decay.
His owne good fword Mordure, that never fayld
At need till now, he lightly threw away,
And his bright fhield that nought him now avayld ; And with his naked hands him forcibly arlayld.
XLII. Twixt his two mighty armes him up he fnatcht,
And crumt his carcas fo againft his breft,
That the difdainfull fowle he thence difpatcht,
And th' ydle breath all utterly expreft :
Tho when he felt him dead, adowne he keft
The lumpifh corfe unto the fenceleiTe grownd ;
Adowne he keft it with fo puiffant wreft,
That backe againe it did alofte rebownd, And gave againft his mother Earth a gronefull fownd.
XLIII.
As when loves harnefle-bearing bird from hye
Stoupes at a flying heron with proud difdayne,
The ftone-dead quarrey falls fo forciblye,
That yt rebownds againft the lowly playne,
A fecond fall redoubling backe agayne.
Then thought the prince all peril fure was paft,
And that he victor onely did remayne ;
No fooner thought, then that the carle as faft Gan heap huge ftrokes on him, as ere he down was caft.
XLIV. Nigh
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XLIV.
Nigh his wits end then woxe th' amazed knight,
And thought his labor loft and travell vayne
Againft this lifeleffe fhadow fo to fight :
Yet life he faw, and felt his mighty mayne,
That whiles he marveild ftill, did frill him payne :
Forthy he gan fome other wayes advize,
How to take life from that dead-living fwayne,
Whom ftill he marked frefhly to arize From th' earth, and from her womb new fpirits to reprize.
XLV.
He then remembred well, that had bene fayd,
How th' Earth his mother was, and firffc him bore -,
She eke fo often as his life decayd,
Did life with ufury to him reftore,
And reysd him up much ftronger then before,
So foone as he unto her wombe did fall :
Therefore to grownd he would him caft no more,
Ne him committ to grave terreftriall, But beare him farre from hope of fuccour ufuall.
XL VI.
Tho up he caught him twixt his puiffant hands,
And having fcruzd out of his carrion corfe
The lothfull life, now loosd from finfull bands,
Upon his moulders carried him perforfe
Above three furlongs, taking his full courfe,
Untill he came unto a ftanding lake ;
Him thereinto he threw without remorfe,
Ne ftird, till hope of life did him forfake : So end of that carles dayes and his owne paynes did make.
XLVII. Which when thofe wicked hags from far did fpye,
Like two mad dogs they ran about the lands ;
And th' one of them with dreadfull yelling crye,
Throwing away her broken chaines and bands,
And having quencht her burning fier-brands,
Hedlong herfelfe did carl into that lake ;
But Impotence with her owne wilfull hands
One of Malegers curfed darts did take, So ryv'd her trembling; hart, and v/icked end did make.
XLVIII. Thus
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XLVIII.
Thus now alone he conquerour remaines j
Tho dimming to his fquyre that kept his fteed,
Thought to have mounted, but his feeble vaines
Him faild thereto, and ferved not his need,
Through lofTe of blood which from his wounds did bleed,
That he began to faint, and life decay :
But his good fquyre him helping up with fpeed,
With ftedfaft hand upon his horfe did ftay,
And led him to the cattle by the beaten way.
XLIX.
Where many groomes and fquyres ready were, To take him from his fteed full tenderly j And eke the fayreft Alma mett him there, With balme and wine and coftly ipicery To comfort him in his infirmity : Eftefoones (lie causd him up to be convayd, And of his armes defpoyled eafilys In fumptuous bed ihee made him to be layd,
And al the while his wounds were dreiling by him ftayd*
CANTO
Cant, xil Faery Qu e e n e. 3 19
CANTO XII.
Guy on by palmers governaunce,
Pqjfing through perilles great, Doth overthrow the bowre of blis,
And Acrafy defeat.
I.
Nr OW ginnes that goodly frame of temp'eraunce Fayrely to rife, and her adorned hed To prickc of highefl prayfe forth to advaunce, Formerly grounded, and faft fetteled On rlrme foundation of true bountyhed : And this brave knight, that for this vertue fightes, Now comes to point of that fame perilous fled, Where pleafure dwelles in fenfuall delights, Mongft thoufand dangers and ten thoufand magick mights.
II.
Two dayes now in that fea he fayled has,
Ne ever land beheld, ne living wight,
Ne ought fave perill, ftill as he did pas :
Tho when appeared the third morrow bright
Upon the waves to fpred her trembling light.
An hideous roring far away they heard,
That all their fences filled with affright ;
And flreight they faw the raging furges reard Up to the fkyes, that them of drowning made afFeard.
III.
Said then the boteman, Palmer, Jlere aright.
And keepe an even courfe ; for yonder way
We needes mufi pas (God doe us well acquight !)
That is the Gulf of greedinejfe, they fay,
That deepe engorgeth all this worldes pray ;
Which having fwallowd up excejjively,
He foone in vomit up againe doth lay.
And belcheth forth his fuperfuity, That all the feas for fare doe feme away to fy*
IV. On
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IV.
On tlS other fyde an hideous rock is pight
Of mightie magnesfone, whofe cr aggie clift Depending from on high, dreadjull to fight, Over the waves his rngg&d armes doth lift, And threat neth downe to throw his ragged rift On whofo cometh nigh ; yet nigh it drawes All paffi ngers, that none from it canfiift : For whiles they fy that gulfe's devouring iawes, They on the rock are re?it, and fun ck in helples wawet.
V. Forward they paiTe, and ftrongly he them rowes, Untill they nigh unto that gulfe arryve, Where ftreame more violent and greedy growes t Then he with all his puifaunce doth ftryve To ftrike his oares, and mightily doth dryve The hollow verTell through the threatfull wave ; Which gaping wide to fwallow them alyve In th' huge abyfTe of his engulfing grave Doth rore at them in vaine, and with great terrour rave*.
VI. They pafiing by, that grifely mouth did fee Sucking the feas into his entralles deepe, That feemd more horrible than hell to bee/ Or that darke dreadfull hole of Tartare fteepe, Through which the damned ghofts doen often creep Eacke to the world, bad livers to torment : But nought that falles into this direfull deepe, Ne that approcheth nigh the wyde defcent, May backe retourne, but is condemned to be drent.
VII. On th' other fide they faw that perilous rocke, Threatning itfelfe on them to ruinate, On whofe fharp cliftes the ribs of vefTels broke > And fhivered mips, which had beene wrecked late, Yet ftuck with carcafes exanimate Of fuch, as having all their fubftance fpent In wanton ioyes and lufies intemperate Did afterwardes make fhipwrack violent Eoth of their life and fame for ever fowly blent;
VIII. Forthy
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VIII.
Forthy this hight the Rock of vile reproch,
A daungerous and deteftable place,
To which nor fifh nor fowle did once approch,
But yelling meawes, with feagulles hoars and bace,
And cormoyraunts, with birds of ravenous race,
Which ftill fat wayting on that waftfull clift
For fpoile of wretches, whofe unhappy cace,
After loft credit and confumed thrift, At laft them driven hath to this defpairefull drift.
IX.
The palmer feeing them in fafetie paft,
Thus faide, Behold th' enfamples in our fghtes
Of luftfull luxurie and thriftlejfe waft.
Wloat now is left of miferable wightes,
Wloich fpent their loofer dales in leud de light es,
But fame and fad reproch, here to be red
By thefe rent reliques fpeaking their ill plight es ?
Let all that live hereby be counfelled To ftunne Rock of reproch, and it as death to dread.
X. So forth they rowed, and that ferryman
With his ftiffe oares did brum the fea fo ftrong,
That the hoare waters from his frigot ran,
And the light bubles daunced all along,
Whiles the fait brine out of the billowes fprong.
At laft far off they many iilandes fpy
On every fide noting the floodes emong :
Then faid the knight, Lo I the land defcry, Therefore , oldfyre, thy courfe doe thereunto apply.
XI.
That may not bee, faid then the ferryman,
Leaft wee unweeting hap to be fordonne :
For thofe fame iflands, feeming now and than,
Are ?iotfrme land nor any certein wonne ;
But frag ling plots, which to and fro doe ronne
In the wide waters : therefore are they hight
The wandring I/lands : therefore doe them flmine ;
For they have oft drawne many a wandring wight Into moft deadly daunger and diftrefjed plight.
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XII.
Tet well they feme to him, that far re doth vew,
Both f aire and fruitfully and the grownd difpred
With graffy greene of delectable hew ;
And the tall trees with leaves appareled
Are decht with blofjoms dyde in white and red.
That mote the pajengers thereto allure -,
But whofoever once hath faftened
His foot thereon, may never it re cure, But wandreth evermore uncertein and unfure.
XIII. As th' ijle of Delos whylome men report
Amid th Agaean fea long time did f ray 9
Ke made for flipping any certeine port,
Till that Latona travelling that way,
Flying from Iunoes wrath and hard affay.
Of her fayre twins was there delivered,
Which afterwards did rule the night and day :
Thenceforth it firmely was efablijhedy And for Apolloes temple highly herried.
XIV. They to him hearken, as befeemeth meete 3
And paffe on forward : fo their way does ly,
That one of thofe fame iflands, which doe fleet
In the wide fea, they needes muft patten by,
Which feemd fo fweet and pleafaunt to the eye,
That it would tempt a man to touchen there :
Upon the banck they fitting did efpy
A daintie damfell dreffing of her heare, By whom a little fkippet noting did appeare.
XV. She them efpying loud to them can call,
Bidding them nigher draw unto the more,
For me had caufe to bufie them withall -,
And therewith lowdly laught : but nathemore
Would they once turne, but kept on as afore :
Which when me faw (he left her lockes undight,
And running to her boat withouten ore,
From the departing land it launched light, And after them did drive with all her power and might. ^ whom
Cant. xii. Faery Queene. 323
XVI.
Whom overtaking, me in merry fort
Them gan to bord, and purpofe diverfly, Now faining dalliaunce and wanton fport, Now throwing forth lewd wordes immodeftly ; Till that the palmer gan full bitterly Her to rebuke for being: loofe and lio-ht : Which not abiding, but more fcornfully Scoffing at him that did her iuftly wite, She turnd her bote about, and from them rowed quite.
XVII. That was the wanton Phaedria, which late Did ferry him over the Idle lake : Whom nought regarding they kept on their gate, And all her vaine allurements did forfake ; When them the wary boteman thus befpake ; Here now beho-veth us well to avy/ey And of our fafety good heede fo take -, For here before a perlous pajfage lyes, Where many mermayds haunt making falfe melodies :
XVIII. But by the way there is a great quick/and, And a whirlepoole of hidden ieopardy ; Therefore, fir palmer, keepe an even hand; For twixt them both the narrow way doth ly. Scarfe had he faide, when hard at hand they fpy That quickfand nigh with water covered ; But by the checked wave they did defcry It plaine, and by the fea difcoloured : It called was the quickefand of Unthriftyhed.
XIX. They paffing by a goodly fhip did fee
Laden from far with precious merchandize, And bravely furnifhed as fhip might bee, Which through great difaventure, or mefprize, Herfelfe had ronne into that hazardize ; Whofe mariners and merchants with much toyle Labour'd in vaine to have recur'd their prize, And the rich wares to fave from pitteous fpoyle ; But neither tovle nor traveill mis;ht her backe recoyle.
! T t 2 XX. On
324 €Thi fecond Booke of th$
xx.
On th' other fide they fee that perilous poolc,
That called was the Whirlepoole of decay j
In which full many had with hapleffe doole
Beene funcke, of whom no memorie did ftay :
Whole circled waters rapt with whirling fway,
Like to a reftleffe wheele, ftill ronning round,
Did covet, as they pailed by that way,
To draw their bote within the utmoft bound Of his wide labyrinth, and then to have them dround.
XXI. But th' heedful boteman ftrongly forth did ftretch
His brawnie armes, and all his bodie ftraine,
That th' utmoft fandy breach they fhortly fetch,.
Whiles the dredd daunger does behind remaine.
Suddeine they fee from midft of all the maine
The furging waters like a mountaine rife,
And the great fea, puft up with proud difdaine,
To fwell above the meafure of his guife, As threatning to devoure all that his powre defpifc.
XXII. The waves come rolling, and the billowes rore
Outragioufly, as they enraged were,
Or wrathfull Neptune did them drive before
His whirling charet for exceeding feare ;
For not one puffe of winde there did appeare ;
That all the three thereat woxe much afrayd,
Unweeting what fuch horrour ftraunge did reare.
Eftfoones they faw an hideous hoaft arrayd Of huge fea-monfters, fuch as living fence difmayd :
XXIII. Moil: ugly fhapes and horrible afpects,
Such as dame Nature felfe mote feare to fee,
Or fhame, that ever mould fo fowle defects
From her moft cunning hand efcaped bee ;
All dreadfull pourtraicts of deformitee :
Spring-headed hydres, and fea-fhouldring whales,
Great whirlpooles, which all fifhes make to flee,
Bright fcolopendraes arm'd with filver fcales, Mighty monoceros with immeafured tayles s
XXIV. The
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XXIV.
The dreadful nfh, that hath deferv'd the name
Of death, and like him lookes in dreadfuil hew ;
The griefly warTerman, that makes his game
The flying mips with fwiftnes to purfew j
The horrible fea-fatyre, that doth lliew
His fearefull face in time of greateft ftorme ;
Hugre zirrlus, whom mariners efchew
No leife then rockes, as travellers informe •> And greedy rofmarines with viuges deforme :
XXV. All tliefe, and thoufand thoufands many more,
And more deformed monHers thoufand fold,
With dreadfuil noife and hollow rombling rore,
Came rufhing in the fomy waves enrold,
Which feem'd to fly for feare them to behold :
Ne wonder, if thefe did the knight appall 5
For all that here on earth we dreadfuil hold,
Be but as bugs to fearen babes withall, Compared to the creatures in the feas en trail.
XXVI. Feare nought, then faide the palmer well aviz'd,
For thefe fame monjlers are not thefe in deed,
But are into thefe fearefull JJjapes difguizd
By that fame wicked witch, to worke us dreed,
And draw from on this tourney to proceed.
Tho lifting up his vertuous ftarTe on hye,
He fmote the fea, which calmed was with fpeed,
And all that dreadfuil armie fait, gan flye Into great Tethys bofome, where they hidden lye.
XXVII. Quit from that danger forth their courfe they kept -7
And as they went they heard a ruefull cry
Of one that wayld and pittifully wept,
That through the fea refounding plaints did fly :
At lail they in an ifland did efpy
A feemely maiden fitting by the more,
That with great forrow and fad agony
Seemed fome great misfortune to deplore, And lowd to them for fuccour called evermore.
XXVIII. Which
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xxvnr.
Which Guyon hearing ftreight his palmer bad
To ftere the bote towards that dolefull mayd,.
That he might know and eafe her forrow fad :
Who him avizing better, to him fayd ;
Fat re fir, be not difpleasd if difobayd :
For ill it were to hearken to her cry ;;
For Jhe is inly nothing ill apaydy
But onely womatiifoj fine forgery, Your jlubborne hart f affect withfraile infirmity :
XXIX. ' To which when foe your courage hath inclind
Through foolifoj pitty, then her guilefull bayt
She will anbofome deeper in your mind.
And for your ruine at the lafi awayt.
The knight was ruled, and the botcman ilrayt
Held on his courfe with flayed ftedfaftnefle,
Ne ever mroncke, ne ever fought to bayt
His tyred armes for toylefome wearinefTe ; But with his oares did fweepe the watry wildernefle.
XXX. And now they nigh approched to the fled
Whereas thofe mermayds dwelt : it was a flill
And calmy bay, on th' one fide flickered
With the brode fhadow of an hoarie hill ;
On th' other fide an high rocke toured ftill,
That twixt them both a pleafaunt port they made,
And did like an halfe theatre fulfill :
There thofe five fitters had continuall trade, And usd to bath themfelves in that deceiptfull fhade.
XXXI. They were faire ladies, till they fondly ftriv'd
With th' Heliconian maides for mayftery ;
Of whom they over-comen were depriv'd
Of their proud beautie, and th' one moyity
Transform'd to fifh, for their bold furquedry 3
But th' upper halfe their hew retayned ftill,
And their fweet fkill in wonted melody j
Which ever after they abusd to ill, T'allure weake traveillers, whom gotten they did kill.
XXXII. So
Cant. xn. Faery Queene. 327
XXXII.
So now to Guyon, as he parTed by,
Their pleafaunt tunes they fweetly thus applyde j
O thou fayre fonne of gentle faery y
'That art in mightie armes mojl magnify de
Above all knights that ever battel 11 trydet
O tnrne thy rudder hetherward awhile :
Here may thy ftorme-bett vejfell fafely ryde ;
This is the port of rejl from troublous toyley The worldes fweet in from paine and wearifome turmoyle.
XXXIII.
With that the rolling Tea refounding foft In his big bafe them fitly anfwered ; And on the rocke the waves breaking aloft
o
A folemne meane unto them meafured ;
The whiles fweet zephyrus lowd whifteled
His treble, a ftraunge kinde of harmony ;
Which Guyons fenfes foftly tickeled,
That he the boteman bad row eafily,
And let him heare fome part of their rare melodyy .
XXXIV.
But him the palmer from that vanity
With temperate advice difcounfelled,
That they it pair., and fhortly gan defcry
The land to which their courfe they levelled :
When fuddeinly a grofTe fog over-fpred
With his dull vapour all that defert has,
And heavens chearefull face enveloped,
That all things one, and one as nothing was,
And this great univerfe feemd one confufed mas.
XXXV.
Thereat they greatly were difmayd, ne wiii
How to dired: theyr way in darkenes wide,
But feard to wander in that waflefull mift,
For tombling into mifchiefe unefpyde.
Worfe is the daunger hidden then defcride.
Suddeinly an innumerable flight
Of harmefull fowles about them fluttering cride,
And with their wicked wings them ofte did fmight,
And fore annoyed; groping in that griefly night.
XXXVI. Even
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xxxvi.
Even all the nation of unfortunate
And fatall birds about them nocked were,
Such as by nature men abhorre and hate ;
The ill-fafte owle, deaths dreadfull menengere ;
The hoars night-raven, trump of dolefull drere ;
The lether-winged batt, dayes enimy ;
The ruefull ftrich, frill waiting on the bere ;
The whiftler fhrill, that whofo heares doth dy ; The hellifh harpyes, prophets of fad defliny :
XXXVII. All thofe, and all that els does horror breed,
About them flew, and fild their fayles with fjpare :
Yet flayd they not, but forward did proceed,
Whiles th' one did row, and th' other ftifly fteare -,
Till that at Ian: the weather gan to cleare,
And the faire land itfelfe did playnly mow.
Said then the palmer, Lo where does appeare
*Ihe f acred foile where all our per ills grow ; therefore, fir knight > your ready arms about you throw.
XXXVIII. He hearkned, and his armes about him tooke,
The whiles the nimble bote fo well her fped,
That with her crooked keele the land me flrooke :
Then forth the noble Guyon fallied
And his fage palmer that him governed ;
But th' other by his bote behind did flay.
They marched fayrly forth, of nought ydred,
Both firmely armd for every hard affay, With conftancy and care, gainft daunger and difmay,
XXXIX.
Ere long they heard an hideous bellowing
Of many beafts, that roard outrageoufly,
As if that hungers poynt, or Venus fling
Had them enraged with fell furquedry ;
Yet nought they feard, but paft on hardily,
Untill they came in vew of thofe wilde beafts,
Who all attonce, gaping full greedily,
And rearing fercely their upflaring crefls, Ran towards to devoure thofe unexpected guefls.
XL. But
Cant. xii. Faery Qjj e e n b. 329
XL.
But foone as they approcht with deadly threat, The palmer over them his ftafFe upheld, His mighty ftafFe, that could all charmes defeat : Eftefoones their ftubborne corages were queld, And high-advaunced crefts downe meekely feld ; Jnftead of fraying they themfelves did feare, And trembled, as them paffing they beheld : Such wondrous powre did in that ftafFe appeare, All monfters to fubdew to him that did it beare.
XLI. Of that fame wood it fram'd was cunningly, Of which Caduceus whilome was made, Caduceus, the rod of Mercury, With which he wonts the Stygian realmes invade Through ghaftly horror and eternall fhade j Th' infernall feends with it he can afFwage, And Orcus tame, whome nothing can perfuade, And rule the Furyes when they moft doe rage : Such vertue in his ftafFe had eke this palmer fage.
XLII. Thence paffing forth, they fhortly doe arryve Whereas the Bowre of blifFe was fituate -, A place pickt out by choyce of beft alyve, That natures worke by art can imitate : In which whatever in this worldly ftate Is fweete and pleafing unto living fenfe, Or that may daynteft fantafy aggrate, Was poured forth with plentifuil difpence, And made there to abound with lavifh affluence.
XLIII. Goodly it was enclofed rownd about,
As well their entred gueftes to keep within, As thofe unruly beafts to hold without ; Yet was the fence thereof but weake and thin j Nought feard they force that fortilage to win, But wifedomes powre, and temperaunces might, By which the mightieft things efForced bin : And eke the gate was wrought of fubftaunce light, Rather for pleafure then for battery or fight. Vol. I. U u XLIV. Yt
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XLIV.
Yt framed was of precious yvoiy,
That feemd a worke of admirable witt ;
And therein all the famous hiftory
Of Iafon and Medaea was ywritt ;
Her mighty charmes, her furious loving fitt,
His goodly conquer!; of the golden fleece,
His failed fayth, and love too lightly flitt,
The wondred Argo, which in venturous peece Firft through the Euxine feas bore all the rlowr of Greece.
XLV. Ye might have feene the frothy billowes fry
Under the mip as thorough them fhe went,
That feemd the waves were into yvory,
Or yvory into the waves were fent j
And otherwhere the fnowy fubftaunce fprent
With vermeil, like the boyes blood therein fried,
A piteous fpectacle did reprefent ;
And otherwhiles with gold befprinkeled Yt feemd th' enchaunted flame, which did Creufa wed,
XL VI.
All this and more might in that goodly gate
Be red, that ever open flood to all
Which thether came : but in the porch there fate
A comely perfonage of flature tall,
And femblaunce pleafing, more than naturall,
That travellers to him feemd to entize ;
His loofer garment to the ground did fall,
And flew about his heeles in wanton, wize, Not fitt for fpeedy pace or manly exercize.
XLVII.
They in that place him Genius did call : Not that celefliall powre, to whom the care Of life, and generation of all That lives, perteines in charge particulare, Who wondrous things concerning our welfare, And ftraunge phantomes doth lett us ofte forefee. And ofte of fecret ills bids us beware : That is ourfelfe, whom though we do not fee,
Yet each doth in himfelfe it well perceive to bee :
XL VIII. Therefore
Cant. xir. Faery Queene* 331
XLVIII.
Therefore a god him fage antiquity- Did wifely make, and good Agdiftes call :
But this fame was to that quite contrary,
The foe of life, that good envyes to all,
That fecretly doth us procure to fall
Through guilefull femblants, which he makes us fee :
He of this gardin had the governall,
And Pleafures porter was devizd to bee, Holding a ftafFe in hand for more formalitee.
XLIX.
With diverfe flowres he daintily was deckt,
And ftrowed rownd about, and by his fide
A mighty mazer bowle of wine was fett,
As if it had to him bene facrifide ;
Wherewith all new-come guefls he gratyfide :
So did he eke fir Guyon paffing by ;
But he his ydle curtefie defide,
And overthrew his bowle difdainfully, And broke his ftaffe, with which he charmed femblants ily.
L. Thus being entred, they behold arownd
A large and fpacious plaine, on every fide
Strov/ed with pleafauns ; whofe fayre grafly grownd
Mantled with greene, and goodly beautifide
With all the ornaments of Floraes pride,
Wherewith her mother art (as halfe in fcorne
Of niggard nature) like a pompous bride
Did decke her, and too lavifhly adorne, When forth from virgin bowre fhe comes in th' early morne.
LI. Therewith the heavens alwayes joviall
Lookte on them lovely flill in fledfaft ftate,
Ne fuifred florme nor froft on them to fall
Their tender buds or leaves to violate,
Nor fcorching heat, nor cold intemperate
T'afflict the creatures which therein did dwell ;
But the milde ayre with feafon moderate
Gently attempred, and difposd fo well, That frill it breathed forth fweet fpirit and holefom fmell :
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LII.
More fweet and holefome then the plcafaunt hill
Of Rhodope, on which the nimphe, that bore
A gyaunt babe, herfelfe for griefe did kill •
Or the Theflalian Tempe, where of yore
Fayre Daphne Phoebus hart with love did gore ;
Or Ida, where the gods lov'd to repayre,
Whenever they their heavenly bowres forlore ;
Or fweet Parnaffe, the haunt of Mufes fayre ; Or Eden felfe, if ought with Eden mote compayre.
LIII. Much wondred Guyon at the fayre afpect
Of that fweet place, yet fuffred no delight
To fincke into his fence, nor mind arTecl: -,
But palled forth, and lookt ftill forward right,
Brydling his will and mayftering his might ;
Till that he came unto another gate ;
No gate, but like one, being goodly dight
With bowes and braunches, which did broad dilate Their clafping armes in wanton wreathings intricate 1
LIV. So fafhioned a porch with rare device,
Archt over head with an embracing vine,
Whofe bounches hanging downe feemd to entice
All paifers by to tafle their lufhious wine,
And did themfelves into their hands incline,
As freely offering to be gathered ;
Some deepe empurpled as the hyacine,
Some as the rubine, laughing fweetely red, Some like faire emeraudes, not yet well ripened 1
LV. And them amongft fome were of burnifht gold,
So made by art to beautify the reft,
Which did themfelves emongft the leaves enfold,
As lurking from the vew of covetous gueft,
That the weake boughes with fo rich load oppreil
Did bow adowne as overburdened.
Under that porch a comely dame did reft
Clad in fayre weedes, but fowle difordered, And garments loofe, that feemd unmeet for womanhed :
LVI. In
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LVI.
In her left hand a cup of gold fhe held,
And with her right the riper fruit did reach, Whofe fappy liquor, that with fulneffe fweld, Into her cup fhe fcruzd with daintie breach Of her fine fingers, without fowle empeach That fo faire wine-preffe made the wine more fweet ; Thereof fhe usd to give to drinke to each, Whom pafiing by flie happened to meet :
It was her guife all ftraungers goodly fo to greet.
LVII.
So fhe to Guyon offred it to taft ;
Who taking it out of her tender hond, The cup to ground did violently cafl, That all in peeces it was broken fond, And with the liquor flamed all the lond : W'hereat ExcefTe exceedinly was wroth, Yet no'te the fame amend, ne yet withflond, But fuffered him to paffe, all were fhe loth j
Who nought regarding her difpleafure forward goth.
LVIII.
There the moft daintie paradife on ground Itfelfe doth offer to his fober eye, In which all pleafures plenteoufly abownd, And none does others happineffe envye ; The painted flowres, the trees upfhooting hye, The dales for fhade, the hilles for breathing fpace, The trembling groves, the chriflall running by j And that, which all faire workes doth moil, aggrace,
The art which all that wrought appeared in no place.
LIX.
One would have thought, (fo cunningly the rude And fcorned partes were mingled with the fine) That nature had for wantoneffe enfude Art, and that art at nature did repine ; So ftriving each th' other to undermine, Each did the others worke more beautify ; So dirT'ring both in willes agreed in fine : So all agreed, through fweete diverfity,
This gardin to adorne with all variety.
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And in the midft of all a fountaine flood
Of richeft fubftance that on earth might bee,
So pure and fhiny that the filver flood
Through every channell running one might fee -,
Moft goodly it with curious ymageree
Was over-wrought, and fhapes of naked boyes,
Of which fome feemd with lively iollitee
To fly about, playing their wanton toyes, Why left others did themfelves embay in liquid ioyes.
LXI. And over all of pureft gold was fpred
A trayle of yvie in his native hew:
For the rich metall was fo coloured,
That wight, who did not well avis'd it vew,
Would furely deeme it to bee yvie trew :
Low his lafcivious armes adown did creepe,
That themfelves dipping in the filver dew .
Their fleecy flowres they fearefully did fteepe, Which drops of chriftall feemd for wantones to weep,
LXII.
Infinit ftreames continually did well
Out of this fountaine, fweet and faire to fee,
The which into an ample laver fell,
And fhortly grew to fo great quantitie,
That like a litle lake it feemd to bee ;
Whofe depth exceeded not three cubits hight,
That through the waves one might the bottom fee,
All pav'd beneath with jafpar mining bright j That feemd the fountaine in that fea did fayle upright.
LXIII.
And all the margent round about was fett
With fhady laurell trees, thence to defend
The funny beames, which on the billowes bett,
And thofe which therein bathed mote offend.
As Guyon hapned by the fame to wend,
Two naked damzelles he therein efpyde,
Which therein bathing feemed to contend,
And wreftle wantonly, ne car'd to hyde Their dainty partes from vew of any which them eyd.
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Sometimes the one would lift the other quight
Above the waters, and then downe againe
Her plong, as jover-mayftered by might,
Where both awhile would covered remaine,
And each the other from to rife reftraine ;
The whiles their fnowy limbes, as through a vele,
So through the chriilall waves appeared plaine :
Then fuddeinly both would themfelves unhele, And th' amorous fweet ipoiles to greedy eyes revele.
LXV. As that faire ftarre, the meffenger of morne,
His deawy face out of the fea doth reare :
Or as the Cyprian goddefTe, newly borne
Of th' oceans fruitfull froth, did firft appeare :
Such feemed they, and fo their yellow heare
Chriftalline humor dropped downe apace.
Whom fuch when Guyon faw, he drew him neare,
And fomewhat gan relent his earneft pace ; His ftubborne breft gan fecret pleafaunce to embrace.
LXVI. The wanton maidens him efpying flood
Gazing awhile at his unwonted guife j
Then th' one herfelfe low ducked in the flood,
Abafht that her a ftraunger did avife :
But th' other raiher higher did arife,
And her two lilly paps aloft difplayd,
And all, that might his melting hart entyfe
To her delights, fhe unto him bewrayd ; The reft hidd underneath him more defirous made.
LXVII. With that the other likewife up arofe,
And her faire lockes, which formerly were bownd
Up in one knott, fhe low adowne did lofe,
Which flowing long and thick her cloth'd arownd,
And th' yvorie in golden mantle gownd :
So that faire fpectacle from him was reft,
Yet that which reft it no leife faire was fownd :
So hidd in lockes and waves from lookers theft, Nought but her lovely face me for his looking left.
LXVIII. Withall
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Withall flic laughed, and me blufht withall,
That blufhing to her laughter gave more grace,
And laughter to her bluihing, as did fall.
Now when they fpyde the knight to flacke his pace
Them to behold, and in his fparkling face
The fecrete lignes of kindled lull appeare,
Their wanton meriments they did encreace,
And to him beckned to approch more neare, And ihewd him many fights that corage cold could reare :
LXIX. On which when gazing him the palmer faw,
He much rebukt thofe wandring eyes of his,
And counfeld well, him forward thence did draw.
Now are they come nigh to the Bowre of blis,
(Of her fond favorites fo nam'd amis)
When thus the palmer, Now, fir, well avife ;
For here the end of all our traveill is :
Here wonnes Acrafia, whom we muft furprife, Els fie will flip away, and all our drift defpife.
LXX. Eftfoones they heard a moll melodious found,
Of all that mote delight a daintie eare,
Such as attonce might not on living ground,
Save in this paradife, be heard elfewhere :
Right hard it was for wight which did it heare
To read what manner muficke that mote bee;
For all that pleafing is to living eare
Was there conforted in one harmonee ; Birdes, voices, inflruments, windes, waters, all agree :
LXXI. The ioyous birdes, fhrouded in chearefull made,
Their notes unto the voice attempred fweet j
Th' angeiicall fori trembling voyces made
To th' inflruments divine refpondence meet ;
The filver-founding inflruments did meet
With the bafe murmure of the waters fall ;
The waters fall with difference difcreet,
Now foft, now loud, unto the wind did call j The gentle warbling wind low anfwered to all.
LXXII. There
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There, whence that mufick feemed heard to bee,
Was the faire witch herfelfe now folacing
With a new lover, whom through forceree
And witchcraft, fhe from farre did thether bring :
There fhe had him now laid a flombering
In fecret made after long wanton ioyes ;
Whilft round about them pleafauntly did ling
Many faire ladies and lafcivious boyes, That ever mixt their fong with light licentious toyes.
LXXIII. And all that while right over him me hong
With her falfe eyes fail fixed in his light,
As feeking medicine whence fhe was flong,
Or greedily depafluring delight ;
And oft inclining downe with kifTes light,
For feare of waking him, his lips bedewd,
And through his humid eyes did fucke his fpright
Quite molten into lull and pleafure lewd ; Wherewith fhe fighed foft, as if his cafe fhe rewd.
LXXIV.
The whiles fome one did chaunt this lovely lay ;
Jih fee, whofofayre thing doejifaine to fee,
In fpringing flowre the image of thy day ;
Ah fee the virgin rofe, how fweetly fhee
Doth jirfi peepe foorth with b of full modeflee,
That fairer feemes the leffe ye fee her may :
Lo fee foone after how more bold and free
Her bared bofome fhe doth broad difplay ; Lo fee foone after how fhe fades and falls away !
LXXV. So paffeth, in the pafjing of a day,
Of mortall life the leafe, the bud, the flowre ;
Ne more doth for ijh after fir jl decay
That earfl was fought to deck both bed and bowre
Of many a lady and many a paramowre :
Gather therefore the rofe while jl yet is prime,
For foone comes age that will her pride defiowre :
Gather the rofe of love whileft yet is time, Whilefi loving thou mayft loved be with equall crime,
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He ceaft, and then gan all the quire of birdes
Their diverfe hotes tattune unto his lay,
As in approvaunce of his pleafing wordes.
The conftant payre heard all that he did fay,
Yet fwarved not, but kept their forward way,
Through many covert groves, and thickets clofe ;
In which they creeping did at Iaft difplay
That wanton lady with her lover lofe, Whofe fleepie head me in her lap did foft difpofe.
LXXVII. Upon a bed of rofes flie was layd,
As faint through heat, or dight to pleafant fin,
And was arayd, or rather difarayd,
All in a vele of filke and filver thin,
That hid no whit her alablafter fkin,
But rather fhewd more white, if more might bee :
More fubtile web Arachne cannot fpin ;
Nor the fine nets, which oft we woven fee Of fcorched deaw, do not in th' ayre more lightly flee.
LXXVIII. Her fnowy bred; was bare to ready fpoyle
Of hungry eies, which n'ote therewith be fild j
And yet, through languour of her late fweet toyle,
Few drops, more cleare then nectar, forth diftildjj
That like pure orient perles adowne it trild ;
And her faire eyes, fweet fmyling in delight,
Moyflened their fierie beames, with which me thrild
Fraile harts, yet quenched not ; like flarry light, Which fparckling on the filent waves does feeme more bright .
LXXIX.
The young man fleeping by her feemd to be
Some goodly fwayne of honorable place ;
That certes it great pitty was to fee
Him his nobility fo fowle deface :
A fweet regard and amiable grace,
Mixed with manly fterneffe, did appeare
Yet fleeping in his well-proportiond face ;
And on his tender lips the downy heare Did now but frefhly fpring, and Jlilken blofToms beare.
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His warlike armes (the ydle instruments
Of fleeping praife) were hong upon a tree ;
And his brave fTiield, full of old moniments,
Was fowly ra'ft, that none the fignes might fee ;
Ne for them, ne for honour cared hee,
Ne ought that did to his advauncement tend ;
But in lewd loves and waftfull luxuree,
His dayes, his goods, his bodie he did ipend : O horrible enchantment, that him fo did blend !
LXXXI.
The noble elfe and carefull palmer drew
So nigh them (minding nought but lufcfull game)
That fuddein forth they on them rufht, and threw
A fubtile net, which only for that fame
The fkilfull palmer formally did frame :
So held them under faft ; the whiles the reft
Fled all away for feare of fowler fhame.
The faire enchauntreffe, fo unwares oppreft, Tryde all her arts and all her Heights thence out to wrefl: ;
LXXXII. And eke her lover flrove : but all in vaine ;
For that fame net fo cunningly was wound,
That neither guile nor force might it diftraine.
They tooke them both, and both them flrongly bound
In captive bandes, which there they readie found :
But her in chaines of adamant he tyde ;
For nothing elfe might keepe her fafe and found :
But Verdant (fo he hight) he foone untyde, And counfell fage in fteed thereof to him applyde.
LXXXIII.
But all thofe pleafaunt bowres, and pallace brave,
Guyon broke downe with rigour pittileffe j
Ne ought their goodly workmanfhip might fave
Them from the tempefl of his wrathfulnerTe,
But that their blifle he turn'd to balefulneffe ;
Their groves he feld, their gardins did deface,
Their arbers fpoyle, their cabinets fupprerle,
Their banket-houfes burne, their buildings race ; And of the fayreft late now made the fowleft place.
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Then led they her away, and eke that knight
They with them led, both forrowfull and fad :
The way they came, die fame retourn'd they right ;
Till they arrived where they lately had
Charm'd thole wild-beafts that rag'd with furie mad ;
Which now awaking fierce at them gan fly,
As in their miitreffe refkew, whom they lad ;
But them the palmer foone did pacify. Then Guyon afkt, what meant thofe beaftes which there did ly.
LXXXV. Sayd he, Tbefe feeming beafis are men in deed,
Whom this enchauntreffe hath transformed thus,
Whylome her lovers, which her lujles didfeed^
Now turned into figures hideous,
According to their mindes like monftruous*
Sad end, quoth he, of life intemperate,
And mournefid meed of ioyes delicious :
But palmer, if it mote thee fo aggrate, Let them returned be unto their former flate'.
LXXXVI. Streightway he with his vertuous ftarTe them ftrooke,
And ftreight of beaftes they comely men became ;
Yet being men they did unmanly looke,
And ftared ghaftly ; fome for inward fhame,
And fome for wrath to fee their captive dame :
But one above the reft in fpeciall,
That had an hog beene late, hight Grylle by name,
Repyned greatly, and did him mifcall, That had from hoggiih forme him brought to naturall.
LXXXVII.
Saide Guyon, See the mind of beafily man^
That hath fo foone forgot the excellence
Of his creation, when he life began,
TJjat ?iow he choofeth with vile difference
To be a be aft, and lacke intelligence.
To whom the palmer thus ; The donghill kinde
Delightes in filth andfowle incontinence :
Let Gryll be Gryll, and have his hoggijh minde ; But let us hence depart whikfi wetfjer ferves. and windet
The
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FA ERY OUEENE
CONTAYNING
The Legend of Britomartis, or of Chaftity.
T falls me here to write of chaftity, That fayreft vertue, far above the reft : For which what needes me fetch from Faery Forreine enfamples it to have expreft ? Sith it is fhrined in my foveraines breft, And formd fo lively in each perfect part, That to all ladies, which have it profeft, Neede but behold the pourtraict of her hart 5 If pourtrayd it might bee by any living art :
II. But living art may not leaft part expreife, Nor life-refembling pencill it can paynt, All were it Zeuxis or Praxiteles ; His daedale hand would faile and greatly faynt, And her perfections with his error taynt : Ne poets witt, that parTeth painter farre In picturing the parts of beauty daynt, So hard a workemanfhip adventure darre, For fear through want of words her excellence to mar re.
III. How
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Plow then (hall I, apprentice of the fkill That whilome in divineft wits did rayne, Prefume fo high to ftretch mine humble quill ? Yet now my luckeleile.lott doth me conftrayne Hereto perforce : but, o dredd foverayne, Thus far forth pardon, fith that choiceft witt Cannot your glorious pourtraict figure playne, That I in colourd fhowes may fhadow itt,
And antique praifes unto prefent perfons fitt.
IV.
But if in living colours, and right hew, Thyfelfe thou covet to fee pictured, Who can it doe more lively or more trew, Then that fweete verfe, with nectar fprinckeled, In which a gracious fervaunt pictured His Cynthia, his heavens fayreft light ? That with his melting fweetnes ravifhed, And with the wonder of her beames bright,
My fences lulled are in llomber of delight.
V.
But let that fame delitious poet lend
A little leave unto a rufticke Mufe
To fing his miftreiTe prayfe -3 and let him mend.
If ought amis her liking may abufe :
Ne let his fayreft Cynthia refufe
In mirrours more then one herfelfe to fee ;
But either Gloriana let her chufe,
Or in Belphoebe fafhioned to bee : In th' one her rule, in th' other her rare chaftitee.
CANTO
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canto 1.
Guy on encountreth Britomart :
Fay re Florimell is chaced : Duejfaes frames, and Malecajiaes
Champions are defaced,
I.
"* H E famous Briton prince and faery knight, After long wayes and perilous paines endur'd, Having their weary limbes to perfect plight Reftord, and fory wounds right well recur'd, Of the faire Alma greatly were procur'd To make there lenger foiourne and abode ; But when thereto they might not be allur'd From feeking praife and deeds of armes abrode, They courteous conge tooke, and forth together yode.
II.
But the captiv'd Acraiia he fent,
Becaufe of traveill long, a nigher way,
With a ftrong gard, all refkew to prevent,
And her to faery court fafe to convay j
That her for witnes of his hard afTay
Unto his faery queene he might prefent :
But he himfelfe betooke another way,
To make more triall of his hardiment, And feek adventures, as he with prince Arthure went.
III. Long fo they traveiled through waftefull wayes,
Where daungers dwelt, and perils moft did wonne5.
To hunt for glory and renowmed prayfe ;
Full many countreyes they did overronne,
From the uprifing to the fetting funne,
And many hard adventures did atchieve ;
Of all the which they honour ever wonne,
Seeking the weake oppreffed to relieve, And to recover right for fuch as wrong did grieve,
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IV. At laft as through an open plaine they yode, They fpide a knight that towards pricked fayre i And him befide an aged fquire there rode, That feemd to couch under his fliield three-fquare ; As if that age badd him that burden fpare, And yield it thofe that ftouter could it wield : He them efpying, gan himfelfe prepare, And on his arme addrefle his goodly fliield, That bore a lion pafTant in a golden field.
V. Which feeing good fir Guyon deare befought
The prince of grace to let him ronne that turne. He graunted : then the faery quickly raught His poynant fpeare, and fharply gan to fpurne His fomy fteed, whofe fiery feete did burne The verdant gras as he thereon did tread j Ne did the other backe his foote returne, But fiercely forward came withouten dread, And bent his dreadful fpeare againft the others head.
VI. They beene ymett, and both theyr points arriv'd ; But Guyon drove fo furious and fell, That feemd both fhield and plate it would have riv'd ; NathelefTe it bore his foe not from his fell, But made him ftagger, as he were not well : But Guyon felfe, ere well he was aware, Nigh a fpeares length behind his crouper fell ; Yet in his fall fo well himfelfe he bare, That mifchievous mifchaunce his life and limbs did fpare.
VII. Great fhame and forrow of that fall he tooke -, For ~never yet, fith warlike armes he bore, And fhivering fpeare in bloody field firft fhooke, He fownd himfelfe difhonored fo fore. Ah ! gentlefT: knight, that ever armor bore, Let not thee grieve difmounted to have beene, And brought to grownd, that never waft before ; For not thy fault, but fecret powre unfeene ; That fpeare enchaunted was which layd thee on the greene.
VIII. But
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vih.
But weenedft thou what wight thee overthrew,
Much greater griefe and lhamefuller regrett
For thy hard fortune then thou wouldft renew,
That of a fingle damzell thou wert mett
On equall plaine, and there fo hard befett :
Even the famous Britomart it was,
Whom flraunge adventure did from Britayne fett
To feeke her lover (love far fought alas ! ) Whofe image fhee had feene in Venus looking-glas.
IX. Full of difdainefull wrath he fierce uprofe,
For to revenge that fowle reprochefull fhame,
And fnatching his bright fword began to clofe
With her on foot, and ftoutly forward came ;
Dye rather would he then endure that fame.
Which when his palmer faw, he gan to feare
His toward perill and untoward blame,
Which by that new rencounter he mould reare ; For death fate on the point of that enchaunted fpeare :
X. And hafting towards him gan fay re perfwade
Not to provoke misfortune, nor to weene
His fpeares default to mend with cruell blade >
For by his mightie fcience he had feene
The fecrete vertue of that weapon keene,
That mortall puiffaunce mote not withftond ;
Nothing on earth mote alwaies happy beene :
Great hazard were it, and adventure fond, To loofe long-gotten honour with one evill hond.
XI. By fuch good meanes he him difcounfelled
From profecuting his revenging rage j
And eke the prince like treaty handeled,
His wrathfull will with reafon to afwage,
And laid the blame, not to his carriage,
But to his ftarting fteed that fwarv'd afyde,
And to the ill purveyaunce of his page,
That had his furnitures not firmely tyde : So is his angry corage fayrly pacify de.
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Thus reconcilement was betweene them knitt,
Through goodly temperaunce and affection chafte ;
And either vowd with all their power and witt
To let not others honour be defafte
Of friend or foe, whoever it embafte,
Ne armes to bear againft the others fyde :
In which accord the prince was alfo plafte,
And with that golden chaine of concord tyde :
So goodly all agreed, they forth yfere did ryde.
XIII.
O goodly ufage of thofe antique tymes \
In which the fword was fervaunt unto right ; When not for malice and contentious crymes, But all for prayfe, and proofe of manly might, The martiall brood accuftomed to fight : Then honour was the meed of victory, And yet the vanquifhed had no defpight : Let later age that noble ufe envy,
Vyle rancor to avoid and cruel furquedry.
XIV.
Long they thus traveiled in friendly wife,
Through ccuntreyes wafle, and eke well edifyde, Seeking adventures hard, to exercife Their puifTaunce, whylome full dernly tryde : At length they came into a foreil wyde, Whofe hideous horror and fad trembling fownd Full griefly feemd : therein they long did ryde, Yet tract of living creature none they fownd,
Save beares, lyons, and buls, which romed them arownd,
XV.
All fuddenly out of the thickefl brum Upon a milk-white palfrey all alone A goodly lady did foreby them rufh, Whofe face did feeme as cleare as chriftall ftone, And eke, through feare, as white as whales bone ; Her garments all were wrought of beaten gold, And all her freed with tinfell trappings fhone, Which fledd fo fail, that nothing mote him hold,
And fcarfe them leafure gave her paffing to behold.
XVI. Still
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Still as fhe fledd her eye fhe backward threw, As fearing evill that pourfewd her fail ; And her faire yellow locks behind her flew, Loofely difperil with puff of every blaft : All as a blazing ilarre doth farre outcail His hearie beames, and flaming lockes difpredd, At fight whereof the people ftand aghail ; But the fage wifard telles (as he has redd) That it importunes death and dolefull dreryhedd.
XVII.
So as they gazed after her awhyle,
Lo ! where a griefly foiler forth did rufli, Breathing out beaftly luil her to defyle -, His tyreling jade he fierfly forth did pufh Through thicke and thin, both over banck and bufh, In hope her to attaine by hooke or crooke, That from his gory fydes the blood did guih : Large were his limbes, and terrible his looke, And in his clowniih hand a iharp bore-fpeare he fhookc.
XVIII. Which outrage when thofe gentle knights did fee, Full of great envy and fell gealofy, They flayd not to avife who firil mould bee -, But all fpurd after fail as they mote fly, To reikew her from fhamefull villany. The prince and Guyon equally bylive Herfelfe purfewd, in hope to win thereby Moil goodly meede, the faireil dame alive : But after the foule foiler Timias did ilrive.
XIX. The whiles faire Britomart, whofe conflant mind V/ould not fo lightly follow beauties chace, Ne reckt of ladies love, did ilay behynd, And them awayted there a certaine fpace, To weet if they would turne backe to that place : But when fhe faw them gone, fhe forward went, As lay her iourney, through that perlous pace, With iledfafl corage and flout hardiment ; Ne evil thing fhe feard, ne evill thing ihe ment.
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XX.
At laft as nigh out of the wood fhe came,
A ftately caftle far away flie fpyde,
To which her fteps directly fhe did frame.
That caftle was moft goodly edifyde,
And plafte for pleafure nigh that forreft fyde :
But faire before the gate a fpatious playne,
Mantled with greene, itfelfe did fpredden wyde,
On which lhe faw fix knights, that did darrayne Fiers battaill againft one with cruel might and mayne.
XXI.
Mainely they all attonce upon him laid,
And fore befet on every fide arownd,
That nigh he breathleffe grew ; yet nought difmaid,
Ne ever to them yielded foot of grownd,
All had he loft much blood through many a wownd j
But ftoutly dealt his blowes, and every way,
To which he turned in his wrathfull ftownd,
Made them recoile, and fly from dredd decay ; That none of all the fix before him durfl afTay.
XXII.
Like daftard curres, that having at a bay
The falvage beaft. emboffc in wearie chace,
Dare not adventure on the flubborne pray,
Ne byte before, but rome from place to place
To get a fnatch when turned is his face.
In fuch diftreffe and doubtfull ieopardy
When Britomart him faw, fhe ran apace
Unto his refkew, and with earneft. cry Badd thofe fame fixe forbeare that fingle enimy :
XXIII.
But to her cry they lift not lenden eare,
Ne ought the more their mightie ftrokes furceafTe 5
But gathering him rownd about more neare,
Their direfull rancour rather did encreafTe ;
Till that fhe rufhing through the thickefl preafTe
Perforce difparted their compacted gyre,
And foone compeld to hearken unto peace :
Tho gan fhe myldly of them to inquyre The caufe of their diffention and outrageous yre,
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Whereto that fingle knight did anfwere frame ;
Thefefx would me enforce, by oddes of might,
To chaunge my liefe, and love another dame ;
That death me liefer were then fuch defpight,
So unto wrong to yield my wrejled right :
For I love one, the truejl one on grownd,
Ne lift me chaunge j Jhe thy Errant damzell hight :
For whofe deare fake full many a bitter Jlownd
I have endurd, and tajled many a bloody wownd,
XXV.
Certes, faid me, then beene ye fxe to blame,
To weene your wrong by force to iuftify i
For knight to leave his lady were great Jhame,
That faithfull is -, and better were to dy.
All lojfe is lejje, and leffe the infamy,
Then lojfe of love to him that loves but one :
Ne may love be compeld by maijlery ;
For foone as maijlery comes, fweet love anone
Taketh his nimble winges, and foone away is gone,
XXVI.
Then fpake one of thofe fix ; There dwelleth hen
Within this caftle-wall a lady fayre,
Whofe foveraine beautie hath no living per e j.
Thereto fo bounteous andfo debonayre,
That never any mote with her compayre :
She hath ordaind this law, which we approve,
That every knight which doth this way repayre,
In cafe he have no lady nor no love,
Shall doe unto her fervice, never to remove :
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But if he have a lady or a love,
Then muft he her forgoe with fowle defame y
Or els with us by dint of fword approve,
That Jhe is fairer then our Jairejl dame,
As did this knight, before ye hether came.
Perdy, faid Britomart, the choije is hard:
But what reward had he that overcame P
He Jhould advaunced bee to high regard,
Said they, and have our ladies love for his reward,
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^therefore aread, fir, if thou have a love.
Love have I Jure, quoth flie, but lady none ;
Tet will I not fro mine owne love remove,
Ne to your lady will Ifervice done,
But wreake your wronges wrought to this knight alone.
And prove his caufc. with that her mortall fpeare
She mightily aventred towards one,
And downe him fmot, ere well aware he weare ; Then to the next me rode, and downe the next did beare.
XXIX. Ne did flie flay till three on ground me layd,
That none of them himfelfe could reare againe ;
The fourth was by that other knight difmayd,
All were he wearie of his former paine -,
That now there do but two of fix remaine ;
Which two did yield before me did them fmight.
Ah, layd me then, now may ye all fee plaine,
That truth isfiroiig, a?id trew love mojl of might, That for his trufty fervaunts doth fo firongly fight .
XXX.
Too well we fee, faide they, a?id prove too well
Our faulty weakenes, and your matchlejfe might :
Forthy, faire fir, yours be the damozell,
Which by her owne law to your lot doth light,
And we your liegemen faith unto you plight.
So underneath her feet their fwords they mard.,
And after her befought, well as they might,
To enter in, and reape the dew reward : She graunted ; and then in they all together far'd.
XXXI. Long were it to defcribe the goodly frame,
And ftately port of Caftle ioyeous,
(For fo that caftle hight by commun name)
Where they were entertaynd with courteous
And comely glee of many gratious
Faire ladies, and of many a gentle knight ;
Who through a chamber long and fpacious,
Eftfoones them brought unto their ladies fight, That of them cleeped was the Lady of delight.
XXXII. But
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But for to tell the fumptuous aray
Of that great chamber mould be labour loft : For living wit, I weene, cannot difplay The roiall riches and exceeding coft Of every pillour and of every poft j Which all of pureft bullion framed were, And with great pedes and pretious ftones emboft, That the bright glifter of their beames cleare Did fparckle forth great light, and glorious did appeare.
XXXIII. Thefe ftranger knights, through paffing, forth were led Into an inner rowme, whofe royaltee And rich purveyance might uneath be red ; Mote princes place befeeme fo deckt to bee. Which ftately manner whenas they did fee, (The image of fuperfluous riotize, Exceeding much the ftate of meane degree) They greatly wondred whence fo fumptuous guize Might be maintaynd, and each gan diverfely devize.
XXXIY. The wals were round about apparelled
With coftly clothes of Arras and of Toure j In which with cunning hand was pourtrahed The love of Venus and her paramoure, The fayre Adonis, turned to a flowre, A worke of rare device and wondrous wit. Firft did it mew the bitter balefull ftowre, Which her afiayd with many a fervent fit, When firft her tender hart was with his beautie fmit :
XXXV. Then with what Heights and fweet allurements me Entyft the boy (as well that art me knew) And wooed him her paramoure to bee ; Now making girlonds of each flowre that grew, To crowne his golden lockes with honour dew ; Now leading him into a fee ret made From his beauperes, and from bright heavens vew, Where him to ileepe me gently would perfwade,
Or bathe him in a fountaine by fome covert glade i
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And whilft he flept, me over him would fpred Her mantle coloured like the ftarry flcyes, And her foft arme lay underneath his hed, And with ambrofiall kifles bathe his eyes j And whilft he bath'd, with her two crafty fpycs She fecretly would fearch each daintie lim, And throw into the well fweet rofemaryes, And fragrant violets, and paunces trim ;
And ever with fweet nectar (lie did fprinkle him.
XXXVII.
•So did me fteale his heedeleffe hart away, And ioyd his love in fecret unefpyde : But for flie faw him bent to cruell play, To hunt the falvage bead in forreft wyde, Dreadfull of daunger that mote him betyde, She oft and oft adviz'd him to refraine From chafe of greater beaftes, whofe brutifh pryde Mote breede him fcath unwares : but all in vaine ;
For v/ho can fhun the chance that deft ny doth ordaine ?
XXXVIII.
Lo ! where beyond he lyeth languishing, Deadly engored of a great wilde bore ; And by his fide the goddeffe groveling Makes for him endlefie mone, and evermore With her foft garments wipes away the gore Which ftaynes his fnowy fkin with hatefull hew ; But when flie faw no helpe might him reftore, Him to a dainty flowre me did tranfmew,
Which in that cloth was wrought, as if it lively grew.
XXXIX.
So was that chamber clad in goodly wize, And rownd about it many beds were dight, As whylome was the antique worldes guize ; Some for untimely eafe, fome for delight, As pleafed them to ufe that ufe it might : And all was full of damzels and of fquyres, Dauncing and reveling both day and night, And fwimming deepe in fenfuall defyres ;
And Cupid ftill emongeft them kindled luftfull fyres.
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And all the while fweet muficke did divide
Her loofer notes with Lydian harmony ;
And all the while fweet birdes thereto applide
Their daintie layes and dulcet melody,
Ay caroling of love and iollity,
That wonder was to heare their trim confort.
Which when thofe knights beheld with fcornefull eye,
They fdeigned fuch lafcivious difport, And loath'd the loofe demeanure of that wanton fort.
XLI.
Thence they were brought to that great ladies vew,
Whom they found fitting on a fumptuous bed,
That gliilred all with gold and glorious fhew,
As the proud Perfian queenes accuftomed :
She feemd a woman of great bountihed,
And of rare beautie, faving that afkaunce
Her wanton eyes (ill fignes of womanhed)
Did roll too lightly, and too often glaunce, Without regard of grace or comely amenaunce.
XLII.
Long worke it were, and needleffe to devize
Their goodly entertainement and great glee :
She caufed them be led in courteous wize
Into a bowre, difarmed for to be,
And cheared well with wine and fpiceree :
The red-croffe knight was foon difarmed there ;
But the brave mayd would not difarmed bee,
But onely vented up her umbriere, And fo did let her goodly vifage to appere.
XLIII. As when fayre Cynthia in darkefome night
Is in a noyous cloud enveloped,
Where fhe may finde the fubftance thin and light,
Ereakes forth her filver beames, and her bright hed
Difcovers to the world difcomfited j
Of the poore traveller that went affray
With thoufand bleifings fhe is heried :
Such was the beautie and the mining ray, With which fayre Britomart gave light unto the day.
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And eke thofe fix, which lately with her fought,1 Now were difarmd, and did themielves preient Unto her vew, and company unfought j For they all ieemed courteous and gent, And all fixe hrethren borne of one parent, Which had them traynd in all civilitee, And goodly taught to tilt and turnament ; Now were they liegmen to this ladie free, And her knights-fervice ought, to hold of her in fee.
XLV. The firft of them by name Gardante hight, A ioily perfon and of comely vew ; The fecond was Parlante, a bold knight ; And next to him Iocante did enfew ; Bafciante did himfelfe moil courteous mew ; But fierce Bacchante feemd too fell and keene ; And yett in armes Noctante greater grew : All were faire knights, and goodly well befeene j But to faire Britomart they all but fhadowes beene.
XLVI.
For {hee was full of amiable grace,
And manly terror mixed therewithall ;
That as the one ftird up affections bace,
So th' other did mens ram defires apall,
And hold them backe, that would in error fall :
As hee that hath efpide a vermeill rofe,
To which fharpe thornes and breres the way forilall3
Dare not for dread his hardy hand expofe, But wifhing it far off his ydle wifh doth lofe.
XLVII. Whom when the lady faw fo faire a wightj,
All ignorant of her contrary fex,
(For fhee her weend a frefh and lurry knight)
Shee greatly gan enamoured to wex,
And with vaine thoughts her falfed fancy vex :
Her fickle hart conceived hafty fyre,
Like fparkes of fire that fall in fclender flex,
That fhortly brent into extreme defyre, And ranfackt all her veines with paflion entyre.
XLVIII. Eftfoones
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Eftibones fhee grew to great impatience,
And into termes of open outrage bruft,
That plaine difcovered her incontinence,
Ne reckt fhee who her meaning did miftrufl ;
For me was given all to flefhly luft,
And poured forth in fenfuall delight,
That all regard of lTiame (he had difcuft,
And meet refpect of honor putt to flight : So fhameleife beauty foone becomes a loathly fight.
XLIX.
Faire ladies, that to love captived arre,
And chafte defires doe nourifh in your mind,
Let not her fault your fweete affections marre -,
Ne blott the bounty of all womankind,
'Mongft thoufands good one wanton dame to find :
Emongft the rofes grow fome wicked weeds :
For this was not to love, but luft inclind ;
For love does alwaies bring forth bounteous deeds, And in each gentle hart defire of honor breeds.
L. Nought fo of love this loofer dame did fkill,
But as a cole to kindle fleflily flame,
Giving the bridle to her wanton will,
And treading under foote her honeft name :
Such love is hate, and fuch defire is fhame.
Still did fhe rove at her with crafty glaunce
Of her falfe eies, that at her hart did ayme,
And told her meaning in her countenaunce ; But Britomart diflembled it with ignoraunce.
LI. Supper was fhortly dight, and downe they fatt ;
Where they were ferved with all fumptuous fare,
Whiles fruitfull Ceres and Lyaeus fatt
Pourd out their plenty, without fpight or fpare ;
Nought wanted there that dainty was and rare :
And aye the cups their bancks did overflow ;
And aye betweene the cups fhe did prepare
Way to her love, and fecret darts did throw -, But Britomart would not fuch guilfull melTage know.
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So when they flaked hud the fervent heat Of appetite with meates of every fort, The lady did fiiire Britomart entreat Her to diftrme, and with delightfull fport To loofe her warlike limbs and ftrong effort : But when fhee mote not thereunto be wonne, (For Ihee her fexe under that ftraunge purport Did ufe to hide, and plaine apparaunce monne : ) In playner wife to tell her grievaunce me begonne ;
LIII. And all attonce difcovered her defire
With fighes, and fobs, and plaints, and piteous griefe ; (The outward fparkes of her in-burning fire :) Which fpent in vaine, at laffc me told her briefe That but if me did lend her fhort reliefe, And doe her comfort, me mote algates dye. But the chafle damzell, that had never priefe Of fuch malengine and fine forgerye, Did eafely beleeve her ftrong extremitye.
LIV. Full eafy was for her to have beliefe, Who by felf-feeling of her feeble fexe, And by long triall of the inward griefe Wherewith imperious love her hart did vexe, Could iudge what paines doe loving harts perplexe. Who means no guile, be guiled fooneft mail, And to faire femblaunce doth light faith annexe ; The bird, that knowes not the falfe fowlers call,. Into his hidden nett full eafely doth fall.
LV. Forthy me would not in difcourteife wife Scorne the faire offer of good will profefl ; For great rebuke it is love to defpife, Or rudely fdeigne a gentle harts requefl ; But with faire countenaunce, as befeemed beft, Her entertaynd > nath'leffe fhee inly deemd Her love too light, to wooe a wandring gueft. ; Which fhe mifconftxuing thereby efleemd That from like inward fire that outward fmoke had fteemd.
LVI. Therewith
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LVI.
Therewith awhile me her flit fancy fedd,
Till fhe mote winne fit time for her defire ;
But yet her wound ftill inward frefhly bledd,
And through her bones the falfe inftiiled fire
Did fpred itfelfe, and venime clofe infpire.
Tho were the tables taken all away,
And every knight, and every gentle fquire,
Can choofe his dame with bafciomani gay, .With whom he ment to make his fport and courtly play.
LVII. Some fell to daunce, fome fell to hazardry,
Some to make love, fome to make meryment ;
As diverfe witts to diverfe things apply :
And all the while faire Malecafta bent
Her crafty engins to her clofe intent.
By this th' eternall lampes, wherewith high love
Doth light the lower world, were halfe yfpent,
And the moift daughters of huge Atlas ftrove Into the ocean deepe to drive their weary drove.
LVIII.
High time it feemed then for everie wight
Them to betake unto their kindly reft ;
Eftefoones long waxen torches weren light
Unto their bowres to guyden every gueft :
Tho when the BritonefTe faw all the reft
Avoided quite, me gan herfelfe defpoile,
And fafe committ to her foft fethered neft j
Wher through long watch, and late daies weary toile, She foundly flept, and carefull thoughts did quite afibile.
LIX.
Now whenas all the world in filence deepe
Ymrowded was, and every mortall wight
Was drowned in the depth of deadly fleepe,
Faire Malecafta, whofe engrieved fpright
Could find no reft in fuch perplexed plight,
Lightly arofe out of her wearie bed,
And under the blacke vele of guilty night
Her with a fcarlott mantle covered, That was with gold and ermines faire enveloped,
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Then panting fofte, and trembling every ioynt, Her fcarfull fecte towards the bowre f}ie mov'd, Where ihe for fecret purpofe did appoynt To lodge the warlike maide, unwifely loov'd ; And to her bed approching firft fhe proov'd Whether fhe llept or wakte ; with her fofte hand She foftely felt if any member moov'd, And lent her weary eare to underfland
If any puife of breath, or figne of fence fhee fond.
LXI.
Which whenas none {he fond, with eafy fhifte, For feare leaft her unwares flie mould abrayd, Th' cmbroder'd quilt fhe lightly up did lifte, And by her fide herfelfe fhe foftly layd, Of every fined fingers touch affrayd j Ne any noife flie made, ne word me fpake, But inly fighd : at laft the royall mayd Out of her quiet flomber did awake,
And chaungd her weary fide, the better eafe to take.
LXII.
Where feeling one clofe couched by her fide, She lightly lept out of her filed bedd, And to her weapon ran, in miade to gride The loathed leachour : but the dame halfe dedd Through fuddeine feare and ghaftly drerihedd Did fhrieke alowd, that through the hous it rong, And the whole family therewith adredd Rafhly out of their rouzed couches fprong,
And to the troubled chamber all in armes did throng.
LXIII.
And thofe fixe knightes, that ladies champions, And eke the red-crofTe knight ran to the ftownd, Halfe armd and halfe unarmd, with them attons : Where when confufedly they came, they fownd Their lady lying on the fenceleffe grownd j On th' other fide they faw the warlike mayd Al in her mow-white fmocke, with locks unbownd, Threatning the point of her avenging blade ; That with fo troublous terror they were all difmayd.
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About their ladye firft they flockt arownd :
Whom having laid in comfortable couch
Shortly they reard out of her frofen fwownd ;
And afterwardes they gan with fowle reproch
To ftirre up ftrife, and troublous contecke broch :
But by enfample of the laft dayes lofle,
None of them rafhly durfl to her approch,
Ne in fo glorious fpoile themfelves emborTe : Her fuccourd eke the champion of the bloody crofle.
LXV.
But one of thofe fixe knights, Gardante hight,
Drew out a deadly bow and arrow keene,
Which forth he fent with felonous defpight
And fell intent againft the virgin fheene :
The mortall fteele ftayd not, till it was feene
To gore her fide, yet was the wound not deepe,
But lightly rafed her foft filken fkin,
That drops of purple blood thereout did weepe, Which did her lilly fmock with ftaines of vermeil fteep.
LXVI. Wherewith enrag'd fhe fiercely at them flew,
And with her flaming fword about her layd,
That none of them foule mifchiefe could efchew,
But with her dreadful 1 ftrokes were all difmayd :
Here, there, and every where about her fwayd
Her wrathfull fteele, that none mote it abyde •>
And eke the red-croffe knight gave her good ayd,
Ay ioyning foot to foot, and fyde to fyde, That in fhort fpace their foes they have quite terrifyde.
LXVII.
Tho whenas all were put to mamefull flight,
The noble Britomartis her arayd,
And her bright arrnes about her body dight :
For nothing would fhe lenger there be ftayd,
Where fo loofe life, and fo ungentle trade
Was usd of knightes and ladies feeming gent :
So earely ere the grorTe earthes gryefy (hade
Was all difperft out of the firmament, They tooke their fteeds, and forth upon their iourney went,
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Defer ibeth Artegall : The wondrous myrrhour, by which fie
In love with him did fall.
I.
ERE have I caufe in men iuffc blame to find, That in their proper praife too partiall bee, And not indifferent to woman kind, To whom no ihare in armes and chevalree They doe impart, ne maken memoree Of their brave geftes and prowefTe martiall : Scarie doe they fpare to one, or two, or three, Rowme in their writtes ; yet the fame writing fmall Does all their deedes deface, and dims their glories all.
H.
But by record of antique times I finde
That wemen wont in warres to beare mofr. fway,
And to all great exploites themfelves inclin'd j
Of which they ftill the girlond bore away,
Till envious men (fearing their rules decay)
Gan coyne ftreight lawes to curb their liberty :
Yet fith they warlike armes have laide away,
They have exceld in artes and pollicy, That now we foolifh men that prayfe gin eke t'envy.
III. Of warlike puhTaunce in ages fpent
Be thou, faire Britomart, whofe prayfe I wryte,
But of all wifedom bee thou precedent,
O foveraine queene, whofe prayfe I would endyte :
Endite I would as dewtie doth excyte :
But ah my rymes too rude and rugged arre,
When in fo high an obiect they doe lyte,
And driving fit to make, I feare doe marre ; Thyfelfe thy prayfes tell, and make them knowen farrc.
IV. She
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She travelling with Guyon, by the way
Of fondry thinges faire purpofe gan to find,
T'abridg their iourney long and lingring day :
Mongft. which it fell into that Fairies mind
To arke this Briton maid, what uncouth wind
Brought her into thofe partes, and what inqueft
Made her diffemble her dif^uifed kind :
Faire lady fhe him feemd like lady dreft, But faireft knight alive when armed was her breft.
V.
Thereat fhe fighing foftly had no powre
To fpeake awhile, ne ready anfwere make j
But with hart-thrilling throbs and bitter flowre3
As if fhe had a fever fitt, did quake,
And every daintie limbe with horrour fhake ;
And ever and anone the rofy red
Flafht through her face, as it had beene a flake
Of lightning through bright heven fulmined : At laft the paffion paft fhe thus him anfwered ;
VI. Faire fir, I let you weete, that from the howre
I taken was from nourfes tender pap,
I have been trained up in warlike fiowre.
To toffen fpeare and flneld, and to affrap
The warlike ryder to his mojl mifhap ;
Sit hence I loathed have my life to lead,
As ladies wont, in pleafures wanton lap,
To finger the fine needle andiiyce thread', Me lever were with point of foe-mans fpeare be dead.
VII.
All my delight on deedes of armes isfett,
To hunt out perilles and adventures hard,
Byfea, by land, where fo they may be mett,
Onely for honour and for high regard,
Without refpedl of richejje or reward :
Forfuch intent into thefe partes I came,
Withouten compaffe or withouten card,
Far fro my native foyle, that is by name The greater Brytayne, here to feeke for praife and fame,
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Fame blazed hath, that here in faery hid
Dee many famous knigbtes and ladies wonne,
And manv ftraunge adventures to bee fond,
Of which great worth and worjhip may be wonne j
Which to prove, I this voyage have begonne.
But mote I iveet of you, right courteous knight,
Tydings of one that hath unto me donne
Late Joule dij 'honour and reprochfull fpight, -The which I feek to wrcake, and Arthegall he hight.
IX. The worde gone out, fhe backe againe would call,
As her repenting fo to have miffayd ;
But that he it uptaking ere the fall,
Her fhortly anfwered ; Faire martiall mayd,
Certes ye mifavifed beene fupbrayd
A gentle knight with fo nnknightly blame:
For, weet ye well, of all that ever playd
At tilt or tourney, or like warlike game, . The noble Arthegall hath ever borne the name*
X. For thy great wonder were it, if fuch Jhame
Should ever enter in his bounteous thought.
Or ever doe that mote deferven blame :
The noble corage never weeneth ought
That may unworthy of itfelfe be thought :
Therefore, faire damzell, be ye well aware,
Leaf that too far re ye have your forrow fought :
Tou and your count rey both I wifh welfare, And honour both -} for each of other worthy are.
XI.
The royall maid woxe inly wondrous glad,
To heare her love fo highly magnifyde ;
And ioyd that ever fhe affixed had
Her hart on knight fo goodly glorifyde,
However finely fhe it faind to hyde.
The loving mother, that nine monethes did beare
In the deare clofett of her painefull fyde
Her tender babe, it feeing fafe appeare, Doth not fo much reioyce as fhe reioyced theare.
XII. But
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XII.
But to occafion him to further talke,
To feed her humor with his pleafing ftyle, Her lift in ftryfe-full termes with him to balke, And thus replyde, However, fir, yefyle Tour courteous tongue his prayfes to compyle% It ill befe ernes a knight of gentle fort, Such as ye have him boafied, to beguyle A fimple maide, and workefo hainous tort, Inflame of knighthood, as I largely can report.
XIII.
Let bee therefore my vengeaunce to diffwade,
And read, where I that fay tour fafe may find.
Ah I but if reafon faire might you perfwade,
To flake your wrath, and mollify your mind,
Said he, perhaps ye Jhould it better find :
For hardie thing it is to weene by might
That man to hard conditions to bind;
Or ever hope to match in equall fight, Whofe proweffe paragone faw never living wight.
XIV. '
Ne foothlich is it eafie for to read,
Where now on earth, or how he may befownd;
For he ne wonneth in one certeine flead,
But reflejf walketh all the world arownd,
Ay doing thinges that to his fame redownd,
Defending ladies caufe and orphans right,
Wherefo he heares that any doth confownd
Them comfortlejje through tyranny or might ; So is his f over aine honour raisde to hevens bight*
XV. His feeling wordes her feeble fence much pleafed,
And foftly funck into her molten hart :
Hart that is inly hurt is greatly eafed
With hope of thing, that may allegge his fmart j
For pleafing wordes are like to magick art,
That doth the charmed fnake in flomber lay :
Such fecrete eafe felt gentle Britomart,
Yet lift the fame efforce with faind gainefay : (So difchord ofte in mufick makes the fweeter lay : )
A a a 2 XVI. And
364 7fo riWwJ Boot* tjf the
XVI. Andfayd, Sir knight, thefe ydlc termesforbeare : And Jit h it is unecith to find his haunt, Tell me feme markes by which he may appears, If chaunce I him encounter para-vaunt; For per dy one (hall other fay, or daunt : What flbape, ichat Jhicld, what armes, whatfiecd, wbatftedJ,
•■d whatfo elfe bis perfon moft may vaunt ? All which the red-crofle knight to point ared, And him in everie part before her fafhioned.
XVII. Yet him in everie part before (lie knew,
However lift her now her knowledge fayne, Sith him whylome in Britayne (he did vew, To her revealed in a mirrhour playne ; Whereof did grow her firft engrafted payne, Whofe root and ftalke fo bitter yet did tafte, That but the fruit more fweetnes did contayne, Her wretched dayes in dolour {he mote wafte, And yield the pray of love to lothfome death at laft.
XVIII. By ftraunge occafion fhe did him behold,
And much more ftraungely gan to love his fight. As it in bookes hath written beene of old, ^ In Deheubarth, that now South-wales is hight, What time king Ryence raign'd and dealed right, The great magitian Merlin had deviz'd, ^ By his deepe fcienee and hell-dreaded might, A looking-glaffe, right wondroufly aguiz'd, Whofe vertues through the wyde worlde foone were folemniz &
XIX. It vertue had to fhew in perfect fight
Whatever thing was in the world contaynd, Betwixt the loweft earth and hevens hight, So that it to the looker appertaynd ; Whatever foe had wrought, or frend had faynd, Therein difcovered was, ne ought mote pas, Ne ought in fecret from the fame remaynd j Forthy it round and hollow fhaped was, Like to the world itfelfe, and feemd a world of glas. ^ ^^
Cant. ii. Faery Qjj e e n e. 365
xx.
Who wonders not, that reades fo wonderous worke ?
But who does wonder, that has red the towre,
Wherein th' Aegyptian Phao long did lurke
From all mens vew, that none might her difcoure.
Yet fhe might all men vew out of her bowre ?
Great Ptolomaee it for his lemans fake
Ybuilded all of glafle, by magicke powre,
And alfo it impregnable did make j Yet when his love was falfe he with a peaze it brake.
XXI. Such was the glaffy globe that Merlin made,.
And gave unto king Ryence for his gard,
That never foes his kingdome might invade,
But he it knew at home before he hard
Tydings thereof, and fo them ftill debar'd :
It was a famous prefent for a prince,
And worthy worke of infinite reward,
That treafons could bewray, and foes convince : Happy this realme, had it remayned ever fince.
XXII.
One day it fortuned fayre Britomart
Into her fathers clofet to repayre ;
(For nothing he from her referv'd apart,
Being his onely daughter and his hayre)
Where when fhe had efpyde that mirrhour fayre,
Herfelfe awhile therein fhe vewd in vaine ;
Tho her avizing of the vertues rare
Which thereof fpoken were, ihe gan againe Her to bethinke of that mote to herfelfe pertaine.
XXIII. But as it falleth, in the gentleft harts
Imperious Love hath highefl fet his throne,
And tyrannizeth in the bitter fmarts
Of them, that to him buxome are and prone :
So thought this mayd (as maydens ufe to done)
Whom fortune for her hufband would allot j
Not that ihe lufled after any one,
For fhe was pure from blame of finfiill blot, Yet wift her life at lafl mufl lincke in that fame knot.
XXIV. Eftfoonca.
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XXIV.
Eftfoones there was prefented to her eye
A comely knight, all arm'd in complete wize,
Through whole bright ventayle lifted up on hye
His manly face, that did his foes agrize
And frends to termes of gentle truce entizc,
Lookt foorth, as Phoebus face out of the eaft
Betwixt two fhady mountaynes doth arize:
Portly his perfon was, and much increaft Throngh his heroicke grace and honorable geft.
XXV. His creft was covered with a couchant hownd,
And all his armour feemd of antique mould,
But wondrous maffy and allured fownd,
And round about yfretted all with gold,
In which there written was with cyphers old,
Achilles armes which Arthegall did win.
And on his fhield enveloped fevenfold
Pie bore a crowned little ermilin, That deckt the azure field with her fayre pouldred fkin.
XXVI.
The damzell well did vew his perfonage,
And liked well, ne further faftned not,
But went her way ; ne her unguilty age
Did weene unwares, that her unlucky lot
Lay hidden in the bottome of the p ot :
Of hurt unwift molt daunger doth redound :
But the falfe archer, which that arrow mot
So llily that (he did not feele the wound, Did fmyle full fmoothly at her weetlene wofull ftound.
XXVII.
Thenceforth the fether in her lofty creft,
Ruffed of love, gan lowly to availe ;
And her prowd portaunce and her princely geft,
With which fhe earft tryumphed, now did quaile :
Sad, folemne, fowre, and full of fancies fraile
She woxe, yet wift fhe nether how nor why ;
She wift not (filly mayd) what fhe did aile,
Yet wift me was not well at eafe perdy ; Yet thought it was not love, but fome melancholy.
XXVIII. So
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xxvin.
So foone as night had with her pallid hew Defafte the beautie of the fhyning fkye, And refte from men the worldes defired vew, She with her nourfe adowne to fleepe did lye ; But fleepe full far away from her did fly : Inftead thereof fad fighes and forrowes deepe Kept watch and ward about her warily ; That nought me did but wayle, and often fteepe Her dainty couch with teares, which clofely me did weepe.
XXIX. And if that any drop of flombring reft
Did chaunce to ftill into her weary fpright, When feeble nature felt herfelfe oppreft, S freight way with dreames and with fantaftick fight Of dreadfull things the fame was put to flight j That oft out of her bed fhe did aftart, As one with vew of ghaflly feends affright : Tho gan fhe to renew her former fmart, And thinke of that fayre vifage written in her hart.
XXX. One night when fhe was toft with fuch unreft, Her aged nourfe, whofe name was Glauce night. Feeling her leape out of her loathed neft, Betwixt her feeble armes her quickly keight, And downe againe in her warme bed her dight : Ah my deare daughter ; ah my dearejl dread. What uncouth Jit, fayd fhe, what evi 11 plight Hath thee oppreft, and with fad dreary head Chaunged thy lively cheare, and living made thee dead ?
XXXI. For not of nought thefe fuddezn gha/lly feares All night affile! thy naturall repofe ; And all the day, whenas t hi tie equal I peares Their ft di [ports with fair e delight doe chofe, Thou in dull corners doefl thyfelf inclcfe ; Ne tafef princes pleafures, ne doefl j pre d Abroad thy frefj youths fay reft flowre, but lofe Both leafe andfruite, both too untimely fied, As one in wilfull bale for ever buried.
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XXXII. TZv time that mortall men their weary cares Do lay a . . , and all wilde beafies do ;v//, river eke lis courje forbeares,
Then doth this wicked evill thee infefi.
And rive with thoufand throbs thy thrilled brefi :
Like an huge Aetn of deepe engulfed gryefe,
Sarrow is heaped in thy hollow chef,
Whence foorth it hreakes infigbes and anguijh ryfe,
As f moke and ' fulphure mingled with confufed ftryfe*
XXXIII. ty me, how much I fare leaf love it bee ! But if that love it be, as fire I read By knowenfgnes and pafions which I fee, Be it worthy of thy race and royal] fe ad, 'Then I avow by this mofl f acred head Of my dear fofler childe to eafe thy grief e, And win thy will : therefore away doe dread j For death nor daunger from thy dew relief
Shall me debar re : tell me therefore, my liefefl liefe.
XXXIV.
So having fayd, her twixt her armes twaine Shee ftreightly flxaynd, and colled tenderly, And every trembling ioynt and every vaine Shee foftly felt, and rubbed bufily, To doe the frofen cold away to fly ; And her faire deawy eies with kirTes deare Shee ofte did bathe, and ofte againe did dry > And ever her importund not to feare
To let the fecret of her hart to her appeare.
XXXV.
The damzell pauzd ; and then thus fearfully ; A/j nurfe, what ?ieedeth thee to eke my payne f Is it not enough that I alone doe dye^ But it mufi doubled bee with death of twaine ? For nought for me but death there doth remaine. O daughter deare, faid flie, defpeire no whit, For never fore but might a fa he obtaine : Tloat blinded god, which hath ye blindly fmit,
Another arrow hath your lovers hart to bit.
XXXVI. But
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xxxvi.
But mine is not, quoth fhe, like others wownd;
For which no reafon canjinde remedy.
Was never fuch, but mote the like be fownd,
Said (lie, and though no reafon may apply
Salve to your fore, yet love can higher ftye
Then reafons reach, and oft hath wonders donne.
But neither god of love, nor god of Jkye
Can doe, faid fhe, that which cannot be donne. 'Things oft impofjible, quoth fhe, feeme ere begonne.
XXXVII. Thefe idle wordes, faid fhe, doe nought afwage
My ftubborne fmart, but more annoiaunce breed :
For no, no nfuallfire, no ufuall rage
Tt is, 0 nourfe, which on my life doth feed, ,
And fuch the blood which from my hart doth bleed.
Butfince thy faithfull zele lets me ?20t hyde
My crime (if crime it be) I will it reed.
Nor prince nor pere it is, whofe love hath gryde My feeble breft of late, and launched this wound wyde :
XXXVIII. Nor man it is, nor other living wight -,
For then fome hope I might unto me draw ;
But th' only ft hade andfemblant of a knight,
Whofe fiape or perfon yet I never f aw,
FLath me fubietted to loves cruell law :
The fame one day, as me misfortune led,
I in my fathers wondrous mirrhourfaw,
And p leafed with that feeming goodly hed, Unwares the hidden hooke with baite Ifwallowed:
xxxlix.
Sithens it hath infixed f after hold
Within my bleeding bowells, and fo fore
Now ranckleth in this fame fraileflefily mould,
That all mine entrailes flow with poifnous gore,
And tU ulcer groweth daily more and more -,
Ne can my ronning fore jinde remedee,
Other then my hard fortune to deplore ;
And languifh as the leafe fain from the tree, Till death make one end of my dales and miferee.
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XL.
Daughter, faid (he, what need ye be difmayd?
Or why make ye fuch monfier of your minde ?
Of much more uncouth thing I was affray d±
Of filthy lu ft, contrary unto kinde :
But this affection nothing fir aunge Ifinde j
For who with reafon can you aye reprove
"To love the femblaunt pleajing mofi your minde,
And yield your heart whence ye cannot remove f No guilt in you, but in the tyranny of love.
XLI. Not fo th' Arabian Myrrhe didfett her mynd ;
Nor fo did Biblis fpend her pining hart ;
But lovd their native fiefij againfi al kynd,
And to their purpofe ufed wicked art :
Tet playd Pa/iphae a more ?nonfirous part,
That lovd a bull, and learnd a berfi to bee :
Such Jhamefull lufis who loaths not, which depart
From courfe of nature and of modefiee ? Swete love fuch lewdnes bands from his fair e companec*
XLII.
But thine, my deare, (welfare thy heart, my deare)
Though raunge beginning had, yet fixed is
On one that worthy may perhaps appear e ;
And certes fee me s be/lowed not amis :
Toy thereof have thou and et email blis.
With that upleaning on her elbow weake,
Her alablaller breft (he foft did kis,
Which all that while fhee felt to pant and quake, As it an earth-quake were : at laft fhe thus befpake j
XLIII.
Beldame, your words doe worke me litle eafe >.
For though my love be not fo lewdly bent
As thefe ye blame, yet may it nought appeafe
My raging fm art, ne ought my fame relent y
But rather doth my helpeleffe grief e augment.
For they, however Jhamefull and unkinde,
Yet did poffefie their horrible intent :
Short end of for r owes they t her by did finde ; Bo was their fortune goody though wicked were their minde,
XLIV. But
Cant. n. Faery Queens!. 371
XLIV.
But wicked fortune mine, though minde be goody
Can have no end nor hope of my defire,
But feed onjhadowes whiles I die for food,
And like afoadow wexe, whiles with entire
Aff, ciion I doe langui/h and expire.
1 fonder then Cefhifus foolijh chyld,
Who having vewed in a fount aine flier e
His face, was with the love thereof beguyld-, I fonder love a Jhade, the body far exyld.
„ XLV.
Nought like, quoth fhee, for that fame wretched boy
Was of himfelfe the ydle par amour e,
Both love and lover, without hope of ioy ;
For which he faded to a watry flowre.
But better fortune thine, and better howre,
Which lovjl the floadow of a warlike knight t
No Jhadow, but a body hath in powre :
That body, wherefoever that it light, May learned be by cyphers or by magicke might.
XLVI.
But if thou may with reafonyet repreffe
The growing evill, ere it flrength have gott,
And thee abandond wholy do poffejfe ;
Again/I it Jlrongly ftrive , and yield thee nottt
Til thou in openfelde adowne befmott :
But if the pajfion mayjler thy fraile might,
So that needs love or death muft be thy lott ,
Then I avow to thee, by wrong or right To compas thy defire and find that loved knight.
XLVII. Her chearefull words much cheard the feeble fpright
Of the ficke virgin, that her downe fhe layd
In her warme bed to fleepe, if that fhe might ;
And the old-woman carefully difplayd
The clothes about her round with bufy ayd,
So that at lafl a litle creeping fleepe
Surprisd her fence : (hee, therewith well apayd,
The dronken lamp down in the oyl did fteepe, And fett her by to watch, and fett her by to weepe.
B b b 2 XLVIII. Earely
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xlviii.
Earely the morrow next, before that day His ioyous face did to the world revele, They both uprofe and tooke their ready way Unto the church, their praiers to appele, With oreat devotion, and with litle zele : For the faire damzell from the holy herfe Her love-ficke hart to other thoughts did fteale ; And that old dame faid many an idle verfe, Out of her daughters hart fond fancies to reverfe.
XLIX. Retourned home, the royall infant fell
Into her former fitt : for why? no powre, Nor guidaunce of herfelfe in her did dwell. But th' aged nourfe, her calling to her bowre, Had gathered rew, and favine, and the flowre Of camphora, and calamint, and dill ; All which flie in a earthen pot did poure, And to the brim with coltwood did it fill, And many drops of milk and blood through it did fpilL
L. Then taking thrife three heares from off her head, Them trebly breaded in a threefold lace, And round about the pots mouth bound the thread ; And after having whifpered a fpace Certein fad words with hollow voice and bace> Shee to the virgin fayd, thrife fayd fhe itt, Come, daughter, come, come fpit upon my face \ Spitt thrife upon me, thrife upon me fpitt -, Th' uneven nomber for this bufmes is moft fitt.
LI. That fayd, her rownd about fhe from her turnd, She turned her contrary to the funne ; Thrife fhe her turnd contrary, and returnd -y, All contrary ; for fhe the right did fhunne,. And ever what fhe did was ftreight undonne. So thought fhe to undoe her daughter's love : But love, that is in gentle breft begonne, No ydle charmes fo lightly may remove j That well can witneffe who by tryall it does prove.'.
LIL Ne
Cant in. Faery Qu e e n e. 373
LII.
Ne ought it mote the noble mayd avayle,
Ne flake the fury of her cruell flame,
But that fhee ftill did wafte, and frill did wayle,
That through long languour and hart-burning bramc
She fhortly like a pyned ghofr. became,
Which long hath waited by the Stygian flrond :
That when old Glauce faw, for feare leafb blame
Of her mifcarriage mould in her be fond, She wift not how t'amend, nor how it to withflond.
CANTO lit
Merlin bewray es to Britomart
tfhejlate of Arthegall : Andjhewes the famous progeny \
Which from them Jpringen foall.
I.
O S T facred fyre, that burneft, mightily In living brefts, ykindled firft above
Emongfl th' eternall fpheres and lamping iky,
And thence pourd into men, which men call love y
Not that fame, v/hich doth bafe affections move
In brutifh mindes, and filthy luft inflame ;
But that fweete fit that doth true beautie love,.
And chofeth vertue for his deareft dame j Whence fpring all noble deedes and never-dying fame :
II. Well did antiquity a god thee deeme,
That over mortall mindes haft fo great might.
To order them as beft to thee doth feeme,
And all their actions to direct aright :
The fatall purpofe of divine forefight
Thou doeft effect in deftined defcents,
Through deepe impreflion of thy fecret might,
And ftirredft up th' heroes high intents, Which the late world admyres for wondrous moniments.
nr. But
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ill.
But thy dredd dartes in none doe triumph more,
Ne braver proofe in any of thy powre
Shewd'ft thou, then in this royall maid of yore,
Making her feeke an unknowne paramoure
From the worlds end, through many a bitter itowre ;
From whole two loyncs thou afterwardes did rayfe
Moil famous fruites of matrimoniall bowre,
Which through the earth have fpredd their living prayfe, That fame in tromp of gold eternally difplayes.
IV. Begin then, o my deareft facred dame,
Daughter of Phoebus and of Memorye,
That doeft ennoble with immortall name
The warlike worthies from antiquitye
In thy great volume of eternitye ;
Begin, o Clio, and recount from hence
My glorious foveraines goodly aunceftrye,
Till that by dew degrees and long protenfe, Thou have it laftly brought unto her Excellence.
V. Full many wayes within her troubled mind
Old Glauce caft to cure this ladies grie'fe ;
Full many wayes me fought, but none could find,
Nor herbes, nor charmes, nor counfel, that is chiefe
And choiceft med'eine for fick harts reliefe :
Forthy great care me tooke, and greater feare,
Leaft that it mould her turne to fowle repriefe
And fore reproch, whenfo her father deare Should of his deareft daughters hard misfortune heare.
VI.
At laft me her avifde, that he which made
That mirrhour wherein the ficke damofell
So ftraungely vewed her ftraunge lovers made,
To weet the learned Merlin, well could tell
Under what coaft of heaven the man did dwell,
And by what means his love might beft be wrought :
For though beyond the Africk Ifmael,
Or th' Indian Peru he were, me thought Him forth through infinite endevour to have fought.
VII. Forthwith
Cant. ni. Faery Queens 375
VII.
Forthwith themfelves difguifing both in ftraunge And bafe attyre, that none might them bewray, To Maridunum, that is now by chaunge Of name Cayr-Merdin cald, they tooke their way : There the wife Merlin whylome wont (they fay) To make his wonne, low underneath the ground, In a deepe delve, farre from the vew of day, That of no living wight he mote be found, Whenfo he counfeld with his fprights encompafl round.
VIII. And if thou ever happen that fame way To traveill, go to fee that dreadful place : It is an hideous hollow cave (they fay) Under a rock that lyes a litle fpace From the fwift Barry, tombling downe apace Emongft the woody hilles of Dyneuowre : But dare thou not, I charge, in any cace To enter into that fame balefull bowre, For feare the cruell feendes mould thee unwares devowre :
IX. But ftanding high aloft low lay thine eare, And there fuch ghaftly noyfe of yron chaines And brafen caudrons thou fhalt rombling heare, Which thoufand fprights with long enduring paines Doe torle, that it will ftonn thy feeble braines ; And oftentimes great grones and grievous ftownds. When too huge toile and labour them conftraines, And oftentimes loud ftrokes and ringing fowndes From under that deepe rock moft horribly rcbowndes*
./V.
The caufe fome fay is this : a litle whyle Before that Merlin dyde, he did intend A brafen wall in compas to compyle About Cairmardin, and did it commend Unto thefe fprights to bring to perfect end :, During which worke the lady of the Lake, Whom long he lov'd, for him in haft did fend, Who thereby forft his workemen to forfake,
Them bownd till his retourne their labour not to ilake>
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XI.
In the mcanc time through that falfe ladies traine
He was furprisd, and buried under beare,
Ne ever to his worke returnd againe :
Nath'lerTe thofe feends may not their work forbeare,
So greatly his commandement they feare,
But there doe toyle and traveile day and night,
Untill that brafen wall they up doe reare :
For Merlin had in magick more infight Then ever him before or after living wight :
XII. For he by wordes could call out of the fky
Both funne and moone, and make them him obay j
The land to fea, and fea to maineland dry,
And darkfom night he eke could turne to day -,
Huge hoftes of men he could alone difmay,
And hoftes of men of meaneft thinges could frame,
Whenfo him lift his enimies to fray :
That to this day for terror of his fame. The feendes do quake, when any him to them does name.
XIII.
And footh men fay that he was not the fonne
Of mortall fyre or other living wight,
But wondrouily begotten and begonne
By falfe illufion of a guilefull fpright
On a faire lady nonne, that whilome hight
Matilda, daughter to Pubidius
Who was the lord of Mathtraval by right,
And coofen unto king Ambrofius ; Whence he indued was with fkill fo merveilous.
XIV.
They here ariving, ftaid awhile without,
Ne durft adventure rafhly in to wend,
But of their firft intent gan make new dout
For dread of daunger, which it might portend :
Untill the hardy mayd (with love to frend)
Firft entering, the dreadfull mage there fownd
Deepe buiied 'bout worke of wondrous end,
And writing ftraunge characters in the grownd, With which the ftubborne feendes he to his fervice bownd.
XV. He
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xv.
He nought was moved at their entraunce bold ;
(For of their comming well he wift afore)
Yet lift them bid their bufinefle to unfold,
As if ought in this world in fecrete ftore
Were from him hidden, or unknowne of yore.
Then Glauce thus, Let not it thee offend,
'That we thus raftrty through thy darkfom dore
Unwares have pr eft; for either fat all end, Or other might ie caufe us two did het her fend.
XVI.
He bad tell on ; and then me thus began ;
Now have three moones with borrowd brothers light
Thrift ftjined faire, and thrife feemd dim a?jd wan,
Sith afore evill, which this virgin bright
Tormenteth and doth plonge in dole full plight,
Firft rooting tooke , but what thing it mote bee,
Or whence it fprong, I cannot read aright :
But this I ready that but if remedee Thou her afford, full Jhortly I her dead Jhall fee .
XVII. Therewith th' enchaunter foftly gan to fmyle
At her fmooth fpeeches, weeting inly well
That me to him dilTembled womanifri guyle,,
And to her faid, Beldame, by that ye tell
More neede of leach-crafte hath your damozell,
Then of my fkill : who helpe may have elf where,
In vainefeekes wonders out of magic fpell.
Th' old woman wox half blanck thofe words to heare, And yet was loth to let her purpofe plaine appeare ;
XVIII.
And to him laid, Tf any leaches fkill,
Or other learned meanes, could have redrefl
This my deare daughters deepe-engraffed ill,
Certes IJhould be loth thee to molefl :
But this fad evil I, which doth her infejl,
Doth courfe of naturall caufe farre exceed,
And houfed is within her hollow breft,
That either feemes fame curfed witches deed, Or evillfpright, that in her dothfuch torment breed.
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The wifard could no lenger beare her bord,
But bruiting forth in laughter to her fayd ;
Glance ; what needes this colourable word
To cloke the caufc that hath itfelfe bewray d ?
Ne ye, fayre Britomartis, thus arayd,
More hidden are then fimne in cloudy vele ;
Whom thy good fortune, having fate obayd,
Hath betber brought for fuccour to appele -y The which the powres to thee are pleafed to revele.
XX. The doubtfull mayd, feeing herfelfe defcryde,
Was all abaflit, and her pure yvory
Into a cleare carnation fuddeine dyde ;
As fayre Aurora ryfing haftily
Doth by her blufhing tell that me did lye
All night in old Tithonus frofen bed,
Whereof fhe feemes afhamed inwardly :
But her olde nourfe was nought difhartened, But vauntage made of that which Merlin had ared ;
XXI.
And fayd, Sith then thou hwweft all our griefe,
(For what doeft not thou knowe ? ) of grace I pray,
Pitty our playnt, and yield us meet reliefe.
With that the prophet ftill awhile did flay,
And then his fpirite thus gan foorth difplay ;
Mojl noble virgin , that by fat all lore
Haft leant d to love, let no whit thee difmay
Tloe hard beginne that meetes thee in the dore, And with Jharpe fits thy tender hart oppreffeth fore i
XXII.
Forfo mufk all things excellent begin ;
And eke enrooted deepe muft be that tree, Whofe big embodied braunches Jloall not lin Till they to hevens hight forth fir etched bee. For from thy wombe a famous progenee Shall fpring out of the auncient Trojan bloody Which Jhall revive thefleeping memoree Of thofe fame antique peres, the hevens brood, IVhich Greeke and Afian rivers Jlayned with their blood,
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Renowmed kings and/acred emperours,
Thyfruitfull of spring, Jhall from thee defcend -,
Brave captaines arid moji mighty warriours,
That flail their conquejls through all lands extend,
And their decayed kingdomes Jhall amend :
The feeble Britons, broken with long war re ,
They fall upreare, and mightily defend
Again ft their forren foe that commes from far re, Till univerjall peace compound all civill iarre.
XXIV.
It was not, Britomart, thy wandring eye
Glauncing unwares in charmed looking-glas,
But the freight courfe of hevenly defiiny,
Led with etemall providence, that has
Guyded thy glaunce, to bring his will to pas :
Ne is thy fate, ne is thy fortune ill,
To love the prowejl knight that ever was :
Therefore fubmit thy wayes unto his will, And doe by all dew meanes thy defliny fulfil.
XXV. But read, faide Glauce, thou magitian,
What meanes Jhall Jhe out-fee ke, or what waies take?
How f jail Jhe know, how Jhall flje finde the man f
Or what needes her to toyle, fith fates can make
Way for themfelves their purpofe to pertake ?
Then Merlin thus ; Indeede the fates are fir me.
And may not Jhrinck, though all the world do Jhake :
Tet ought mens good endevours them confirme, And guy de the heavenly caufes to their conjlant terme,
XXVI. The man, whom heavens have ordaynd to bee
The fpoufe of Britomart, is Arthegall;
He wonneth in the land of Fayeree,
Tet is nofary borne, nefib at all
To elfes, butjprong of feed terreftriall,
And whylome by falfe faries Jlolne away,
Whyles yet in infant cradle he did crally
Ne other to himfelfe is knowne this day, But that he by an elfe was gotten of a Fay :
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But footh he is thefonne of Gorki 's,
And brother unto Cador, Cornijh king ;
And for his warlike fates renowmed is,
From where the day out of the fea doth fpring,
Until! the clofure cf the evening :
From thence, himfrmely bound with faith/ull band,
'To this his native foyte thou backe fialt bring,
Strongfy to ayde his countrey, to with/land
The pour e of for r cine paynims which invade thy !and,
XXVIII.
Great ayd thereto his mighty puijfaunce
And dreaded name fiat! give in that fad day ; Where alfo proof of thy prow vaUaunce Thou then fialt make, finer eafe thy lovers pray : Long time ye both in amies fijall bear e great Jway, TH! thy wombes burden thee from them do caii, Aid his loft fate him from thee take away -, Too rathe cut off by pracfife criminal!
Of fe crete foes, that himfiall make in mifchiefe fall.
XXIX.
With thee yet fijall he leave for memory Of his late puijfaunce his ymage dead-, That living him in all activity To thee fiall reprefent : he from the head Of his coofen Conjlantius without dread Shall take the crowne that was his fathers right, And therewith crowne himfelfe in tti others jlead : Then fijall he ifiew forth with dread full might
Again/1 his Saxon foes in bloody field to fight.
XXX.
Like as a lyon that in drowfie cave
Hath long time fiept, himfelfe fo fiall he fiake % And comming forth, fiall fpred his banner brave Over the troubled fouth, that it fiall make The warlike Mertians for fear e to quake : Thrife fiall he fight with them, and twife fiall win 5 But the third time fiall fay re accordaunce make : And if he then with viclorie can !in,
lie fiall his dayes with peace bring to his earthly in.
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Hisfonne, hight Vortipore, Jhall Umfucceede In kingdom, but not infelicity : Tet fiallhe long time warre with happy Jpeedy And with great honour ma?iy batteills try ; But at the lajl to th' importunity Of froward fortune Jhall be forjl to yield ;
__ But hisfonne Malgo Jhall full mightily Avenge his fathers loffe with fpeare andjhield,
'"And his proud foes difcomfit in 'victorious field.
XXXII.
Behold the man, and tell me, Britomart,
If ay more goodly creature thou didftfee 2 How like a gyaunt in each manly part Beares he himfelfe with portly maiefiee,, That one of th> old heroes fee me s to bee I He the fix ifiands, comprovinciall In auncient times unto great Britainee, Shall to the fame reduce, and to him call Their fondry kings to do their homage feverall
XXXIII.
All which hisfonne Careticus awhile
Shall well defend, and Saxons powre fupprefie ; Untill afiraunger king from unknowne foyle Arriving him with multitude opprejfe ; Great Gormond, having with huge mightineffe Ireland fubdewd, and therein fixt his throne \ Like afwift otter (fell through emptineffe) Shall over-fwim the Jea with ma?iy one Of his Norveyfes, to afjift the Britons fine.
. . XXXIV.
He in hisfurie alljliall over-ronne,
A?id holy church with faithlejfe handes deface^ That thy Jad people, utterly for donne, Shall to the utmofi mount ai ne s fiy apace : Was never fo great wafie in any place, Norjofowle outrage doen by living men ; For all thy citties they Jhall facke and race, And the greem grajje that groweth they Jhall bren, That even the wilde beafi Jhall dy in flarved den.
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Whiles thus thy Britons doe in languour finc^ Proud Etheldred Jl:all from the north arif, Serving tti ambitious will of Auguftme, And faffing Bee with hardy enterprife Shall backe refulfe the valiaunt Brockwele twife, And Bangor with ma/acred martyrs f 11; But the third time/hall rew his fool-hardife : For Cadwan pittying his peoples ill Shall ftoutly him defeat, and thoufand Saxons kill.
XXXVI. But after him, Cadwallin mightily
On his fonne Edwin all thofe wrongs flail wreake -t Nefiall availe the wicked for eery Offalfe Pellite his purpofes to breake, But him f mil flay, and on a gallowes bleak Shall give th" enchaunter his unhappy hire : Then fiall the Britons, late difmayd and weake, From their long vafallage gin to refpire, And on their paynun foes avenge their ranckled ire.
XXXVII. Nejhall he yet his wrath fo mitigate,
Till both the fonne s of Edwin he have flay ne> Offricke and Ofricke, twinnes unfortunate \ Bothfaine in battaile upon Lay bur ne playne, Together with the king of Louthiane, Hight Adin, and the king of Orkeny, Both ioynt partakers of the fat all payne : But Penda, fearefull of like defieney, Shall yield himfelfe bis liegeman, and fweare fealty :
XXXVIII. Him Ji hall he ?nake his fat all inftrument T 'afflict the other Saxons unfubdewd : He marching forth with fury infolent Againjl the good king Ofwald, who indewd With heavenly powre, and by angels refkewd, All holding croffes in their hands on hye, Shall him defeate withouten blood imbrewd : Of which that field for endlejfe memory Shall Hevenfeld be caldto all pofterity.
XXXIX. Whereat
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Whereat Cadwallin wroth Jhall forth (few,
And an huge hqfie into Northumber lead,
With which he godly Ofwald ' Jhall fubdew,
And crowne with martyr dome his J acred head ;
Whofe brother Ofwin, daunted with like dread,
With price of fiver jhall his kingdome buy ;
And Penda fe eking him adowne to tread,
Shall tread adowne and doe himfowiy dye. But Jhall with gifts his lord Cadwallin pacify.
XL.
Then Jhall Cadwallin die, and then the raine Of Britons eke with him attonce Jhall dye j Ne Jhall the good Cadwallader with painey Or powre, be hable it to remedy, When the full time prefixt by dejiiny, Shall be expird of Britons regiment : For heven iff elf e Jhall their fuccejfe envy, And them with plagues and murrins pejlilent Confume, till all their warlike puijjaunce be Jpertt.
XLI. Yet after all thefe for r owes, and huge hills Of dying people, during eight year es Jpace, Cadwallader not yielding to his ills, From Armoricke^ where long in wretched cacs He livd, retourning to his native place, Shal be by vif on ft aide from his intent : For th' heavens have decreed to difplace The Britons for their finnes dew punijlmenty And to the Saxons over-give their government.
XLII. Then woe, and woe, and everlafting woe, Be to the Briton babe that Jhal be borne, To live in thraldome of his fathers foe : Late king, now captive -, late lord, now for lor ne j The worlds reproch, the cruell viclorsfcome, Banijht from princely bowre to wafteful wood: O who Jhall helpe me to lament, and mourne The royalljeed, the antique Trojan blood, Whofe empire lenger here then ever any food?
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The damzell was full deepe empamoned
Both for his griefe and for her peoples fake,
Whofe future woes fo plaine he faihioned,
And iighing fore at length him thus befpake j
Ah I but will bevensfury never flake,
Nor vengeaunce huge relent itfelfe at loft f
Will not long mifery late mercy make ?
But foal I their name for ever be defajle, And quite from off the earth their memory be rafoe ?
XLIV.
Nay but the terme, fayd he, is limited r,
That in this thraldome Britons flail abide ,
And the iujl revolution meafured,
That they as foraungers fojal be notifide :
For twifejbwre hundred ye ares fowl be fupplide,
Fre they to former rule refoor d fojal bee,
And their importune fates all fatisfide :
Yet during this their tnojl obfeuritee, Their beames fliall ofte breake forth, that men them faire may fee,
XLV.
For Rhodoricke, whofe fur name foal be Great 3
Shall of himfelfe a brave enfatnple foew,
That Saxon kings his frendfoip foall intreat ;
Aid Howell Dha fo:all goodly well indew
The falvage minds with foil I of iujl and trew :
Then Griffyth Conan alfo foall up-reare
His dreaded head, a?id the old Jparkes renew
Of native cor age, that his foes /hall feare Leaf back againe the kingdom he from themfoould beare.
XLVI. Ne foall the Saxons f elves all peaceably
Fnioy the crowne, which they from Britons wonne
Firfo ill, a?:d after 7'uled wickedly :
For ere two hundred yeares be full outronne,
There fojall a raven, far from rifing funne,
With his wide wings upon them fiercely fly,
And bid his faithlejfe chickens overronne
The fruitfull plaines, and with fell cruelty In their avenge tread downe the vicJorsfurquedry.
XL VII. Yet
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Yet fioall a third both thefe and thine fitbdew :
There JJjall a lion from the Jea-bord wood
Of Neujlria come roring, with a crew
Of hungry whelpes, his battailous bold brood,
Whofe clawes were newly dipt in cruddy blood;
That from the Danifke tyrants head fiall rend
Tti ufurped crowne, as if that he were wood.
And the fpoile of the countrey coiiquered Emongjl his young ones flail divide with bountyhed.
XL VIII.
Tho when the terme is fell accomplijljid,
There Jhall a Jparke of fire , which hath long-while
Bene in his ajhes raked up and hid.
Bee frefhly kindled in the fruitfull ijle
Of Mona, where it lurked in exile ;
Which Jhall breake forth into bright-burning flame.
And reach into the houfe that beares the file
Of royall maiejly and fiver aine name : So fiall the Briton blood their crowne againe reclame.
XLIX. Thenceforth eternall union fiiall be made
Betweene the nations different afore,
And Jacred peace JJjall lovingly perjuade
The warlike minds to leame her goodly lore,
And civile amies to exercife no more :
Then JJjall a royall virgin raine, which Jhall
Stretch her white rod over the Belgicke Jhore, •
And the great caftle finite Jo fiore withall, That it Jhall make himjhake, and Jhortly learn to fall:
L. But yet the end is not — There Merlin ftayd,
As overcomen of the fpirites powre,
Or other ghaftly fpectacle difmayd,
That fecretly he faw, yet note difcoure :
Which fuddein fitt, and halfe extatick floure
When the two fearefull wemen faw, they grew
Greatly confufed in behaveoure :
At lad: the fury paft, to former hew Hee turnd againe, and chearfull looks as earn: did (hew.
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Then, when themfelves they well inftructed had Of all that needed them to be inquird, They both conceiving hope of comfort glad, With lighter hearts unto their home retird : Where they in fecret counfell cloie confpird, How to efrccl' (o hard an enterprize, And to porTerTe the purpofe they defird : Now this, now that twixt them they did devize,
And diverfe plots did frame to maike in ftrange difguiie.
LIL
At laft the nourfe in her fool-hardy wit
Conceiv'd a bold devife, and thus befpake ; Daughter, I dee me that counfel aye moflfit, 'That of the titne doth dew advauntage take : Ye fee that good king Uther now doth ?nake Strong warre upoji the pay mm brethren, bight Oc~fa and Oza, whome hee lately brake Beflde Cayr Verolame in victorious fight \
That now all Britany doth burne in armes bright,
LIII.
That therefore nought our paffage may empeach, Let us in feigned armes ourfehes difguize, And our weake hands (need makes good fchollers) teach The dreadful fpeare and Jhield to exercize : Ne certes, daughter, that fame warlike wize, I weene, would you miffeeme ; for ye beene tall And large of li?nbe fatchieve an hard emprize -y Ne ought ye want but flkil, which praBize fmall
Will bring, andfhortly make you a mayd martiall.
LIV.
And footh it ought your cor age much inflame
To he are fo often in that royall hous,
From whence to ?wne inferior ye camey
Bards tell of many wemen valorous,
Which have full many feats adventurous
Performd, in paragone of proudejl men :
The bold Bunduca, whofe victorious
Exployts made Borne to quake, flout Guendoleny Renowmed Martia3 and redoubted Emmilen,
LV. And
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LV.
And that) which more then all the rejl may/way?
Late dayes enfample, which thefe eies beheld ,
In the lafi field before Menevia,
Which Uther with thofeforrein pagans held,
I Jaw a Saxon virgin, the which field
Great Ulfin thrifie upon the bloody playne ;
And had ?jot Car ados her hand withheld
From rafij revenge, fide had him fiurely Jlayne ; Tet Car ados himfielfie from her efcapt with payne.
LVI.
Ah read, quoth Britomart, how tsjhe hight ?
Fayre Angela, quoth me, men do her call,
No whit leffe fayre the?i terrible i?i fight :
She hath the leading of a martiall
And mightie people, dreaded more then all
'The other Saxons, which doe for her fake
And love themfelves of her name Angles call.
Therefore , fiaire infant, her enfample make Unto thyfielfe, and eqiiall cor age to thee take.
LVII. Her harty wordes fo deepe into the mynd
Of the yong damzell funke, that great defire
Of warlike armes in her forthwith they tynd,
And generous flout courage did infpyre,
That irie refolv'd, unweeting to her fyre,
Advent'rous knighthood on herfelfe to don ;
And counfeld with her nourfe her maides attyrc
To turne into a mafTy habergeon ; And bad her all things put in readinefs anon.
LVIII. Th' old woman nought that needed did omit j
But all thinges did conveniently purvay.
It fortuned (fo time their turne did fitt)
A band of Britons ryding on forray
Few dayes before had gotten a great pray
Of Saxon goods, emongft the which was {eene
A goodly armour, and full rich aray,
Which long'd to Angela, the Saxon queene, All fretted round with gold, and goodly wel befeene.
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The fame with all the other ornaments King Ryence caufed to be hanged hy In his chiefe church, for endleile moniments Of his fucceffe and gladfull victory : Of which herfclfe avifing readily In th' evening late old Glauce thether led Faire Britomart, and that fame armory Downe taking," her therein appareled, Well as flie might, and with brave bauldrick garnifhed.
LX. Ecfide thofe armes there flood a mightie fpeare, Which Bladud made by magick art of yore, And usd the fame in batteill aye to beare °, Sith which it had beene here preferv'd in ftore, For his great vertues proved long afore : For never wight fo fail in fell could fit, But him perforce unto the ground it bore : Both fpeare me tooke and fhield which hong by it ; Both fpeare and ihield of great powre for her purpofe fit,
LXI. Thus when fhe had the virgin all arayd, Another harneife which did hang thereby About herfelfe Ihe dight, that the yong mayd She might in equall armes accompany, And as her fquyre attend her carefully : Tho to their ready fteedes they clombe full light, And through back waies, that none might them efpy, Covered with fecret cloud of filent night, Themfeives they forth convaid, and palled forward right.
LXIL Ne refted they, till that to faery lond
They came, as Merlin them directed late : Where meeting with this red-crofTe knight, fhe fond Of diverfe thinges difcourfes to dilate, But mofr. of Arthegall and his eft-ate. At lafb their waves fo felly that they mote part : Then each to other, well affectionate, Frendfhip profefled w' :h unfained hart, The red-crone knight diverft, but forth rode Britomart.
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Bold Marmell of Britomart
Is throwne on the rich Jirond : Faire Florimell of Arthur is
Long followed \ but not fond,
1. i
HERE is the antique glory now become, That whylome wont in wemen to appeare ?
Where be the brave atchievements doen by fome ?
Where be the batteilles, where the fhield and fpeare,
And all the conquefts which them high did reare,
That matter made for famous poets verfe,
And boaflfull men fo oft abafht to heare ?
Beene they all dead, and laide in dolefull herfe ? Or doen they onely fleepe, and fhall againe reverfe ?
II. If they be dead, then woe is me therefore ;
But if they fleepe, o let them foone awake !
For all too long I burne with envy fore
To heare the warlike feates which Homere fpake
Of bold Penthefilee, which made a lake
Of Greekifh blood fo ofte in Trojan plaine ;
But when I reade, how ftout Debora ftrake
Proud Sifera, and how CamnT hath flaine The huge Orfilochus, I fwell with great difdaine,
III. Yet thefe, and all that els had puiffaunce,
Cannot with noble Britomart compare,
As well for glorie of great valiaunce,
As for pure chaftitee and vertue rare j
That all her goodly deedes doe well declare.
Well worthie flock, from which the branches fprong
That in late yeares fo faire a blofTome bare,
As thee, o queene, the matter of my fong, Whofe lignage from this lady I derive along.
IV, Who
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Who when through fpeaches with the red-croife knight She learned had th' eftate of Arthegall, And in each point herfelfe informd aright, A frendly league of love perpetuall She with him bound, and conge tooke withall. Then he forth on his iourney did proceede, To feeke adventures which mote him befall, And win him woriliip through his warlike deed,
Which alwaies of his paines he made tlie chiefeft meed.
V.
But Britomart kept on her former courfe, Ne ever dofte her armes, but all the way Grew peniive through that amorous difcourfe, By which the red-crofTe knight did earft difplay Her lovers fhape and chevalrous aray : A thouland thoughts fhe fafliionu in her mind, And in her feigning fancie did pour tray Him fuch, as fitteft me for love could find,
Wife, warlike, perfonable, courteous, and kind.
VI.
With fuch felfe-pleafing thoughts her wound ilie fedd, And thought fo to beguile her grievous fmart ; But fo her fmart was much more grievous bread, And the deepe wound more deep engord her hart, That nought but death her dolour mote depart. So forth fhe rode without repofe or reft, Searching all lands and each remoteil part, Following the guydance of her blinded giieft,
Till that to the fea-coaft at length (he her addrefb.
VII.
There (lie alighted from her light-foot beaft, And fitting downe upon the rocky fhore Badd her old fquyre unlace her lofty creaft : Tho having vewd awhile the furges hore, That gainft the craggy clifts did loudly rore, And in their raging furquedry difdaynd That the faft earth affronted them fo fore, And their devouring covetize reftraynd,
Thereat fhe lighed deepe, and after thus complaynd 5
VIII. Huo-t
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Huge fea of for row, and tempejluous griefe,
Wherein my feeble barke is tojfed long,
Far from the hoped haven of relief,
Why doe thy cruel bi Howes beat fo ftrong,
And thy moyfl mountaines each on others throng,
threat fling to /wallow up my fare full lyfe ?
O doe thy cruell wrath and fpightfull wrong
At length allay, and f hit thyflormyflryfe, Which in thy troubled bowels raignes and ragcth ryfe :
IX.
For els my feeble veffell, crazd and crackt
Through thy ftrong buffets and outrageous blowes,
Cannot endure, but needes it muft be wrackt
On the rough rocks, or on the fandy fhallowes,
The whiles that Love it fteres, a?id Fortune rowes -,
Love (my lewd pilott) hath a reftlefe minde,
And Fortune (botefwaine) no affuraimce knowes,
But faile without en ftarres gainft tyde and winde : How can they other doe, fith both are bold and blinde ?
X.
Thou god of winde s, that raigneft in the feas,
That raigneft alfo in the continent,
At laft blow up fome gentle gale of eafe,
The which may bring my /hip, ere it be rent,
Unto the gladjome port of her intent :
Then when IJhall myfelfe in fafety fee,
A table for eternal I moniment
Of thy great grace and my great ieopardee, Great Neptune, I avow to hallow unto thee.
XL Then fighing foftly fore, and inly deepe,
She (hut up all her plaint in privy griefe ;
(For her great courage would not let her weepe)
Till that old Glauce gan with fharpe repriefe
Her to reft'-aine, and give her good reliefe,
Through hope of thofe, which Merlin had her told
Should of her name and nation be chiefe,
And fetch their being from the i?cred mould Of her immortall womb, to be in heven enrold..
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Thus as (he her recomforted, me fpyde Where far away one all in armour bright With hafty gallop towards her did ryde : Her dolour foone me ceaft, and on her dighfc Her helmet, to her courfer mounting light : Her former forrow into fudden wrath (Both coofen paflions of diftroublcd fpright) Converting, forth ilie beates the dully path ; Love and defpight attonce her corage kindled hath.
XIII. As when a foggy mift hath overcaft
The face of heven, and the cleare ayre engrofte, The world in darknes dwels, till that at laft The watry fouth-winde from the fea-bord cofte Upblowing doth difperfe the vapour lofte, And poures itfelfe forth in a ftormy fhowre ; So the fayre Britomart, having difclofle Her clowdy care into a wrathfull ftowre, The mift of griefe diflblv'd did into vengeance powre.
XIV. Eftfoones her goodly iliield addrefling fayre, That mortal 1 fpeare fhe in her hand did take, And unto battaill did herfelfe prepayre. The knight approching fternely her befpake ; Sir blight, that docji thy voyage rafily make By this for bidden way in my defpight \ Ne doeji by others death enfample take, I read thee foone retyre, whiles thou hafl might, Leaf afterwards it be too late to take i by fight.
XV.
Ythrild with deepe difdaine of his proud threat,
She fhortly thus ; Fly they, that need to fly ;
JVordes fear en babes. I meane not thee entreat
To paffe ; but maugre thee will pajfe or dy.
Ne lenger ftayd for th' other to reply,
But with lliarpe foeare the reft made dearly knowne.
Strongly the ftraunge knight ran, and fturdily
Strooke her full on the breft, that made her downe Decline her head, and touch her crouper with her crown.
XVI. But
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But fhe againe him in the fhield did fmite With fo fierce furie and great puiflaunce, That through his three-fquare fcuchin percing quite, And through his mayled hauberque, by mifchaunce The wicked fteele through his left fide did glaunce : Him fo transfixed fhe before her bore Beyond his croupe, the length of all her launce; Till fadly foucing on the fandy fhore He tombled on an heape, and wallowd in his gore.
XVII. Like as the facred oxe that carelefle ftands
With gilden homes and flowry girlonds crownd, Proud of his dying honor and deare bandes, Whiles th' altars fume with frankincenfe arownd, All fuddeinly with mortall ftroke aftownd Doth groveling fall, and with his ftreaming gore Diftaines the pillours and the holy grownd, And the faire flowres that decked him afore : So fell proud Marinell upon the pretious more.
XVIII. The martiall mayd ftayd not him to lament, But forward rode, and kept her ready way Along the ftrond ; which, as fhe over-went, She faw beftrowed all with rich aray Of pearles and pretious ftones of great afTay, And all the gravell mixt with golden owre : Whereat (he wondred much, but would not flay For gold, or perles, or pretious ftones an howre, But them defpifed all ; for all was in her powre.
XIX. Whiles thus he lay in deadly ftonifhment, Tydings hereof came to his mothers eare ; His mother was the blacke-browd Cymoent, The daughter of great Nereue, which did bearc This warlike fonne unto an earthly peare, The famous Dumarin ; who on a day Finding the nymph afleepe in fecret wheare, (As he by chaunce did wander that fame way) Was taken with her love, and by her clofely lay. Vol. I. E e e XX. There
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There he this knight of her begot, whom borne
She of his father Marinell did name ;
And in a rocky cave (as wight forlorne)
Long time fhe foftred up, till he became
A mighty man at armes, and mickle fame
Did get through great adventures by him donne :
For never man he fuffred by that fame
Rich ftrond to travell whereas he did wonne, But that he muft do battail with the fea-nymphes foniiCi
XXI. An hundred knights of honorable name
He had fubdew'd, and them his vaflals made >
That through all farie lond his noble fame
Now blazed was, and feare did all invade,
That none durft pafTen through that perilous glade ^
And to advaunce his name and glory more,
Her lea-god fyre fhe dearely did perfwade
T'endow her fonne with threafure and rich flore Bove all the fonnes that were of earthly wombes yborea
XXII. The god did graunt his daughters deare demaund,
To doen his nephew in all riches flow ;
Eftfoones his heaped waves he did commaund
Gut of their hollow bofome forth to throw
All the huge threafure, which the fea below
Had in his greedy gulfe devoured deepe,
And him enriched through the overthrow
And wreckes of many wretches, which did weepe And often wayle their wealth, which he from them did keepe,
XXIII, Shortly upon that fhore there heaped was-
Exceeding riches and all pretious things,
The fpoyle of all the world, that it did pas
The wealth of th' eaft, and pompe of Periian kings $-,
Gold, amber, yvoric, perles, owches, rings,
And all that els was pretious and deare,
The fea unto him voluntary brings,
That ihortly he a great lord did appeare, As was in all the lond of Faery, or elfewheare..
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Thereto he was a doughty dreaded knight, Tryde often to the fcath of many deare, That none in equall armes him matchen might ; The which his mother feeing gan to feare Leafl his too haughtie hardines might reare Some hard mifhap in hazard of his life : Forthy fhe oft him counfeld to forheare The bloody batteill, and to ftirre up ftrife, But after all his warre to reft his wearie knife :
XXV.
And for his more afTuraunce, fhe inquir'd
One day of Proteus by his mighty fpell
(For Proteus was with prophecy infpir'd)
Her deare fonnes deftiny to her to tell,
And the fad end of her fweet Marinell :
Who through forefight of his eternall fkill
Bad her from woman-kind to keepe him well %
For of a woman he mould have much ill j A virgin ftraunge and (tout him mould difmay or kill.
XXVI.
Forthy fhe gave him warning every day
The love of women not to entertaine ;
(A leffon too too hard for living clay,
From love in courfe of nature to refraine)
Yet he his mothers lore did well retaine,
And ever from fayre ladies love did fly ;
Yet many ladies fayre did oft complaine,
That they for love of him would algates dy : Dy, whofo lift for him, he was loves enimy.
XXVII.
But ah ! who can deceive his deftiny,
Or weene by warning to avoyd his fate ?
That, when he fleepes in moft fecurity
And fafeft feemes, him fooneft doth amate.
And findeth dew effect or foone or late :
So feeble is the powre of flefhy arme.
His mother bad him wemens love to hate,
For fhe of womans force did feare no harme ; So weening to have arm'd him, fhe did quite difarme.
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This was that woman, this that deadly wownd,
That Proteus prophecide fhould him difmay ;
The which his mother vainely did expownd
To be hart-wownding love, which fhould affay
To bring her fonne unto his latt decay.
So tickle be the termes of mortall Hate,
And full of fubtile fophifmes, which doe play
With double fences and with falfe debate, T'approve the unknowen purpofe of eternall fate.
XXIX. Too trew the famous Marinell it fownd,
Who through late triall on that wealthy ftrond
Inglorious now lies in fenceleffe fwownd,
Through heavy ftroke of Britomartis hond :
Which when his mother deare did underftond,
And heavy tidings heard,, whereas fhe playd
Amongtt her watry fitters by a pond
Gathering fweete daffadillyes,. to have made Gay girlcnds from the fun. their forheads fayr to made ;
XXX. Eftefoones both flowres and girlonds far away
She flong, and her faire deawy lockes yrent y
To forrow huge fhe turnd her former play,
And gamefome merth to grievous dreriment :
Shee threw herfelfe downe on the continent,
Ne word did fpeake, but lay as in a fwowne,
Whiles all her fitters did for her lament
With yelling outcries and with fhrieking fowne -, And every one did teare her girlond from her crowne,.
XXXI. Soone as fhe up out of her deadly fitt
Arofe, fhe bad her charett to be brought j
And all her fitters, that with her did fitt,
Bad eke attonce their charetts to be fought :.
Tho full of bitter griefe and penfive thought
She to her wagon clombe j clombe all the reft,
And forth together went, with forow fraught :
The waves obedient to their beheaft Them yielded ready pattage, and their rage furceaft.
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Great Neptune ftoode amazed at their fight,
Whiles on his broad rownd backe they foftly Hid,
And eke himfelfe mournd at their mournfull plight,
Yet wift not what their wailing ment, yet did,
For great companion of their forow, bid
His mighty waters to them buxome bee :
Eftefoones the roaring billowes ftill abid,
And all the griefly monfters of the fee Stood gaping at their gate, and wondred them to fee.
XXXIII.
A teme of dolphins raunged in aray
Drew the fmooth charett of fad Cymoent ;
They were all taught by Triton to obay
To the long raynes at her commaundement :
As fwifte as fwallowes on the waves they went,
That their brode flaggy finnes no fome did reare,
Ne bubling rowndell they behinde them fent j
The reft of other fifties drawen weare, Which with their finny oars the fwelling iea did ftieare,
XXXIV. Soone as they bene arriv'd upon the brim
Of the Rich ftrond, their charets they forlore,
And let their temed fifties foftly fwim
Along the margent of the fomy fhore,
Leaft they their finnes ftiould bruze, and furbate fore
Their tender feete upon the ftony grownd :
And comming to the place, where all in gore
And cruddy blood enwallowed they fownd The luckleffe Marinell lying in deadly fwownd,
XXXV. His mother fwowned thrife, and the third time
Could fcarce recovered bee out of her paine ;
Had fhe not beene devoide of mortall flime,
She ftiould not then have bene relyv'd againe :
But foone as life recovered had the raine,
Shee made fo piteous mone and deare wayment,
That the hard rocks could fcarfe from tears refraine,
And all her fifter nymphes with one confent Supplide her fobbing breaches with fad complement.
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Deare image of myfelfe, fhe fayd, that is
The wretched fonne of wretched mother borne,
Is this thine high advawicement ? o is this
'TIS t m mortal 7 name, with which thee yet un borne
Thy granjire Kerens promt ft to adorne <?
Now heji thou of life and honor refte ;
Now lyejl thou a lumpe of earth for lor ne ;
Ne of thy late life memory is lefte ; Ne can thy irrevocable de/leny bee wefte.
XXXVII.
Fond Proteus, father of falfe prophecis,
And they more fond that credit to thee give,
Not this the worke of womans hand y wis,
That Jo deepe wound through thefe deare members drive.
I feared love ; but they that love doe live j
But they that dye, doe nether love nor hate :
Nattilejfe to thee thy folly I forgive j
And to myfelfe and to accurfedfate The guilt I doe afcribe : deare wifedom bought too late.
XXXVIII.
O what availes it of immortall feed
To bee?ie ybredd and never borne to dye ?
Far re better I it deeme to die with fpeed,
Then wajle in woe and waylfull miferye :
Who dyes the utmofl dolor doth abye,
But who that lives is lefte to waile his loffe :
So life is loffe, and death felicity :
Sad life worfe then glad death ; and greater croffe To fee f rends grave, then dead the grave Je If e to engrojfe.
XXXIX.
But if the heavens did his dayes envie,
And myjhort blis maligne, yet mote they well
Thus much afford me, ere thai he did die,
That the dim eies of my deare Marinell
I mote have clofed, and him bed farewell,
Sith other offices for mother meet
They would not graunt :
Tett maulgre them, farewell my fweetejl fweet ; Farewell my fweetejl fonne, fth we no more Jhall meet.
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Thus when they all had forowed their fill,
They foftly gan to fearch his griefly wownd :
And that they might him handle more at will,
They him difarmd, and fpredding on the grownd
Their watchet mantles frindgd with filver rownd,
They foftly wipt away the gelly blood
From th' orifice ; which having well upbownd,
They pourd in foveraine balme and nectar good, Good both for erthly med'cine and for hevenly food.
XLI.
Tho when the lilly-handed Liagore
(This Liagore whilome had learned flail
In leaches crafe by great Apolloes lore,
Sith her whilome upon high Pindus hill
He loved, and at laft her wombe did fill
With hevenly feed, whereof wife Paeon fprong)
Did feele his pulfe, ihee knew there ftaied ftill
Some litle life his feeble fprites emong ; Which to his mother told, defpeyre fhe from her flong.
XLII. Tho up him taking in their tender hands,
They eafely unto her charett beare :
Her teme at her commaundement quiet ftands,
Whiles they the corfe into her wagon reare,
And flrowe with flowres the lamentable beare :
Then all the reft into their coches clim,
And through the brackifh waves their parlage frieare j
Upon great Neptunes necke they foftly fwim, And to her watry chamber fwiftly carry him.
XLIII. Deepe in the bottome of the fea her bowre
Is built of hollow billowes heaped hye,
Like to thicke clouds that threat a ftormy mowre,
And vauted all within like to the fkye,
In which the gods doe dwell eternally :
There they him Hide in eafy couch well dight y
And fent in hafte for Tryphon, to apply
Salves to his wounds, and medicines of might : For Tryphon of fea-gods the foveraine leacn is hight.
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The whiles the nymphes fitt all about him rownd,
Lamenting his mifhap and heavy plight ;
And ofte his mother vewing his wide wownd
Curfed the hand that did fo deadly fmight
Her deareft fonne, her deareft harts delight :
But none of all thofe curfes overtooke
The warlike maide th' enfample of that might,
But fayrely well fhee thryvd, and well did brooke Her noble deedes, ne her right courfe for ought forfooke.
XLV. Yet did falfe Archimage her frill purfew,
To bring to pafle his mifchievous intent,
Now that he had her fingled from the crew
Of courteous knights, the prince, and fary gent,
Whom late in chace of beauty excellent
Shee lefte, purfewing that fame fofter ftrong j
Of whofe fowle outrage they impatient,
And full of firy zele, him followed long, To refkew her from fhame, and to revenge her wrong.
XL VI. Through thick and thin, through mountains and through playns,
Thofe two great champions did attonce purfew
The fearefull damzell with inceffant payns :
Who from them fled, as light-foot hare from vew
Of hunters fwifte, and fent of howndes trew.
At laft they came unto a double way, Where doubtfull which to take, her to refkew, Themfelves they did difpart, each to affay Whether more happy were to win fo goodly pray.
XLVII.
But Timias, the princes gentle fquyre,
That ladies love unto his lord forlent,
And with proud envy and indignant yre
After that wicked fofter fiercely went ;
So beene they three three fondry wayes ybent :
But fayreft fortune to the prince befell,
Whofe chaunce it was that foone he did repent
To take that way in which that damozell Was fledd afore, affraid of him as feend of hell.
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At laft of her far off he gained vew :
Then gan he frefhly pricke his fomy fteed,
And ever as he nigher to her drew,
So evermore he did increafe his fpeed,
And of each turning ftill kept wary heed :
Alowd to her he oftentimes did call
To doe away vaine doubt and needle ffe dreed :
Full myld to her he fpake, and oft let fall Many meeke wordes to flay and comfort her withall.
XLIX.
But nothing might relent her hafty flight ;
So deepe the deadly feare of that foule fwaine
Was earft impreffed in her gentle fpright :
Like as a fearefull dove, which through the rainc
Of the wide ayre her way does cut amaine,
Having farre off efpyde a taflell gent,
Which after her his nimble winges doth ftraine,
Doubleth her haft for feare to bee for-hent, And with her pineons cleaves the liquid firmament.
L. With no lefTe haft, and eke with no lerTe dreed, U
That fearefull ladie fledd from him, that ment
To her no evill thought nor evill deed j
Yet former feare of being fowly llient
Carried her forward with her firft intent :
And though, oft looking backward, well me vewde
Herfelfe freed from that fofter infolent,
And that it was a knight which now her fewde, Yet lhe no lefTe the knight feard then that villein rude,
LI. His uncouth fhield and ftraunge armes her difmayd,
Whofe like in faery lond were feldom feene ;
That faft (he from him fledd, no lerTe afrayd
Then of wilde beaftes if me had chafed beene :
Yet he her followd ftill with corage keene,
So long that now the golden Hefperus
Was mounted high in top of heaven iheene,
And warnd his other brethren ioyeous To light their blefted lamps in loves eternall hous.
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All fuddeinly dim wox the dampifli ayre,
And griefly fhadowes covered heaven bright,
Th.it now with thoufand ftarres was decked fayre :
Which when the prince beheld, (a lothfull fight)
And that perforce for want of lenger light
He mote furceafle his fuit, and lofe the hope
Of his long labour, he gan fowly wyte
His wicked fortune that had turnd aflope > And curfed night that reft from him fo goodly fcope.
LIII. Tho when her wayes he could no more defcry,
But to and fro at difaventure ftrayd ;
Like as a fhip, whofe lodeftar fuddeinly
Covered with clouds her pilott hath difmayd ;
His wearifome purfuit perforce he ftayd,
And from his loftie fteed difmounting low,
Did let him forage : downe himfelfe he layd
Upon the graffy ground to fleepe a throw ; The cold earth was his couch, the hard fleele his pillow.
LIY. But gentle fleepe envyde him any reft 5
Inftead thereof fad forow and difdaine
Of his hard hap did vexe his noble breft ;
And thoufand fancies bett his ydle brayne
With their light wings, the fights of femblants vaine :
Oft did he wim that lady faire mote bee
His fiery queene, for whom he did complaine :
Or that his faery queene were fuch as fhee :. And ever hafty night he blamed bitterlie :
LV.
Night, thoufoule mother of annoy aunce fad,
Sifter of heavie death and nourfe of woe,
Which waft begot in heaven, but for thy bad
And brntifo foape thrift downe to hell below?
Where, by the grimftoud of Cocytus Jlowy
Thy dwelling is in Herebits black horn,
(Black Herebus thy hujband is the foe
Of all the gods) where then ungratious Halfe of thy dayes doeft lead in horrour hideous-1:
LVI. What
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What had ttt eternall Maker need of thee The world in his cuntinuall courfe to keepe>
That doejl all t hinges deface, ne left ejl fee - :
The beantie of his worke ? indeed infleepe The flout hfull body that doth love tofleep His luftleffe limbes, and drowne his bafer mind. Doth praife thee oft, and oft from Stygian deepe Calks thee his goddeffe in his err our blind, And great dame Natures handmaide chearing every kind,
LVII.
But well I wote that to an heavy hart
Thou art the roote and nourfe of bitter cares,
Breeder of new, renewer of old f marts :
Infiead of refl thou lendefi rayling teares,
Inflead of fleepe thou fendefi troublous feares
And dreadfull vifions, in the which alive
The dreary image of fad death appear es :
So from the we arte fpirit thou doejl drive Defired reft, and men of happinejj'e deprive.
LVIII.
XJnder thy mantle black there hidden lye
JLight-Jhonning Thefte, and traiterous Intent y
Abhorred Bloodjhed, and vile Felony,
Shamefull Deceipt, and D.iunger imminent t
Fowle Horror, and eke hellijh Dreriment :
All thefe I wote in thy protection bee,
And light doe Jhonne, for fear e of being floent :
For light ylike is lotBd of them and thee, And all that lewdnejje love doe hate the light to fee.
LIX. For Day d'f covers all diftdoneft waves,
Andjldeweth each thing as it is in deed:
The prayfes of high God he f aire difplayes,
And his large bountie rightly doth areed :
Dayes dear eft children be the bleffedfeed
Which darknefte ftjall fubdue, and heaven win :
Truth is his daughter j be her ftirft did breed,
Moft f acred virgin, without fpot of fimie: Our life is day ; but death with darkneffe doth begin,
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0 when will Day then turne to me againe, And bring with him his long-expected light ? 0 Titan, haft to reare thy ioyous waine, Speed thee to fpred abroad thy beames bright, And cbace away this too long lingring Night ; Chace her away, from whence fie came, to hell: She, Jhe it is, that hath me done defpight : There let her with the damned fpirits dwell,
Aid yield her rowme to Day, that can it governe well.
LXI.
Thus did the prince that wearie night out-weare In reftlefTe anguifh and unquiet paine : And earely, ere the morrow did upreare His deawy head out of the ocean maine, He up arofe, as halfe in great difdaine, And clombe unto his fteed : fo forth he went With heavy looke and lumpifh pace, that plaine In him bewraid great grudge and maltalent :
His fteed eke fcemd t'apply his fteps to his intent*
CANTO
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Prince Arthur hears of Florimell :
Three fojiers Timias wound-, Belphoebe jindes him almofi dead,
And reareth out of foivnd,
I.
WONDER it is to fee in diverfe mindes How diverfly Love doth his pageaunts play,
And fhewes his powre in variable kindes :
The bafer wit, whofe ydle thoughts alwav
Are wont to cleave unto the lowly clay,
It ftirreth up to fenfuall defire,
And in lewd flouth to waft his careleffe day :
But in brave fprite it kindles goodly fire, That to all high defert and honour doth afpire,
II. Ne iuffereth it uncomely idleneffe
In his free thought to build her fluggifh neft :
Ne furTereth it thought of ungentlenelfe
Ever to creepe into his noble breft ;
But to the higheft and the worthier!:
Lifteth it up, that els would lowly fall :
It lettes not fall, it lettes it not to reft :
It lettes not fcarfe this prince to breath at all, But to his firft pourfuit him forward ftill doth call.
III. Who long time wandred through the foreft wyde
To finde fome irTue thence, till that at laft
He met a dwarfe, that feemed terrifyde
With fome late perill which he hardly paft,
Or other accident which him aghaft j
Of whom he afked, whence he lately came,
And whether now he travelled fo faft :
For fore he fwat, and ronning through that fame Thicke foreft was befcracht, and both his feet nigh lame.
IV. Panting
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Panting for breath, and almoft out of hart,
The dwarfe him anfwerd, Sir, ill mote IJlay
To tell the fame : I lately did depart
From j aery courts where I have many a day
Served a gentle lady of great J way
An J high accompt throughout all elfin land,
Who lately left the fame, and tooke this way :
Her now Ifeeke, and if ye under/land Which way fie fared hath, good fir, tell out of hand.
V. WJjat mijler wight, faide he, and how arayd %
Royally clad, quoth he, in cloth of gold,
Jls meeteft may befeeme a noble mayd;
Her f aire lockes in rich circlet be enrold,
Afayrer wight did never funne behold-,
And on a palfrey rydes more white thenfnow,
Tet fie herfelfe is whiter manifold-,
Thefure/lfgne, whereby ye may her know, Is, that fix is the fair -eft wight alive, I trow.
VI.
Now certes fwaine, faide he, fnch one Iweene,
Fa/If ying through this for efi from herfo,
A foule ill-favoured fofier, I have feene ;
Herfelfe (well as I might) I rejkewd i "o,
But could not fay ; fo fajljhe did for>goe,
Carried away with wings of fpeed\ f are.
Ah deareji God, quoth he, that is great woe,
And wondrous ruth to all that Jhall It heare : But can ye read, fir, how 1 may her finde, or where f
VII.
Perdy me lever were to weeten that,
Saide he, then ranfome of the richejl knight,
Or all the good that ever yet I gat :
But froward frotune, and too forward night,
Such happinefe did (maulgre) to me fpight,
Ajidfro me reft both life and light- c.ftone.
But, dwarfe, aread, what is thai lady bright
That through this forrefi wandreth thus alo?ie ? For of her errour jlraunge I have great ruth and mone.
VIII. That
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That ladie is, quoth he, wherefojhe bee,
The bountieji virgin and mofl debonaire
That ever living eye, I weene, did fee :
Lives none this day that may with her compare
Injiedfaft chaflitle and vertue rare,
(The goodly ornaments of beauty bright)
And is ycleped Florin: ell the fayre,
Faire Florimeli belov'd of many a knight, Yet flje loves none but one, that Marine 11 is bight .*
IX.
A fea-nymphes fenne , that Marinell is bight,
Of my deare da :ne is loved dearely well j
In other none but him jhe fets dt light y
All her delight is ft. on Marinell-,
But he fets nought at all by Florimeli :
For ladies love his mother long ygoe
Did him (they fay) forwame through f acred fpell ;
But fame now flies, that of a forreine foe He is yflaine, which is the ground of all our woe,
X. Five dales there bejince he (they fay) wasflaine j
And fowre fine e Florimeli the court forwent,
And vowed never to returne againe,
Till him alive or dead fie did invent.
Therefore, faire fir, for love of knighthood gent
And honour of trew ladies, if ye may
By your good counfell or bold kardiment,
Or fuccour her, or me direct the way j Do one or other good, I you mofl humbly pray :
' XI. So may ye gaine to you full great renowme
Of all good ladies through the woride fo wide,
And haply in her hart finde higheft rowme
Of whom yefeeke to be mofl magnijide :
At leafl eternall meede Jhall you abide.
To whom the prince ; Dwarfc, comfort to thee take,
For till thou tidings learne what her betide,
I here avow thee never to forfake : III weares he armes, that nill them ufe for ladies fake.
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So with the dwarfe he back retourn'd againe,
To feeke his lady where he mote her iinde ;
But by the way he greatly gan complaine
The want of his good fquire late left behindc,
For whom he wondrous penfive grew in minde,
For doubt of daunger which mote him betide ;
For him he loved above all mankinde,
Having him trew and faithfull ever tride, And bold, as ever fquyre that waited by knights fide :
XIII. Who all this while full hardly was alfayd
Of deadly daunger which to him betidd :
For whiles his lord purfewd that noble mayd,
After that fofter fowle he fiercely ridd,
To bene avenged of the fhame he did
To that faire damzell : him he chaced long
Through the thicke woods wherein he would have hid
His fhamefull head from his avengement ftrong ; And oft him threatned death for his outrageous wrong.
XIV. ^ NathlefTe the villein fped himfelfe fo well,
Whether through fwiftnefle of his fpeedie beaft,
Or knowledge of thofe woods where he did dwell,
That fhortly he from daunger was releaft,
And out of fight efcaped at the leaft ;
Yet not efcaped from the dew reward
Of his bad deedes, which daily he increaft,
Ne ceafed not, till him oppreffed hard The heavie plague that for fuch leachours is prepard.
XV.
For foone as he was vanifht out of fight,
His coward courage gan emboldned bee,
And caft t'avenge him of that fowle defpight
Which he had borne of his bold enimee :
Tho to his brethren came, (for they were three
Ungratious children of one gracelefie fyre)
And unto them complayned, how that he
Had ufed beene of that foole-hardie fquyre : So them with bitter words he ftird to bloodie yre.
XVI. Forthwith
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Forthwith themfelves with their fad instruments Of fpoyle and murder they gan arme bylive, And with him foorth into the forreft went, To wreake the wrath, which he did earfl: revive In their fterne brefts, on him which late did drive Their brother to reproch and fhamefull flight : For they had vow'd that never he alive Out of that forefl mould efcape their might : Vile rancour their rude harts had fild with fuch defpight.
XVII. Within that wood there was a covert glade, Foreby a narrow foord, to them well knowne, Through which it was uneath for wight to wade, And now by fortune it was overflowne : By that fame way they knew that fquyre unknowne Mote algates pafle ; forthy themfelves they fet There in await, with thicke woods over-growne, And all the while their malice they did whet With cruell threats his paflage through the ford to let.
XVIIL
It fortuned, as they devized had,
The gentle fquyre came ryding that fame way,
Unweeting of their wile and treafbn bad,
And through the ford to paflen did affay :
But that fierce fofter, which late fled away,
Stoutly foorth Stepping on the further fhore,
Him boldly bad his pafTage there to flay,
Till he had made amends, and full reftore For all the damage which he had him doen afore.'
XIX.
With that, at him a quiv'ring dart he threw,
With fo fell force and villeinous defpite
That through his haberieon the forkehead flew,
And through the linked mayles empierced quite,
But had no powre in his foft flefh to bite :
That flroke the hardy fquire did fore difpleafe,
But more that him he could not come to fmite ;
For by no meanes the high banke he could feafe, But labour'd long in that deepe ford with vaine difeafe.
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And ftill the fofler with his long bore-fpeare Him kept from landing at his wifhed will : Anone one fent out of the thicket neare A cruell fhaft headed with deadly ill, And fethered with an unlucky quill ; The wicked fteele ftayd not, till it did light In his left thigh, and deepely did it thrill : Exceeding griefe that wound in him empight ; But more that with his foes he could not come to fight.
XXI. At laft, through wrath and vengeaunce making way, He on the bancke arryvd with mickle payne, Where the third brother him did fore allay, And drove at him with all his might and mayne A foreft-bill, which both his hands did ftrayne -, But warily he did avoide the blow, And with his fpeare requited him agayne, That both his fides were thrilled with the throw, And a large flreame of bloud out of the wound did flow.
XXIL He tombling downe with gnafhing teeth did bite The bitter earth, and bad to lett him in Into the balefull houfe of endleffe night, Where wicked ghofts doe waile their former fin. Tho gan the battaile frefhly to begin -, For nathemore for that fpectacle bad Did th' other two their cruell vengeaunce blin, But both attonce on both fides him beftad, And load upon him layd, his life for to have had.
XXIII. Tho when that villayn he aviz'd, which late Affrighted had the faireft Florimell, Full of fiers fury and indignant hate To him he turned, and with rigor fell Smote him fo rudely on the pannikell, That to the chin he clefte his head in twaine : Downe on the ground his carkas groveling fell ; His fmfull fowle with defperate difdaine Out of her flefhly ferme fled to the place of paine.
XXIV. That
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That feeing now the only laft of three,
Who with that wicked fhafte him wounded had,
Trembling with horror, as that did forefee
The fearefull end of his avengement fad,
Through which he follow mould his brethren bad,
His booteleffe bow in feeble hand upcaught,
And therewith fhott an arrow at the lad j
Which fayntly fluttring fcarce his helmet raught, And glauncing fel to ground, but him annoyed naught.
XXV. With that he would have fled into the wood j
But Timias him lightly overhent,
Right as he entring was into the flood,
And ftrooke at him with force fo violent,
That headlefle him into the foord he fent :
The carcas with the ftreame was carried downe,
But th' head fell backeward on the continent \
So mifchief fel upon the meaners crowne : They three be dead with fhame, the fquire lives with renowne :
XXVI.
He lives, but takes fmall ioy of his renowne ;
For of that cruell wound he bled fo fore,
That from his fteed he fell in deadly fwowne ;
Yet ftill the blood forth gufht in fo great ftore
That he lay wallowd all in his owne gore.
Now God thee keepe, thou gentleft fquire alive !
Els mall thy loving lord thee fee no more ;
But both of comfort him thou malt deprive, And eke thyfelfe of honor which thou didft atchive.
XXVII. Providence hevenly paffeth living thought,
And doth for wretched mens reliefe make way :
For lo ! great grace or fortune thether brought
Comfort to him that comfortleffe now lay.
In thofe fame woods ye well remember may
How that a noble hunterene did wonne,
Shee, that bafe Braggadochio did affray,
And made him fafl out of the forefl ronne ; Belphoebe was her name, as faire as Phoebus funne.
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She on a day, as fhee purfewd the chace
Of fome wilde beaft, which with her arrowes keene She wounded had, the fame along did trace By tract of blood, which fhe had frefhly feene To have befprinckled all the graffy greene ; By the great perfue which flic there perceav'd, Well hoped fliee the bead: engor'd had beene, And made more hafle the life to have bereav'd :
But ah ! her expectation greatly was deceav'd.
XXIX.
Shortly (he came whereas that woefull fquire With blood deformed lay in deadly fwownd : In whofe faire eyes, like lamps of quenched fire, The chrifbll humor flood congealed rownd ; His locks, like faded leaves fallen to grownd, Knotted with blood in bounches rudely ran; And his fweete lips, on which before that ftownd The bud of youth to blolfome faire began,
Spoild of their rofy red were woxen pale and wan.
XXX.
Saw never living eie more heavy fight,
That could have made a rocke of ftone to rew, Or rive in twaine : which when that lady bright Befides all hope with melting eies did vew, All fuddeinly abafht fhee chaunged hew, And with flerne horror backward gan to ftart r But when fhee better him beheld, fhee grew Full of foft paffion and unwonted fmart :
The point of pitty perced through her tender hart,
XXXI.
Meekely fhee bowed downe, to weete if life Yett in his frofen members did remaine -3 And feeling by his pulfes beating rife That the weake fowle her feat did yett retaine, Shee can: to comfort him with bufy paine : His double-folded necke fhe reard upright, And rubd his temples and each trembling vaine -, His mayled haberieon fhe did undight,
And from his head his heavy burganet did lighta
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XXXII.
Into the woods thenceforth in hafte fhee went, To feeke for hearbes that mote him remedy ; For fhee of herbes had great intendiment, Taught of the nymphe which from her infancy Her nourced had in trew nobility : There, whether yt divine tobacco were, Or panachaea, or polygony, She fownd, and brought it to her patient deare,
Who al this while lay bleeding out his hart-blood neare.
XXXIII.
The foveraine weede betwixt two marbles plaine Shee pownded fmall, and did in peeces bruze, And then atweene her lilly handes twaine Into his wound the juice thereof did fcruze ; And round about (as fhe could well it uze) The flefh therewith fhe fuppled and did fteepe, T'abate all fpafme and foke the fwelling bruze ; And after having fearcht the intufe deepe,
She with her fcarf did bind the wound from cold to keepe
XXXIV.
By this he had fweet life recur 'd agayne, And groning inly deepe, at laft his eies, His watry eies drizling like deawy rayne, He up gan lifte toward the azure fkies, From whence defcend all hopeleife remedies : Therewith he figh'd ; and turning him afide, The goodly maide, full of divinities And gifts of heavenly grace, he by him fpide,
Her bow and gilden quiver lying him befide.
XXXV.
Mercy, deare Lord, faid he, what grace is this That thou hajlfhewed to me finfull wight, To fend thine angellfrom her bowre of bhs To comfort me in my difireffed plight ? Angell, or goddeffe doe I call thee right ? What fer vice may I doe unto thee meete, That haft from darkenes me retumd to light > And with thy hevenly falves and med cines fweete
Haft drefl my finfull wounds $ Ikijfe thy blefj'ed feete.
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Thereat flie bluiliing faid, Ah I gentle /quire, Nor goddeffe J, ?ior angell, but the mayd And daughter of a woody nymphe, dejire No/ervice, but thy Jqfety and ayd, Which if thou gainey IJhal be well apayd. Wee mortal! wights , whoje lives and fortunes bee To commun accidents JHl open layd, Are bownd with commun bond of fra'iltee, To Juccor wretched wights whom we captivedjee.
XXXVII. By this her damzells, which the former chace Had undertaken after her, arryv'd, As did Belphoebe, in the bloody place, And thereby deemd the beaft had bene depriv'd Of life, whom late their ladies arow ryv'd : Forthy the bloody tract they followd fail, And every one to ronne the fwifteft ftryv'd j But two of them the reft far overpaft, . And where their lady was arrived at the laft.
XXXVIII. Where when they faw that goodly boy with blood Defowled, and their lady dreffe his wownd, They wondred much, and fhortly underftood How him in deadly cace their lady fownd, And reikewed out of the heavy flownd. Eftfoones his warlike courfer, which was ftrayd Farre in the woodes, whiles that he lay in fwownd, She made thofe damzels fearch j which being ftayd, They did him fet theron, and forth with them convayd.
XXXIX.
Into that foreft farre they thence him led,
Where was their dwelling, in a pleafant glade
With mountaines rownd about environed,
And mightie woodes which did the valley made,
And like a ftately theatre it made,
Spreading itfelfe into a fpatious plaine ;
And in the midft a little river plaide
Emongft the pumy ftones, which feemd to plaine With gentle murmure that his courfe they did reftraine.
XL. Befide
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Befide the fame a dainty place there lay,
Planted with mirtle trees and laurells greene,
In which the birds fong many a lovely lay
Of Gods high praife, and of their fweet loves teene,
As it an earthly paradize had beene :
In whofe enclofed fhadow there was pight
A faire pavilion, fcarcely to be feene,
The which was al within moil richly dight, That greater! princes living it mote well delight.
XLI.
Thether they brought that wounded fquyre, and layd In eafie couch his feeble limbes to reft : He refted him awhile, and then the mayd His readie wound with better falves new dreft ; Daily fhe drefted him, and did the beft His grievous hurt to guarifh that fhe might j That (hortly fhe his dolour had redreft, And his foule fore reduced to faire plight : It fhe reduced, but himfelfe deftroyed quight.
XLII. O foolifh phyfick, and unfruitfull paine,
That heales up one, and makes another wound : She his hurt thigh to him recurd againe, But hurt his hart, the which before was found, Through an unwary dart, which did rebownd From her faire eyes and gratious countenaunce : What bootes it him from death to be unbownd, To be captived in endleffe duraunce Of forrow and defpeyre without aleggeaunce ?
XLIII. Still as his wound did gather, and grow hole, So ftill his hart woxe fore, and health decayd : Madneffe to fave a part, and lofe the whole. Still whenas he beheld the heavenly mayd, Whiles daily playfters to his wownd fhe layd, So ftill his malady the more increaft, The whiles her matchleffe beautie him difmayd : Ah God ! what other could he do at leaft, But love fo fayre a lady that his life releaft ?
XLIV. Long
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Long while he ftrove in his coragcous brefl
With reafon dew the paffion to fubdew,
And love for to diflodge out of his neft :
Still when her excellencies he did vew,
Her foveraine bountie and celeftiall hew,
The fame to love he itrongly was conftraynd :
But when his meane eflate he did revew,
He from fuch hardy boldneffe was reftraynd, And of his luckleffe lott and cruell love thus playnd :
XLV. XJnthankfull wretch \ faid he, is this the meed,
With which her fiver a in mercy thou doefi quight £
Thy life fox faved by her gratious deed,
But thou doejl weene with villeinous defpight
To blott her honour and her heavenly light :
Dye rather, dye, thenjb di/loyally
Dee me of her high defer t, orfeemefo light .*
Fay re death it is to fojo?jne more fooame to dy : Dye rather, dy, then ever love di/loyally.
XL VI. But if to love dijloyalty it bee,
Shall I then hate her that from deathes dore
Me brought ? ah far re be fuch reproch fro mee !
What can I lejfe doe then her love therefore,
Sith I her dew reward cannot rejlore ?
Dye rather, dye, and dying doe her ferve,
Dying her ferve, and living her adore ;
Thy life foe gave, thy lifejhe doth dejerve : Dye rather, dye, then ever from her fervice fwerve \
XLVII. But, foolifo boy, what bootes thy fervice bace
To her, to whom the hevens doe ferve and few ?
Thou a meane fquyre, of meeke and lowly place ;
She hevenly borne, and of celefiiall hew.
How then ? of all love taketh equall vew :
And doth not higheft God vouchfafe to take
The love and fervice of the bafejl crew f
If foe will not, dye meekly for her fake : Dye rather, dye, then ever fof aire loveforfake.
XL VIII. Thus
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XLVIII.
Thus warreid he long time againft his will,
Till that through weakneffe he was forft at lafl
To yield himfelfe unto the mightie ill :
Which as a vi clour proud gan ranfack fail
His inward partes, and all his entrayles wafl,
That neither blood in face, nor life in hart
It left, but both did quite drye up and blafl -
As percing levin, which the inner part Of every thing confumes and calcineth by art.
XLIX.
Which feeing fayre Belphoebe gan to feare, Leafl that his wound were inly well not heald, Or that the wicked fteele empoyfned were : Litle fhee weend that love he clofe conceald ; Yet flill he wafted, as the fnow congeald, When the bright funne his beams theron doth beat : Yet never he his hart to her reveald, But rather chofe to dye for forow great, Then with difhonorable termes her to entreat.
L. She (gracious lady) yet no paines did fpare To doe him eafe, or doe him remedy : Many reftoratives of vertues rare, And coftly cordialles fhe did apply, To mitigate his flubborne malady; But that fweet cordiall which can reftore A love-nck hart fhe did to him envy -, To him and all th' unworthy world forlore She did envy that foveraine falve in fee ret ftore.
LI. That daintie rofe, the daughter of her morne, More deare then life fhe tendered, whofe flowre The girlond of her honour did adorne : Ne furTred (he the middayes fcorching powre, Ne the fliarp northerne wind thereon to fhowre, But lapped up her filken leaves moil chayre, Whenfo the froward fkye began to lowre ; But foone as calmed was the chriftall ayre, She did it fayre difpred and let to florifh fayre. Vol. I. H h h LII. Eternall
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LIL
Eternall God in his almightie powre,
To make enfample of his heavenly grace, In paradize whylome did plant this flowre j Whence he it fetcht out of her native place, And did in ftocke of earthly flefh enrace, That mortall men her glory mould admyre j In eentle ladies brefle and bounteous race Of woman-kind it fayreft flowre doth fpyre,
And beareth fruit of honour and all chaft dcfyre.
LIII.
Fayre ympes of beautie, whofe bright fhining beames Adorne the world with like to heavenly light, And to your willes both royalties and reames Subdew through conqueft of your wondrous mighty With this fayre flowre your goodly girlonds dight Of chaftity and vertue virginall ; That (hall embellifh more your beautie bright, And crowne your heades with heavenly coronall,
Such as the angels weare before God's tribunall.
LIV.
To youre faire felves a faire enfample frame Of this faire virgin, this Belphoebe fayre, To whom in perfect love and fpotlefle fame Of chaftitie none living may compayre : Ne poyfnous envy iuftly can empayre The prayfe of her frefh-flowring maydenhead % Forthy me ftandeth on the higheft ftayre Of th' honorable ftage of womanhead,
That ladies all may follow her enfample dead.
LV„
In fo great prayfe of ftedfaft chaftity
Nathleffe fhe was fo courteous and kynde, Tempred with grace and goodly modefty, That feemed thofe two vertues ftrove to fynd The higher place in her heroick mynd : So llxiving each did other more augment, And both encreaft the prayfe of woman-kynde* And both encreaft her beautie excellent :
So all did make in her a perfect complement*
CANTO
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The birth of fayre Belphoebe, and
Of Amorett is told : The gardins of Adonis fraught
With pleafures manifold,
I.
WELL may I weene, faire ladies, all this while Ye wonder how this noble damozell
So great perfections did in her compile,
Sith that in falvage forefts me did dwell,
So farre from court and royall citadell,
The great fchool-maiftrefTe of all courtefy :
Seemeth that fuch wilde woodes mould far expel!
All civile ufage and gentility, And gentle fprite deforme with rude rufticity.
II. But to this faire Belphoebe in her berth
The hevens fo favorable were and free;
Looking with myld afpeel: upon the earth
In th' horofcope of her nativitee,
That all the gifts of grace and chaftitee
On her they poured forth of plenteous home :
love laught on Venus from his foverayne fee,
And Phoebus with faire beames did her adorne, And all the Graces rockt her cradle being borne.
III. Her berth was of the wombe of morning dew,
And her conception of the ioyous prime ;
And all her whole creation did her fhew
Pure and unfpotted from all loathly crime
That is ingenerate in fleihly flime :
So was this virgin borne, fo was (he bred,
So was me trayned up from time to time
In all chafte vertue and true bountihed, Till to her dew perfection fhe were ripened.
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Her mother was the faire Chryfogonee, The daughter of Amphifa, who by race A Faerie was, yborne of high degree ; She bore Belphoebe, fhe bore in like cace Fayre Amoretta in the fecond place : Thefe two were twinnes, and twixt them two did fhare The heritage of all celeftiall grace ; That all the reft it feemd they robbed bare Of bounty and of beautie and all vertues rare.
V. It were a goodly ftorie to declare
By what flraunge accident faire Chryfogone Conceiv'd thefe infants, and how them fhe bare In this wilde forreft wandring all alone, After fhe had nine moneths fulfild and gone : For not as other wemens commune brood They were enwombed in the facred throne Of her chafte bodie ; nor with commune food, As other wemens babes, they fucked vitall blood ;
VI.
But wondroufly they were begot and bred
Through influence of th' hevens fruitfull ray, r\
As it in antique bookes is mentioned. *
It was upon a fommers fhinie day,
When Titan faire his beames did difplay,
In a frefh fountain e, far from all mens vew,
She bath'd her breft the boyling heat t'allay ;
She bath'd with rofes red and violets blew, And all the fweeteft flowres that in the forreft grew :
VII.
Till faint through yrkefome wearines adowne
Upon the grafTy ground herfelfe fhe layd
To fleepe, the whiles a gentle flombring fwowne
Upon her fell all naked bare difplayd ;
The fun-beames bright upon her body playd,
Being through former bathing mollifide,
And pierft into her wombe, where they embayd
With fo fweet fence and fecret powre unfpide, That in her pregnant nefh they fhortly fructifide.
VIII. Miraculous
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Miraculous may feeme to him that reades So ftraunge enfample of conception : But reafon teacheth that the fruitfull feades Of all things living, through impreffion Of the fun-beames in moyft complexion, Doe life conceive and quickned are by kynd : So after Nilus inundation Infinite fhapes of creatures men doe fynd Informed in the mud on which the funne hath fhynd.
IX. Great father he of generation
Is rightly cald, th' authour of life and light j And his faire fitter for creation Miniftreth matter fit, which tempred right With heate and humour breedes the living wight. So fprong thefe twinnes in womb of Chryfogone, Yet wift fhe nought thereof, but fore affright Wondred to fee her belly fo upblone, Which flill increaft, till fhe her terme had full outgone,
X. Whereof conceiving fhame and foule difgrace, (Albe her guiltlefle confcience her cleard) She fled into the wilderneffe a fpace, Till that unweeldy burden fhe had reard, And fhund difhonor, which as death fhe feard ■? Where wearie of long traveill downe to reft Herfelfe fhe fet, and comfortably cheard ; There a fad cloud of fleepe her over-keft, And feized every fence with forrow fore oppreft.
XL It fortuned, faire Venus having loft
Her little fonne, the winged god of love, Who for fome light difpleafure, which him croft5 Was from her fled, as flit as ayery dove, And left her blisfull bowre of ioy above -> (So from her often he had fled away, When fhe for ought him fharpely did reprove, And wandred in the world in ftraunge aray, Difguiz'd in thoufand fhapes, that none might him bewray)
XII. Him
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Him for to feeke, fhe left her heavenly hous,
(The houfe of goodly formes and faire afpect,
Whence all the world derives the glorious
Features of beautie, and all fhapes felect,
With which high God his workmanfhip hath deckt)
And fearched everie way, through which his wings
Had borne him, or his tract fhe mote detect :
She promift kiffes fweet, and fweeter things, Unto the man that of him tydings to her brings.
XIII. Firfr. fhe him fought in court, where moft he us'd
Whylome to haunt, but there flie found him not ;
But many there fhe found which fore accus'd
His falfhood, and with fowle infamous blot
His cruell deedes and wicked wyles did fpot :
Ladies and lordes fhe every where mote heare
Complayning, how with his empoyfned fhot
Their wofull harts he wounded had whyleare, And fo had left them languifhing twixt hope and feare.
XIV. She then the cities fought from gate to gate,
And everie one did afke, did he him fee ;
And everie one her anfwerd, that too late
He had him feene, and felt the crueltee
Of his fharpe dartes and whot artilleree ;
And every one threw forth reproches rife
Of his mifchievous deedes, and fayd, that hee
Was the difturber of all civill life, The enimy of peace and authour of all ftrife.
XV.
Then in the countrey fhe abroad him fought,
And in the rurall cottages inquir'd ;
Where alfo many plaintes to her were brought,
How he their heedeleffe harts with love had fir'd,
And his falfe venim through their veines infpir'd j
And eke the gentle fhepheard fwaynes, which fat
Keeping their fleecy flockes as they were hyr'd,
She fweetly heard complaine, both how and what Her fonne had to them doen -, yet me djcl fmile thereat.
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But when in none of all thefe fhe him got, She gan avize where els he mote him hyde : At laft fhe her bethought that fhe had not Yet fought the falvage woods and forefls wyde , In which full many lovely nymphes abyde ; Mongft whom might be that he did clofely lye, Or that the love of fome of them him tyde : Forthy fhe thether caff, her courfe t'apply, To fearch the fecret haunts of Dianes company.
XVII.
Shortly unto the waflefull woods fhe came,
Whereas fhe found the goddeffe with her crew, After late chace of their embrewed game, Sitting befide a fountaine in a rew j Some of them warning with the liquid dew From off their dainty limbs the dufty fweat And foyle, which did deforme their lively hew > Others lay fliaded from the fcorching heat ; The reft upon her perfon gave attendance great.
XVIII. She having hong upon a bough on high Her bow and painted quiver, had unlafle Her filver bufkins from her nimble thigh, And her lanck loynes ungirt, and brefts unbrafte, After her heat the breathing cold to tafte ; Her golden lockes, that late in treffes bright Embreaded were for hindring of her hafte, Now loofe about her moulders hong undight, And were with fweet Ambrofia all befprinckled light,
XIX. Soone as fhe Venus faw behinde her backe, She was afham'd to be fo loofe furpriz'd, And woxe halfe wroth againft her damzels flacke, That had not her thereof before aviz'd, But fuifred her fo carelefly difguiz'd Be overtaken : foone her garments loofe Upgath 'ring, in her bofome fhe compriz'd, Well as fhe might, and to the goddeffe rofe, Whiles all her nymphes did like a girlond her enclofe,
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Goodly fhe gan faire Cytherea greet,
And fhortly afked her what caufe her brought Into that wilderneffe for her unmeet, From her fweete bowres and beds with pleasures fraught : That fuddein chaung fhe flraung adventure thought. To whom halfe weeping me thus anfwered ; That fhe her dearefl: fonne Cupido fought, VC'io in his frowardnes from her was fled j That flie repented fore to have him angered.
XXI. Thereat Diana gan to fmile in fcorne
Of her vaine playnt, and to her fcoffing fayd ; Great pitty Jure that ye be fo forlorne Of your gay fonne, that gives youfo good ayd To your difports : ill mote ye bene apayd. But fhe was more engrieved, and replide j Faire fifier, ill befeemes it to upbrayd A dolefidl heart with fo difdainf nil pride ; The like that mine may be your pai?ie another tide,
XXII. As you in woods and wanto?i wilderncffe Tour glory fett to cbace the fahage beafls -, So my delight is all in ioyfulneffe, In beds, in bowres, in banckets, and in feafls : And ill becomes you, with your lofty creafls, To fcorne the ioye that love is glad to feeke ; We both are bownd to follow heavens behea/ls, And te?id our charges with obeifaunce meeke : Spare, gentle fjler, with reproch my paine to eeke j
XXIII. And tell me, if that ye my fonne have heard To lurke emongjl your nimpbes infecret wize, Or keepe their cabins : much J am affeard Leaf he like one of them himfelfe dfguize, And turne his arrowes to their exercize : So may he long himfelfe full eajie hide ; For he is faire andfrefd in face and guize, As any nimphe j let not it be envide. So faying every nimph full narrowly fhee eide.
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But Phoebe therewith fore was angered,
And fharply faide, Goe, dame, goe feeke your boy,
Where you him lately lefte, in Mars his bed :
He comes not here, we J come his foolijh toy,
Ne lend we leifure to his idle toy :
But if I catch him in this company,
By Stygian lake I vow, whofe fad annoy
The gods doe dread, he dearly Jhall abye : lie clip his wanton wings, that he no more Jhall fly e.
XXV. Whom whenas Venus faw fo fore difpleasd,
Shee inly fory was, and gan relent
What fhee had faid : fo her fhe foone appeasd
With fugred words and gentle blandifhment,
Which as a fountaine from her fweete lips went,
And welled goodly forth, that in fhort fpace
She was well pleasd, and forth her damzells fent
Through all the woods, to fearch from place to place If any tracl: of him or tidings they mote trace.
XXVL
To fearch the god of love her nimphes (he fent,
Throughout the wandring foreft every where :
And after them herfelfe eke with her went
To feeke the fugitive both farre and nere.
So long they fought, till they arrived were
In that fame fhady covert, whereas lay
Faire Cryfogone in flombry traunce whilere :
Who in her fleepe (a wondrous thing to fay) Unwares had borne two babes as faire as fpringing day.
XXVII. Unwares fhe them conceivd, unwares fhe bore :
She bore withouten paine, that fhe conceiv'd
Withouten pleafure ; ne her need implore
Lucinaes aide : which when they both perceiv'd,
They were through wonder nigh of fence berev'd,
And gazing each on other nought befpake :
At laft they both agreed her feeming griev'd
Out of her heavie fwowne not to awake, But from her loving fide the tender babes to take,
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Up they them tooke, each one a babe uptooke,
And with them carried to be foftered :
Dame Phoebe to a nymphe her babe betooke
To be upbrought in perfect maydenhed,
And of herfclfe her name Belphoebe red :
But Venus hers thence far away convayd,
To be upbrought in goodly womanhed j
And in her litle loves flead, which was ftxayd, Her Amoretta cald, to comfort her difmayd.
XXIX.
She brought her to her ioyous paradize,
Wher moft fhe wonnes when me on earth does dwell,
So faire a place as nature can devize ;
Whether in Paphos, or Cytheron hill,
Or it in Gnidus bee, I wote not well ;
But well I wote by triall, that this fame
All other pleafaunt places doth excell,
And called is by her loft lovers name, The gardin of Adonis, far renowmd by fame.
XXX. In that fame gardin all the goodly flowres,
Wherewith dame Nature doth her beautify,
And decks the girlonds of her paramoures,
Are fetcht : there is the hrft. feminary
Of all things that are borne to live and dye,
According to their kynds : long worke it were
Here to account the endleffe progeny
Of all the weeds that bud and blolfome there ; But fo much as doth need mufl needs be counted here.
XXXI.
It fited was in fruitful foyle of old,
And girt in with two walls on either fide ;
The one of yron, the other of bright gold,
That none might thorough breake, nor over-flride :
And double gates it had which opened wide,
By which both in and out men moten pas ;
Th' one faire and frefh, the other old and dride :
Old Genius the porter of them was, Old Genius, the which a double nature has.
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He letteth in, he letteth out to wend
All that to come into the world defire ;
A thoufand thoufand naked babes attend
About him day and night, which doe require
That he with flefhly weeds would them attire :
Such as him lift, fuch as eternall fate
Ordained hath, he clothes with finfull mire,
And fendeth forth to live in mortall ftate -, Till they agayn returne backe by the hinder gate,
XXXIII. After that they againe retourned beene,
They in that gardin planted bee agayne,
And grow afrefh, as they had never feene
Flefhly corruption, nor mortall payne :
Some thoufand yeares fo doen they there remayne,
And then of him are clad with other hew,
Or fent into the chaungefull world agayne,
Till thether they retourne, where firft they grew : So like a wheele arownd they ronne from old to new.
XXXIV. Ne needs there gardiner to fett or fow,
To plant, or prune ; for of their owne accord
All things as they created were doe grow,
And yet remember well the mighty word,
Which firft was fpoken by th' Almighty Lord,
That bad them to increafe and multiply :
Ne doe they need with water of the ford,
Or of the clouds, to moyften their roots dry ; For in themfelves eternall moifture they imply.
XXXV. Infinite fhapes of creatures there are bred,
And uncouth formes, which none yet ever knew,
And every fort is in a fondry bed
Sett by itfelfe, and ranckt in comely rew ;
Some fitt for reafonable fowles t'indew ;
Some made for beafts, fome made for birds to weare,
And all the fruitfull fpawne of fifties hew
In endlefie rancks along enraunged were, That feemd the ocean could not containe them there,
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Daily they grow, and daily forth are fent
Into the world, it to replenish more ;
Yet is the ftocke not leflened nor fpent,
But frill remaines in everlafting flore,
As it at firit created was of yore :
For in the wide wombe of the world there lyes,
In hatefull darknes and in deepe horrore,
An huge eternall Chaos, which fupplyes The fubftaunces of natures fruitfull progenyes.
XXXVII. All things from thence doe their nrft being fetch,
And borrow matter, whereof they are made ;
Which, whenas forme and feature it does ketch,
Becomes a body, and doth then invade
The ftate of life out of the griefly made.
That fubftaunce is eterne, and bideth fo,
Ne when the life decayes and forme does fade,
Doth it confume and into nothing goe, But chaunged is, and often altred to and froe.
XXXVIII. The fubftaunce is not chaungd nor altered,
But th' only forme and outward fafhion j
For every fubftaunce is conditioned
To chaunge her hew, and fondry formes to don,
Meet for her temper and complexion :
For formes are variable, and decay
By courfe of kinde and by occafion ;
And that faire flowre of beautie fades away, As doth the lilly frefh before the funny ray.
XXXIX. Great enimy to it, and to all the reft
That in the gardin of Adonis fprings,
Is wicked Time, who with his fcyth addrefl
Does mow the flowring herbes and goodly things,
And all their glory to the ground downe flings,
Where they do wither, and are fowly mard :
He flyes about, and with his flaggy wings
Beates downe both leaves and buds without regard, Ne ever pitty may relent his malice hard,
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Yet pitty often did the gods relent,
To fee fo faire thinges mard and fpoiled quight : And their great mother Venus did lament The loffe of her deare brood, her deare delight ; Her hart was pierfl with pitty at the fight, When walking through the gardin them fhe fpyde, Yet no'te fhe find redreffe for fuch defpight : For ail that lives is fubiect to that law : All things decay in time,, and to their end doe draw.
XLI. But were it not that Time their troubler is, All that in this delightfull gardin growes Should happy bee, a d have immortal! Wis : For here all plenty and all pleafure flowes, And fweete Love gentle fitts emongft them throwes, Without fell rancor or fond gealofy ; Franckly each paramour his leman knowes, Each bird his mate j ne any does envy Their goodly meriment and gay felicity.
XLII. There is continuall fpring, and harveft there Continuall, both meeting at one tyme : For both the boughes doe laughing bloffoms beare, And with frefh colours decke the wanton pry me, And eke attonce the heavy trees they clyme, Which feeme to labour under their fruites lode : The whiles the ioyous birdes make their paftymc Emongft the fhady leaves (their fweet abode) And their trew loves without fufpition tell abrode.
XLIII. Right in the middeft of that paradife
There flood a ftately mount, on whofe round top A gloomy grove of mirtle trees did rife, Whofe fhady boughes fharp fleele did never lop, Nor wicked beaftes their tender buds did crop, But like a girlond compaffed the hight, And from their fruitfull fydes fweet gum did drop, That all the ground, with pretious deaw bedight, Threw forth mofl dainty odours and moil fweet delight.
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And in the thickeft covert of that made, There was a pieafaunt arber, not by art, But of the trees owne inclination made, Which knitting their rancke braunches part to parta With wanton yvie-twine entrayld athwart, And eglantine and caprifole emong, Fafhiond above within their inmoft part, That nether Phoebus beams' could through them throng, Nor Aeolus fharp blaft could worke them any wrong.
XLV. And all about grew every fort of flowre,
To which fad lovers were transformde of yore ; Frem Hyacinthus, Phoebus paramoure And deareft love j
Foolifh NarciiTe, that likes the watry more ; Sad Amaranthus, made a flowre but late, Sad Amaranthus, in whofe purple gore Me feemes I fee Amintas wretched fate, To whom fweet poets verfe hath given endleiTe date.
XLVI. There wont fayre Venus often to enioy Her deare Adonis ioyous company, And reap fweet pleafure of the wanton boy : There yet (fome fay) in fecret he does ly, Lapped in flowres and pretious fpycery, By her hid from the world, and from the fkill Of Stygian gods, which doe her love envy j But me herfelfe, whenever that me will, PofieiTeth him, and of his fweetneffe takes her fill ;
XLVII. And footh it feemes they fay j for he may not For ever dye, and ever buried bee In balefull night, where all thinges are forgot j All be he fubiect to mortalitie, Yet is eterne in mutabilitie, And by fuccemon made perpetuall, Transformed oft, and chaunged diverilie : For him the father of all formes they call \ Therfore needs mote he live, that living gives to all.
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There now he liveth in eternal blis,
Ioying his goddefle and of her enioyd ;
Ne feareth he henceforth that foe of his,
Which with his cruell tufke him deadly cloyd :
For that wilde bore, the which him once annoyd,
She firmely hath emprifoned for ay
(That her fweet love his malice mote avoyd)
In a firong rocky cave, which is (they fay) He wen underneath that mount, that none him lofen may.
XLIX. There now he lives in everlafting ioy
With many of the gods in company,
Which thether haunt, and with the winged boy,
Sporting himfelfe in fafe felicity :
Who when he hath with fpoiles and cruelty
Ranfackt the world, and in the wofull harts
Of many wretches fet his triumphes hye,
Thether refortes, and laying his fad dartes Afyde with faire Adonis playes his wanton partes.
L. And his trew love faire Pfyche with him playes,
Fayre Pfyche to him lately reconcyld,
After long troubles and unmeet upbrayes,
With which his mother Venus her revyld,
And eke himfelfe her cruelly exyld :
But now in ftedfaft love and happy ftate
She with him lives, and hath him borne a chyld,
Pleafure, that doth both gods and men aggrate, Pleafure, the daughter of Cupid and Pfyche late.
LI.
Hether great Venus brought this infant fayre,
The yonger daughter of Chryfogonee,
And unto Pfyche with great trufl and care
Committed her, yfoftered to bee
Ana tt :ned up in trew feminitee :
Who n< lelTe carefully her tendered
Then hei owne daughter Pleafure, to whom fhee
Made1:. . panion, and her leffoned In ail the lore of love and goodly womanhead.
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In which when me to perfect ripenes grew, Of grace and beautie noble paragone, She brought her forth into the worldes vew, To be th' enfample of true love alone, And lodeftarre of all chafte affedtione To all fayre ladies that doe live on grownd : To faery court fhe came, where many one Admyrd her goodly haveour, and fownd
His feeble hart wide launched with loves cruel wownd.
LIII.
But fhe to none of them her love did cafl, Save to the noble knight fir Scudamore, To whom her loving hart fhe linked fafl In faithfull love, t'abide for evermore ; And for his deareft fake endured fore Sore trouble of an hainous enimy, Who her would forced have to have forlore Her former love and ftedfaft loialty ;
As ye may elfwhere reade that ruefull hiftory.
LIV.
But well I weene ye firft defire to learne What end unto that fearefull damozell (Which fledd fo fafl from that fame fofter ftearne, Whom with his brethren Timias flew) befell : That was, to weet, the goodly Florimell, Who wandring for to feeke her lover deare, Her lover deare, her dearefl Marinell, Into misfortune fell, as ye did heare,
And from prince Arthure fled with wings of idle feare.
CANTO
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The witches fonne loves Florimell :
Shejlyes, he James to dy. Satyrane faves the fquyre of dames
From gyaunts tyranny.
I.
LIKE as an hynd forth fingled from the heard, That hath efcaped from a ravenous beaft, Yet flyes away of her owne feete afeard, And every leafe, that fhaketh with the leaft Murmure of winde, her terror hath encreaft : So fiedd fayre Florimell from her vaine feare, Long after me from perill was releaft j Each made fhe faw, and each noyfe llie did heare, Did feeme to be the fame which fhe efcapt whileare.
II.
All that fame evening me in flying fpent,
And all that night her courfe continewed :
Ne did fhe let dull fleepe once to relent
Nor wearinefle to flack her haft, but fled
Ever alike, as if her former dred
Were hard behind her ready to arreft :
And her white palfrey, having conquered
The maiftring raines out of her weary wreft, Perforce her carried whereever he thought beft.
III.
So long as breath and hable puirTaunce
Did native corage unto him fupply,
His pace he freflily forward did advaunce,
And carried her beyond all ieopardy ;
But nought that wanteth reft can long aby :
He having through inceffant traveill fpent
His force, at laft perforce adowne did ly,
Ne foot could further move : the lady gent Thereat was fuddein ftrook with great aftonifhment y
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And forft t'alight on foot mote algates fare ;
(A traveller unwonted to fuch way)
Need teacheth her this leffon hard and rare,
That fortune all in equall launce doth fway,
And mortall miferies doth make her play.
So long me traveild, till at length fhe came
To an hilles fide, which did to her bewray
A litle valley fubiect to the fame, All coverd with thick woodes that quite it over-came.
V. Through th' tops of the high trees fhe did defcry
A litle fmoke, whofe vapour thin and light
Reeking aloft uprolled to the iky :
Which chearefull figne did fend unto her fight
That in the fame did wonne fome living wight.
Eftfoones her fteps fhe thereunto applyd,
And came at laft in weary wretched plight
Unto the place, to which her hope did guyde To finde fome refuge there, and reft her wearie fyde.
VI.
There in a gloomy hollow glen me found
A little cottage built of ftickes and reedes
In homely wize, and wald with fods around ;
In which a witch did dwell in loathly weedes
And wilfull want, all carelerTe of her needes ;
So choofing folitarie to abide
Far from all neighbours, that her divelifh deedcs
And helliih arts from people fhe might hide, And hurt far off unknowne whomever fhe envide.
VII.
The damzell there arriving entred in ;
Where fitting on the flore the hag fhe found
Bufie (as feem'd) about fome wicked gin :
Who foone as fhe beheld that fuddein ftound
Lightly upftarted from the duftie ground,
And with fell looke and hollow deadly gaze
Stared on her awhile, as one aftound,
Ne had one word to fpeake for great amaze -, But fhewd by outward fignes that dread her fence did daze.
VIII. At
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At laft, turning her feare to foolifh wrath, She afkt what devill had her thether brought, And who me was, and what unwonted path Had guided her, unwelcomed, unfought ? To which the damzell full of doubtfull thought Her mildly anfwer'd j Beldame, be not wroth WithJiUy virgin by adventure brought XJnto your dwelling, ignorant and loth, 'That crave but rowme to rejl while tempeft overbid th.
IX. With that adowne out of her chriftall eyne Few trickling teares me foftly forth let fall, That like two orient perles did purely fhyne Upon her fnowy cheeke ; and therewithal! She fighed foft, that none fo beftiall Nor falvage hart, but ruth of her fad plight Would make to melt, or pitteoufly appall ; And that vile hag, all were her whole delight In mifchiefe, was much moved at fo pitteous fight >
X. And gan recomfort her, in her rude wyfe, With womanifh companion of her plaint, Wiping the teares from her fuffufed eyes, And bidding her fit downe to reft her faint And wearie limbs awhile : fhe nothing quaint Nor s'deignfull of fo homely fafhion, Sith brought me was now to fo hard conftraint, Sate downe upon the dufty ground anon ; As glad of that fmall reft, as bird of tempeft gon.
XI. Tho gan fhe gather up her garments rent, And her loofe lockes to dight in order dew With golden wreath and gorgeous ornament ; Whom fuch whenas the wicked hag did vew, She was aftonifht at her heavenly hew, And doubted her to deeme an earthly wight, But or fome goddefTe, or of Dianes crew, And thought her to adore with humble fpright : T 'adore thing fo divine as beauty were but right,
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This wicked woman had a wicked fonne,
The comfort of her age and weary dayes,
A laefy loord, for nothing good to donne,
But ftretched forth in ydleneffe alwayes,
Ne ever caft his mind to covet prayfe.
Or ply himfelfe to any honefl trade j
But all the day before the funny rayes
He us'd to flug, or fleepe in flothfull fhade : Such laefineffe both lewd and poore attonce him made.
XIII. He comming home at undertime, there found
The fayreit. creature that he ever faw
Sitting befide his mother on the ground ;
The fight whereof did greatly him adaw,
And his bafe thought with terrour and with aw
So inly fmot, that as one, which hath gaz'd
On the bright funne unwares, doth foone withdraw
His feeble eyne with too much brightnes daz'd ; So flared he on her, and flood long while arnaz'd.
XIV. Softly at laft he gan his mother afke,
What mifler wight that was, and whence deriv'd3
That in fo flraunge difguizement there did mafke.
And by what accident fhe there arriv'd ?
But fhe, as one nigh of her wits depriv'd,
With nought but ghaflly lookes him anfwered,
Like to a ghofl, that lately is reviv'd
From Stygian fhores where late it wandered > So both at her, and each at other wondered.
XV. But the fayre virgin was fo meeke and myld,
That fhe to them vouchfafed to embace
Her goodly port, and to their fenfes vyld
Her gentle fpeach applyde, that in fhort fpace
She grew familiare in that defert place.
During which time the chorle, through her fo kind
And courteife ufe, conceiv'd affection bace,
And caft to love her in his brutifh mind j No love, but brutifh lufl, that was fo beaflly tind,
XVL Clofely
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Clofely the wicked flame his bowels brent,
And fhortly grew into outrageous fire ;
Yet had he not the hart, nor hardiment,
As unto her to utter his defire ;
His caytive thought durft not fo high afpire :
But with foft fighes and lovely femblaunces
He ween'd that his affection entire
She mould aread ; many refemblaunces To her he made, and many kinde remembraunces.
XVII.
Oft from the forreit. wildings he did bring,
Whofe fides empurpled were with fmyling red,
And oft young birds, which he had taught to ling
His maiftrefTe praifes fweetiy caroled ;
Girionds of flowres fometimes for her faire hed
He fine would dightj fometimes the fquirrel wild
He brought to her in bands, as conquered
To be her thrall, his fellow fervant vild: All which me of him tooke with countenance meeke and mild,
XVIII.
But pad: a while, when fhe fit feafon faw
To leave that defert manfion, fhe cart
In fecret wize herfelfe thence to withdraw,
For feare of mifchiefe, which fhe did forecaffc
Might by the witch or by her fonnc compart :
Her wearie palfrey clofely, as fhe might,
Now well recovered after long repair.,
In his proud furnitures fhe frefhly dight, His late mifwandred wayes now to remeafure right,
XIX.
And earely ere the dawning day appear'd,
She forth iffewed, and on her iourney went >
She went in peril 1, of each noyfe affeard
And of each fhade that did itfelfe prefent $
For flill fhe feared to be overhent
Of that vile hag, or her uncivile fonne ;
Who when too late awaking well they kent
That their fayre gueft was gone, they both begonne To make exceeding mone, as they had beene undqnne.
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But that lewd lover did the moft lament
For her depart, that ever man did hearc ;
He knockt his breft with defperate intent,
And fcratcht his face, and with his teeth did tearc
His rugged flefh, and rent his ragged heare :
That his fad mother feeing his fore plight
Was greatly woe begon, and gan to feare
Leafr. his fraile fenfes were emperiiht quight, And love to frenzy turnd, iith love is franticke hight.
XXI. All wayes fhee fought him to reftore to plight,
With herbs, with charms, with counfel, and with teares ;
But tears, nor charms, nor herbs, nor counfell might
Atiwage the fury which his entrails teares :
So ftrong is paffion that no reafon heares. .
Tho when all other helpes fhe faw to faile,
She turnd herfelfe backe to her wicked leares ;
And by her divelifh arts thought to prevaile To bring her backe againe, or worke her finall bale.
XXII. Eftefoones out of her hidden cave me cald
An hideous beaft of horrible afpect,
That could the ftouteft corage have appald ;
Monftrous, mifhapt, and all his backe was fpect
With thoufand fpots of colours queint elect ;
Thereto fo fwifte that it all beafts did pas :
Like never yet did living eie detect ;
But likeft it to an hyena was, That feeds on wemens flefh, as others feede on gras.
XXIII.
It forth me cald, and gave it ftreight in charge
Through thicke and thin her to pourfew apace,
Ne once to ftay to reft, or breath at large,
Till her hee had attaind, and brought in place,
Or quite devourd her beauties fcornefull grace.
The monfter, fwifte as word that from her went,
Went forth in hafte, and did her footing trace
So fure and fwiftly through his perfect fent And parTing fpeede, that fhortly he her overhent.
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XXIV.
Whom when the fearefull damzell nigh efpide,
No need to bid her fail away to flie ;
That ugly fhape fo fore her terrifide,
That it flie fhund no leffe then dread to die ;
And her flitt palfrey did fo well apply
His nimble feet to her conceived feare,
That whileft his breath did flrength to him fupply.
From perill free he her away did beare j But when his force gan faile, his pace gan wex areare,
XXV. Which whenas fhe perceiv'd, me was difmayd
At that fame lafr. extremity ful fore,
And of her fafety greatly grew afrayd ;
And now fhe gan approch to the fea more,
As it befell that {he could flie no more,
But yield herfelfe to fpoile of greedineffe :
Lightly fhe leaped, as a wight forlore,
From her dull horfe in defperate diftreffe, And to her feet betooke her doubtfull fickernefTe.
XXVI. Not halfe fo fail the wicked Myrrha fled
From dread of her revenging fathers hond ;
Nor halfe fo faft to fave her maydenhed
Fled fearfuH Daphne on th' Aegaean flrond 5
As Florimell fled from that monfler yond,
To reach the fea, ere fhe of him were raught :
For in the fea to drowne herfelfe flie fond,
Rather then of the tyrant to be caught : Thereto fear gave her wings, and need her corage taught,
XXVII.
It fortuned (high God did fo ordaine)
As fliee arrived on the roring fhore
In mi nde to leape into the mighty maine,
A little bote lay hoving her before,
In which there flept a fuller old and pore,
The whiles his nets were drying on the fand :
Into the fame fhee lept, and with the ore
Did thruft die fhallop from the rioting ftrand :. So fafety fownd at fea, which £he fownd not at land,
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The monfter, ready on the pray to feafe,
Was of his forward hope deceived quight ;
Ne durft arTay to wade the perlous feas,
But greedily long gaping at the fight
At laft in vaine was forft to turne his flight,
And tell the idle tidings to his dame :
Yet to avenge his divelifh defpight,
He fet upon her palfrey tired lame, And flew him cruelly ere any refkew came :
XXIX.
And after having him embowelled
To fill his helliili gorge, it chaunft a knight To pafTe that way, as forth he travelled ; Yt was a goodly fwaine and of great might, As ever man that bloody field did fight ; But in vain meows, that wont yong knights bewitch, And courtly fervices, tooke no delight ; But rather ioyd to bee than feemen fich : For both to be and feeme to him was labor lich.
XXX. It was to weete the good fir Satyrane,
That raungd abrode to feeke adventures wilde, As was his wont in foreft and in plaine : He was all armd in rugged fteele unfilde, As in the fmoky forge it was compilde, And in his fcutchin bore a fatyres hedd : He comming prefent, where the monfter vilde Upon that milke-white palfreyes carcas fedd, Unto his reikew ran, and greedily him fpedd.
XXXI.
There well perceivd he that it was the horfe
Whereon faire Florimell was wont to ride,
That of that feend was rent without remorfe :
Much feared he leafl ought did ill betide
To that faire maide, the flowre of wemens pride ;
For her he dearely loved, and in all
His famous conquefts highly magnifide :
Befides her golden girdle which did fall From her in flight he fownd, that did him fore apall.
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Full of fad feare and doubtfull agony
Fiercely he flew upon that wicked feend j
And with huge ftrokes and cruell battery
Him forft to leave his pray, for to attend
Himfelfe from deadly daunger to defend :
Full many wounds in his corrupted flefli
He did engrave, and muchell blood did fpend,
Yet might not doe him die ; but aie more frefh And fierce he ftill appeard, the more he did him threlh.
XXXIII.
He wift not how him to defpoile of life,
Ne how to win the wifhed victory,
Sith him he faw ftill ftronger grow through ftrife.
And himfelfe weaker through infirmity :
Greatly he grew enrag'd, and furioufly
Hurling his fword away he lightly lept
Upon the beaft, that with great cruelty
Rored and raged to be under-kept > Yet he perforce him held, and ftrokes upon him hept.
XXXIV.
As he that ftrives to flop a fuddein flood,
And in ftrong bancks his violence enclofe,
Forceth it fwell above his wonted mood,
And largely overflow the fruitfull plaine,
That all the countrey feemes to be a maine,
And the rich furrowes flote, all quite fordonne :
The wofull hufbandman doth lowd complaine
To fee his whole yeares labor loft fo foone, For which to God he made fo many an idle boone.
XXXV. So him he held, and did through might amate :
So long he held him, and him bett fo long,
That at the laft his fiercenes gan abate,
And meekely ftoup unto the victor ftrong :
Who, to avenge the implacable wrong
Which he fuppofed donne to Florimell,
Sought by all meanes his dolour to prolong,
Sith dint of fteele his carcas could not quell ; His maker with her charmes had framed him fo well.
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The golden ribband, which that virgin wore
About her fclender wafte, he tooke in hand,
And with it bownd the beaft, that lowd did rorc
For great defpight of that unwonted band,
Yet dared not his victor to withftand,
But trembled like a lambe fled from the pray ;
And all the way him followd on the llxand,
As he had long bene learned to obay ; Yet never learned he fuch fervice till that day.
XXXVII. Thus as he led the beaft. along the way,
He fpide far off a mighty giauntefle
Faft flying on a courfer dapled gray
From a bold knight, that with great hardinefTe
Her hard purfewd, and fought for to fuppreffe :
She bore before her lap a dolefull fquire,
Lying athwart her horfe in great diftreffe,
Faft bounden hand and foote with cords of wire, Whom fhe did meane to make the thrall of her defire*
XXXVIIL
Which whenas Satyrane beheld, in hafte
He lefte his captive beaft. at liberty,
And croft the neareft way, by which he caft
Her to encounter ere fhe pafled by :
But fhe the way fhund nathemore forthy,
But forward gallopt faft j which when he fpydej,
His mighty fpeare he couched warily,
And at her ran : fhe having him defcryde Herfelfe to fight addreft, and threw her lode afide-
XXXIX.
Like as a gofhauke, that in foote doth beare
A trembling culver, having fpide on hight
An eagle, that with plumy wings doth fheare
The fubtile ayre, ftouping with all his might,
The quarrey throwes to ground with fell defpight3
And to the batteill doth herfelfe prepare :
So ran the geaunteffe unto the fight ;
Her fyrie eyes with furious fparkes did flare, And with blafphemous bannes high God in peeces tare..
XL. She
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She caught in hand an huge great yron mace,
Wherewith fhe many had of life depriv'd ;
But ere the ftroke could feize his aymed place,
His fpeare amids her fun-brode fhieid arriv'd j
Yet nathemore the fteele afonder riv'd,
All were the beame in bignes like a mail,
Ne her out of the ftedfaft fadle driv'd j
But glauncing on the tempred metall braft In thoufand fhivers, and fo forth befide her paft.
XLI. Her fteed did ftagger with that puiffaunt ftrooke ;
But fhe no more was moved with that might
Then it had lighted on an aged oke,
Or on the marble pillour, that is pight
Upon the top of mount Olympus hight,
For the brave youthly champions to affay
With burning charet wheeles it nigh to fmite j
But who that fmites it mars his ioyous play, And is the fpectacle of ruinous decay.
XLII.
Yet therewith fore enrag'd with fterne regard
Her dreadfull weapon fhe to him addreft,
Which on his helmet martelled fo hard,
That made him low incline his lofty creft,
And bowd his battred vifour to his breft :
Wherewith he was fo ftund, that he note ryde,
But reeled to and fro from eaft to weft :
Which when his cruell enimy efpyde, She lightly unto him adioyned fyde to fyde ;
XLIII. And on his collar laying puiffaunt hand,
Out of his wavering feat him pluckt perforfe,
Perforfe him pluckt, unable to withfland
Or helpe himfelfe, and laying thwart her horfe
In loathly wife like to a carrion corfe
She bore him fafl away : which when the knight
That her purfewed faw, with great remorfe
He nere was touched in his noble fpright, And gan encreafe his fpeed as fhe encreaft her flight.
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Whom whenas nigh approching me efpyde,
She thiew away her burden angrily }
For flie lift not the batteill to abide,
But made herfelfe more light away to fly :
Yet her the hardy knight purfewd fo nye
That almoft in the backe he oft her ftrake :
But frill when him at hand fhe did efpy,
She turnd, and femblaunce of faire fight did make j But when he ftayd, to flight againe fhe did her take.
XLV.
By this the good fir Satyrane gan wake
Out of his dreame that did him long entraunce,
And feeing none in place, he gan to make
Exceeding mone, and curft that cruell chaunce
Which reft from him fo faire a chevifaunce :
At length he fpyde whereas that wofull fquyre,
Whom he had refkewed from- captivaunce
Of his ftrong foe, lay tombled in the myre, Unable to arife, or foot or hand to ftyre.
XLVI. To whom approching well he mote perceive.
In that fowle plight a comely perfonage
And lovely face, made fit for to deceive
Fraile ladies hart with loves confuming rage,
Now in the bloffome of his frefheft age :
He reard him up and loosd his yron bands,
And after gan inquire his parentage,
And how he fell into the gyaunts hands, And who that was which chaced her along the lands.
XLVII.
Then trembling yet through feare the fquire befpake j
That geauntejfe Arga?ite is behight,
A daughter of the Titans , which did make
War re againfi heven, and heaped hits on bight
TofcaJe the Jkyes and put love from his right :
Her fyre Typhoeus was, who (mad through merth
And dronke with blood of menflaine by his might)
Through inceji her of his owne mother Earth Wbylome begot, being but halfe twin of that berth ;
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For at that berth another babe Jhe bore,
To weet the mightie Ollyphant, that wrought
Great wreake to many errant knights of yore ;
And many hath to foule confiifon brought.
Thefe twmnes, men fay, (a thing far pajjing thought)
Whiles in their mothers wombe enclosd they were,
Ere they into the lightfom world were brought,
Inflefily lufl were mingled both yfere, And in that monjlrous wife did to the world appere.
XLIX.
So livd they ever after in like fin,
Gainft natures law and good behaveoure :
But greatejl Jhame was to that maiden twin,
Who not content Jo fowly to devour e
Her native flefh, and fame her brothers bowre,
Did wallow in all other fle fly myre,
And fujfred beafles her body to defowre -,
So whotfie burned in that luffidlfyre : Tet all that might not fake her fenfuall defy re :
L. But over all the countrie Jhe did raunge,
To fe eke young men to quench her faming thrufl,
And feed her fancy with delightfull chaunge :
Whomfojhe fittefi fndes to ferve her lufl,
Through her maine flrength in which fie mofl doth truft,
She with her bringes into a fecret He,
Where in eternall bondage dye he mufl,
Or be the vaffall of her pleafures vile, And in all Jhamefidl fort himfelfe with her defile.
LI. Me feely wretch fie fo at vaunt age caught,
After jhe long in wait e for me did lye,
And meant unto her prifon to have brought,
Her lothfom pleafure there to fatisfye ;
That thoufand deathes me lever were to dye
Then breake the vow that to faire Columbell
I plighted have, and yet keepe fledfaflly :
As for my name, it miftreth not to tell ; Call me the Squyre of dames -, that me befeemeth well.
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But that bold blight, whom ye. pur filing Jaw
That geaunteffe, is not fuch as Jhe fiemd,
But a faire virgin that in ?nartiall law
And deedes of armes above all dames is deemd,
And above many knightes is eke efteemd
For her great worth ; fie Palladine is hight :
She you from death, you me from dread redeemd:
Ne any may that monfter match in fight, But fie, or J itch as Jhe, that isfo chajle a wight.
hill. Her well bcfeemes that queft, quoth Satyrane :
But read, thou Squyre of dames,, what vow is this,
Which thou upon thyjelfe haft lately tdne I
Thatjhall I you recount, quoth he, ywis,
So be ye pleasd to pardon all amis.
That gentle lady whom I love andferve,
After longfuit and wearie fervicis,
Did afke me, how I could her love deferve, And how fie might be fare that I would never fwerve*
LIV. i" glad by any meanes her grace to gaine
Badd her commaund my life to five or J pill :
Eftfoones Jhe badd me with incejfauni paine
To wander through the world abroad at will,
And every where, where with my power or fkill
I might doe fervice unto gentle dames,
That I the fame fiould faithfully fulfill,
And at the twelve monethes end fiould bring their names And pledges, as the fpoiles of my victorious games.
LV. So well I to faire ladies fervice did,
And found fuch favour in their loving hartes,
That ere the yeare his courje had compaJJid,
Three hundred pledges for my good defartes,
And thrife three hundred thanks for my good partes,
I with me brought, and did to her prefent :
Which whenfijefaw, more bent to eke my fmartes
Then to reward my trufty true intent, She gan for me devife a grievous punifiiment j
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LVI.
To weet, that I my traveill Jhould refume,
And with like labour walke the world arownd,
Ne ever to her prefence Jhould prefume ;
Till Ifo many other dames hadfownd,
The which , for all the fnit I could propownd,
Would me refufe their pledges to afford ',
But did abide for ever chajle andfownd.
Ah I gentle fquyre, quoth he, tell at one word, How manyfowndft thoufuch to put in thy record %
LVII.
Indeed, fir knight ls faid he, one word may tell
All that I ever fowndfo wifely ftayd j
For onely three they were difposdfo well,
And yet three ye ares I now abrode have ftrayd,
Tojynd them out. mote I, then laughing fayd
The knight, inquire of thee, what were thofe fhrees
The which thy proffred curtefe denayd ?
Or ill they fe erne d fur e avizd to bee, Or brutijhly brought up, that nevr did fajhionsfee.
LVIII. The firft which then refufed me, faid hee,
Certes was but a common court if ane ;
Yet flat refusd to have adoe with mee,
Becaufe I could not give her many a jane.
(Thereat full hartely laughed Satyrane)
The fecond was an holy nunne to chofe,
Which would not let me be her chappellane,
Becaufe Jhe knew, fhe fayd, I would difclofe Her counfell, if fhe Jhould her truft in me repofe.
LIX.
The third a damzell was of low degree,
Whom I in countrey cottage fownd by chaunce :
Full litle weened I that chajlitee
Had lodging in fo meane a maintenaunce -,
Tet was floe fayre, and in her countenaunce
Dwelt flmple truth in feemely fajhion :
Long thus I wood her with due obfervauncey
In hope unto my pie afar e to have won -, But was as far at laft as when I firft begon,
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Safe her, I never any woman found 'That chafiity did for itfelfe embrace, But were for other c a ufe s fir me and found; Either for want of handfome time and placed Or elf e for feare of fame andfowk difgrace. Thus am I hopelcJJ'e ever to attaine My ladies love in fuch a defperate cace ; But all my dayes am like to wafte in vaine,
Seeking to match the chajle with tti uncbajie ladies trainel
LXI.
Perdy, fayd Satyrane, thou Squyre of dames, Great labour fondly haft thou bent in hand, To get fmall thankes, and therewith many blames '} That may emongfi Alcides labours fand. Thence backe returning to the former land Where late he left the beaft he overcame, He found him not j for he had broke his band^ And was returnd againe unto his dame,
To tell what tydings of fayre Florimell became.
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The witch creates a fnowy lady,
Like to Florimell, Who wrong d by carle \ by Proteus fai)d>
Is fought by Pari del I.
I.
O oft as I this hiflory record, My hart doth melt with meere companion, To thinke how caufeleffe of her owne accord This gentle damzell (whom I write upon) Should plonged be in fuch affliction Without all hope of comfort or reliefe ; That fure I weene the hardeft hart of flone Would hardly finde to aggravate her griefe : For mifery craves rather mercy then repriefe.
II.
But that accurfed hag, her hofteffe late,
Had fo enranckled her malitious hart,
That me defyrd th' abridgement of her fate,
Or long enlargement of her painefull fmart.
Now when the beaft, which by her wicked ait
Late foorth fhe fent, fhe backe retourning fpyde,
Tyde with her golden girdle ; it a part
Of her rich fpoyles, whom he had earft. deftroyd, She weend, and wondrous gladnes to her hart applyde :
III.
And with it ronning haft'ly to her fonne,
Thought with that fight him much to have reliv'd ;
Who thereby deeming fure the thing as donne,
His former griefe with furie freih reviv'd,
Much more than earft, and would have algates riv'd
The hart out of his breft : for fith her dedd
He furely dempt, himfelfe he thought depriv'd
Quite of all hope, wherewith he long had fedd His foolifh malady, and long time had miiledd.
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With thought whereof exceeding mad he grew,
And in his rage his mother would have flaine,
Had fhe not fled into a fecret mew,
Where fhe was wont her fprightes to entertaine,
The maifters of her art : there was fhe faine
To call them all in order to her ayde,
And them conjure upon eternall paine
To counfell her fo carefully difmayd, How fhe might heale her fonne, whofe fenfes were decayd.
V. By their advife and her owne wicked wit,
She there deviz'd a wondrous worke to frame,
Whofe like on earth was never framed yit,
That even nature felfe envide the fame,
And grudg'd to fee the counterfet fhould fhame
The thing itfelfe : in hand fhe boldly tooke
To make another like the former dame,
Another Florimell, in fhape and looke So lively and fo like, that many it miflooke.
VI.
The fubftance, whereof fhe the body made.
Was pureft fnow in maffy mould congeald,
Which fhe had gathered in a fhady glade
Of the Riphaean hils, to her reveald
By errant fprights, but from all men conceald :
The fame fhe tempred with fine mercury
And virgin wex that never yet was feald,
And mingled them with perfect vermily ; That like a lively fanguine it feemd to the eye.
VII.
Inftead of eyes two burning lampes fhe fet
In filver fockets, fhyning like the fkyes,
And a quicke moving fpirit did arret
To ftirre and roll them like to womens eyes :
Inftead of yellow lockes flie did devyfe
With golden wyre to weave her curled head ;
Yet golden wyre was not fo yellow thryfe
As Florimells fayre heare : and in the ftead Of life, fhe put a fpright to rule the carcas dead %
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A wicked fpright yfraught with fawning guyle,
And fayre refemblance above all the reft,
Which with the prince of darkenes fell fomewhyle
From heavens blis and everlafting reft :
Him needed not inftrucl: which way were beft
Himfelfe to fafhion likeft Florimell,
Ne how to fpeake, ne how to ufe his geft ;
For he in counterfefaunce did excell, And all the wyles of wemens wits knew paffing well.
IX. Him maped thus fhe deckt in garments gay,
Which Florimell had left behind her late ;
That whofo then her faw would furely fay
It was herfelfe, whom it did imitate,
Or fayrer then herfelfe., if ought algate
Might fayrer be : and then fhe forth her brought
Unto her fonne that lay in feeble ftate ;
Who feeing her gan ftreight upftart, and thought She was the lady felfe whom he fo long had fought.
X.
Tho faft her clipping twixt his armes twayne,
Extremely ioyed in fo happy fight,
And foone forgot his former fickely payne :
But {he, the more to feeme fuch as fhe hight,
Coyly rebutted his embracement light ;
Yet ftill with gentle countenaunce retain'd,
Enough to hold a foole in vaine delight :
Him long fhe fo with fhadowes entertain'd, As her creatrefTe had in charge to her ordain'd :
XI.
Till on a day, as he difpofed was
To walke the woodes with that his idole faire
Her to difport, and idle time to pas
In th' open frefhnes of the gentle aire,
A knight that way there chaunced to repaire ;
Yet knight he was not, but a boaftfull fwaine,
That deedes of armes had ever in defpaire,
Proud Braggadocchio, that in vaunting vaine His glory did repofe and credit did maintains
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He feeing with that chorle fo faire a wight Decked with many a coftly ornament, Much merveiled thereat, as well he might, And thought that match a fowle difparagement : His bloody fpeare eftefoones he boldly bent Againft the filly clowne, who dead through feare Fell ftreight to ground in great aftonifhment : Vilkiny fayd he, this lady is my deare > _Dv, if thou it gainefay : I will away her beare.
XIII. The fearefull chorle durft. not gainefay nor dooe, But trembling flood, and yielded him the pray ; Who finding litle leafure her to wooe, On Tromparts fteed her mounted without ftay, And without refkew led her quite away. Proud man himfelfe then Braggadochio deem'd, And next to none, after that happy day, Being porTefTed of that fpoyle, which feem'd The fairefr. wight on ground and moft of men efteem'd,
XIV. But when he faw himfelfe free from pourfute, He gan make gentle purpofe to his dame With termes of love and lewdnefTe diffolute ; For he could well his glozing fpeaches frame To fuch vaine ufes that him beft became : But fhe thereto would lend but light regard, As feeming fory that fhe ever came Into his powre, that ufed her fo hard To reave her honor, which fhe more then life prefard.
XV. Thus as they two of kindnes treated long,
There them by chaunce encountred on the way An aimed knight upon a courfer ftrong, Whofe trampling feete upon the hollow lay Seemed to thunder, and did nigh affray That capons corage ; yet he looked grim, And faynd to cheare his lady in difmay, Who feemd for feare to quake in every lim, And her to fave from outrage meekely prayed him»
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XVI.
Fiercely that ftraunger forward came, and nio-h Approching with bold words and bitter threat Bad that fame boafter, as he mote, on high To leave to him that lady for excheat, Or bide him batteill without further treat. That challenge did too peremptory feeme, And fild his fenfes with abafhment great ; Yet feeing nigh him ieopardy extreme, He it diffembled well, and light feemd to efleemc j
XVII. Saying, Thoufoolijh knight, that weenft with words To fteale away that I with blowes have wonne, And brought through points of many perilous [words : But if thee lift to fee thy courfer ronne, Or prove thy f elf e, this fad encounter Jhonney And fe eke els without hazard of thy hedd. At thofe prowd words that other knight begonnc To wex exceeding wroth, and him aredd To turne his fteede about, or fure he mould be dedd.
XVIII. Sith then, faid Braggadochio, needes thou wilt Thy daies abridge through proof e of puifaunce, Turne we our fteedsy that both in e quail tilt May meete againe, and each take happy chaunce. This faid, they both a furlongs mountenaunce Retird their fteeds, to ronne in even race : But Braggadochio with his bloody launce Once having turnd, no more returnd his face, But lefte his love to loffe, and fled himfelfe apace.
XIX. The knight him feeing flie, had no regard Him to pourfew, but to the lady rode, And having her from Trompart lightly reard. Upon his courfer fett the lovely lode, And with her fled away without abode : Well weened he, that faireft. Florimell (- It was with whom in company he yode, And fo herfelfe did alwaies to him tell ; So made him thinke himfelfe in heven that was in hell
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But Florimell herfelfe was far away,
Driven to great diftreffe by fortune flraunge,
And taught the carefull mariner to play,
Sith late mifchaunce had her compcid to chaunge
The land for fea, at randon there to raunge :
Yett there that cruell queene avengerefle,
Not fatisfyde lb far her to eftraunge
From courtly blis and wonted happinerTe,
Did heape on her new waves of weary wretchedneffe.
XXI.
For being fled into the fifhers bote, For refuge from the moniters cruelty, Long fo fhe on the mighty maine did flote, And with the tide drove foiward careleily ; For th' ayre was milde and cleared was the ikic, And all his windes dan Aeolus did keepe From ftirring up their ftormy enmity ; As pittying to fee her waile and weepe : .
But all the while the fifher did fecurely fleepe.
XXII.
At laft when droncke with drowfineffe he woke, And faw his drover drive along the ftreame, He was difmayd, and thrife his breft he flroke,' For marveill of that accident extreame j But when he faw that blazing beauties beame, Which with rare light his bote did beautifye, He marveild more, and thought he yet did dreamc Not well awakte, or that fome extafye
Aflbtted had his fence, or dazed was his eye.
XXIII.
But when her well avizing hee perceiv'd To be no vifion nor fantafticke fight, Great comfort of her prefence he conceiv'd, And felt in his old corage new delight To gin awake, and ftir his frofen fpright : Tho rudely afkte her, how fhe whether came ? j4h I fayd fhe, father, I note read aright What hard misfortune brought me to this fame j
Tet am I glad that here I now infafety ame.
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i?#/ /te, good man, Jithfar in fea we bee,
And the great waters gin apace to /well,
That now no more we can the mayn-land fee,
Have care, I pray, to guide the cock-bote well,
he aft worfe on fea then us on land befell.
Thereat th' old man did nought but fondly grin,
And faide, his boat the way could wifely tell :
But his deceiptfull eyes did never lin To looke on her faire face and marke her fnowy fkin,
XXV.
The fight whereof in his congealed neih
Infixt fuch fecrete fling of greedy luft,
That the drie withered ftocke it gan refrefh,
And kindled heat, that foone in rlame forth bruit. :
The drieft. wood is fooneft. burnt to duft.
Rudely to her he lept, and his rough hond,
Where ill became him, rafhly would have thruft -s
But me with angry fcorne him did withftond. And fhamefully reproved for his rudenes fond.
XXVI.
But he, that never good nor maners knew,
Her fharpe rebuke full litle did efteeme ;
Hard is to teach an old horfe amble trew :
The inward fmoke, that did before but fleeme,
Broke into open fire and rage extreme -,
And now he ftrength gan adde unto his will,
Forcyng to doe that did him fowle mifTeeme :
Beaftly he threwe her downe, ne car'd to fpill Her garments gay with fcales of fifh, that all did fill,
XXVII. The filly virgin ftrove him to withftand
All that fhe might, and him in vaine revild ;
Shee ftrugled ftrongly both with foote and hand
To fave her honor from that villaine vilde,
And cride to heven, from humane help exild.
O ye, brave knights, that boafl this ladies love,
Where be ye now, when me is nigh defild
Of filthy wretch ? well may (he you reprove Of falfehood or of flouth, when moil it may behove.
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But if that thou, fir Satyran, didft weete,
Or thou, fir Peridure, her fory ftate,
How foone would yee afiemble many a fleetc,
To fetch from fca that ye at land loft late ?
Towres, citties, kingdomes ye would ruinate
In your avengement and difpiteous rage,
Ne ought your burning fury mote abate j
But if fir Calidore could it prefage, No living creature could his cruelty affwage.
XXIX. But fith that none of all her knights is nye,
See how the heavens of voluntary grace,
And lbveraine favor towards chaftity,
Doe fuccor fend to her diftreffed cace !
So much high God doth innocence embrace.
It fortuned, whileft thus me ftifly ftrove,
And the wide fea importuned long fpace
With mrilling fhriekes, Proteus abrode did rove, Along the fomy waves driving his finny drove.
XXX.
Proteus is fhepheard of the feas of yore,
And hath the charge of Neptune's mighty heard ;
An aged fire with head all frowy hore,
And fprinckled froft upon his deawy beard :
Who when thofe pittifull outcries he heard
Through all the feas fo ruefully refownd,
His charett fwifte in haft he thether fteard,
Which with a teeme of fcaly phocas bownd Was drawne upon the waves, that fomed him arownd s
XXXI. And comming to that fimers wandring bote,
That went at will withouten card or fayle,
He therein faw that yrkefome fight, which fmote
Deepe indignation and compaflion frayle
Into his hart attonce : ftreight did he hayle
The greedy villein from his hoped pray,
Of which he now did very litle fayle ;
And with his ftaffe, that drives his heard aftray, Him bett fo fore, that life and fence did much difmay.
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The whiles the pitteous lady up did ryfe, Ruffled and fowly raid with filthy foyle, And blubbred face with teares of her faire eyes j Her heart nigh broken was with weary toyle, To faye herfelfe from that outrageous fpoyle : But when fhe looked up, to weet what wight Had her from fo infamous fact afibyld, For fhame, but more for feare of his grim fight, Downe in her lap me hid her face, and lowdly fhright.
XXXIII.
Herfelfe not faved yet from daunger dredd
She thought, but chaung'd from one to other feare :
Like as a fearefull partridge, that is fledd
From the fharpe hauke which her attached neare,
And fals to ground to feeke for fuccor theare,
Whereas the hungry fpaniells (he does fpye
With greedy iawes her ready for to teare :
In fuch diftxefTe and fad perplexity Was Florimell, when Proteus fhe did fee thereby.
XXXIV.
But he endevored with fpeaches milde
Her to recomfort, and accourage bold,
Bidding her feare no more her foeman vilde,
Nor doubt himfelfe -> and who he was her told :
Yet all that could not from affright her hold,
Ne to recomfort her at all prevayld ;
For her faint hart was with the frofen cold
Benumbd fo inly, that her wits nigh fayld, And all her fences with abafhment quite were quayld.
XXXV.
Her up betwixt his rugged hands he reard,
And with his frory lips full foftly kill:,
Whiles the cold yfickles from his rough beard
Dropped adowne upon her yvory breft :
Yet he himfelfe fo bufily addreft,
That her out of aftomfhment he wrought,
And out of that fame fifhers filthy neit
Removing her, into his charet brought, And there with many gende termes her faire befought,
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But that old leachour, which with bold aflault
That beautie durft prefume to violate,
He caft to punifli for his hainous fault :
Then tooke he him yet trembling fith of late,
And tyde behind his charet, to aggrate
The virgin, whom he had abusde fo fore :
So drag'd him through the waves in fcornfull (late,
And after caft him up upon the lhore : But Florimell with him unto his bowre he bore.
XXXVII. His bowre is in the bottom of the maine
Under a mightie rocke, gainft which doe. rave
The roring billowes in their proud difdaine ;
That with the angry working of the wave,
Therein is eaten out an hollow cave,
That feemes rough mafons hand with engines keene
Had long while laboured it to engrave :
There was his wonne j ne living wight was feene, Save one old nymph hight Panope to keepe it cleane.
XXXVIII.
Thether he brought the fory Florimell,
And entertained her the beft he might ;
And Panope her entertaind eke well,
As an immortall mote a mortall wight,
To winne her liking unto his delight :
With flattering wordes he fweetly wooed her,
And offered faire guiftes t'allure her light j
But fhe both offers and the offerer Defpyfde, and all the fawning of the flatterer.
XXXIX.
Dayly he tempted her with this or that, And never fuffred her to be at reft : But evermore fhe him refufed flat, And all his fained kindnes did deteft ; So firmely (he had fealed up her breft. Sometimes he boafted that a god he hight -, But (he a mortall creature loved beft : Then he would make himfelfe a mortall wight ;
But then fhe faid fhe lov'd none but a faery knight. .
XL. Then
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Then like a faerie knight himfelfe he dreft ; For every fhape on him he could endew ; Then like a king he was to her expreft, And offred kingdoms unto her in vew To be his leman and his lady trew : But when all this he nothing faw prevaile, With harder meanes he can: her to fubdew, And with fharpe threates her often did affayle ; So thinking for to make her ftubborne corage quayle.
XLI. To dreadfull fhapes he did himfelfe transforme ; Now like a gyaunt, now like to a feend, Then like a centaure, then like to a ftorme Raging within the waves : thereby he weend Her will to win unto his wifhed eend : But when with feare, nor favour, nor with all He els could doe, he faw himfelfe efteemd, Downe in a dongeon deepe he let her fall, And threatned there to make her his eternall thrall.
XLII. Eternall thraldome was to her more liefe
Then loffe of chaftitie, or chaunge of love : Dye had fhe rather in tormenting griefe, Then any mould of falfeneife her reprove, Or loofenes, that fhe lightly did remove. Moll; vertuous virgin, glory be thy meed, And crowne of heavenly prayfe with faintes above, Where moft fweet hymmes of this thy famous deed Are ftill emongft them fong, that far my rymes exceed:
XLIII.
Fit fong of angels caroled to bee ;
But yet what fo my feeble mufe can frame,
Shal be t'advance thy goodly chaflitee,
And to enroll thy memorable name
In th' heart of every honourable dame,
That they thy vertuous deedes may imitate,
And be partakers of thy endleffe fame.
Yt yrkes me leave thee in this womll ftate, To tell of Satyrane where I him left of late :
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Who having ended with that Squyre of dames
A long difcourfe of his adventures vayne,
The which himfelfe then ladies more defames,
And finding not th' hyena to he flayne,
With that fame fquyre retourned backe agayne
To his nrft way : and as they forward went,
They fpyde a knight fayre pricking on the playne,
As if he were on fome adventure bent, And in his port appeared manly hardiment.
XLV.
Sir Satyrane him towardes did addrelfe,
To weet what wight he was, and what his queft : And comming nigh, eftfoones he gan to geffe Both by the burning hart which on his brefl He bare, and by the colours in his creft, That Paridell it was : tho to him yode, And him faluting, as befeemed beif, Gan firfl inquire of tydinges farre abrode j And after wardes on what adventure now he rode.
XLVI. Who thereto anfwering faid, The tydinges bad, Which now in faery court all men doe tell. Which turned hath great mirth to mourning fad. Is the late ruine of proud Marinell, Andfuddein parture of fair e Florimell To find him forth : and after her are gone jlll the brave knightes that doen in armes excell To favegard her ywandred all alone ; Emong/l the rejl my lott (unworthy ) is to be one.
XLVII. Ah gentle knight, faid then fir Satyrane, Thy labour all is lojl, I greatly dread, That hajl a thanklejfe fervice on thee taney A'nd offrejl facrifce unto the dead : For dead, Ifurely doubt, thou maijl aread Henceforth for ever Florimell to bee, That all the noble knights of maydenhead, Which her adord, may fore repent with mee ; And all f aire ladies may for ever fory bee.
XLVIII. Which
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Which wordes when Paridell had heard, his hew Gan greatly chaung, and feemd difmaid to bee ; Then fayd, Fayrefr, how may I weene it trew, 'That ye doe tell in f itch uncerteintee ? Or fpeake ye of report, or did ye fee Lift caufe of dread, that makes ye doubt fo fore ? For per die elles how mote it ever bee, That ever handfhould dare for to engore
Her noble blood % the hevensfuch crueltie abhor e*
XLIX.
Thefe eyes did fee that they will ever rew
Thave feene, quoth he, whenas a monjlrous beaji The palfrey whereon Jhe did travell flew > And of his bowels made his bloody feaft : Which fpeaking token fieweth at the leaf Her certein loffe, if not her fur e decay : Befdes, that more fufpicion encreaft, I found her golden girdle cqft ajlray, Diftaynd with durt and blood, as relique of the pray,
L. Ah me ! faid Paridell, thefgnes be f add, And but God turne the fame togoodfoothfay, That ladies fafetie is fore to be dradd : Tet will I ?iot forfake my forward way, Till triall doe more certeine truth bewray. "Fait 'e fir, quoth he, well may it you fucceed, Ne longjhall Satyr ane behind you fay ; But to the reftj which in this quefl proceed, My labour adde, and be partaker of their fpeed.
LI. Ye noble knights, faid then the Squyre of dames, Well may yee fpeede info praife-worthy payne : But fiih the funne now ginnes to fake his beames In deawy vapours of the wefterne mayne, And lofe the teme out of his weary wayne, Mote not mi/like you alfo to abate Tour zealous hajl, till morrow next againe Both light of heven and jlrength of men relate : Which if ye pleajly to yonder cqftle turne your gate.
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That counfell pleafed well : fo all yfere Forth marched to a cattle them before, Where foone arriving, they retrained were Of ready entraunce, which ought evermore To errant knights be commune : wondrous fore Thereat difpleasd they were, till that young fquyre Gan them informe the caufe why that fame dore Was fhut to all which lodging did defyre :
The which to let you weet will further time requyre.
CANTO IX.
Malbecco will nofiraunge knights hojly
For peevijh gealofy : Pari dell giujls with Britomart :
Bothfiew their auncejlry.
I.
REDOUBTED knights and honorable dames, To whom I levell all my labours end, Right fore I feare, leafl with unworthy blames This odious argument my rymes mould mend, Or ought your goodly patience offend ; Whiles of a wanton lady I doe write, Which with her loofe incontinence doth blend The fhyning glory of your foveraine light ; And knighthood fowle defaced by a faithlefle knight.
II.
But never let th' enfample of the bad
Offend the good : for good by paragone
Of evill may more notably be rad,
As white feemes fayrer macht with blacke attone ;
Ne all are fhamed by the fault of one :
For lo in heven, whereas all goodnes is,
Emongft the angels, a whole legione
Of wicked fprightes did fall from happy blis : What wonder then if one of women all did mis ?
III. Then
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Then Men, lordings., if ye lift to weet
The caufe, why Satyrane and Paridell
Mote not be entertaynd, as feemed meet,
Into that caftle, as that fquyre does tell.
Therein a cancred crabbed carle does dwell,
That has no fkill of court nor courtefie ;
Ne cares what men fay of him ill or well :
For all his dayes he drownes in privitie, Yet has full large to live, and fpend at libertie.
IV. But all his mind is fet on mucky pelfe,
To hoord up heapes of evill-gotten mafle,
For which he others wrongs, and wreckes himfelfe :
Yet is he lincked to a lovely laife,
Whole beauty doth his bounty far furpafie j
The which to him both far unequall yeares,
And alfo far unlike conditions has ;
For fhe does ioy to play emongft her peares, And to be free from hard reftraynt and gealous feares :
V.
But he is old and withered like hay,
Unfit faire ladies fervice to fupply ;
The privie guilt whereof makes him alway
Sufpecl her truth, and keepe continuail fpy
Upon her with his other blincked eye j
Ne fuffreth he refort of living wight
Approch to her, ne keepe her company ;
But in clofe bowre her mewes from all mens fight Depriv'd of kindly ioy and naturall delight.
VI. Malbecco he, and Hellenore fhe hight,
Unfitly yokt together in one teeme :
That is the caufe why never any knight
Is fuffred here to enter, but he feeme
Such as no doubt of him he need mifdeeme.
Thereat fir Satyrane gan fmyle, and fay,
Extremely mad the man Ifurely dceme^
That weenes with watch and hard rejlraynt tojlay A womans willy which is difposd to go afiray.
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VII. In vatne he f cares that which he cannot jhonne : For who wotcs not, that ivomans fubtiltyes Can guy hi Argus, when fie lift mijllonne ? It is not yron bandes, nor hundred eyes, Nor brafen walls, nor many wakefull fpyes , That can withhold her wilfull-wandring feet \ But f aft goodwill with gentle courtefyes A: id timely fervice to her pleafures meet May her perhaps containe, that elfe would algates fleet '.
VIII. Then is be not more mad, fayd Paridell, That hath himfelfe unto fuch fervice fold, In dolefull thraldome all his dayes to dwell % For Jure afoole I doe himfirmely hold, That loves his fetters, though they were of gold. But why doe wee devife of others ill, W'jyles thus wefuffer this fame dotard old To keepe us out infcorne of his owne will, And rather do not ranfack all, and himfelfe kill.
IX. Nay let usfirft, fayd Satyrane, entreat The man by gentle meanes to let us in j And afterwardes affray with cruell threat, ~ Ere thatewe to^ffigce it doe begin : Then if all fay le, we will by force it win, And eke reward the wretch for his mefprife, As may be worthy of his haynousfin. That counfell pleasd : then Paridell did rife, And to the caftle-gate approcht in quiet wife :
X. Whereat foft knocking, entrance he defyrd.
The good man felfe (which then the porter playd) Him anfwered, that all were now retyrd Unto their reft, and all the keyes convayd Unto their mahler, who in bed was layd, That none him durft awake out of his dreme ; And therefore them of patience gently prayd. Then Paridell began to chaunge his theme, And threatned him with force and punifhment extreme.
XI. But
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But all in vaine ; for nought mote him relent :
And now fo long before the wicket fail
They wayted, that the night was forward fpent,
And the faire welkin, fowly overcaft,
Gan blowen up a bitter ftormy blaft
With fhowre and hayle fo horrible and dred,
That this faire many were compeld at laft
To fly for fuccour to a little fhed, The which befide the gate for fwyne was ordered.
XII.
It fortuned, foone after they were gone,
Another knight, whom temper!: thether brought,
Came to that caftle, and with earneft mone,
Like as the reft, late entrance deare befought ;
But like fo as the reft he prayd for nought,
For flatly he of entrance was refusd :
Sorely thereat he was difpleasd, and thought
How to avenge himfelfe fo fore abusd, And evermore the carle of courtefie accusd.
XIII.
But to avoyde th' intollerable ftowre,
He was compeld to feeke fome refuge neare,
And to that fhed to fhrowd him from the fhowre y /
He came, which full of guefts he found whyleare, ^L*^^/ <fj-**~*-^c-
So as he was not let to enter there :
Whereat he gan to wex exceeding wroth,
And fwore that he would lodge with them yfere,
Or them diflodg, all were they liefe or loth j And fo defyde them each, and fo defyde them both.
XIV. Both were full loth to leave that needfull tent,
And both full loth in darkenefte to debate ;
Yet both full liefe him lodging to have lent,
And both full liefe his boafting to abate :
But chiefely Paridell his hart did grate,
To heare him threaten fo defpightfully,
As if he did a dogge in kenell rate,
That durft not barke -, and rather had he dy Then when he was defyde in coward corner ly.
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He forth iflew'd ; like as a boyftrous winde,
Which in th' earthes hollow caves hath long ben hid,
And fhut up faft within her prifons blind,
Makes the huge element againft her kinde
To move, and tremble as it were aghaft,
Untill that it an iflew forth may finde ;
Then forth it breakes, and with his furious blaft Confounds both land and feas, and fkyes doth overcaft.
xvi.
Their fteel-hed fpeares they ftrongly coucht, and met
Together with impetuous rage and forfe,
That with the terrour of their fierce affret
They rudely drove to ground both man and horfe,
That each awhile lay like a fencelefTe corfe.
But Paridell fore brufed with the blow
Could not arife the counterchaunge to fcorfe j
Till that young fquyre him reared from below ; Then drew he his bright fword, and gan about him throw,
XVJI. But Satyrane forth ftepping did them ftay,
And with faire treaty pacifide their yre :
Then when they were accorded from the fray,
Againft that caftles lord they gan confpire
To heape on him dew vengeaunce for his hire.
They beene agreed, and to the gates they goe
To burne the fame with unquenchable fire,
And that uncurteous carle, their commune foe, To doe fowle death to die, or wrap in grievous woe*
XVIII.
Malbecco feeing them refolvd in deed
To flame the gates, and hearing them to call For fire in earner!:, ran with fearfull fpeed, And to them calling from the caftle wall Befought them humbly him to beare withall, As ignorant of fervants bad abufe, And flacke attendaunce unto ftraunp-ers call.
O
The knights were willing all things to excufe, Though nought belev'd, and entraunce late did not refufe,
XIX. They
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They beene ybrought into a comely bowre,
And fervd of all things that mote needfull bee j
Yet fecretly their hofte did on them lowre,
And welcomde more for feare then charitee;
But they dirTembled what they did not fee,
And welcomed themfelves : each gan undight
Their garments wett, and weary armour free,
To dry themfelves by Vulcanes flaming light, And eke their lately bruzed parts to bring in plight.
XX.
And eke that ftraunger knight emongft the reft Was for like need enforfl: to difaray : Tho whenas vailed was her lofty creft, Her golden locks, that were in tramells gay Upbounden, did themfelves adowne difplay, And raught unto her heeles ; like funny beames That in a cloud their light did long time flay, Their vapour vaded, fhewe their golden gleames, And through the perfant aire Ihoote forth their azure ftreames.
XXI. Shee alfo dofte her heavy haberieon,
Which the faire feature of hsr limbs did hyde, And her well-plighted frock, which me di won To tucke about her fhort when fhe did ryde, Shee low let fall, that flowd from her lanck fyde Downe to her foot with careleffe modeftee. Then of them all fhe plainly was efpyde To be a woman-wight, (unwift to bee) The faireft woman -wight that ever eie did fee.
XXII. Like as Minerva, being late return d
From {laughter of the giaunts conquered, (Where proud Encelade, whofe wide nofethrils burnd With breathed flames like to a furnace redd, Transfixed with her fpeare, downe tombled dedd From top of Hemus, by him heaped hye) Hath loosd her helmet from her lofty hedd, And her Gorgonian fhield gins to untye From her lefte arme, to reft in glorious viclorye.
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Which whenas they beheld, they fmitten were With great amazement of fo wondrous fight ; And each on other, and they all on her Stood gazing, as if fuddein great affright Had them iurprizd : at laft avizing right Her goodly perfonage and glorious hew, Which they fo much miftooke, they tooke delight In their firft error, and yett ftill anew
With wonder of her beauty fed their hongry vew :
XXIV.
Yet note their hongry vew be fatisfide, But feeing ftill the more defir'd to fee. And ever finnely fixed did abide In contemplation of divinitee : But moft they mervaild at her chevalree And noble prowefTe which they had approv'd, That much they faynd to know who me mote bee ; Yet none of all them her thereof amou'd,
Yet every one her likte, and every one her lov'd.
XXV.
And Paridell though partly difcontent WTith his late fall and fowle indignity, Yet was foone wonne his malice to relent Through gratious regard of her faire eye, And knightly worth, which he too late did try, Yet tried did adore, fupper was dight ; Then they Malbecco prayd of courtefy That of his lady they might have the fight
And company at meat, to doe them more delight.
XXVI.
But he, to friifte their curious requeft,
Gan caufen why fhe could not come in place, Her crafed helth, her late recourfe to reft, And humid evening ill for ficke folkes cace : But none of thofe excufes could take place ; Ne would they eate, till fhe in prefence came : Shee came in prefence with right comely grace, And fairely them faluted, as became,
And fhewd herfelfe in all a gentle courteous dame.
XXVII. They
Cant. ix. Faery Qjj e e n e. 469
XXVII.
They fate to meat, and Satyrane his chaunce
Was her before, and Paridell befide ;
But he himfelfe fate looking fHll afkaunce
Gainft Britomart, and ever clofely eide
Sir Satyrane, that glaunces might not glide :
But his blinde eie, that fided Paridell,
All his demeafnure from his fight did hide :
On her faire face fo did he feede his fill, And fent clofe mefTages of love to her at will :
XXVIII. And ever and anone, when none was ware,
With fpeaking lookes, that clofe embaffage bore,
He rov'd at her, and told his fecret care j
For all that art he learned had of yore :
Ne was fhe ignoraunt of that leud lore,
But in his eye his meaning wifely redd,
And with the like him aunfwerd evermore :
Shee fent at him one fyrie dart, whofe hedd Empoifned was with privy lufl and gealous dredd.
XXIX.
He from that deadly throw made no defence,
But to the wound his weake heart opened wyde :
The wicked engine through falfe influence
Pafr. through his eies, and fecretly did glyde
Into his heart, which it did forely gryde.
But nothing new to him was that fame paine,
Ne paine at all ; for he fo ofte had tryde
The powre thereof, and lov'd fo oft in vaine, That thing of courfe he counted love to entertaine.
XXX. Thenceforth to her he fought to intimate
His inward griefe, by meanes to him well knowne :
Now Bacchus fruit out of the filver plate
He on the table dafht, as overthrowne,
Or of the fruitfull liquor overrlowne,
And by the dauncing bubbles did divine,
Or therein write to lett his love be fhowne,
Which well fhe redd out of the learned line -, (A facrament prophane in miflery of wine.)
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And whenfo of his hand the pledge fhe raught, The guilty cup fhe fained to miftake, And in her lap did ihed her idle draught,
Shewing defire her inward flame to flake :
By fuch clofe fignes they fecret way did make
Unto their wils, and one eies watch elcape :
Two eies him needeth, for to watch and wake,
Who lovers will deceive, thus was the ape By their faire handling put into Malbeccoes cape.
XXXII. Now when of meats and drinks they had their fill,
Purpofe was moved by that gentle dame
Unto thofe knights adventurous, to tell
Of deeds of armes which unto them became,
And every one his kindred and his name.
Then Paridell, in whom a kindly pride
Of gratious fpeach and fkill his words to frame
Abounded, being glad of fo fitte tide . Him to commend to her, thus fpake, of al well eide -,
XXXIII. Troy, that art now nought but an idle name,
And in thine afies buried low dojl lie,
Though whilome far much greater then thy fame,
Before that angry gods and cruellfkie
Upon thee heapt a direful deftinie,
What boots it boaft thy glorious defcent,
And fetch from heven thy great genealogie,
Sifh all thy worthie prayfes being blent Their of spring hath embajle, and later glory fient ?
XXXIV. Mofl famous worthy of the world, by whome
That warre was kindled which did Troy inflame,
And (lately towres of Ilion whilome
Brought unto balefull mine, was by name
Sir Paris far renowmd through noble jame ;
Who through great prowejfe and bold hardinejfe
From Lacedaemon fetcht the fqyreft dame
That ever Greece did boafl or knight pojfjje, Whom Venus to him gave for meed of worlhineffe ;
XXXV. Fayre
Cant. ix. F a e r y Q^ue e n e. 471
XXXV. Fayre Helene, fowre of beatific excellent,
And girlond of the mighty conquer ours,
'That madejl many ladies deare lament
The heavie loffe of their brave paramours,
Which they far off beheld from Trojan toures,
And J aw the fie Ides of fair e Scamander Jlrowne
With carcafes of noble warrioures,
Whofe fruit lejfe lives were under furrow fowne, And Xanthus fandy bankes with blood all overflowne :
XXXVI.
From him my linage I derive aright,
Who long before the ten yearesfiege of Troy,
Whiles yet on Ida he a Jhepeheard hight,
On fair e Oenone got a lovely boy,
Whom for remembrance of her paJJ'ed ioy
She of his father Pari us did name;
Who, after Greekes did Priams realme deflroy,
Gathred the Trojan reliques fav d from fame, And with them fay ling thence to tlo ife of Paros came,
XXXVII.
That was by him cald Paros, which before
Might Naufa ; there he many ye ares did rai?ie,
And built Naiificle by the Pontickjhore,
The which he dying lefte next in remaine
To Pari das his fonne.
From whom IParidell by kin defend ;
But for faire ladies love and glories gaine,
My native foile have lefte, my dayes to fpend Infeewing deeds of armes, my lives and labors end.
XXXVIII. Whenas the noble Britomart heard tell
Of Trojan warres and Priams citie fackt,
(1 he ruefull ftory of fir Paridell)
She was empaffiond at that piteous act,
With zelous envy of Greekes cruell fad:,
Againft that nation, from whofe race of old
She heard, that me was lineally extract :
For noble Britons fprong from Trojans bold, And Troynovant was built of old Troyes afhes cold.
XXXIX. Then
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Then fighing foft awhile, at laft fhe thus ;
0 lamentable fall of famous towne,
TVlnch raigndfo many yeares victorious,
And of all A fie bore the f over ai fie crowne,
In one fad night confumd and throwen downe !
Wbat ftony hart, that he ares thy hapleffe fate,
Is not empierjl with deepe compafticwne,
And makes cnfample of mans wretched ftatex That fonres fo frefi at morne, and fades at evening late ?
XL. Behold, fir, how your pitifull complaint
Hath fownd another partner of your payne :
For nothing may imprejfe fo deare conflraint
As countries caufe, and commwie foes difdayne.
But if itjl'ould not grieve you backe agayne
To turne your courfe, I would to heare defyre
What to Aeneas fell-, fith that menfayne
He was not in the cities wofullfyre Confumd, but did himfelfe to fafety retyr&.
XLL
Axchyfes fonne begot t of Venus fayre,
Said he, out of the flames for fafe gar d fed,
And with a remnant did tofea repayre,
Where he through fat all err our long was led
Full many yeares, aiid weetleffe wandered
Fromfjore toftjore emongjl the Lybickfandes,
Ere reft he fownd : much there he juflfered.
And many perilles paft in forreine landes, To five his people fad from vi clours vengefidl handes :
XLII. At laft in Latium he did arryve,
Where he with cruell warre was entertaind
Of tlS inland folke, which fought him backe to drive,
Till he with old Latinus was conftraind
To contract wedlock, fo the fates ordaind;
Wedlccke contract in blood, and eke in blood
Accomplijhed, that many deare complaind : The rivall ftlaine , the viflour (through the flood Efcaped kardh) hardly praisd his wedlock good.
XLIII. T<t
Cant, ix, Faery Qju eene. 473
XLIII.
Yet after all he vicJour didfurvive,
And with Latinus did the kingdom part :
But after , when both nations gan tojlrive
Into their names the title to convart,
Hisfonne lulus did from thence depart
With all the warlike youth of Prolans bloud,
And in long Alba plafi his throne apart,
Where fair e it fori fie d and long timefioud, Till Romulus renewing it to Rome removd.
XLIV. There, there, faid Britomart, afrefi appeard
The glory of the later world to fpring,
And Troy againe out of her dufl was reard
Tofitt in fecond feat of fiver aine king
Of all the world under her governing.
But a third kingdom yet is to arife
Out of theTroians fiattered of springs
That in all glory and great enterprife, Both fir ft and fecond Troy fiall dare to equalife*
XLV. It Troynovant is hight, that with the waves
Of wealthy Thamis wafioed is along,
Upon whofe fiubborne neck (whereat he raves
With roring rage, and fore himfelfe does throngs
That all men fear e to tempt his bi Howes fir ong)
Shefafined hath her foot ; which fiandsfo hy,
That it a wonder of the world isfong
In forreine landes ; and all, which pafien by, Beholding itfromfarre doe think it threates the Jkye,
XL VI.
The Troian Brute did jirfi that citie fownd,
And Hygate made the meare thereof by wefi,
And Overt-gate by north : that is the bownd
Toward the land j two rivers bownd the refi.
So huge a f cope at Jirfi him fe erne d beft,
To be the compafie of his kingdomes feat :
So huge a mind could not in lejfer refi,
Ne in f mall meare s contai?ie his glory great, That Albion had conquered Jirfi by warlike feat.
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Ah ! fairefi lady-knight ', faid Pariddl,
Pardon I pray my beedlejfe over-fight,
Who had forgot that whylome I heard tell
From aged Mnemon -, for my wits becne light.
Indeed be faid, if I remember right,
'That cf the antique Trojan ftocke there grew
Another plant, that raught to wondrous bight ,
And far abroad his mighty braunches threw. Into the utmofl angle of the world he knew.
XL VIII.
for that fame Brute (whom much he did advaunce
In all his /peach) was Sylvius hisfonne,
m having fain, through luckles arrowes glaunce,
He fled for fear e of that he had mifdonne,
Or els for jhame, fofowle reproch to Jhonne ;
And with him ledd tofea an youthly trayne,
Where wearie wandring they long time did womie,
And many fortunes provd hi tti ocean mayne, And great adventures found, that now were long tofayne*
XLIX.
At laft by fatall courfe they driven were
Into an if and fpatious and brode,
The furthefl north that did to them appeare :
Which after reft they feeking farre abrode
Found it the fittefl foyle for their abode ,
Fruitfull of all t hinges fit for living foode,
But wholy wa/le, and void of peoples trode,
Save an huge nation of the geaunts broode, 'That fed on living flejh, and dronck mens vitall blood.
L.
Whom he through wearie wars and labours long
Subdewd with loffe of many Britons bold :
In which the great Goemagot of fir on g
Corineus, and Coulin of Debon old
Were overthrowne, and laide on tb' earth full cold,
Which quaked under their fo hideous maflje -,
A famous hijlory to bee enrold
In everlafting moniments of braffe, That all the antique worthies merits far did paffe.
LI. Bis
Cant ix. Faery Qju e e n e. 475
LI.
His worke great Troynovant, his worke is eke Faire Lincolne, both renowmed far away ; That who from eaji to weft will endlong fe eke ,
Cannot two fairer cities find this day,
Except Cleopolis : fo heard I fay
Old Mnemon. therefore , fir, I greet you well
Tour countrey kin, and you entyrely pray
Of pardon for the firife, which late befell Betwixt us both unknowne. fo ended Paridell.
LIL But all the while that he thefe fpeeches fpent,
Upon his lips hong faire dame Hellenore
With vigilant regard and dew attent,
Famioning worldes of fancies evermore
In her fraile witt, that now her quite forlore :
The whiles unwares away her wondring eye
And greedy eares her weake hart from her bore :
Which he perceiving, ever privily In fpeaking, many falfe belgardes at her let fly.
LIII. So long thefe knightes difcourfed diverily
Of ftraunge affaires and noble hardiment,
Which they had parr, with mickle ieopardy,
That now the humid night was farforth fpent,
And hevenly lampes were halfendeale ybrent :
Which th' old man feeing wel (who too long thought
Every difcourfe and every argument,
Which by the houres he meafured) befought Them go to reft, fo all unto their bowres were brought.
Ppp2 CANTO
476 77^ third Booh of the
CANTO X.
Paridell rapeth Hellenore j
Malbccco her pourfeives ; Fvnds emongft fatyres, whence with him To turne fie doth refufe.
I.
9 | ^ H E morrow next, fo foone as Phoebus lamp J. Bewrayed had the world with early light,
And frefh Aurora had the fhady damp
Out of the goodly heven amoved quight,
Faire Britomart and that fame faery knight
Uprofe, forth on their iourney for to wend :
But Paridell complaynd that his late fight
With Britomart fo fore did him offend, That ryde he could not till his hurts he did amend.
II.
So foorth they far'd ; but he behind them ftayd,
Maulgre his hoft, who grudged grivouily
To houfe a gueft that would be needes obayd,
And of his owne him lefte not liberty :
(Might wanting meafure moveth furquedry)
Two things he feared, but the third was death,
That fiers young-mans unruly mayftery ;
His money, which he lov'd as living breath j And his faire wife, whom honeft long he kept uneath.
III.
But patience perforce he muft. abie
What fortune and his fate on him will lay ;
Fond is the feare that findes no remedie :
Yet warily he watcheth every way,
By which he feareth evill happen may :
So th' evill thinkes by watching to prevent j
Ne doth he fuffer her, nor night nor day,
Out of his fight herfelfe once to abfent : So doth^he punifh l>er, and eke himfelfe torment,
IV. But
Cant. x. F aery Qjj e e nt e, 477
IV.
But Paridell kept better watch then hee,
A fit occafion for his turne to finde :
Falfe Love, why do men fay thou canft not fee,
And in their foolifh fancy feigne thee blinde,
That with thy charmes the fharpeft fight doeft binde,
And to thy will abufe ? thou walkeft free,
And feeft every fecret of the minde -,
Thou feeft all, yet none at all fees thee : All that is by the working of thy deitee.
V. So perfect in that art was Paridell,
That he Malbeccoes halfen eye did wyle ;
His halfen eye he wiled wondrous well,
And Hellenors both eyes did eke beguyle,
Both eyes and hart attonce, during the whyle
That he there foiourned his woundes to heale -,
That Cupid felfe it feeing clofe did fmyle,
To weet how he her love away did fteale, And bad that none their ioyous treafon mould reveale.
VI.
The learned lover loft no time nor tyde
That leaft avantage mote to him afford,
Yet bore fo faire a fayle, that none efpyde
His fecret drift, till he her layd abord.
Whenfo in open place and commune bord
He fortun'd her to meet, with commune fpeach
He courted her, yet bayted every word,
That his ungentle hofte n'ote him appeach Of vile ungentlenefle or hofpitages breach.
VII.
But when apart (if ever her apalt
He found) then his falfe engins faft he plyde,
And all the Heights unbofomd in his hart :
He figh'd, he fobd, he fwownd, he perdy dyde,
And caft himfelfe on ground her faft befyde :
Tho when againe he him bethought to live,
He wept, and wayld, and falfe laments belyde,
Saying, but if (Tie mercy would him give, That he mote algates dye, yet did his death forgive.
VIII. And
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h)-lcs with amorous delights And pleafing toyes he would her entcrtainc; Now fmging fweetly to furprize her fprights, Now making layes of love and lovers paine, BranQes, ballads, virelayes, and verfes vaine j Oft purpofes, oft riddles he devysd, And thoufands like which flowed in his braine, With which he fed her fancy, and entysd To take to his new love, and leave her old defpysd.
IX.
And every where he might and everie while
lie did her fervice dewtifull, arid fewd
At hand with humble pride and pleaflng guile ;
So clofely yet, that none but me it vewd,
Who well perceived all, and all indewd.
Thus finely did he his falfe nets difpred,
With which he many weake harts had fubdewd
Of yore, and many had ylike milled : What wonder then if me were likewife carried ?
X.
No fort fo fenfible, no wals fo ftrong,
But that continuall battery will rive,
Or daily fiege through difpurvayaunce long
And lacke of refkewes will to parley drive ;
And peece, that unto parley eare will give,
Will mortly yield itfelfe, and will be made
The vafTall of the viclors will bylive :
That ftratageme had oftentimes afTayd This crafty paramoure, and now it plaine difplayd :
XL For through his traines he her intrapped hath,
That fhe her love and hart hath wholy fold
To him without regard of gaine, or fcath,
Or care of credite, or of hufband old,
Whom me hath vow'd to dub a fayre cucquold.
Nought wants but time and place, which fhortly fhee
Devized hath, and to her lover told :
It pleafed well, fo well they both agree : So readie rype to ill ill wemens counfels bee.
XII. Darke
Cant. x. Faery Qjj eene, 479
XIL Darke was the evening, fit for lovers ftealth, When chaunft Malbecco bufie be elfewhere, She to his clofet went, where all his wealth Lay hid : thereof fhe countleffe fummes did reare, The which (he meant away with her to beare • The reft fhe fyr'd for fport or for delpight : As Hellene, when fhe faw aloft appeare The Troiane flames, and reach to hevens hight, Did clap her hands and ioyed at that doleful fight.
XIII.
The fecond Hellene, fayre dame Hellenore, The whiles her hufband ran with ibry hafte To quench the flames which fhe had tyn'd before, Laught at his foolifh labour fpent in wafte, And ran into her lovers armes right faft -, Where flreight embraced fhe to him did cry, And call alowd for helpe, ere helpe were paft -, For lo that gueft did beare her forcibly, And meant to ravifh her, that rather had to dy.
.XIV. The wretched man hearing her call for ayd, And ready feeing him v/ith her to fly, In his difquiet mind was much difmayd : But when againe he backeward call: his eye, And faw the wicked fire fo furioufly Confume his hart, and fcorch his idoles face, He was therewith diftreffed diverfely, Ne wift he how to turne nor to what place : Was never wretched man in fuch a wofull cace.
XV. Ay when to him fhe cryde, to her he turnd, And left the fire ; love money overcame : But when he marked how his money burnd, He left his wife ; money did love difclame : Both was he loth to loofe his loved dame, And loth to leave his liefeft pelfe behinde ; Yet fith he no'te fave both, he fav'd that fame Which was the deareft to his dounghill minde, The god of his defire, the ioy of mifers blinde.
XVI. Thus
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Thus whileft all things in troublous uprorc were, And all men bufie to fuppreiTe the flame, The loving couple neede no relkew feare, But leafure had and liberty to frame Their purport flight, free from all mens reclame ; And night, the patronefTe of love-ftealth fayre, Gave them fafe conduct, till to end they came : So beene they gone yfere (a wanton payre
Of lovers loofely knit) where lift them to repayre.
XVII.
Soone as the cruell flames yflaked were, Malbecco feeing how his loffe did lye, Out of the flames, which he had quencht whylere, Into huge waves of griefe and gealofye Full deepe emplonged was, and drowned nye Twixt inward doole and felonous defpight : He rav'd, he wept, he ftampt, he lowd did cry, And all the pafTions, that in man may light,
Did him attonce oppreife, and vex his caytive fpright.
XVIII.
Long thus he chav/d the cud of inward griefe, And did confume his gall with anguifh fore, Still when he mufed on his late mifchiefe, Then ftill the fmart thereof increafed more, And feemd more grievous then it was before : At laft when forrow he faw booted nought, Ne griefe might not his love to him reftore, He gan devife how her he refkew mought ;
Ten thoufand wayes he call in his confufed thought.
XIX.
At laft refolving like a pilgrim pore
To fearch her forth wherefo me might be fond, And bearing with him treafure in clofe flore, The refl he leaves in ground -, fo takes in hond To feeke her endlong both by fea and lond : Long he her fought, he fought her far and nere, And every where that he mote underftond Of knights and ladies any meetings were j
And cf eaclione he mett he tidings did inquere.
XX. But
Cant. x. Faery Qjj e e n e.
XX. But all in vaine, his woman was too wife
Ever to come into his clouch againe,
And hee too fimple ever to furprife
The iolly Paridell for all his paine.
One day, as he fore-pafTed by the plainc
With weary pace, he far away efpide
A couple, feeming well to be his twaine,
Which hoved clofe under a forefl fide, As if they lay in wait, or els themfelves did hide.
XXI. Well weened hee that thofe the fame mote bee j
And as he better did their fhape avize,
Him feemed more their maner did agree ;
For th' one was armed all in warlike wize,
Whom to be Paridell he did devize ;
And th' other, al yclad in garments light
Difcolourd like to womanifh difguife,
He did referable to his lady bright ; And ever his faint hart much earned at the fight :
XXII.
And ever faine he towards them would goe,
But yet durfl not for dread approchen nie,
But flood aloofe, unweeting what to doe ;
Till that prickt forth with loves extremity,
That is the father of fowle gealofy,
He clofely nearer crept the truth to weet :
But as he nigher drew, he eafily
Might fcerne that it was not his fweetefl fweet, Ne yet her belamour, the partner of his fheet :
XXIII. But it was fcornefull Braggadochio,
That with his fervant Trompart hoverd there,
Sith late he fled from his too earnefl foe :
Whom fuch whenas Malbecco fpyed clere,
He turned backe, and would have fled arere j
Till Trompart ronning haflely him did flay,
And bad before his foveraine lord appere :
That was him loth, yet durfl he not gainefay, And comming him before low louted on the lay.
Vol. I. Q^q q XXIV. The
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The boafter at him fternely bent his browe,
As if he could have kild him with his looke,
That to the ground him meekely made to bowe,
And awfull terror deepe into him ftrooke,
That every member of his body quooke.
Said he, Thou man of nought, what docjl thou here,
Unfitly fiirnijht with thy bag and booke,
Where I expelled one with Jin 'eld and fpere, To prove fome deeds of armes upon an equal/ peref
XXV. The wretched man at his imperious fpeach
Was all abafht, and low proftrating faid -,
Good fir, let not my rudenes be no breach
Unto your patience ', ne be ill y paid -,
For I unwares this way by fortune fir aid,
Aflly pilgrim driven to difireffe,
That fc eke a lady — there he fuddein ftaid,
And did the reft with grievous fighes fupprefTe, While teares flood in his eies, few drops of bitternefTe*
XXVI. What lady, man ? faid Trompart, take good hart,
And tell thy grief e, if any hidden lye :
Was never better time to fhew thy fmart
Then now, that noble fuc cor is thee by,
That is the whole worlds commune remedy.
That chearful word his weak heart much did cheare*
And with vaine hope his fpirits faint fupply,
That bold he fayd, O mofi redoubted pere, Vouchfafe with mild regard a wretches cace to heare.
XXVII.
Then fighing fore, It is not long, faide hee,
Siih I cnioyd the gentlefi dame alive ;
Of whom a knight, no knight at all per 'dee ',
But Jljame of all that doe for honor firive,
By treacherous deceipt did me deprive ;
Through open outrage he her bore away,
And with fowle force unto his will did drive j
Winch al good blights, that armes do bear this day, Are bowndfor to revenge, and punijh if they may.
XXVIIL And
Cant. x. Faery Queene. 483
XXVIII.
And you , mofi noble lord, that can and dare
Redrejfe the wrong of miferable wight,
Cannot employ your moji victorious Jpeare
In better quarrell then defence of right,
And for a lady gainfi a faithleffe knight :
So fhall your glory be advaunced much,
And all f aire ladies magnify your might,
And eke myfelfe (albee IJimple fuch) Tour worthy painefjall wel reward with guerdon rich,
XXIX.
With that out of his bouget forth he drew
Great ftore of treafure, therewith him to tempt ;
But he on it lookt fcornefully afkew,
As much difdeigning to be fo mifdempt,
Or a war-monger to be bafely nempt ;
And fayd, Thy offers bafe I greatly loth,
And eke thy words uncourteous and unkempt :
I tread in dujl thee and thy money both,
That were it not for fhame £b turned from him wroth.
XXX. But Trompart, that his maiflres humor knew In lofty looks to hide an humble minde, Was inly tickled with that golden vew, And in his eare him rownded clofe behinde : Yet ftoupt he not, but lay ftill in the winde, Waiting advauntage on the pray to feafe -, Till Trompart, lowly to the grownd inclinde, Befought him his great corage to appeafe, And pardon fimple man that rafh did him difpleafe.
XXXI. Big looking like a doughty doucepere, At lafl he thus, Thou clod of vilefl clay, I pardon yield, and with thy rudenes beare : But weete henceforth that all that golden pray, And all that els the vaine world vaunten may, I loath as doung, ne deeme my dew reward j Fame is my meed, and glory vertues pay : But minds of mortall men are muchell mard, And movd amijfe with maffy mucks unmeet regard.
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And more, I graunt to thy great mifcry
Gratious refpecl, thy wifejhatt backe be f cut >
And that vile knight, whoever that he bee,
Which hath thy lady reft, and knighthood Jhefit,
By Sang/amort myfword, whofe deadly dent
The blood hath of Jo many thoufands Jhedd,
Ijkiwue, ere long fiall dearely it repent ;
Ne he twixt heven and earth Jl:all hide his hedd, But [cone he Jhal be fownd, and fiortly doen be dedd*
XXXIII. The foolifh man thereat woxe wondrous blith,
As if the word io fpoken were halfe donne,
And humbly thanked him a thoufand fith,
That had from death to life him newly wonne.
Tho forth the boafter marching brave begonne
His ftolen freed to thunder furiouily,
As if he heaven and hell would over-ronne,
And all the world confound with cruelty -, That much Malbecco ioyed in his iollity.
XXXIV. Thus long they three together travelled,
Through many a wood and many an uncouth way,
To feeke his wife that was far wandered :
But thofe two fought nought but the prefent pray,
To weete the treafure which he did bewray,
On which their eies and harts were wholly fett,
With purpofe how they might it beft betray ;
For fith the howre that firfl he did them lett The fame behold, therwith their keene defires were whett.
XXXV. It fortuned, as they together far'd,
They fpide where Paridell came pricking fail:
Upon the plaine, the which himfelfe prepar'd
To giuft with that brave ftraunger knight a call:,
As on adventure by the way he pair. :
Alone he rode without his paragone ;
For having filch t her bells, her up he can:
To the wide world, and lett her fly alone, He nould be clogd : fo had he ferved many one.
XXXVI. The
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The gentle lady, loofe at randon lefte,
The greene-wood long did walke, and wander wide
At wilde adventure, like a forlorne wefte -y
Till on a day the Satyres her erpide
Straying alone withouten groome or guide j
Her up they tooke, and with them home her ledd,
With them as houfewife ever to abide,
To milk their gotes, and make them cheefe and bredd ; And every one as commune good her handeled :
XXXVII.
That fhortly me Malbecco has forgott,
And eke fir Paridell, all were he deare ;
Who from her went to feeke another lott,
And now by fortune was arrived here,
Where thofe two guilers with Malbecco were :
Soone as the old man faw fir Paridell,
He fainted, and was almoft dead with feare,
Ne word he had to fpeake his griefe to tell, But to him louted low, and greeted goodly well ;
XXXVIII.
And after afked him for Hellenore.
I take no keepe of her, fayd Paridell,
She wonneth in the for reft there before.
So forth he rode as his adventure fell ;
The whiles the boafter from his loftie fell
Faynd to alight, fomething amirTe to mend ;
But the frefh fwayne would not his leafure dwell,
But went his way ; whom when he parTed kend, He up remounted light, and after faind to wend.
XXXIX.
Perdy nay, faid Malbecco, Jhall ye not :
But let him pafte as lightly as he came :
For title good of him is to be got,
And mickle perl 11 to bee put tojhame.
But let us goe to feeke my dear eft datne,
Whom he hath left in yonder for eft wyld :
For of her fafety in great doubt I ame,
Leaft falvage beaftes her per/on have dejpoyld : Then all the world is loft, and we in vaine have toyld,
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They all agree, and forward them addreft :
Ah ! but, {aid crafty Trompart, weete ye well,
That yonder in that waftefull wilderneffe
Huge monfters haunt, and many dangers dwell ;
Dragons, and minotaures, and fee fides of hell,
And many wilde woodmen which robbe and rend
All travellers : therefore advife ye welly
Before ye enterprife that way to wend : One may his tourney bring too foone to evill end.
XLI.
Malbecco ftopt in great aftonifhment, And with pale eyes faft fixed on the reft Their counfell crav'd in daunger imminent. Said Trompart, Tou, that are the mojl opprefi With burdein of great treafure, I thinke beji Here for to fay in fafetie behynd : My lord and I will fear ch the wide for ef. That counfell pleafed not Malbeccoes mynd ; For he was much afraid himfelfe alone to fynd.
XLII. Then is it befl, faid he, that ye doe leave Tour treafure here infomefecurity, Either faft clofed in fane hollow greave, Or buried in the ground from ieopardy, Till we returne againe in fafety : As for us two, leaf doubt of us ye have, He?ice farre away we will blyndfolded ly, Ne privy bee unto your treafures grave. It pleafed ; fo he did : then they march forward brave.
XLIII. Now when amid the thickefl woodes they were, They heard a noyfe of many bagpipes mrill, And fhrieking hububs them approching nere, Which all the foreft did with horrour fill : That dreadfull found the boilers hart did thrill With fuch amazment, that in haft he fledd, Ne ever looked back for good or ill ; And after him eke fearefull Trompart fpedd : The old man could not fly, but fell to ground half dedd :
XLIV. Yet
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XLIV.
Yet afterwardes clofe creeping, as he might, He in a bum did hyde his fearefull hedd : The iolly Satyres full of frefh delight Came dauncing forth, and with them nimbly ledd Faire Helenore, with girlonds all beipredd, Whom their May-lady they had newly made : She proude of that new honour, which they redd, And of their lovely fellowship full glade, Daunft lively, and her face did with a lawrell (hade,
XLV. The filly man that in the thickett lay
Saw all this goodly fport, and grieved fore, Yet durft he not againft it doe or fay, But did his hart with bitter thoughts engore, To fee th' unkindnes of his Hellenore. All day they daunced with great luftyhedd, And with their horned feet the greene gras wore j The whiles their gotes upon the brouzes fedd, Till drouping Phoebus gan to hyde his golden hedd.
XLVI. Tho up they gan their mery pypes to trufTe, And all their goodly heardes did gather rownd ; But every Satyre firft did give a bufle To Hellenore : fo bufTes did abound. Now gan the humid vapour fhed the grownd With perly deaw, and th' earthes gloomy fhade Did dim the brightneffe of the welkin rownd, That every bird and beaft awarned made To fhrowd themfelves, while fleepe their fences did invade.
XL VII. Which when Malbecco faw, out of the bufli Upon his handes and feete he crept full light, And like a gote emongft the gotes did rum, That through the helpe of his faire homes on night, And mifty dampe of mifconceyving night, And eke through likenelfe of his gotiih beard, He did the better counterfeite aright : So home he marcht emongft the horned heard, That none of all the Satyres him efpyde or heard,
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At night, when all they went to fleepe, he vewd, Whereas his lovely wife emongft them lay, Embraced of a Satyre rough and rude, Who all the night did minde his ioyous play : Nine times he heard him come aloft ere day, That all his hart with gealofy did fwell ; But yet that nights enfample did bewray That not for nought his wife them lovd fo well,
When one fo oft a night did ring his matins bell.
XLIX.
So clofely as he could he to them crept,
When wearie of their fport to Ileepe they fell, And to his wife, that now full foundly flept, He whifpered in her eare, and did her tell, That it was he which by her fide did dwell, And therefore prayd her wake to heare him plaine. As one out of a dreame not waked well, She turnd her, and returned backe againe :
Yet her for to awake he did the more conftraine.
L.
At laft with irkefom trouble me abrayd ; And then perceiving, that it was indeed Her old Malbecco, which did her upbrayd With loofenefTe of her love and loathly deed, She was aflonifht with exceeding dreed, And would have wakt the Satyre by her fyde ; But he her prayd for mercy or for meed To fave his life, ne let him be defcryde,
But hearken to his lore, and all his counfell hyde.
LI.
Tho gan he her perfwade to leave that lewd And loathfom life, of God and man abhord, And home returne, where all fhould be renewd With perfect peace, and bandes of frefh accord, And fhe receivd againe to bed and bord, As if no trefpas ever had beene donne : But flie it all refufed at one word, And by no meanes would to his will be wonne,
But chofe emongfl the iolly Satyres ftill to wonne.
LII. He
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He wooed her till day-fpring he efpyde ;
But all in vaine : and then turnd to the heard,
Who butted him with homes on every fyde,
And trode downe in the durt, where his hore beard
Was fowly dight, and he of death afeard.
Early before the heavens fairefl light
Out of the ruddy eaft was fully reard,
The heardes out of their foldes were loofed quight, And he emongft the reft crept forth in fory plight.
LIII.
So foone as he the prifon dore did pas,
He ran as faft as both his feet could beare, And never looked who behind him was, Ne fcarfely who before : like as a beare, That creeping clofe amongfl the hives to reare An hony-combe, the wakefull dogs efpy, And him aflayling fore his carkas teare, That hardly he with life away does fly, Ne ftayes, till fafe himfelfe he fee from ieopardy.
LIV. Ne ftayd he, till he came unto the place Where late his treafure he entombed had ; Where when he found it not (for Trompart bacc Had it purloyned for his maifter bad) With extreme fury he became quite mad, And ran away, ran with himfelfe away : That who fo flraungely had him feene beftadd, With upftart haire, and flaring eyes difmay, From Limbo lake him late efcaped fure would fay.
LV. High over hilles and over dales he fledd,
As if the wind him on his winges had borne ; Ne banck nor bufh could flay him, when he fpedd His nimble feet, as treading flill on thorne : Griefe and defpight and gealofy and fcorne Did all the way him follow hard behynd, And he himfelfe himfelfe loath'd fo forlorne, So fhamefully forlorne of womankynd j That, as a fnake, flill lurked in his wounded mynd.
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Still fled he forward, looking backward ftill,
Ne ftayd his flight nor fearefull agony,
Till that he came unto a rocky hill
Over the fea fufpended dreadfully,
That living creature it would terrify
To looke adowne or upward to the hight :
From thence he threw himfelfe difpiteoufly,
All defperate of his fore-damned fpright, That feemd no help for him was left in living fight :
LVII. But through long anguifh and felfe-murd 'ring thought
He was fo waited and forpined quight,
That all his fubftance was confum'd to nought,
And nothing left but like an aery fpright,
That on the rockes he fell fo flit and light,
That he thereby receiv'd no hurt at all,
But chaunced on a craggy cliff to light ;
Whence he with crooked clawes fo long did crall, That at the laft he found a cave with entrance fmall.
LVIII. Into the fame he creepes, and thenceforth there
Refolvd to build his balefull manfion
In drery darkenes, and continuall feare
Of that rocks fall ; which ever and anon
Threates with huge ruine him to fall upon,
That he dare never fleepe, but that one eye
Still ope he keepes for that occafion -,
Ne ever refts he in tranquillity, Th- Torino billowes beat his bowre fo boyflroufly,
LIX. Ne ever is he wont on ought to feed,
But todes and frogs (his pafture poyfonous)
Which in his cold complexion doe breed
A filthy blood, or humour rancorous,
Matter of doubt and dread fufpitious,
That doth with cureleffe care confume the hart,
Corrupts the ftomacke with gall vitious,
Crofs-cuts the liver with internall fmart, And doth transfixe the foule with deathes eternall dart.
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LX.
Yet can he never dye, but dying lives,
And doth himfelfe with forrow new fuftaine,
That death and life attonce unto him gives,
And painefull pleafure turnes to pleafing paine.
There dwels he ever (miferable fwaine)
Hatefull both to himfelfe and every wight ;
Where he through privy griefe and horrour vaine
Is woxen fo deform'd, that he has quight Forgot he was a man, and Gelofy is hight.
CANTO XI.
Britomart chaceth Ollyphant -,
Findes Scudamour diflrejl : AJfayes the houfe of Bufyrane,
Where Loves fpoyks are cxprejl.
I.
O Hatefull hellifh fnake, what Furie furfr. Brought thee from balefull houfe of Proferpine,
Where in her bofome fhe thee long had nurfl,
And foftred up with bitter milke of tine,
Fowle Gealofy, that turnefl: love divine
To ioyleffe dread, and mak'fr. the loving hart
With hatefull thoughts to languifh and to pine,
And feed itfelfe with felfe-confuming fmart ? Of all the pafhons in the mind thou vileft art.
II. O let him far be banifhed away,
And in his ftead let Love for ever dwell !
Sweete Love, that doth his golden wings embay
In blefTed nectar and pure pleafures well,
Untroubled of vile feare or bitter fell.
And ye, faire ladies, that your kingdomes make
In th' harts of men, them governe wifely well,
And of faire Britomart enfample take, That was as trew in love, as turtle to her make.
R r r 2 HI. Who
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Who with fir Satyrane (as earft ye red)
Forth ryding from Malbeccoes hoftleiTe hous, Far off afpyde a young man, the which fled From an hu^e sreaunt, that with hideous
o o
And hatefull outrage long him chaced thus j
It was that Ollyphant, the brother deare
Of that Argante vile and vitious,
From whom the Squyre of dames was reft whylere ; This all as bad as the, and worfe, if worfe ought were.
IV. For as the filler did in feminine
And filthy lufh exceede all womankinde j
So he furpafled his fex mafculine
In beaitly ufe all that I ever finde :
Whom when as Britomart beheld behinde
The fearefull boy fo greedily pourfew,
She was emmoved in her noble minde
T'employ her puiffaunce to his refkew, And pricked fiercely forward where (lie did him vew.
V. Ne was fir Satyrane her far behinde,
But with like fiercenelTe did enfew the chace :
Whom when the gyaunt faw, he foone refinde
His former fuit, and from them fled apace ;
They alter both, and boldly bad him bace,
And each did drive the other to outgoe ;
But he them both out-ran a wondrous fpace,
For he was long, and fwift as any roe, And now made better fpeed t' efcape his feared foe,
VI. It was not Satyrane whom he did feare,
But Britomart the rlowre of chaftity ;
For he the powre of chafte hands might not beare,
But aiwayes did their dread encounter fly :
And now fo fall: his feet he did apply,
That he has gotten to a forreft neare,
Where he is fhrowded in fecurity :
The wood they enter, and fearch everie where j They fearched diverfely ; fo both divided were.
VII. Fay re
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Fayre Britomart fo long him followed,
That me at lafl came to a fountaine fheare,
By which there lay a knight all wallowed
Upon the graffy ground, and by him neare
His haberieon, his helmet, and his fpeare ;
A little off his fhield was rudely throwne,
On which the winged boy in colours cleare
Depeincted was, full eafie to be knowne, And he thereby, wherever it in field was fhowne.
VIII. His face upon the grownd did groveling ly,
As if he had beene flombring in the (hade ;
That the brave mayd would not for courtefy
Out of his quiet flomber him abrade,
Nor feeme too fuddeinly him to invade :
Still as fhe flood, me heard with grievous throb
Him grone, as if his hart were peeces made,
And with moft painefull pangs to figh and fob, That pitty did the virgins hart of patience rob.
IX.
At laft forth breaking into bitter plaintes
He fayd, O fiver ay ne Lord, that ft? ft on hye,
And raignft in blis emongfi thy blejfed faint les,
How fuffreft thou fuch Jhamefull cruelty
So long unwreaked of thine enimy ?
Or haft thou, Lord, of good mens caufe no heed?
Or doth thy iuftice fteepe andjilent ly f
What booteth then the good and righteous deed, If goodnefe find no grace, nor righteoufnejfe no meed ?
X. If good 'find grace, and righteoufnes reward,
Why then is Amoret in caytive band,
Sith that more bounteous creature never far d
On foot upon the face of living land f
Or if that hevenly iuftice may with/land
The wrongfull outrage of unrighteous men,
Why then is Buftrane with wicked hand
Suffred thefe fiven monethes day infecret den
My lady and my love fo cruelly to pen 2
XI. My
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My lady and my love is cruelly pend
In doli fa II darkencs from the vew of day,
Whilejl deadly torments doe her chajl breft rend,
And the far pe /leele doth rive her hart in twajr,
All for /he Scudamore will not denay :
1 let thou, vile man, vile Scudamore, art found,
Ne can ft her aydc, nc can ft her foe dijmay ;
Unworthy wretch to tread upon the ground, For whom fo fair e a lady feeles fo fore a wound.
XII. There an huge heape of fingulfes did oppreiTe
His ftrugling foule, and fwelling throbs empeach
His foltring toung with pangs of drerineffe,
Choking the remnant of his plaintife fpeach,
As if his dayes were come to their lafl reach.
Which when flie heard, and faw the ghaftly fit Threatning into his life to make a breach, Both with great ruth and terrour me was fmit, Fearing leaft from her cage the wearie fouie would flit.
XIII.
Tho ftouping downe (lie him amoved light ;
Who therewith fomewhat flarting up gan looke, And feeing him behind a irxanger knight, Whereas no living creature he miftooke, With great indignaunce he that fight forfooke, And downe againe himfelfe difdainefully Abiecting, th' earth with his faire forhead ftrooke : Which the bold virgin feeing, ■ gan apply Fit medcine to his griefe, and fpake thus courtefly ;
XIV. Ah ! gentle blight, whofe deepe-conceived griefe Well femes t'exceede the powre of patience, Yet if that hcvenly grace fome good reliefe You fend, fubmit you to high Provide?ice ; And ever i?i your ?ioble hart prepenfe, That all the for row in the world is leffe Then verities might and values cojifdence : For who nill bide the burden of diftrejfe, Mufl not here thinke to live ; for life is wretchednejfe.
XV. Therefore,
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Therefore, fairejir, doe comfort to you take,
And freely read what wicked felon fo
Hath outrag'd you, and thr aid your gentle make.
Perhaps this hand may help to eafe your woe,
And wreake your for row on your cruellfoe ;
At leaf it fair e endevour will apply.
Thofe feeling words fo neare the quicke did goe,
That up his head he reared eafily, And leaning on his elbowe, thefe few words lett fly j
XVI. What boots it plaine that cannot be redrefi,
Andfow vaine for row in afruitlefj'e eare,
Sith powre of hand, nor fkill of learned brefl,
Ne worldly price cannot redeeme my deare,
Out of her thraldome and continuall feare ?
For he the tyrant, which her hath in ward
By flrong enchauntments and blacke magi eke leare,
Hath in a dungeon deepe her clofe embard, And many dreadful/ feends hath pointed to her gard.
XVII. ' There he tormenteth her moft terribly,
And day and night afflicts with mortall paine,
Becaufe to yield him love fie doth deny,
Once to me yold, not to be yolde againe :
But yet by torture he would her confraine
Love to conceive in her difdainfull breft ;
Till fo fie doe, fie mufl in doole remame,
Ne 7nay by living meanes be thence relefi : What boots it then to plaine that cannot be redreft ?
XVIII. With this fad herfall of his heavy ftreffe
The warlike damzell was empaffiond fore,
And fayd, Sir knight, your caufe is nothing leffe
Then is your for row certes, if ?iot more',
For nothing fo much pitty doth implore,
As gentle ladyes helplejfe mifery :
But yet, if pleafe ye liften to my lore,
I will with proof of laft extremity Deliver her fro thence, or with her for you dy.
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jMj ! gentle/I bright alive, fayd Scudamore, What huge heroicke magnanimity Dwells in thy bounteous brefi f what couldjl thou more, If fire were thine, and thou as now am I? Of pare thy happy dates, and them apply T'o better boot, but let me die that ought ; More is more lojfe : one is enough to dy. Life is not lofl, faid {he, for which is bought Endlefe renowm, that more then death is to be fought.
XX. Thus fhe at length perfuaded hirn to rife
And with her wend, to fee what new fucceiTe Mote him befall upon new enterprife : His armes, which he had vowed to difprofelTe, She gathered up and did about him drefie, And his forwandred Heed unto him gott : So forth they both yfere make their progrefTe, And march not paft the mountenaunce of a- fhott, Till they arriv'd whereas their purpofe they did plott.
XXI. There they difmounting drew their weapons bold, And ftoutly came unto the caftle gate, Whereas no gate they found them to withhold, Nor ward to waite at morne and evening late ; But in the porch, that did them fore amate, A flaming fire ymixt with fmouldry fmoke And {linking fulphure, that with griefly hate And dreadfuil horror did all entraunce choke, Enforced them their forward footing to revoke.
XXII.
Greatly thereat was Britomart difmayd,
Ne in that flownd wift how herfelfe to beare ;
For daunger vaine it were to have aflayd
That cruell element, which all things feare,
Ne none can fuffer to approchen neare :
And turning back to Scudamour, thus fayd ;
What monfirous enmity provoke we heare,
Foolhardy as th' Earthes children, the which made Batteill againji the gods f fo we a god invade.
XXIII. Daunger
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Daunger without discretion to attempt
Inglorious, beqjl-like is : therefore ', Jir knight \ Aread what courfe of you is fafeji dempt, And how we with our foe may come to fight ? This is, quoth he, the dolorous defpight, Which earji to you I playnd : for neither may This fire be quencht by any witt or might, Ne yet by any meanes removd away ; So mighty be tti enchauntments which the fame do flay.
XXIV.
Wloat is there ells but ceafe thefe fruitlejje paines,
And leave me to my former languifhing ?
Faire Amorett mufi dwell in wicked chaines,
And Scudamore here die with forrowing.
Perdy not fo, faide fhee, for jhameful thing
Tt were £ abandon noble chevifaunce
For Jhewe of peri 11 without venturing :
Rather let try extremities of chaunce Then enterprifed praife for dread to difavaunce.
XXV.
Therewith refolv'd to prove her utmoft might, Her ample fhield (he threw before her face, And her fwords point directing forward right Aflayld the flame, the which eftefoones gave place And did itfelfe divide with equall fpace, That through fhe patted ; as a thonder-bolt Perceth the yielding ayre, and doth difplace The foring clouds into fad {howres ymolt ; So to her yold the flames, and did their force revolt.
XXVI. Whom whenas Scudamour faw paft the fire Safe and untoucht, he likewife gan afTay With greedy will and envious defire, And bad the ftubborrie flames to yield him way : But cruell Mulciber would not obay His threatfull pride, but did the more augment His mighty rage, and with imperious fway Him forft (maulgre) his fercenes to relent, And backe retire, all fcorcht and pitifully brent.
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With huge impatience he inly fwelt,
More for great forrow that he could not pas, Then for the burning torment which he felt -} That with fell woodnes he effierced was, And wilfully him throwing on the gras Did beat and bounfe his head and breft ful fore : The whiles the championefle now entred ha,s The utmoft rowme, and paft the foremoft dore -,
The utmoft rowme abounding with all precious ftore :
XXVIII.
For round about the walls yclothed were
With goodly arras of great maiefty,
Woven with gold and filke fo clofe and nere
That the rich metall lurked privily,
As faining to be hidd from envious eye -3
Yet here, and there, and every where unwares
It fhewd itfelfe, and ftione unwillingly ;
Like a difcolourd fnake, whofe hidden fnares Through the greene gras his long bright burnifht back declares,
XXIX. And in thofe tapets weren fafhioned
Many faire pourtraidts, and many a faire feate,
And all of love, and al of lufty-hed,
As feemed by their femblaunt did entreat ;
And eke all Cupids warres they did repeate,
And cruell battailes, which he whilome fought
Gainft all the gods, to make his empire great ;
Beiides the huge maffacres, which he wrought On mighty kings and kefars into thraldome brought.
XXX. Therein was writt how often thondring love
Had feit the point of his hart-percing dart,
And leaving heavens kingdome here did rove
In ftraunge difguize, to ilake his fcalding fmart ;.
Now like a ram faire Helle to pervart,
Now like a bull Europa to withdraw :
Ah, how the fearefull ladies tender hart
Did lively feeme to tremble, when (he faw The huge feas under her t'obay her fervaunts law !
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XXXI.
Soone after that into a golden fhowre
Himfelfe he chaung'd faire Danae to vew,
And through the roofe of her ftrong brafen towre
Did raine into her lap an hony dew ;
The whiles her foolifh garde, that litle knew
Of fuch deceipt, kept th' yron dore fafl bard,
And watcht that none mould enter nor uTew ;
Vaine was the watch, and bootleiTe all the ward, Whenas the god to golden hew himfelfe transfard.
XXXII.
Then was he turnd into a fnowy fwan,
To win faire Leda to his lovely trade :
O wondrous fkill, and fweet wit of the man,^
That her in daffadillies fleeping made
From fcorching heat her daintie limbes to made :
Whiles the proud bird, ruffing his fethers wyde
And brufhing his faire breft, did her invade,
She flept, yet twixt her eie-lids clofely ipyde How towards her he rufht, and fmiled at his pryde.
XXXIII.
Then fhewd it how the Thebane Semelee
Deceivd of gealous Iuno did require
To fee him in his foverayne maieftee,
Armd with his thunderbolts and lightning fire,
Whens dearely (he with death bought her defire.
But faire Alcmena better match did make,
Ioying his love in likenes more entire ;
Three nights in one, they fay, that for her fake He then did put, her pleafures lenger to partake.
XXXIV. Twife was he feene in foaring eagles fhape,
And with wide winges to beat the buxome ayrc,
Once, when he with Afterie did fcape,
Againe, whenas the Trojane boy fo fayre
He fnatcht from Ida hill, and with him bare :
Wondrous delight it was there to behould
How the rude fheprieards after him did ftare,
Trembling through feare leaft down he fallen mould, And often to him calling to take furer hould,
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In fatyres lliape Antiopa he fnatcht j
And like a fire, when he Aegin' aflayd :
A fhepeheard, when Mnemofyne he catcht ;
And like a ferpent to the Thracian mayd.
Whyles thus on earth great love thefe pageaunts playd,
The winged boy did thruft into his throne,
And fcoffing, thus unto his mother fayd,
Lo ! now the hevens obey to me alone, And take me for their love, whiles love to earth is gone,
XXXVI. And thou, faire Phoebus, in thy colours bright
Waft there enwoven, and the fad diftrefTe
In which that boy thee plonged, for defpight
That thou bewray 'dft his mothers wantonneffe
When me with Mars was meynt in ioyfulnene :
Forthy he thrild thee with a leaden dart
To love fair Daphne, which thee loved leffe ;
Lefle fhe thee lov'd then was thy iuft defart, Yet was thy love her death, and her death was thy fmart.
XXXVII. So lovedft thou the lufty Hyacindt j
So lovedft thou the faire Coronis deare :
Yet both are of thy haplefle hand extinct ;
Yet both in flowres doe live, and love thee beare,
The one a paunce, the other a fweet-breare :
For griefe whereof, ye mote have lively feene
The god himfelfe rending his golden heare,
And breaking quite his garlond ever-greene, With other fignes of forrow and impatient teene.
XXXVIII. Both for thofe two, and for his owne deare fonne,
The fonne of Climene, he did repent ;
Who bold to guide the charet of the funne
Himfelfe in thoufand peeces fondly rent,
And all the world with flaming fire brent ;
So like, that all the walles did feeme to flame :
Yet cruell Cupid, not herewith content,
Forft him eftfoones to follow other game, And love a fhepheards daughter for his deareft dame.
XXXIX. He
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He loved life for his cleared dame,
And for her fake her cattell fedd awhile,
And for her fake a cowheard vile became,
The fervant of Admetus, cowheard vile,
Whiles that from heaven he fuffered exile,
Long were to tell his other lovely fitt,
Now like a Iyon hunting after fpoile,
Now like a hag, now like a faulcon fiit : All which in that faire arras was moft lively writ,
XL.
Next unto him was Neptune pictured,
In his divine refemblance wondrous lyke :
His face was rugged, and his hoarie hed
Dropped with brackifh deaw ; his three-forkt pyke
He ftearnly fhooke, and therewith fierce did ftryke
The raging billowes, that on every fyde
They trembling flood and made a long broad dyke,
That his fwift charet might have paffage wyde, Which foure great hippodames did draw in teme-wife tyde.
XLL His fea-horfes did feeme to fnort amayne,
And from their nofethrilles blow the brynie ftreame,
That made the fparckling waves to fmoke agayne,
And flame with gold j but the white fomy creame
Did lliine with filver, and moot forth his beame :
The god himfelfe did penfive feeme and fad,
And hong adowne his head as he did dreame -,
For privy love his breft empierced had, Ne ought but deare Bifaltis ay could make him glad.
XLII. He loved eke Iphimedia deare,
And Aeolus faire daughter, Arne hight,
For whom he turnd himfelfe into a deare,
And fedd on fodder, to beguile her light -,
Alfo to win Deucalions daughter bright,
He turnd himfelfe into a dolphin fayre ;
And like a winged horfe he tooke his flight,
To fnaky-locke Medufa to repayre, On whom he got faire Pegafus, that flitteth in the ayre.
XLIII. Next
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Next Saturne was ; but who would ever weene
That fullein Saturne ever weend to love ?
Yet love is fullein, and Saturnlike feene,
As he did for Erigone it prove,
That to a centaure did himfelfe tranfmove.
So proov'd it eke that gratious god of wine,
When for to compaffe Philliras hard love,
He turnd himfelfe into a fruitfull vine, And into her faire bofome made his grapes decline
XLIV. Long were to tell the amorous affayes
And gentle pangues, with which he maked meeke
The mightie Mars, to learne his wanton playes ;
How oft for Venus, and how often eek
For many other nymphes he fore did fhreek
With womanim teares, and with unwarlike fmarts,
Privily moyftening his horrid cheeke :
There was he painted full of burning dartes, And many wide woundes launched through his inner partes.
XLV. Ne did he fpare (fo cruell was the elfe)
His owne deare mother, (ah ! why mould he fo ? )
Ne he did fpare fometime to pricke himfelfe,
That he might tafte the fweet-confuming woe,
Which he had wrought to many others moe.
But to declare the mournfull tragedyes,
And fpoiles wherewith he all the ground did ftrow,
More eath to number with how many eyes High heven beholdes fad lovers nightly theeveryes.
XLVI.
Kings, queenes, lords, ladies, knights, and damfels gent,
Were heap'd together with the vulgar fort,
And mingled with the rafkall rablement,
Without refpect of perfon or of port,
To mew dan Cupids powre and great effort :
And round about a border was entrayld
Of broken bowes and arrowes fhivered fhort,
And a long bloody river through them rayld, So lively and fo like that living fence it fayld.
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XLVII.
And at the upper end of that faire rowme
There was an altar built of pretious Hone
Of paffing valew and of great renowme,
On which there flood an image all alone
Of maffy gold, which with his owne light jfhone ;
And winges it had with fondry colours dight,
More fondly colours then the proud pavone
Beares in his boafled fan, or Iris bright, When her difcolourd bow £he fpreds through heven bright.
XLVIII. Blyndfold he was, and in his cruell fifl
A mortall bow and arrowes keene did hold,
With which he fhot at randon when him lift,
Some headed with fad lead, fome with pure gold 3
(Ah, man, beware how thou thofe dartes behold ! )
A wounded dragon under him did ly,
Whofe hideous tayle his lefte foot did enfold,
And with a (haft was fhot through either eye, That no man forth might draw, ne no man remedye.
XLIX.
And underneath his feet was written thus,
Unto the victor of the gods this bee.
And all the people in that ample hous
Did to that image bowe their humble knee,
And oft committed fowle idolatree.
That wondrous fight faire Britomart amazd,
Ne feeing could her wonder fatisfie,
But ever more and more upon it gazd j The whiles the paffing brightnes her fraile fences dazd.
L. Tho as fhe backward cafl her bufie eye,
To fearch each fecrete of that goodly fled,
Over the dore thus written me did fpye,
Bee bold : fhe oft and oft it over-red,
Yet could not find what fence it figured :
But whatfo were therein or writ or ment,
She was no whit thereby difcouraged
From profecuting of her firfl intent, But forward with bold fleps into the next roome went.
LI. Much
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Much fayrer then the former was that roome,
And richlier by many partes arayd ;
For not with arras made in painefull loome,
But with pure gold it all was overlayd,
Wrought with wilde antickes which their follies playd
In the rich metal 1 as they living were;
A thoufand monftrous formes therein were made,
Such as falfe love doth oft upon him weare, For love in thoufand monftrous formes doth oft appeare.
LII.
And all about the gliftring walles were hong With warlike fpoiles and with victorious prayes Of mightie conquerours and captaines ftrong, Which were whilome captived in their dayes To cruell love, and wrought their owne decayes : Their fvverds and fperes were broke, and hauberques rent, And their proud girlonds of tryumpliant bayes Troden in duft with fury infolent,
To mew the victors might and mercilefs intent.
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The warlike mayd beholding earnestly The goodly ordinaunce of this rich place Did greatly wonder, ne could fatisfy Ker greedy eyes with gazing a long fpace ; But more me mervaild that no footings trace Nor wight appeard, but waftefull emptinefs, And folemne filence over all that place : Straunge thing it feem'd, that none was to pofleffc
So rich purveyaunce, ne them keepe with carefulnefTe.
LIV.
And as flic lookt about (lie did behold
How over that fame dore was likewife writ,
Be bolde, be bolde, and every where be bold,
That much me muz'd, yet could not conftrue it
By any ridling fkill or commune wit.
At laft ftie fpyde at that rowmes upper end
Another yron dore, on which was writ,
Be not too bold : whereto though me did bend
Her earnefl minde, yet will not what it might intend.
LV. Thus
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Thus me there wayted untill eventyde,
Yet living creature none (he faw appeare :
And now fad fhadowes gan the world to hyde
From mortall vew, and wrap in darkenes dreare ;
Yet nould fhe d'ofF her weary armes for feare
Of fecret daunger, ne let fleepe opprefle
Her heavy eyes with natures burdein deare,
But drew herfelfe afide in fickerneffe, And her wel-pointed wepons did about her drefle.
CANTO XII.
The majke of Cupid, and th* enchanted
Chamber are difplayd, Whe?ice Britomart redeemes faire
Amoret through charmes decayd.
I.
TH O whenas chearelefTe night ycovered had Fayre heaven with an univerfall clowd,
That every wight difmayd with darkenes fad
In filence and in fleepe themfelves did fhrowd,
She heard a fhrilling trompet found alowd,
Signe of nigh battaill, or got victory :
Nought therewith daunted was her courage prowd,
But rather ftird to cruell enmity, Expecting ever when fome foe fhe might defcry.
II. With that an hideous florme of winde arofe,
With dreadfull thunder and lightning atwixt,
And an earthquake, as if it flreight would lofe
The worlds foundations from his centre fixt :
A direfull flench of fmoke and fulphure mixt
Enfewd, whofe noyaunce fild the fearefull fled,
From the fourth howre of night untill the fixt -,
Yet the bold BritonefTe was nought ydred, Though much emmov'd, but fledfafl flill perfevered.
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All fuddeinly a ftormy whirlwind blew
Throughout the houfe, that clapped every dore,
With which that yron wicket open flew,
As it with mighty levers had been tore j
And forth yiTewd, as on the readie flore
Of fome theatre, a grave perfonage,
That in his hand a braunch of laurell bore,
With comely haveour and count'nance fage, Yclad in coftly garments, fit for tragicke ftage.
IV. Proceeding to the midft he ftil did (land,
As if in minde he fomewhat had to fay,
And to the vulgare beckning with his hand,
In figne of filence, as to heare a play,
By lively actions he gan bewray
Some argument of matter paflioned ;
Which doen, he backe retyred foft away,
And paffing by, his name difcovered, Eafe, on his robe in golden letters cyphered.
V. The noble mayd frill {landing all this vewd,
And merveild at his ftraunge intendiment :
With that a ioyous fellowship ifTewd
Of minftrales making goodly meriment,
With wanton bardes, and rymers impudent -3
All which together fong full chearefully
A lay of loves delight with fweet concent :
After whom marcht a iolly company, In manner of a mafke, enranged orderly.
VI.
The whiles a moil delitious harmony
In full ftraunge notes was fweetly heard to found,
That the rare fweetnefie of the melody
The feeble fences wholy did confound,
And the frayle foule in deepe delight nigh drownd >
And when it ceail, fhrill trompets lowd did bray,
That their report did far away rebound j
And when they cealt, it gan againe to play j The whiles the maikers marched forth in trim aray.
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The firfl was Fanfy, like a lovely boy Of rare afpect and beautie without peare,
Matchable either to that ympe of Troy
Whom love did love and chofe his cup to beare -f
Or that fame daintie lad, which was fo deare
To great Alcides; that whenas he dyde,
He wailed womanlike with many a teare,
And every wood and every valley wyde He fild with Hylas name > the nymphes eke Hylas cryde,
VIII. His garment neither was of filke nor fay,
But paynted plumes in goodly order dight,
Like as the fun-burnt Indians do aray
Their tawney bodies in their proudeft plight :
As thofe fame plumes, fo feemd he vaine and light,
That by his gate might eaiily appeare j
For frill he far'd as dauncing in delight,
And in his hand a windy fan did beare, That in the ydle ayre he mov'd flill here and theare.
IX. And him befide marcht amorous Defyre,
Who feemd of ryper yeares then th' other fwayne,
Yet was that other fwayne this elders fyre,
And gave him being, commune to them twayne :
His garment was difguyfed very vayne,
And his embrodered bonet fat awry :
Twixt both his hands few fparks he clofe did flrayne,
Which ftill he blew and kindled bufily, That foone they life conceiv'd, and forth in flames did fly.
X. Next after him went Doubt, who was yclad
In a difcolour'd cote of ftraunge difguyfe,
That at his backe a brode capuccio had,
And ileeves dependaunt Albanefe-wyfe :
He lookt afkew with his miftruftfull eyes,
And nycely trode as thornes lay in his way,
Or that the flore to mrinke he did avyfe,
And on a broken reed he flill did flay His feeble fteps, which fhrunck when hard thereon he lay.
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With him went Daunger, cloth'd in ragged weed
Made of beares fkin, that him more dreadfull mado,
Yet his owne face was dreadfull, ne did need
Straunge horrour to deforme his grieily fhade :
A net in th' one hand, and a nifty blade
In th' other was, this mifchiefe, that miihap ;
With th' one his foes he threatned to invade,
With th' other he his friends ment to enwrap ; For whom he could not kill he practizd to entrap.
XII. Next him was Feare, all arm'd from top to toe,
Yet thought himfelfe not fafe enough thereby,
But feard each fhadow moving to or froe,.
And his owne armes when glittering he did fpy
Or claming heard, he faft away did fly ;
As aflies pale of hew, and winged heeld ;
And evermore on Daunger fixt his eye,
Gainft whom he alwayes bent a brafen fhield, Which his right hand unarmed fearefully did wield.
XIII. With him went Hope in rancke, a handfome mayd,
Of chearefull looke and lovely to behold j.
In filken famite (he was light arayd,
And her fayre lockes were woven up in gold :
She alway fmyld, and in her hand did hold
An holy-water-fprinckle, dipt in deowe,
With which fhe fprinckled favours manifold
On whom fhe lift, and did great liking fheowe, Great liking unto many, but true love to feowe.
XIV. And after them DhTemblaunce and Sufpect
Marcht in one rancke, yet an unequall pairej.-.
For fhe was gentle and of milde afpedt,
Courteous to all and feeming debonaire,
Goodly adorned and exceeding faire ;
Yet was that all but paynted and pourloynd,
And her bright browes were deckt with borrowed haire y.
Her deeds were forged, and her words falfe coynd, And alwaies in her hand two clewes of iilke fhe twynd : ;
XV. But
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But he was fowle, ill favoured, and grim,
Under his eiebrowes looking ftill afkaunce j
And ever as DifTemblaunce laught on him,
He lowrd on her with daungerous eye-glaunce,
Shewing his nature in his countenaunce j
His rolling eies did never reft in place,
But walkte each where for feare of hid mifchaunce,
Holding a lattis ftill before his face, Through which he ftil did peep as forward he did pace.
XVI.
Next him went Griefe and Fury matcht yfere y
Griefe all in fable forrowfully clad,
Downe hanging his dull head with heavy chere,
Yet inly being more then feeming fad -,
A paire of pincers in his hand he had,
With which he pinched people to the hart,
That from thenceforth a wretched life they ladd
In wilfull languor and confuming fmart,. Dying each day with inward wounds of dolours dart.
XVIL
But Fury was full ill appareiled
In rags, that naked nigh (lie did appeare,
With ghaftly looks and dreadfull drerihed ;
For from her backe her garments (he did teare,
And from her head ofte rent her fnarled heare :
In her right hand a firebrand fhee did tofTe
About her head, ftill roming here and there ;
As a difmayed deare in chace emboli Forgetfull of his fafety hath his right way loft.
XVIII. After them went Difpleafure and Pleafaunce,
He looking lompifh and full fullein fad,
And hanging downe his heavy countenaunce -, :
She chearfull, frefh, and full of ioyaunce glad>
As if no forrow me ne felt ne drad j
That evill matched paire they feemd to bee :
An angry wafpe th' one in a viall had,
Th* other in hers an hony-lady bee. Thus marched thefe fix couples forth, in faire degree.
XIX. After
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After all thefe there marcht a mod faire dame,
Led of two gryflie villeins, th' one Defpight,
The other clcped Cruelty by name :
She dolefull lady, like a dreary fpright
Cald by ftrong charmes out of tternall night,
Had deathes owne ymage figurd in her face,
Full of fad fignes, fearfull to living fight ;
Yet in that horror fhewd a feemely grace, And with her feeble feete did move a comely pace."
XX. Her breft all naked, as nett yvory
Without adorne of gold or filver bright
Wherewith the craftefman wonts it beautify,
Of her dew honour was defpoyled quight,
And a wide wound therein (o ruefull light ! )
Entrenched deep with knyfe accurfed keene,
Yet freihly bleeding forth her fainting fpright,
(The worke of cruell hand) was to be feene, That dyde in fanguine red her fkin all fnowy cleene :
XXI. At that wide orifice her trembling hart
Was drawne forth, and in filver bafin layd,
Quite through transfixed with a deadly dart,
And in her blood yet fleeming frefh embayd :
And thofe two villeins (which her fteps upftayd,
When her weake feete could fcarcely her fuftaine,
And fading vitall powres gan to fade)
Her forward ftiil with torture did conftraine, And evermore encreafed her confuming paine.
XXII.
Next after her, the winged god himfelfe
Came riding on a lion ravenous,
Taught to obay the menage of that elfe,
That man and bead: with powre imperious
Subdeweth to his kingdome tyrannous :
His blindfold eies he bad awhile unbinde,
That his proud fpoile of that fame dolorous
Faire dame he might behold in perfect kinde, Which feene, he much reioyced in his cruell minde :
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Of which ful prowd, himfelfe uprearing hye
He looked round about with flerne difdayne,
And did furvay his goodly company j
And marfhalling the evill-ordered trayne,
With that the darts, which his right hand did flraine,
Full dreadfully he fliooke that all did quake,
And clapt on hye his coulourd winges twaine ;
That all his many it affraide did make : Tho blinding him againe, his way he forth did take,
XXIV. Behinde him was Reproch, Repentaunce, Shame ;
Reproch the firfl, Shame next, Repent behinde :
Repentaunce feeble, forrowfull, and lame ;
Reproch defpightful, carelerTe, and unkinde j
Shame mofl ill-favourd, befliall, and blinde :
Shame lowrd, Repentaunce fighd, Reproch did fcould :
Reproch fharpe flings, Repentaunce whips entwinde,
Shame burning brond-yrons in her hand did hold : All three to each unlike, yet all made in one mould.
XXV. And after them a rude confufed rout
Of perfons flockt, whofe names is hard to read :
Emongfl them was flerne Strife, and Anger flout,
Unquiet Care, and fond Unthrifty head,
Lewd LofTe of time, and Sorrow feeming dead,
Inconflant Chaunge, and falfe Difloyalty,
Confuming Riotife, and guilty Dread
Of heavenly vengeaunce, faint Infirmity, Vile Poverty, and laftly Death with infamy.
XXVI. There were full many moe like maladies,
Whofe names and natures I note readen well ;
So many moe as there be phantafies
In wavering wemens witt, that none can tell,
Or paines in love, or punifhments in hell :
All which difguized marcht in mafking wife
About the camber by the damozell,
And then returned, having marched thrife, Into the inner rowme from whence they firfl did rife.
XXVII. So
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So foone as they were in, the dore ftreightway Faft locked, driven with that ftormy blaft Which firft it opened, and bore all away. Then the brave maid, which al this while was plaffc In fecret made and faw both firft and laft, Mewed forth, and went unto the dore To enter in, but fownd it locked faft : It vaine (he thought with rigorous uprore
For to efforce, when charmes had clofed it afore.
XXVIII.
Where force might not availe, there Heights and art She caft to ufe, both fltt for hard emprize : Forthy from that fame rowme not to depart Till morrow next fhee did herfelfe avize, When that fame mafke againe mould forth arize. The morrowe next appeard with ioyous cheare, Calling men to their daily exercize, Then (he, as morrow frefh, herfelfe did reare
Out of her fecret ftand, that day for to out-weare.
XXIX.
All that day (he out-wore in wandering, And gazing on that chambers ornament, Till that againe the fecond evening Her covered with her fable veftiment, Wherewith the worlds faire beautie fhe hath blent : Then when the fecond watch was almoft paft, That brafen dore flew open, and in went Bold Britomart, as fhe had late forecaft,
Nether of ydle fhowes nor of falfe charmes aghaft.
XXX.
So foone as fhe was entred, rownd about Shee caft her eies to fee what was become Of all thofe perfons which fhe faw without: But lo ! they ftreight were vanifht all and fome, Ne living wight fhe faw in all that roome, Save that fame woefull lady, both whofe hands Were bounden faft, that did her ill become, And her fmall wafte girt rownd with yron bands
Unto a brafen pillour, by the which fhe ftands.
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XXXI.
And her before the vile enchaunter fate,
Figuring flraunge chara&ers of his art ;
With living blood he thofe characters wrate,
Dreadfully dropping from her dying hart,
Seeming transfixed with a cruell dart,
And all perforce to make her him to love :
Ah ! who can love the worker of her fmart ?
A thousand charmes he formerly did prove ; Yet thoufand charmes could not her fledfafl hart remove.
XXXII. Soone as that virgin knight he faw in place,
His wicked bookes in haft, he overthrew,
Not caring his long labours to deface ;
And fiercely running to that lady trew
A murdrous knife out of his pocket drew,
The which he thought for villeinous defpight
In her tormented bodie to embrew :
But the flout damzell to him leaping light His curfed hand withheld, and maiflered his might.
XXXIII.
From her, to whom his fury firfl he ment,
The wicked weapon rafhly he did wrefl,
And turning to herfelfe his fell intent,
Unwares it flrooke into her fnowie chefl,
That litle drops empurpled her faire brefl.
Exceeding wroth therewith the virgin grew,
Albe the wound were nothing deepe imprefl,
And fiercely forth her mortall blade fhe drew, To give him the reward for fuch vile outrage dew.
XXXIV. So mightily fhe fmote him, that to ground
He fell halfe dead j next flroke him mould have flaine,
Had not the lady, which by him flood bound,
Dernly unto him called to abflaine
From doing him to dy ; for elfe her paine
Should be remedilefie, fith none but hee
Which wrought it could the fame recure againe.
Therewith fhe ftayd her hand, loth flayd to bee> For life fhe him envyde, and iong'd revenge to fee ;
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And to him faid, Thou 'wicked man, whofe meed For fo huge mifchiefe and vile villany Is death, or if that ought doe death exceed; Be fur e that nought mayfave thee from to dyt But if that thou this dame doe prefently Rejlore unto her health and former fate ; This doe and live, els dye undoubtedly. He glad of life, that lookt for death but late,
Did yield himfelfe right willing to prolong his date :
XXXVI.
And rifing up gan flreight to over-looke
Thofe curfed leaves, his charmes back to reverfe : Full dreadfull thinges out of that balefull booke He red, and meafur'd many a fad verfe, That horrour gan the virgins hart to perfe, And her faire locks up flared ftiffe on end, Hearing him thofe fame bloody lynes reherfe y And all the while he red, fhe did extend
Her fword high over him, if ought he did offend.
XXXVII.
Anon fhe gan perceive the houfe to quake, And all the dores to rattle round about j Yet all that did not her difmaied make, Nor flack her threatfull hand for daungers dout. But ftill with fledfaft eye and courage ftout Abode, to weet what end would come of all : At laft that mightie chaine, which round about Her tender wafte was wound, adowne gan fall,,
And that great brafen pillour broke in peeces fmalL
XXXVIII.
The cruell fleele, which thrild her dying hart, Fell foftly forth, as of his owne accord ; And the wyde wound, which lately did difpart Her bleeding bred and riven bowels gor'd, Was clofed up, as it had not beene bor'd $ And every part to fafety full fownd, As fhe were never hurt, was foone reftord : Tho when fhe felt herfelfe to be unbownd,
And perfect hole, proflrate fhe fell unto the growndj
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Before faire Britomart me fell proftrate,
Saying, Ah ! noble knight, what worthy meede
Can wretched lady, quitt from wofull fate,
Tie Id you in lieu of this your gracious deed?
Tour vertue felfe her owne reward Jhall breed,
Even immortal pray fe and glory wyde,
Which I your vajfall by your prowejfe freed
Shall through the world make to be notifyde. And goodly well advaunce that goodly well was tryde*
XL.
But Britomart uprearing her from grownd
Said, Ge?itle dame, reward enough I weene,
For many labours more then I have founds
ffiis, that in fafetie now I have you feene,
And meane of your deliverance have beene :
Henceforth y faire lady, comfort to you take,
And put away remembrance of late teene-,
In/led thereof know that your loving make Hath no lejfe griefe endured for your gentle fake.
XLI. She much was cheard to heare him mentiond,
Whom of all living wightes me loved beft.
Then laid the noble championefle ftrong hond
Upon th' enchaunter which had her diftreffc
So fore, and with foule outrages opprefl :
With that great chaine, wherewith not long ygoe
He bound that pitteous [lady] prifoner now releft,
Himfelfe fhe bound, more worthy to be fo, And captive with her led to wretchednefle and wo.
XLII. Returning back thofe goodly rowmes, which erft
She faw fo rich and royally arayd,
Now vanifht utterly and cleane fubverft.
She found, and all their glory quite decayd ;
That fight of fuch a chaunge her much difmayd.
Thenceforth defcending to that perlous porch,
Thofe dreadfull flames flie alfo found delayd
And quenched quite like a confumed torch, That erfl all entrers wont fo cruelly to fcorch.
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More eafie ifTew now then entrance late
She found ; for now the fained-dreadful flame,
Which chokt the porch of that inchanted gate
And paflage bard to all that thither came,
Was vanifht quite, as it were not the fame,
And gave her leave at pleafure forth to paffe.
Th' enchaunter felfe, which all that fraud did frame
To have efforft the love of that faire laffe,
Seeing his worke now wafted, deepe ehgrieved was.
XLIV.
But when the victoreife arrived there,
Where late /he left the penfive Scudamore With her own trufty fquire, both full of feare, Neither of them me found where fhe them lore : Thereat her noble hart was ftonifht fore ; But more fair Amoret, whofe gentle fpright Now gan to feede on hope, which me before Conceived had, to fee her own deare knight,
Being thereof beguyld, was fild with new affright.
XLV.
But he (fad man) when he had long in drede Awayted there for Britomarts returne, Yet faw her not, nor figne of her good fpeede, His expectation to defpaire did turne, Mifdeeming fure that her thofc flames did burne -, And therefore gan advize with her old fquire (Who her deare nourflings lofTe no leffe did mourne) Thence to depart for further aide t'inquire :
Where let them wend at will, whileft here I doe refpire,
The
The fourth Booke of the
FAERY QUEENE
CONTAINING
The Legend of Cam b el andTELAMOND, or of Friendship.
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H E rugged forhead, that with grave forefight Welds kingdomes caufes and affairs of ftate, My loofer rimes, I wote, doth fharply wite For praiiing love as I have done of late, And magnifying lovers deare debate, By which fraile youth is oft to follie led Through falfe allurement of that pleafing baite ; That better were in vertues difcipled, Then with vaine poemes weeds to have their fancies fed.
II. Such ones ill iudge of love, that cannot love Ne in their frofen hearts feele kindly flame : Forthy they ought not thing unknowne reprove, Ne naturall affection faultleffe blame For fault of few that have abusd the fame : For it of honor and all vertue is The roote, and brings forth glorious flowres of fame, That crowne true lovers with immortall blis, The meed of them that love, and do not live amiffe,
III. Which
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Which whofo lift looke backe to former ages,
And call to count the things that then were donne; Shall find that all the workes of thofe wife fages, And brave exploits which great heroes wonne, In love were either ended or begunne : Witnefle the father of philofophie, Which to his Critias, maded oft from funne, Of love full manie leflbns did apply,
The which thefe Stoicke cenfours cannot well deny.
IV.
To fuch therefore I do not fing at all,
But to that facred faint my foveraigne queene, In whofe chaft breft all bountie naturall And treafures of true love enlocked beene, Bove all her fexe that ever yet was feene j To her I fing of love, that loveth bell, And beft is lov'd of all alive I weene j To her this fong moil fitly is addreft,
The queene of love, and prince of peace from heaven bleft,
V.
Which that me may the better deigne to heare, Do thou, dred infant, Venus dearling dove, From her high fpirit chafe imperious feare, And ufe of awfull maieftie remove : Infted thereof with drops of melting love Deawd with ambrofiall kifles, by thee gotten From thy fweete-fmyling mother from above, Sprinckle her heart, and haughtie courage foften,
That me may hearke to love, and reade this lefTon often.
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Fay re Britomart faves Amoret :
Duejfa difcord breedes TLwixt Scudamour and Blandamour ;
their fight and warlike deeded
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OF lovers fad calamities of old Full many piteous ftories doe remaine, But none more piteous ever was ytold, Then that of Amorets hart-binding chaine, And this of Florimels unworthie paine : The deare companion of whofe bitter fit My foftned heart fo forely doth conftraine, That I with teares full oft doe pittie it, And oftentimes doe wifh it never had bene writ.
II.
For from the time that Scudamour her bought
In perilous fight, fhe never ioyed day ;
A perilous fight, when he with force her brought
From twentie knights that did him all affay j
Yet fairely well he did them all difmay,
And with great glorie both the fhield of love
And eke the ladie felfe he brought away 5
Whom having wedded as did him behove, A new unknowen mifchiefe did from him remove,
III. For that fame vile enchauntour Bufyran,
The very felfe fame day that fhe was wedded,
Amidfl the bridale feaft, whileft every man
Surcharg'd with wine were heedleffe and ill-hedded.
All bent to mirth before the bride was bedded,
Brought in that mafk of love which late was fhowen 5
And there the ladie ill of friends beftedded,
By way of fport, as oft in mafkes is knowen, Conveyed quite away to living wight unknowen.
IV. Seven
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Seven moneths he fo her kept in bitter fmart,
Becauic his finfull luft me would not ferve,
Untill uieh time as noble Britomart
Reieafed her, that elfe was like to fterve
Through cruell knife that her deare heart did kervc :
And now me is with her upon the way,
Marching in lovely wife, that could deferve
No fpot of blame, though fpite did oft aflay To blot her with difhonor of fo faire a pray.
V.
Yet mould it be a pleafant tale to tell
The diverfe ufage and demeanure daint,
That each to other made, as oft befell :
For Amoret right fearefull was and faint,
Left me with blame her honor mould attaint,
That everie word did tremble as me fpake,
And everie looke was coy and wondrous quaint,
And everie limbe that touched her did quake ; Yet could me not but curteous countenance to her make.
VI. For well ihe wift, as true it was indeed,
That her lives lord and patrone of her health
Right well deferved, as his duefull meed,
Her love, her fervice, and her utmoft wealth :
All is his iuftly that all freely dealth :
NathlerTe her honor dearer then her life
She fought to fave, as thing referv'd from ftealth ;
Die had flie lever with enchanters knife Then to be falfe in love, profeft a virgin wife.
VII. Thereto her feare was made fo much the greater
Through fine abufion of that Briton mayd ;
Who for to hide her fained fex the better,
And malke her wounded mind, both did and fayd
Full many things fo doubtfull to be wayd,
That well me wift not what by them to gerTe :
For otherwhiles to her fhe purpos made
Of love, and otherwhiles of luftfulneffe, That much ihe feard his mind would grow to fome excefte.
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His will fhe feard, for him fhe furely thought
To be a man, fuch as indeed he feemed ;
And much the more, by that he lately wrought,
When her from deadly thraldome he redeemed,
For which no fervice fhe too much efteemed ;
Yet dread of fhame and doubt of fowle difhonor
Made her not yeeld fo much as due fhe deemed :
Yet Britomart attended duly on her, As well became a knight, and did to her all honor.
IX.
It fo befell one evening that they came
Unto a caftell, lodged there to bee,
Where many a knight and many a lovely dame
Was then affembled deeds of armes to fee :
Amongft all which was none more faire then fhee,
That many of them mov'd to eye her fore :
The cuftome of that place was fuch, that hee
Which had no love nor lemman there in ftore, Should either winne him one, or lye without the dore.
X.
Amongft the reft there was a iolly knight,
Who being afked for his love, avow'd
That faireft Amoret was his by right,
And orTred that to iuftifie alowd.
The warlike virgine, feeing his fo prowd
And boaftfull chalenge, wexed inlie wroth,
But for the prefent did her anger lhrowd ;
And fayd her love to lofe fhe was full loth, But either he mould neither of them have or both.
XI. So foorth they went, and both together giufled j
But that fame younker foone was over-throwne,
And made repent, that he had rafhly lufted
For thing unlawfull, that was not his owne :
Yet fince he feemed valiant, though unknowne,
She, that no leffe was courteous then flout,
Caft how to falve, that both the cuftome fhowne
Were kept, and yet that knight not locked out ; That feem'd full hard t'accord two things fo far in dout.
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The fenefchall was cal'd to deeme the right ; Whom me requir'd, that firft fayre Amoret Might be to her allow'd, as to a knight That did her win and free from chalenge fet : Which ftraight to her was yeelded without let. Then fince that ftrange knights love from him was quitted, She claim'd that to herfelfe, as ladies det, He as a knight might iuftly be admitted ; So none mould be out-fhut, fith all of loves were fitted.
XIII. With that her gliftring helmet (lie unlaced ;
Which doft, her golden lockes that were up-bound Still in a knot unto her heeles downe traced, And like a iilken veile in compafle round About her backe and all her bodie wound : Like as the mining fkie in fummers night, What time the dayes with fcorching heat abound, Is creafted all with lines of firie light, That it prodigious feemes in common peoples fight.
XIV. Such when thofe knights and ladies all about Beheld her, all were with amazement fmit, And every one gan grow in fecret dout Of this and that, according to each wit : Some thought that fome enchantment faygned it ; Some, that Bellona in that warlike wife To them appear'd, with fhield and armour fit ; Some, that it was a mafke of ftrange difguife : So diverfely each one did fundrie doubts devife.
XV. But that young knight, which through her gentle deed Was to that goodly fellowfhip reftor'd, Ten thoufand thankes did yeeld her for her meed, And doubly over-commen her ador'd : So did they all their former ftrife accord j And eke fayre Amoret now freed from feare More franke affection did to her afford ; And to her bed, which me was wont forbeare, Now freely drew, and found right fafe affurance theare:
XVI. Where
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XVI.
Where all that night they of their loves did treat,
And hard adventures, twixt themfelves alone,
That each the other gan with pafTion great
And griefe-full pittie privately bemone.
The morow next fo foone as Titan fhone,
They both uprofe, and to their waies them dight :
Long wandred they, yet never met with none
That to their willes could them direct aright, Or to them tydings tell that mote their harts delight.
XVII. Lo thus they rode, till at the laft they fpide
Two armed knights that toward them did pace,
And ech of them had ryding by his fide
A ladie, feeming in fo farre a fpace ;
But ladies none they were, albee in face
And outward mew faire femblance they did beare $
For under mafke of beautie and good grace
Vile treafon and fowle falfhood hidden were, That mote to none but to the warie wife appeare.
XVIII. The one of them the falfe Dueffa hight,
That now had changed her former wonted hew :
For me could d'on fo manie fhapes in fight,
As ever could cameleon colours new ;
So could me forge all colours, fave the trew :
The other no whit better was then fhee,
But that fuch as fhe was me plaine did fhew -,
Yet otherwife much worfe, if worfe might bee, And dayly more offenfive unto each degree.
XIX. Her name was Ate, mother of debate
And all dhTention, which doth dayly grow
Amongfl fraile men, that many a publike ftate
And many a private oft doth over-throw.
Her falfe Dueffa, who full well did know To be moft fit to trouble noble knights Which hunt for honor, raifed from below
Out of the dwellings of the damned fprights, Where me in darknes waites her curfed daies and nights.
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Hard by the gates of hell her dwelling is ;
There, whereas all the plagues and harmes abound
Which punifh wicked men that walke amifTe :
It is a darkibme delve farre under ground,
With thornes and barren brakes environd round,
That none the fame may eafily out-win ;
Yet many waies to enter may be found,
But none to iflue forth when one is in : For difcord harder is to end then to begin.
XXI.
And all within the riven walls were hung
With ragged monuments of times fore-pail,
All which the fad effects of difcord fung :
There were rent robes and broken fcepters plait,
Altars defyld, and holy things defaft,
Disfhivered fpeares, and fhields ytorne in twaine,
Great cities ranfackt, and ftrong caftles raft,
Nations captived, and huge armies flaine : Of all which ruines there forne relicks did remaine.
XXII. There was the figne of antique Babylon,
Of fatall Thebes, of Rome that raigned long,
Of facred Salem, and fad Iliony
For memorie of which on high there hong
The golden apple (caufe of all their wrong)
For which the three faire goddeffes did ftrive ~
There alfo was the name of Nimrod ftrong,
Of Alexander, and his princes five, Which fhar'd to them the fpoiles that he had got alive :
XXIII. And there the relicks of the drunken fray>
The which amongft the Lapithees befell ^
And of the bloodie feaft, which fent away
So many centaures drunken foules to hell,
That under great Alcides furie fell ;
And of the dreadfull difcord, which did drive
The noble Argonauts to outrage fell,
That each of life fought others to deprive, All mindlelTe of the golden fleece, which made them ftrive.
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And eke of private perfons many moe,
That were too long a worke to count them all ;
Some of fworne friends, that did their faith forgoe •
Some, of borne brethren, prov'd unnaturall j
Some of deare lovers, foes perpetual! :
Witnefle their broken bandes there to be feene,
Their girlonds rent, their bowres defpoyled all 5
The moniments whereof there byding beene, As plaine as at the firffc when they were frefh and greene.
XXV. Such was her houfe within ; but all without
The barren ground was full of wicked weedes,
Which (lie herfelfe had fowen all about,
Now growen great, at firft of little feedes,
The feedes of evill wordes and factious deedes ;
Which when to ripen erTe due they growen arre
Bring forth an infinite increafe, that breedes
Tumultuous trouble and contentious iarre The which moil often end in hloudfhed and in warre.
XXVI. And thofe fame curfed feedes doe alfo ferve
To her for bread, and yeeld her living food :
For life it is to her, when others fterve
Through mifchievous debate and deadly feood,
That fhe may fucke their life and drinke their blood,
With which (he from her childhood had bene fed :
For fhe at firfl: was borne of hellifh brood,
And by infernall Furies nourifhedj That by her monftrous fhape might eaiily be red.
XXVII. Her face moil: fowle and filthy was to fee,
With fquinted eyes contrarie wayes intended,
And loathly mouth, unmeete a mouth to bee,
That nought but gall and venim comprehended, And wicked wordes thai God and man oiFended :
Her lying tongue was in two parts divided,
And both the parts did fpeake, and both contended -,
And as her tongue, fo was her hart difcided, That never thoght one thing, but doubly ftil was guided.
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Als as flie double fpake, fo heard fhe double, With matchlefle eares deformed and diftort, Fild with falfe rumors and feditious trouble, Bred in aflemblies of the vulgar fort, That ftill are led with every light report : And as her eares, fo eke her feet were odde, And much unlike; th' one long, the other fhort, And both mifplaft ; that when th' one forward yode, The other backe retired and contrarie trode.
XXIX. Likewife unequall were her handes twaine ; That one did reach, the other pufht away ; That one did make, the other mard againe, And fought to bring all things unto decay ; Whereby great riches, gathered manie a day, She in fhort fpace did often bring to nought, And their poffeffours often did difmay : For all her ftudie was and all her thought How fhe might overthrow the things that Concord wrought.
XXX. So much her malice did her might furpas,
That even th' Almightie felfe fhe did maligne, Bccaufe to man fo mercifull he was, And unto all his creatures fo benigne, Sith flie herfelfe was of his grace indigne : For all this worlds faire workmanlhip fhe tride Unto his laft confufion to bring, And that great golden chaine quite to divide, With which it blefled Concord hath together tide.
XXXI. Such was that hag, which with DuefTa roade ; And ferving her in her malitious ufe To hurt good knights, was, as it were, her baude To fell her borrowed beautie to abufe : For though like withered tree, that wanteth iuyce, She old and crooked were, yet now of late As frefh and fragrant as the fioure-deluce She was become, by chaunge of her eflate, And made full goodly ioyance to her new-found mate :
XXXII. Pier
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Her mate, he was a iollle youthfull knight
That bore great fway in armes and chivalrie,
And was indeed a man of mickle might ;
His name was Blandamour, that did defcrie
His fickle mind full of inconftancie :
And now himfelfe he fitted had ri^ht well
With two companions of like qualitie,
FaithlefTe Dueila, and falfe Paridjell, That whether were more falfe, full hard it is to tell,
XXXIII. Now when this gallant with his goodly crew
From farre efpide the famous Britomart,
Like knight adventurous in outward vew,
With his faire paragon (his conquefts part)
Approching nigh, eftfoones his wanton hart
Was tickled with delight, and iefting fayd ;
Lo there, fir Pari del, for your dfart,
Good lucke prefents you with yond lovely mayd, For pi tie that ye want a fellow for your ayd.
XXXIV. By that the lovely paire drew nigh to hond :
Whom whenas Paridel more plaine beheld,
Albee in heart he like affection fond,
Yet mindfull how he late by one was feld
That did thofe armes and that fame fcutchion weld,
He had fmall luft to buy his love fo deare,
But anfwerd, Sir, him wife I never held,
That having once efcaped perill neare, Would afterwards afrcfh the Jleeping evill re are.
XXXV.
'this knight too late his manhood and his might
I did affay, that me right dearely coft ;
Ne lift I for revenge provoke new fight,
Nefor light ladies love, that foone is loft.
The hot-fpurre youth fo fcorning to be croft,
Take then to you this dame of mine, quoth hee,
And I without your perill or your coft
Will chalenge yond fame other for my fee. So forth he fiercely prickt, that one him fcarce could fee.
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The warlike Britonefle her foone addreft,
And with fuch uncouth welcome did receave
Her fayned paramour, her forced gueft,
That being forft his faddle foone to leave,
Himfelfe he did of his new love deceave ;
And made himfelfe th' enfample of his follie :
Which done, fhe parTed forth not taking leave,
And left him now as fad as whilome iollie, Well warned to beware with whom he dar'd to dallie.
XXXVII. Which when his other companie beheld,
They to his fuccour ran with readie ayd j
And finding him unable once to weld,
They reared him on horfe-backe, and upftayd,
Till on his way they had him forth convayd : And all the way with wondrous griefe of mynd And ihame, he fhewd himfelfe to be difmayd More for the love which he had left behynd, Then that which he had to fir Paridel refynd.
XXXVIII.
NathleiTe he forth did march well as he might,
And made good femblance to his companie,
Diflembling his difeafe and evill plight :
Till that ere long they chaunced to efpie
Two other knights, that towards them did ply
With fpeedie courfe, as bent to charge them new :
Whom whenas Blandamour approching nie
Perceiv'd to be fuch as they feemd in vew, He was full wo, and gan his former griefe renew.
XXXIX.
For th' one of them he perfectly defcride
To be fir Scudamour, by that he bore
The god of love, with wings difplayed wide j
Whom mortally he hated evermore,
Both for his worth, that all men did adore,
And eke becaufe his love he wonne by right :
Which when he thought, it grieved him full fore,
That through the brufes of his former fight, He now unable was to wreake his old defpight.
XL. For thy
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Forthy he thus to Paridel befpake,
Fair e fir, of friend/hip let me now you pray , That as I late adventured for your fake The hurts whereof me nowfro?n battel/ fay, Te will ?ne now with like good turne repay. And iufife my caufe on yonder knight. Ah I fir, faid Paridel, do not difmay Tourfelfefor this -, myfelfe will for you fight, As ye have done for me : the left ha?id rubs the right.
XLI.
With that he put his fpurres unto his freed,
With fpeare in reft, and toward him did fare,
Like fhaft out of a bow preventing fpeed.
But Scudamour was fhortly well aware
Of his approch, and gan himfelfe prepare
Him to receive with entertainment meete.
So furioufly they met, that either bare
The other downe under their horfes feete, That what of them became themfelves did fcarfly weete.
XLII.
As when two billowes in the Irifh fowndes,
Forcibly driven with contrarie tydes,
Do meete together, each abacke rebowndes
"With roaring rage j and darning on all fides,
That filleth all the fea with fome, divydes
The doubtfull current into divers wayes :
So fell thofe two in fpight of both their prydes;
But Scudamour himfelfe did foone uprayfe, And mounting light his foe for lying long upbrayes :
XLIII. Who rolled on an heaps lay ftill in fwound,
All carelefle of his taunt ^nd bitter rayle ;
Till that the reft him feeing lie on ground
Ran haftily, to weete what did him ayle :
Where finding that the breath gan him to fayle,
With bufie care they ftrove him to awake,
And doft his helmet, and undid his mayle :
So much they did, that at the lait they brake His flomber, yet fo mazed that he nothing fpake.
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Which whenas Blandamour beheld, he fayd,
Falfefaitour Scud amour, that haft by flight
Aral joule advantage this good knight difmayd,
A hiight much better then thyfelfe behight,
Wellfalles it thee that I am not in plight
This day, to wreake the dammage by thee donne :
Such is thy wont, that jlill when any knight
Is weakned, then thou doeft him over-ronne : So haft thou to thyfelfe falfe honour often wonne.
XLV.
He little anfwer'd, but in manly heart
His mightie indignation did forbeare;
Which was not yet fo fecret, but fome part
Thereof did in his frouning face appearo :
Like as a gloomie cloud, the which doth bearc
An hideous ftorme, is by the northerne blaft
Quite over-blowne, yet doth not parTe fo cleare.
But that it all the fkie doth over-can: With darknes dred, and threatens all the world to waft.
XLVI. Ah ! gentle knight, then falfe DueiTa fayd,
Why do ye ft rive for ladies love fo fore,
Whofe chief e deftre is love and friendly aid
Mongjl gentle knights to nourifh evermore ?
Ne be ye wroth, fir Scudamour, therefore,
That fie your love lift love a?jother knight,
Ne do yourfelfe diftike a whit the more ;
For love is free, a?td led with felfe-delight, Ne will enforced be with maifterdo?ne or might*
XL VII.
So falfe Dueffa : but vile Ate thus -,
Boihfoolifto knights, I can but laugh at both,
That ft rive andftorme withftirre outrageous
For her, that each of you alike doth loth,
And loves another, with whom now fhe goth
In lovely wife, and fleepes, and f ports, and play es ;
Whileft both you here with ma?iy a curfed oth
Swear e fee is yours, and ft ir re up bloudie frayes, To win a willow bough, whileft other weares the bayes.
XL VIII. Vile
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Vile hag, fayd Scudamour, why dofl thou lye,
And falfly Jeekjl a vertuous wight to foamed
Fond knight :, fayd fhe, the thing that with this eye
If aw, why jhould I doubt to tell the fame ?
Then tell, quoth Blandamour, and feare no blame,
'Tell what thou Jaw Jl maidgrc whofo it heares.
I faw, quoth (lie, ajlranger knight, whofe name
Iwote not well, but in his Jhield he beares (That well Iwote) the heads of many broken fpeares ;
XLIX.
If aw him have your Amoret at will,
I faw him kijfe, Ifaw him her embrace.
If aw himfleepe with her all night his fill,
All manie nights, and manie by in place
That pre fent were to tejlijie the cafe.
Which whenas Scudamour did heare, his heart
Was thrild with inward griefe, as when in chace
The Parthian ftrikes a flag with fhivering dart, The beaft aftonifht flands in middefl of his fmarU
L. So flood fir Scudamour when this he heard ;
Ne word he had to fpeake for great difmay,
But lookt on Glauce grim, who woxe afeard
Of outrage for the words which me heard fay,
Albee untrue fhe win: them by affay.
But Blandamour, whenas he did efpie
His chaunge of cheere that anguifh did bewray,
He woxe full blithe, as he had got thereby, And gan thereat to triumph without victorie.
LI. Lo, recreant, fayd he, the fruitleffe end
Of thy vaine boaft, andfpoile of love mifgotten,
Whereby the name of knight-hood thou dojlfhend,
And all true lovers with dijhonor blotten :
All things not rooted well, willfoone be rotten*
Fy, fy, falfe knight, then falfe DuefTa cryde,
Unworthy life, that love with guile hafi gotten ;
Be thou, whereever thou do go or ryde, Loathed of ladies all, and of all knights defyde.
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But Scudamour, for paffing great defpight, Staid not to anfwer ; fcarcely did refraine, But that in all thofe knights and ladies fight He for revenge had guiltlcfle Glauce flaine : But being part, he thus began amaine ; JFa/fe trait our f quire, falfe /qui re of falfejl knight, Why doth mine hand from thine avenge abjiaine, Whofe lord hath done my love this foule defpight-
Why do I not it wreake on thee now in my might ?
LIIL
Difcourteous, di/loyall Britomart,
Untrue to God, and unto man uniufl,
What vengeance due can equal I thy dejarf,
That haft with fiamefdl fpot of finfull luft
Defied the pledge committed to thy truft ?
Let ugly fame and endlefe infamy
Colour thy name with foule reproaches ruft.
Yet thou, falfe f quire, his fault fialt dear e a by ? And with thy punijhment his penance Jhalt f apply.
LIV.
The aged dame him feeing fo enraged
Was dead with feare ; nathlefie as neede required His flaming furie fought to have afiuaged With fober words, that fufTerance defired, Till time the tryall of her truth expyred ; And evermore fought Britomart to cleare : But he the more with furious rage was fyred, And thrife his hand to kill her did upreare,
And thrife he drew it backe : fo did at laft forbeare.
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Blandamcur whines faJfe Florimell t
Paridellfor herjlrives ; They are accorded: Agape
Doth lengthen her fonnes lives.
I.
MREBRAND of hell firft tynd in Phlegeton By thoufand Furies, and from thence out-throwen
Into this world to worke confufion,
And fet it all on fire by force unknowen,
Is wicked Difcord ; whofe fmall fparkes once blowcn
None but a god or godlike man can flake :
Such as was Orpheus, that when flrife was growen
Amongft thofe famous ympes of Greece, did take His filver harpe in hand, and fhortly friends them make :
II. Or fuch as that celefliall pfalmift was,
That when the wicked feend his lord tormented,
V/ith heavenly notes, that did ail other pas,
The outrage of his furious fit relented.
Such muficke is wife words with time concented,
To moderate ftiffe mindes difposd to fhive :
Such as that prudent Romane well invented ;
What time his people into partes did rive, Them reconcyld againe, and to their homes did drive,
III. Such us'd wife Glauce to that wrathful knight,
To calme the tempeft of his troubled thought :
Yet Blandamour, with termes of foule defpight,
And Paridt 11 her fcornd, and fet at nought,
As old and crooked and not good for ought :
Bodi they unwife and warelelfe of the eviil
That by themfelves unto themfelves is wrought,
Through that falfe witch, and that foule aged drevillj The one a feend, the other an incarnate devill.
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With whom as they thus rode accompanide,
They were encountred of a luftie knight,
That had a goodly ladie by his fide,
To whom he made great dalliance and delight :
It was to weet the bold fir Ferraugh hight,
He that from Sraggadocchio whilome reft
The fnowy Florimell, whofe beautie bright
Made him feeme happie for fo glorious theft ; Yet was it in due triall but a wandring weft.
V. Which whenas Blandamour (whofe fancie light
Was alwaies flitting, as the wavering wind,
After each beautie that appeard in fight)
Beheld, eftfoones it prickt his wanton mind
With fting of luft, that reafons eye did blind,
That to fir Paridell thefe words he fent ;
Sir knight, why ride ye 'dumpijh thus behind,
Since fo good fortune doth to you prefent So fay re afpoyle, to make you ioyous ?neriment?
VI. But Paridell, that had too late a tryall
Of the bad ifTue of his counfell vaine,
Lift not to hearke, but made this faire denyall j
Lafl turne was mine, well proved to my paine ;
This now be yours, God fend you better gaine.
Whofe fcoffed words he taking halfe in fcorne,
Fiercely forth prickt his fleed as in difdaine
Againft that knight, ere he him well could torne ; By meanes whereof he hath him lightly over-borne.
VII. Who with the fudden ilroke afloniiht fore
Upon the ground a while in flomber lay ;
The whiles his love away the other bore,
And mewing her, did Paridell upbray ;
Lo, fluggiflo knight, the viclors happie pray :
So fortune friends the bold, whom Paridell
Seeing fo faire indeede, as he did fay,
His hart with fecret envie gan to fwell, And inly grudge at him, that he had fped fo well.
VIII. Nathlefle
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NathleiTe proud man himfelfe the other deemed,
Having fo peerelefTe paragon ygot :
For fure the fayreft Florimell him feemed
To him was fallen for his happie lot,
Whofe like alive on earth he weened not :
Therefore he her did court, did ferve, did wooe,
With humbleft fuit that he imagine mot,
And all things did devife, and all things dooe, That might her love prepare, and liking win theretoo.
IX. She in regard thereof him recompenfl
With golden words, and goodly countenance,
And fuch fond favours fparingly difpenft. ;
Sometimes him bleffing with a light eye-glance,
And coy lookes tempring with loofe dalliance -,
Sometimes eftranging him in fterner wife,
That having can: him in a foolifh trance,
He feemed brought to bed in paradife, And prov'd himfelfe moil foole in what he feem'd moft wife*
X. So great a miftrefle of her art me was,
And perfectly practiz'd in womans craft,
That though therein himfelfe he thought to pas,
And by his falfe allurements wylie draft
Had thoufand women of their love beraft,
Yet now he was fuipriz'd : for that falfe fpright,
Which that fame witch had in this forme engraft,
Was fo expert in every fubtile flight, That it could over-reach the wifeft earthly wight.
XL Yet he to her did dayly fervice more,
And dayly more deceived was thereby >
Yet Parideli him envied therefore,
As feeming plaft in fole felicity :
So blind is luft falfe colours to defcry.
But Ate foone difcovering his defire,
And finding now fit opportunity
To ftirre up ftrife twixt love and fpight and ire9
Did privily put coles unto his fecret fire.
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XII. By fundry meanes thereto me prickt him forth,
Now with remembrance of thofe fpightfull fpeaches,
Now with opinion of his owne more worth,
Now with recounting of like former breaches
Made in their friendihip, as that hag him teaches :
And ever when his paflion is allayd,
She it revives, and new occafion reaches :
That on a time as they together way'd, He made him open chalenge, and thus boldly fayd,
XIII. Too boaftfull Blandamour, too long I beare
The open wrongs thou doefi ?ne day by day -,
Well know ft thou when we friendjhip firft didjweare,
The covenant was, that every fpoyle or pray
Should equally be par d betwixt us tway :
Where is my part then of this ladie bright \
Whom to thyfelfe thou takeft quite away ?
Render therefore therein to me my right, Or an/were for thy wrong as ftjall fall out inftght.
XIV. Exceeding wroth thereat was Blandamour,
And gan this bitter anfwere to him make j
Toofocliftd Pari dell, that fay reft flour e
Wouldft gather faine, and yet no paines wouldfi take :
But not fo eafie will I her f offtake ;
This hand her wonne, this hand ftjall her defend.
With that they gan their fliivering fpeares to fhake,
And deadly points at eithers breafl to bend, Forge tfull each to have been ever others frend.
XV. Their fine fteedes with fo untamed forfe
Did beare them both to fell avenges end,
That both their fpeares with pitileffe remorfe
Through fhield and mayle and haberieon did wend,
And in their flefli a grieily pafTage rend,
That with the furie of their owne afFret
Each other horfe and man to ground did fend j
Where lying frill awhile both did forget The perilous prefent ftownd in which their lives were f^t.
XVI. As
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As when two warlike brigandines at fea,
With murdrous weapons arm'd to cruell fight,
Do meete together on the watry lea,
They ftemme ech other with fo fell defpight,
That with the fhocke of their owne heedlefle might
Their wooden ribs are fhaken nigh afonder :
They which from more behold the dreadfull fight
Of flaming fire, and heare the ordenancc thonder, Do greatly fland amaz'd at fuch unwonted wonder.
XVII.
At length they both upftarted in amaze,
As men awaked rafhly out of dreme,
And round about themfelves awhile did gaze*
Till feeing her, that Florimell did feme,
In doubt to whom fhe victorie mould deeme,
Therewith their dulled fprights they edgd anew,
And drawing both their fwords with rage extreme,
Like two mad maftiffes, each on other flew, And fhields did mare, and mailes did rafli, and helmes die'
XVIII.
So furioufly each other did aflayle,
As if their foules they would attonce have rent
Out of their brefts, that flreames of bloud did rayle
Adowne, as if their iprings of life were fpent )
That all the ground with purple bloud was fprent,
And all their armours ftaynd with bloudie gore ;
Yet fcarcely once to breath would they relent,
So mortall was their malice and fo fore Become of fayned friendfhip which they vow'd afore.
XIX, And that which is for ladies moft befitting,
To ftint all ftrife, and fofter friendly peace,
Was from thofe dames fo farre and fo unfitting,
As that inftead of praying them furceafe
They did much more their cruelty encreafe,
Bidding them fight for honour of their love,
And rather die then ladies caufe releafe :
With which vaine termes fo much they did them move. That both refolv'd the laft extremities to prove.
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There they (I weene) would fight untill this day, Had not a fquire, even he the Squire of dames, By great adventure travelled that way ; Who feeing both bent to fo bloudy games, And both of old well knowing by their names, Drew nieh, to weete the caufe of their debate : And firft laide on thofe ladies thoufand blames, That did not feeke t'appeafe their deadly hate,
But gazed on their harmes, not pittying their eftate :
XXI.
And then thofe knights he humbly did befeech To flay their hands, till he awhile had fpoken : Who lookt a little up at that his fpeech, Yet would not let their battell fo be broken, Both greedie fiers on other to be wroken. Yet he to them fo earneftly did call, And them coniur'd by fome well knowen token, That they at laft their wrothfull hands let fall,
Content to heare him fpeake, and glad to reft withalh
XXII.
Firft he defir'd their caufe of ftrife to fee : They faid, it was for love of Florimell. Ah ! gentle knights* quoth he, how may that bee, And fie fo farre aflray, as none can tell? Fond fquire, full angry then fayd Paridell, Seefl not the ladie there before thy face ? He looked backe, and her advizing well, Weend, as he faid, by that her outward grace
That fayreft Florimell was prefent there in place.
XXIII.
Glad man was he to fee that ioyous fight,
For none alive but ioy'd in Florimell,
And lowly to her lowting thus benight ;
Fayrefl of fair e, that faireneffe doefl excell5
This happie day I have to greete you well,
In which you fafe I fee, whom thoufand late
Mf doubted lofi through mifchiefe that befell -,
hong may you the in health and happie fate. She litle anfwer'd him, but lightly did aggrate,
XXIV. Then
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Then turning to thofe knights, he gan anew ; And y oil) fir Blandamour and Pari dell, That for this ladie prefent in your vew Have rays' d this cruell warre and outrage fell, Certes me feemes bene not advifed well, But rather ought in friendfhip for her fake To ioyne your force, their forces to repell That feeke perforce her from you both to take, And of your gotten fpoyle their owne triumph to make.
XXV. Thereat fir Blandamour with countenance fterne, All full of wrath, thus fiercely him befpake ; Aread, thou fquire, that I the man may learne, That dare fro me thinke Flo rime 11 to take. Not one, quoth he, but many doe partake Herein, as thus : it lately fo befell, That Satyr an a girdle did uptake Well knowne to appertaine to Florimell, Which for her fake he wore, as him befeemed well.
XXVI.
But whenas Jhe herfelfe was loft and gone,
Full many knights, that loved her like deare, Thereat did greatly grudge, that he alone That loft fair e ladies ornament Jhould we are, And gan therefore clofe fpight to him to be are ; Which he tojhun, andjlop vile envies fling. Hath lately causd to be proclaim d each where A folemne feaft with publike turneying, To which all knights with them their ladies are to bring :
XXVII. And of them all Jhe that is fayreft found Shall have that golden girdle for reward j And of thofe knights who is moftftout on ground Shall to that fair eft ladie be prefard. Since therefore jhe herfelfe is now your ward. To you that ornament of hers pertaines Againft all thofe that chalenge it to gard, And fave her honour with your ventrous paines ; That Jhall you win more glory then ye here find gaines*
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When they the reafon of his words had hard,
They gan abate the rancour of their rage,
And with their honours and their loves regard
The furious flames of malice to aifwage.
Tho each to other did his faith engage,
Like faithfull friends thenceforth to ioyne in one
With all their force, and battell ftrong to wage
Gamft all thofe knights, as their profeffed fone, That chaleng'd ought in Florimell, fave they alone.
XXIX. So well accorded forth they rode together
In friendly fort, that lafted but awhile j
And of all old diflikes they made faire weather -,
Yet all was forg'd and fpred with golden foyle,
That under it hidde hate and hollow guyle.
Ne certes can that friendmip long endure,
However gay and goodly be the flyle,
That doth ill caufe or evill end enure j For vertue is the band that bindeth harts moll fure.
XXX. Thus as they marched all in clofe difguife
Of fayned love, they chaunft to overtake
Two knights, that lincked rode in lovely wife,
As if thev fecret counfels did partake ;
And each not farre behinde him had his make,
To weete, two ladies of moft goodly hew,
That twixt themfelves did gentle, purpofe make,
Unmindfull both of that difcordfull crew, The which with fpeedie pace did after them purfew.
XXXI. WTho as they now approched nigh at hand,
Deeming them doughtie as they did appeare,
They fent that fquire afore, to underfland
What mote they be : who viewing them more nearc
Returned readie newes, that thofe fame wreare
Two of the prowefl knights in faery lond ;
And thofe two ladies their two lovers deare,
Couragious Cambell, and flout Triamond,
With Canacee and Cambine linckt in lovely bond.
XXXII. Whylome,
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XXXII.
Whylome, as antique ftories tellen us,
Thofe two were foes the felloneft on ground,
And battel! made the dreddeft daungerous
That ever fhrilling trumpet did refound ;
Though now their ads be no where to be found,
As that renowmed poet them compyled
With warlike numbers and heroicke found,
Dan Chaucer, well of Engliih undefyled, On Fames eternall bead-roll worthie to be fyled.
XXXIII.
But wicked Time that all good thoughts doth wafte, And workes of nobleft wits to nought out-weare, That famous moniment hath quite defafte, And robd the world of threafure endlerTe deare, The which mote have enriched all us heare.
0 curfed eld, the canker-worme of writs, How may thefe rimes, fo rude as doth appear e, Hope to endure, nth workes of heavenly wits
Are quite devourd, and brought to nought by little bits ?
XXXIV. Then pardon, o molt, facred happie fpirit,
That I thy labours loft may thus revive,
And fteale from thee the meede of thy due merit,
That none durft ever whileft thou waft alive,
And being dead, in vaine yet many ftrive :
Ne dare I like, but through infufion fweete
Of thine owne fpirit, which doth in me furvive,
1 follow here the footing of thy feete,
That with thy meaning fo I may the rather meete.
XXXV. Cambelloes lifter was fayre Canacee,
That was the learnedft ladie in her dayes,
Well feene in everie fcience that mote bee,
And every fecret worke of nature's wayes,
In wittie riddles, and in wife foothfayes,
In power of herbes, and tunes of beafts and burds j
And, that augmented all her other prayfe,
She modeft was in all her deedes and words, And wondrous chaft of life, yet lov'd of knights and lords.
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Full many lords and many knights her loved,
Yet me to none of them her liking lent,
Ne ever was with fond affection moved,
But rul'd her thoughts with goodly governement,
For dread of blame and honours blemifhment j
And eke unto her lookes a law me made,
That none of them once out of order went ;
But like to warie centonels well ftayd, Still watcht on every fide, of fecret foes afrayd.
XXXVII. '
So much the more as me refusd to love,
So much the more flie loved was and fought,
That oftentimes unquiet ftrife did move
Amongft her lovers, and great quarrels wrought ;
That oft for her in bloudie armes they fought.
Which whenas Cambell, that was flout and wife,
Perceiv'd would brecde great mifchiefe, he bethought
How to prevent the perill that mote rife, And turne both him and her to honour in this wife.
XXXVIII. One day when all that troupe of warlike wooers
Aflembled were, to weet whofe fhe mould bee,
All mightie men and dreadfull derring dooers,
(The harder it to make them well agree)
Amongft them all this end he did decree j
That of them all which love to her did make,
They by confent mould chofe the ftouteft three,
That with himfelfe mould combat for her fake, And of them all the vi&our mould his fifter take.
XXXIX.
Bold was the chalenge, as himfelfe was bold,
And courage full of haughtie hardiment,
Approved oft in perils manifold,
Which he atchiev'd to his great ornament :
But yet his fifters fkill unto him lent
Moft confidence and hope of happie fpeed,
Conceived by a ring, which me him fent,
That mongft. the manie vertues, which we reed, Had power to ftaunch al wounds that mortally did bleed.
XL. Wrcll
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XL.
Well was that rings great vertue knowen to all, That dread thereof, and his redoubted might, Did all that youthly rout fo much appall, That none of them durft undertake the fight : More wife they weend to make of love delio-ht. Then life to hazard for faire ladies looke ; And yet uncertaine by fuch outward fight (Though for her fake they all that perill tooke) Whether fhe would them love, or in her liking brooke.
XLI. Amongfl thofe knights there were three brethren bold, Three bolder brethren never were yborne, Borne of one mother in one happie mold, Borne at one burden in one happie morne, Thrife happie mother, and thrife happie morne, That bore three fuch, three fuch not to be fond ; Her name was Agape whofe children werne All three as one j the firfl hight Priamond, The fecond Dyamond, the youngefl Triamond.
XLIL Stout Priamond, but not fo flrong to flrike ; Strong Diamond, but not fo flout a knight • But Triamond was flout and flrong alike : On horfe-backe ufed Triamond to fight, And Priamond on foote had more delight ; But horfe and foote knew Diamond to wield : With curtaxe ufed Diamond to fmite, And Triamond to handle fpeare and fhield, But fpeare and curtaxe both usd Priamond in field.
XLIIL Thefe three did love each other dearely well, And with fo firmc affection were allyde, As if but one foule in them all did dwell, Which did her powre into three parts divyde ; Like three faire branches budding farre and wide3 That from one roote deriv'd their vitall fap : And like that roote that doth her life divide, Their mother was, and had full bleffed hap Thefe three fo noble babes to bring forth at one clap.
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Their mother was a Fay, and had the fkill
Of fecret things, and all the powres of nature,
Which flie by art could ufe unto her will,
And to her fervice bind each living creature,
Through fecret underftanding of their feature.
Thereto fhe was right fake, whenfo her face
She lift difcover, and of goodly ftature ;
But fhe, as Fayes are wont, in privie place Did fpend her dayes, and lov'd in forefts wyld to fpace.
XLV. There on a day a noble youthly knight
Seeking adventures in the falvdge wood,
Did by great fortune get of her the fight,
As flie fate careleffe by a criftall flood
Combing her golden lockes, as feemd her good s
And unawares upon her laying hold,
That ftrove in vaine him long to have withftood,'
OpprefTed her, and there (as it is told)- Got thefe three lovely babes, that prov'd three champions bold :
XLVI. Which fhe with her long foftred in that wood,
Till that to ripeneffe of mans ftate they grew :
Then mewing forth fignes of their fathers blood
They loved armes, and knighthood did enfew,
Seeking adventures where they anie knew.
Which when their mother faw, flie gan to dout
Their fafetie ; leaft by fearching daungers new,
And rafh provoking perils all about, Their days mote be abridged through their corage flout.
XLVII. Therefore defirous th' end of all their dayes
To know, and them t'enlarge with long extent.
By wondrous fkill and many hidden wayes
To the three fatall fifters houfe fhe went :
Farre under ground from tract of living went,
Downe in the bottome of the deepe AbyfTe,
Where Demogorgon in dull darkneffe pent,
Farre from the view of gods and heavens blifs, The hideous Chaos keepes, their dreadfull dwelling is,
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There me them found all fitting round about
The direfull diftaffe landing in the mid,
And with unwearied fingers drawing out
The lines of life, from living knowledge hid.
Sad Clotho held the rocke, the whiles the thrid
By griefly Lachefis was fpun with paine,
That cruell Atropos eftfoones undid,
With curfed knife cutting the twifl in twaine : Mod wretched men, whofe dayes depend on thrids fo vaine I
XLIX.
She them faluting there by them fate ftill,
Beholding how the thrids of life they fpan :
And when at lafr. me had beheld her fill,
Trembling in heart, and looking pale and wan,
Her caufe of comming fhe to tell began.
To whom fierce Atropos ; Bold Fay, that durjl
Come fee the fecret of the life of man,
Well worthie thou to be of love accurfl, And eke thy childrens thrids to be af under burft.
L. Whereat fhe fore affrayd yet her befought
To graunt her boone, and rigour to abate,
That fhe might fee her childrens thrids forth brought,
And know the meafure of their utmofl date
To them ordained by eternall Fate :
Which Clotho graunting fliewed her the fame :
That when fhe faw, it did her much amate
To fee their thrids fo thin as fpiders frame, And eke fo fliort, that feemd their ends out fhortly came,
LI.
She then began them humbly to intreate,
To draw them longer out, and better twine,
That fo their lives might be prolonged late :
But Lachefis thereat gan to repine,
And fayd, Fond dame, that dee?nfl of things divine
As of humane, that they may altred bee,
And chaungd at pleafure for thofe impes of thine :
Not fo ; for what the Fates do once decree, Not all the gods can cbaunge> nor love himfelf can free,
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Then fince, quoth fhe, the terme of each mans life For nought may lejfened nor enlarged bee, Graunt this, that when ye fired with fat all knife His line, which is the eldejl of the three, Which is of them the fort eft, as I fee, Fftfoones his life may pajje into the next ; And when the next fl:all likewife ended bee, That both their lives may likewife be annext
Unto the third, that his may be fo trebly wext.
LIII.
They graunted it j and then that carefull Fay- Departed thence with full contented mynd ; And comming home in warlike frefh aray Them found all three according to their kynd : But unto them what deftinie was affynd, Or how their lives were eekt, me did not tell y But evermore, when me fit time could fynd, She warned them to tend their fafeties well,
And love each other dcare, whatever them befell.
LI¥.
So did they furely during all their dayes, And never difcord did amongfl: them fall; Which much augmented all their other praife : And now t'increafe affection naturall, In love of Canacee they ioyned all : Upon which ground this fame great battell grew,, (Great matter growing of beginning fmall) The which for length I will not here purfew,
But rather will refer ve it for a canto new.
CANTO
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CANTO HI.
The battell twixt three brethren with
Cambell for Canacee : Cambina with true friend/hips bond
Doth their longjlrife agree.
I.
Why doe wretched men fo much defire To draw their dayes unto the utmoft date. And doe not rather wifh them foone expire, Knowing the miferie of their eftate, And thoufand perills which them ftill awate, Tomng them like a boate amid the mayne, That every houre they knocke at deathes gate ? And he that happie feemes and leaft in payne, Yet is as nigh his end as he that moft doth playne.
H. Therefore this Fay I hold but fond and vaine, The which in feeking for her children three Long life, thereby did more prolong their paine : Yet whileft they lived none did ever fee More happie creatures then they feem'd to tec, Nor more ennobled for their courtefie ; That made them dearely lov'd of each degree : Ne more renowmed for their chevalrie ; That made them dreaded much of all men farre and nie.
in.
Thefe three that hardie chalenge tooke in hand,
For Canacee with Cambell for to fight :
The day was fet, that all might underftand,
And pledges pawnd the fame to keepe aright :
That day (the dreddeft day that living wight
Did ever fee upon this world to mine)
So foone as heavens window mewed light,
Thefe warlike champions all in armour mine Affembled were in field, the chalenge to define,
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IV. The field with lifbes was all about enclos'd,
To barre the preafe of people farre away j
And at th' one fide fixe judges were difpos'd,
To view and deeme the deedes of armes that day -,
And on the other ride in frefh aray
Favre Canacee upon a ftately ftage
Was fet, to fee the fortune of that fray,
And to be feene, as his moft worthie wage That could her purchafe with his lives adventur'd gage.
V. Then entred Cambell firft into the lift,
With ftately fteps and feareleffe countenance,
As if the conqueft his he furely wift.
Soone after did the brethren three advance
In brave aray and goodly amenance,
With fcutchins gilt and banners broad difplayd ;
And marching thrife in warlike ordinance,
Thole lowted lowly to the noble mayd : The whiles fhril trompets and loud clarions fweetly playc!.
VI.
Which doen, the doughty chalenger came forth, All arm'd to point, his chalenge to abet : Gainft whom Sir Priamond with equall worth And equal! armes himfelfe did forward fet. A trompet blew ; they both together met, With dreadfull force and furious intent, Careleffe of perill in their fiers affret, As if that life to loffe they had forelent,
And cared not to fpare that mould be fliortly fpent,
VII.
Right practicke was fir Priamond in fight,
And throughly fkild in ufe of fhield and fpeare j Ne leffe approved was Cambelloes might, Ne leffe his fkill in weapons did appeare, That hard it was to weene which harder were.. Full many mightie ftrokes on either fide Were fent, that feemed death in them to beare ; But they were both fo watchfull and well eyde,
That they avoyded were, and vainely by did llyde.
VIII. Yet
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Yet one of many was (o ftrongly bent
By Priamond, that with unluckie glaunce
Through Cambels fhoulder it unwarely went,
That forced him his fhield to difadvaunce :
Much was he grieved with that gracelerle chaunce,
Yet from the wound no drop of bloud there fell,
But wondrous paine, that did the more enhaunce
His haughtie courage to avengement fell : Smart daunts not mighty harts, but makes them more to fwell.
IX. With that, his poynant fpeare he fierce aventred
With doubled force clofe underneath his fhield,
That through the mayles into his thigh it entred,
And there arrefting, readie way did yield
For bloud to gufh forth on the graflie field ;
That he for paine himfelfe note right upreare,
But too and fro in great amazement reel'd ;
Like an old oke, whole pith and fap is feare, At puffe of every ftorme doth ftagger here and thearc.
X.
Whom fo difmayd when Cambell had efpide,
Againe he drove at him with double might,
That nought mote Hay the fteele, till in his fide
The mortall point moil cruelly empight ;
Where fan: infixed, whileft he fought by flight
It forth to wreft, the ftafte afunder brake,
And left the head behinde : with which defpight
He all enrag'd his fhivering fpeare did fhake, And charging him afrefli thus felly him befpake ;
XI.
Lo ! f ait our i there thy meede unto thee take,
The meede of thy mifchalenge and abet :
Not for thine cwney but for thy fflers fake,
Have I thus long thy life unto thee let :
But to for be are doth not forgive the det.
The wicked weapon heard his wrathfull vow;;
And paffing forth with furious affret
Pierfl through his bever quite into his brow, That with the force it backward forced him to bow,
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XII. Therewith afunder in the midfl it braft,
And in his hand nought but the tronchcon left j
The other halfe behind yet flicking faft,
Out of his head-peece Cambell fiercely reft,
And with fuch furie backe at him it heft,
That making way unto his dcarelt. life,
His weafand-pipe it through his gorget cleft :
Thence ftreames of purple bloud iffuing rife Let forth his wearie ghoft, and made an end of ftrife.
XIII.
His wearie ghoft aflbyld from flefhly band
Did not, as others wont, directly fly
Unto her reft in Plutoes griefly land,
Ne into ayre did vanifh prefently,
Ne chaunged was into a ftarre in fky :
But through traduction was eftfoones derived,
Like as his mother prayd the Deflinie,
Into his other brethren that furvived ; In whom he liv'd anew, of former life deprived.
XIV.
Whom when on ground his brother next beheld,
Though fad and forrie for fo heavy light,
Yet leave unto his forrow did not yeeld ;
But rather ftir'd to vengeance and defpight,
Through fecret feeling of his generous fpright,
Ruftit fiercely forth, the battell to renew,
As in reverfion of his brothers right j
And chalenging the virgin as his dew. His foe was foone addreft : the trompets frefhly blew,
XV. With that they both together fiercely met,
As if that each ment other to devoure ;
And with their axes both fo forely bet,
That nether plate nor mayle, whereas their powre
They felt, could once fuftaine the hideous ftowre,
But rived were like rotten wood afunder,
Whileft through their rifts the ruddle bloud did fhowre,
And fire did fiaili, like lijhtnlng after thunder, That fild the lookers on attonce with ruth and wonder.
XVI. As
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As when two tygers prickt with hungers rage
Have by good fortune found fome beafts frefh fpoyle,
On which they weene their famine to aft wage,
And gaine a feaflfull guerdon of their toyle,
Both falling out doe ftirre up ftrife-full broyie,
And cruell battell twixt themfelves doe make ;
Whiles neither lets the other touch the foyle,
But either fdeigns with other to partake : So cruelly thofe knights ilrove for that ladies fake.
XVII. Full many ftrokes, that mortally were ment,
The whiles were enterchaunged twixt them two j
Yet they were all with fo good wariment
Or warded, or avoyded and let goe,
That frill the life flood feareleife of her foe :
Till Diamond, difdeigning long delay
Of doubtfull fortune wavering to and fro,
Refolv'd to end it one or other way ; And heav'd his murdrous axe at him with mighty fway..
XVIII. The dreadfull ftroke in cafe it had arrived
Where it was ment, fo deadly it was ment,
The foule had fure out of his bodie rived,
And frinted all the ftrife incontinent j
But Cambels fate that fortune did prevent ::
For feeing it at hand, he fwarv'd afyde,
And fo gave way unto his fell intent -,
Who miffing of the marke which he had eyde Was with the force nigh feld, whilit his right foot did flyde..
XIX. As when a vulture greedie of his pray
Through hunger long, that hart to him doth lend.
Strikes at an heron with all his bodies fway,
That from his force feemes nought may it defend y.
The warie fowle, that fpies him toward bend,
His dreadfull foufe avoydes, it fhunning light,
And maketh him his wing in vaine to fpend j
That with the weight of his owne weeldleiTe might He falleth nigh to ground, and fcarfe recovereth flight..
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Which faire adventure when Cambello fpide,
Full lightly, ere himfelfc he could recower
From daungers dread to ward his naked fide,
He can let drive at him with all his power,
And with his axe him fmote in evill hower,
That from his moulders quite his head he reft :
The headlefTe tronke, as heedleffe of that flower,
Stood ftill awhile, and his faft footing kept ; Till feeling life to fayle, it fell, and deadly flept.
XXI. They which that piteous fpectacle beheld
Were much amaz'd the headlefTe tronke to fee
Stand up fo long, and weapon vaine to weld,
Unweetino: of the Fates divine decree
For lifes fuccemon in thofe brethren three.
For notwithstanding that one foule was reft,
Yet had the bodie not difmembred bee,
It would have lived, and revived eft ; But finding no fit feat the lifelefTe corfe it left.
XXII. It left -, but that fame foule which therein dwelt
Sd-ei^ht entrins: into TriamonJ him hid
With double life and griefe ; which when he felt,
As one whofe inner parts had bene ythrild
With point of fteele that clofe his hart-bloud fpild3
He lightly lept out of his place of reft,
And rufhing forth into the emptie field,
Againft Cambello fiercely him addreft -3 Who him affronting foone to fight was readie prefu
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Well mote ye wonder how that noble knight,
After he had fo often wounded beene,
Could ftand on foot now to renew the fight.
But had ye then him forth advauncing feene,
Some new-borne wight ye would him furely weene :
So frefh he feemed and fo fierce in fi^ht :
Like as a fnake, whom wearie winters teene
Hath worne to nought, now feeling fommers might Cafes off his ragged fkin and freflily doth him dight.
XXIV. All
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All was through vertue of the ring he wore,
The which not onely did not from him let
One drop of bloud to fall, but did reftore
His weakned powers, and dulled fpirits whet,
Through working of the ftone therein yfet.
Elfe how could one of equall might with moil:,
Againft fo many no lefTe mightie met,
Once thinke to match three fuch on equall coil ? Three fuch as able were to match a puhTant hoft.
XXV.
Yet nought thereof was Triamond adredde,
Ne defperate of glorious victorie,
But fharpely him afTayld, and fore beftedde
With heapes of ftrokes, which he at him let flie,
As thicke as hayle forth poured from the fkie :
He ftroke, he fouft, he foynd, he hewd, he lafht,
And did his yron brond fo fall applie,
That from the fame the fierie fparkles flafrit, As faft as water-fprinkles gainft a rocke are dafht.
XXVI. Much was Cambello daunted with his blowes ;
So thicke they fell, and forcibly were fent,
That he was forft from daunger of the throwes
Backe to retire, and fomewhat to relent,
Till th' heat of his fierce furie he had fpent :
Which when for want of breath gan to abate,
He then afrefh with new encouragement
Did him aiTayle, and mightily amate, As faft as forward erft, now backward to retrate,
XXVII. Like as the tide that comes fro th' ocean mayne,
Flowes up the Shenan with contrarie forfe,
And over-ruling him in his owne rayne,
Driyes backe the current of his kindly courfe,
And makes it feeme to have fome other fourfe ;
But when the floud is fpent, then backe againe
His borrowed waters forft to re-difbourfe,
He fends the fea his owne with double gaine, And tribute eke withall, as to his foveraine.
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Thus did the battell varie to and fro,
With diverfe fortune doubtfull to be deemed :
Now this the better had, now had his fo -,
Then he halfe vanquifht, then the other feemed ;
Yet victors both themfelves alwayes efteemed :
And all the while the difentrayled blood
Adowne their fides like litle rivers ftremed,
That with the wafting of his vitall flood Sir Triamond at laft full faint and feeble ftood.
XXIX. But Cambell ftill more ftrong and greater grew,
Ne felt his blood to waft, ne powres emperimt,
Through that rings vertue, that with vigour new
Still whenas he enfeebled was him cherifht,
And all his wounds and all his brufes guarifhtj
Like as a withered tree through hufbands toyle
Is often feene full frefhly to have florifht,
And fruitfull apples to have borne awhile, As frefh as when it firft was planted in the foyle.
XXX. Through which advantage, in his ftrength he rofe
And fmote the other with fo wondrous might,
That through the feame which did his hauberk clofe.
Into his throate and life it pierced quight,
That downe he fell as dead in all mens fight :
Yet dead he was not, yet he fure did die,
As all men do that lofe the living fpright :
So did one foule out of his bodie flie Unto her native home from mortall miferie,
XXXI.
But nathelefte whilft all the lookers on
Him dead behight, as he to all appeard,
All unawares he ftarted up anon,
As one that had out of a dreame bene reard,
And frefh affayld his foe ; who halfe affeard
Of th' uncouth fight, as he fome ghoft had feene,
Stood ftill amaz'd, holding his idle fweard ;
Till having often by him ftricken beene, He forced was to ftrike, and fave himfelfe from teene,
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Yet from thenceforth more warily he fought,
As one in feare the Stygian gods t 'offend,
Ne followd on fo faft, but rather fought
Himfelfe to fave, and daunger to defend,
Then life and labour both in vaine to fpend.
Which Triamond perceiving, weened fure
He gan to faint toward the battels end,
And that he mould not long on foote endure ; A figne which did to him the victorie arlure.
XXXIII.
Whereof full blith eftfoones his mightie hand He heav'd on high, in mind with that fame blow To make an end of all that did withftand : Which Cambell feeing come was nothing flow Himfelfe to fave from that fo deadly throw ; And at that inftant reaching forth his fweard Clofe underneath his fhield, that fcarce did mow, Stroke him, as he his hand to ftrike up-reard, In th' arm-pit full, that through both fides the wound appeard.
XXXIV. Yet frill that direfull ftroke kept on his way, And falling heavie on Cambelloes crefl, Strooke him fo hugely that in fwowne he lay, And in his head an hideous wound impreft : And fure had it not happily found reft Upon the brim of his brode-plated fhield, It would have cleft his braine downe to his breft : So both at once fell dead upon the field, And each to other feemd the victorie to yield.
XXXV. Which whenas all the lookers on beheld, They weened fure the warre was at an end ; And iudges rofe, and marfhals of the field Broke up the liftes, their armes away to rend ; And Canacee gan wayle her deareft frend. All fuddenly they both upftarted light, The one out of the fwownd which him did blend, The other breathing now another fpright j And fiercely each aiTayling gan afrefh to fight.
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Long while they then continued in that wize,
As if but then the battell had begonne :
Strokes, wounds, wards, weapons, all they did defpife,
Ne either car'd to ward, or perill fhonne,
Defirous both to have the battell donne;
Ne either cared life to fave or fpill,
Ne which of them did winne, ne which were wonne :
So wearie both of fighting had their fill, That life itfelfe feemd loathfome, and long fafetie ill.
XXXVII. Whilft thus the cafe in doubtfull ballance hong,
Unfure to whether fide it would incline,
And all mens eyes and hearts, which there among
Stood gazing, filled were with rufull tine
And fecret feare, to fee their fatall fine ;
All fuddenly they heard a troublous noyes,
That feemd fome perilous tumult to define,
Confus'd with womens cries and fhouts of boyes, Such as the troubled theaters oft-times annoyes.
XXXVIII. Thereat the champions both flood ftill a fpace,
To weeten what that fudden clamour ment :
Lo ! where they fpyde with fpeedie whirling pace
One in a charet of fcraunge furniment
Towards them driving like a ftorme out fent.
The charet decked was in wondrous wize
With gold and many a gorgeous ornament
After the Perfian monarks antique guize, Such as the maker felfe could beft by art devize,
XXXIX.
And drawne it was (that wonder is to tell)
Of two grim lyons taken from the wood,
In which their powre all others did excell $
Now made forget their former cruell mood,
T'obey their riders heft, as feemed good :
And therein fate a ladie parting faire
And bright, that feemed borne of angels brood ;
And with her beautie bountie did compare, Whether of them in her mould have the greater ihare.
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Thereto (he learned was in magicke leare,
And all the artes that fubtill wits difcover,
Having therein bene trained many a yeare,
And well inftructed by the Fay her mother,
That in the fame (lie farre exceld all other :
Who underftanding by her mightie art
Of th' evill plight in which her deareft brother
Now flood, came forth in haft to take his part, And paciiie the ftrife which causd fo deadly fmart.
XLI.
And as flie paffed through th* unruly preace
Of people, thronging thicke her to behold,
Her angrie teame breaking their bonds of peace
Great heapes of them, like fheepe in narrow fold,
For haft did over-runne, in duft enrould ;
That thorough rude confufion of the rout
Some fearing fhriekt, fome being harmed hould,
Some laught for fport, fome did for wonder fhout, And fome that would feeme wife their wonder turnd to dout.
XLII.
In her right hand a rod of peace fhee bore,
About the which two ferpents weren wound,
Entrayled mutually in lovely lore,
And by the tailes together firmely bound ;
And both were with one olive garland crownd,
Like to the rod which Maias fonne doth wield,.
Wherewith the hellifh fiends he doth confound :
And in her other hand a cup fhe hild, The which was with nepenthe to the brim upfild.
XLIII. Nepenthe is a drinck of foverayne grace,
Devized by the gods, for to aftwage
Harts grief, and bitter gall away to chace
Which ftirs up anguifh and contentious rage :
Inftead thereof fweet peace and quiet age
It doth eftablifh in the troubled mynd.
Few men, but fuch as fober are and fage,
Are by the gods to drinck thereof affynd ;
But fuch as drinck eternall happinefle do fynd.
XLIV. Such
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Such famous men, fuch worthies of the earth,
As love will have advaunced to the fkie,
And there made gods, though borne of mortall berth,
For their high merits and great dignitie,
Are wont, before they may to heaven flie,
To drincke hereof; whereby all cares forepart
Are wafht away quite from their memorie :
So did thofe olde heroes hereof tafte, Before that they in blifle amongft the gods were plafte.
XLV. Much more of price and of more gratious powre
Is this, then that fame water of Ardenne,
The which Rinaldo drunck in happie howre,
Defcribed by that famous Tufcane penne :
For that had might to change the hearts of men
Fro love to hate, a change of evill choife :
But this doth hatred make in love to brenne,
And heavy heart with comfort doth rejoyce. Who would not to this vertue rather yeeld his voice ?
XL VI. At laft arriving by the liftes fide
Shee with her rod did foftly fmite the raile,
Which ftraight flew ope, and gave her way to ride.
Eftfoones out of her coch fhe gan availe,
And pacing fairely forth did bid all haile
Firft to her brother, whom fhe loved dcare,
That fo to fee him made her heart to quaile ;
And next to Cambell, whofe fad ruefull cheare Made her to change her hew, and hidden love t'appeare.
XLVII.
They lightly her requit, (for fmall delight
They had as then her long to entertaine)
And eft them turned both againe to fight :
Which when fhe faw, downe on the bloudy plaine
Herfelfe fhe threw, and teares gan fhed amaine ;
Amongfl her teares immixing prayers meeke,
And with her prayers reafons, to reflraine
From blouddy flrife, and blefTed peace to feeke By all that unto them was deare did them befeeke.
XL VIII. But
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But whenas all might nought with them prevaile,
Shee fmote them lightly with her powrefull wand :
Then fuddenly as if their hearts did faile,
Their wrathfull blades downe fell out of their hand,
And they like men aftonimt ftiil did fland.
Thus whileft their minds were doubtfully diflrauo-ht,
And mighty fpirites bound with mightier band,
Her golden cup to them for drinke fhe raught, Whereof full glad for thirfl ech drunk an harty draught :
XLIX.
Of which fo foone as they once tailed had, (Wonder it is that fudden change to fee) Inflead of ilrokes, each other kifTed glad, And lovely hauhl, from feare of treafon free, And plighted hands for ever friends to be. When all men faw this fudden change of things, So mortall foes fo friendly to agree, For pairing ioy, which fo great marvaile brings, They all gan fhout aloud, that all the heaven rings.
L. All which when gentle Canacee beheld,
In hall me from her lofty chaire defcended, To weet what fudden tidings was befeld : Where when fhe faw that cruell war fo ended , And deadly foes fo faithfully affrended, In lovely wife fhe gan that lady greet, Which had fo great difmay fo well amended, And entertaining her with curt'fies meet, Profefl to her true friendship and affection fweet,
LI. Thus when they all accorded goodly were, The trumpets founded, and they all arofe Thence to depart with glee and gladfome chere. Thofe warlike champions both together chofe Homeward to march, themfelves there to repofe : And wife Cambina taking by her fide Faire Canacee, as frefh as morning rofe, Unto her coch remounting home did ride, Admir'd of all the people, and much glorifide.
LII. Where
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Where making ioyous feaft their daies they fpent In perfect love, devoide of hatefull ftrife, Allide with bands of mutuall couplement ; For Triamond had Canacee to wife, With whom he ledd a long and happie life ; And Cambel tooke Cambina to his fere, The which as life were each to other liefe. So all alike did love, and loved were,
That fince their days fuch lovers were not found elfwere.
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Satyrane makes a turneyment
For love of Florimell: Britotnart winnes the prize from all,
And Artegall doth quell.
I.
T often fals (as here it earft befell) That mortall foes doe turne to faithfull frendsj And friends profeft are chaungd to foemen fell : The caufe of both of both their minds depends ; And th' end of both likewife of both their ends : For enmitie, that of no ill proceeds But of occafion, with th' occafion ends ; And friendfhip, which a faint affection breeds
Without regard of good, dyes like ill-grounded feeds.
II.
That well (me feemes) appeares by that of late Twixt Cambell and Sir Triamond befell, As als by this, that now a new debate Stird up twixt Blandamour and Paridell, The which by courfe befals me here to tell : Who having thofe two other knights efpide Marching afore, as ye remember well, Sent forth their fquire to have them both defcride,
And eke thofe mafked ladies riding them befide.
III. Who
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Who backe returning told as he had feene,
That they were doughtie knights of dreaded name ;
And thofe two ladies their two loves unfeene j
And therefore wifht them without blot or blame
To let them pafle at will, for dread of ihame.
But Blandamour, full of vain-glorious fpright,
And rather llird by his difcordfull dame,
Upon them gladly would have prov'd his might, But that he yet was fore of his late luckleffe fight.
IV. Yet nigh approching he them fowle befpake,
Difgracing them, himfelfe thereby to grace,
As was his wont ; fo weening way to make
To ladies love, wherefo he came in place,
And with lewd termes their lovers to deface.
Whofe fharpe provokement them incenft fo fore.
That both were bent t'avenge his ufage bafe,
And gan their fhields addreife themfelves afore : For evill deedes may better then bad words be bore.
V. But faire Cambina with perfwafions my Id
Did mitigate the fiercenerTe of their mode,
That for the prefent they were reconcyl'd,
And gan to treate of deeds of armes abrode,
And ftrange adventures, all the way they rode :
Amongft the which they told, as then befell,
Of that great turney which was blazed brode,
For that rich girdle of faire Florimell, The prize of her which did in beautie molt excell.
VI. To which folke-mote they all with one confent
(Sith each of them his ladie had him by,
Whofe beautie each of them thought excellent)
Agreed to travell, and their fortunes try.
So as they paffed forth, they did efpy
One in bright armes with ready fpeare in reft,
That toward them his courfe feem'd to apply ;
Gainft whom fir Paridell himfelfe addreft, Him weening, ere he nigh approcht, to have repreft.
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Which th' other feeing gan his courfe relent,
And vaunted fpeare eftfoones to difadvaunce,
As if he naught but peace and pleafure ment,
Now falne into their fellowship by chance j
Whereat they mewed curteous countenaunce.
So as he rode with them accompanide,
His roving eie did on the lady glaunce
Which Blandamour had riding by his fide : Whom fure he weend that he fomwhere tofore had eide.
VIII. It was to weete that fnowy Florimell,
Which Ferrau late from Braggadochio v/onne ;
Whom he now feeing her remembred well,
How having reft her from the witches fonne,
He foone her loft : wherefore he now begunne
To challenge her anew, as his owne prize,
Whom formerly he had in battell wonne,
And proffer made by force her to reprize ; Which fcornefull offer Blandamour gan foone defpize^
IX. And faid, Sir knight, Jithye this lady dame,
Whom he that hath were loth to lofe fo light,
(For Jo to lofe a lady were great Jhame)
Tee Jl:all her winne, as I have done, in fight :
And lo fiee Jhall be placed here in fight >
'Together with this hag bejide her fet,
That whofo winnes her may her have by 7'ight :
But he Jhall have the hag that is ybet, And with her akvaies ride till he another get,
X.
That offer pleafed all the company :
So Ficrimell with Ate forth was brought,
At which they all gan laugh full merrily :
But Braggadochio faid, he never thought
For fuch an hag, that feemed worft then nought,
His perfon to emperill fo in right :
But if to match that lady they had fought
Another like, that were like faire and bright, His life he then would fpend to iuftifie his right.
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At which his vaine excufe they all gan fmile,
As fcorning his unmanly cowardize :
And Florimell him fowly gan revile,
That for her fake refus'd to enterprize
The battell, offred in fo knightly wize ;
And Ate eke provokt him privily
With love of her, and mame of fuch mefprize :
But naught he car'd for friend or enemy -3 For in bafe mind nor friendfhip dwels nor enmity.
XII.
But Cambeil thus did fhut up all in left ;
Brave knights and ladies , certes ye doe wrong
Tofiirre up fir if e9 when mofi us needeth refi,
That we may us referve both frefij and firong
Againfi the turneiment, which is not long :
When whofo lifl to fight may fight his fill ;
Till then your challenges ye may prolong :
And then it jhall be tried, if ye will, Whether fhall have the hag, or hold the lady fiill.
XIII. They all agreed j fo turning all to game
And pleafaunt bord, they paft forth on their way ;
And all that while, whcrefo they rode, or came,
That mafked mock-knight was their fport and play.
Till that at length upon th' appointed day
Unto the place of turneyment they came ;
Where they before them found in frefh aray
Manie a brave knight and manie a daintie dame Affembled, for to get the honour of that game.
XIV. There this faire crew arriving did divide
Themfelves afunder : Blandamour with thofe
Of his, on th' one ; the reft on th' other fide.
But boaftful Braggadocchio rather chofe
For glorie vaine their fellowmip to lofe,
That men on him the more might gaze alone.
The reft themfelves in troupes did elfe difpofe,
Like as it feemed beft to every one ; The knights in couples marcht with ladies linckt attone.
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XV. Then firft of all forth came fir Satyrane, Bearing that precious relicke in an arke Of gold, that bad eyes might it not prophane : Which drawing foftly forth out of the darke, He open fhewd, that all men it mote marke ; A o-oreeous girdle, curiouily embofr.
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With pearle and precious ftone, worth many a marke -,
Yet did the workmanlhip farre pafle the cofl : It was the fame which lately Florimel had loft,
XVI. The fame aloft he hung in open vew,
To be the prize of beau tie and of might ;
The which eftfoones difcovered to it drew
The eyes of all, allur'd with clofe delight,
And hearts quite robbed with fo glorious light,
That all men threw out vowes and wifhes vaine:
Thrife happie ladie, and thrife happie knight,
Them feemd that could fo goodly riches gaine, So worthie of the perill, worthy of the pain.
XVII. Then tooke the bold fir Satyrane in hand
An huge great fpeare, fuch as he wont to wield,
And vauncing forth from all the other band
Of knights, addreft his maiden-headed fhield,
Shewing himfelfe all ready for the field :
Gainft whom there fingled from the other fide
A painim knight that well in armes was fkil'd,
And had in many a battell oft bene tride, Hight Erimcheval the bold, who fierfly forth did ride.
XVIII.
So furiouflv they both together met,
That neither could die others force fuftaine :
As two fierce buls, that ftrive the rule to get
Of all the heard, meete with fo hideous maine,
That both rebutted tumble on the plaine :
So thefe two champions to the ground were feld,
Where in a maze they both did long remain e,
And in their hands their idle troncheons held, Which neither able were to wag, or once to weld.
XIX. Which
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Which when the noble Ferramont efpide, He pricked forth in ayd of Satyran j And him againft fir Blandamour did ride With all the ftrength and ftifneffe that he can : But the more ftrong and ftiffely that he ran, So much more forely to the ground he fell, That on an heape were tumbled horfe and man : Unto whofe refcue forth rode Paridell ; But him likewife with that fame fpeare he eke did quell.
XX. Which Braggadocchio feeing, had no will To haften greatly to his parties ayd, Albee his turne were next j but flood there ftill, As one that feemed doubtfull or difmayd : But Triamond halfe wroth to fee him ftaid, Sternly ftept forth and raught away his fpeare, With which fo fore he Ferramont aflaid, That horfe and man to ground he quite did beare, That neither could in haft themfelves againe upreare.
XXI.
Which to avenge fir Devon him did dight,
But with no better fortune then the reft :
For him likewife he quickly downe did fmight \
And after him fir Douglas him addreft,
And after him fir Palimord forth preft :
But none of them againft his ftrokes could ftandj
But all the more, the more his praife increft :
For either they were left upon the land, Or went away fore wounded of his hapleffe hand.
XXII.
And now by this fir Satyrane abraid
Out of the fwowne, in which too long he lay ;
And looking round about, like one difmaid,
Whenas he faw the mercilefTe affray
Which doughty Triamond had wrought that day
Unto the noble knights of Maidenhead,
His mighty heart did almoft rend in tway
For very gall, that rather wholly dead Himfelfe he wifht have beene then in fo bad a ftead.
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Eftfoones he gan to gather up around
His weapons, which lay fcattered all abrode, And as it fell his Heed he ready found : On whom remounting fiercely forth he rode, Like fparke of fire that from the andvile glode, There where he faw the valiant Triamond Chafing, and laying on them heavy lode, That none his force were able to withftond ; So dreadfull were his ftrokes, fo deadly was his hond.
XXIV. With that at him his beamlike fpeare he aimed, And thereto all his power and might applide : The wicked fteele for mifchiefe firft ordained, And having now misfortune got for guide, Staid not, till it arrived in his fide, And therein made a very griefly wound, That flreames of blood his armour all bedide. Much was he daunted with that direfuil ftownd, That fcarfe he him upheld from falling in a found.
XXV. Yet, as he might, himfelfe he foft withdrew Out of the field, that none perceiv'd it plaine : Then gan the part of chalengers anew To range the field, and victor-like to raine, That none againft them battell durft maintaine. By that the gloomy evening on them fell, That forced them from fighting to refraine, And trumpets found to ceafe did them compell : So Satvrane that day was iudg'd to beare the bell.
XXVI. The morrow next the turney gan anew, And with the firft the hardy Satyrane Appear'd in place with all his noble crew : On th' other fide full many a warlike fwaine Afiembled were, that glorious prize to gaine. But mons-ft them all was not fir Triamond, Unable he new battell to darraine Through grievaunce of his late received wound, That doubly did him grieve, when fo himfelfe he found.
XXVII. Which
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Which Cambell feeing, though he could not falve ,
Ne done undoe, yet for to falve his name,
And purchafe honour in his friends behalve,
This goodly counterfefaunce he did frame ;
The fhield and armes well knowne to be the fame
Which Triamond had worne, unwares to wight,
And to his friend unwift, for doubt of blame
If he mifdid, he on himfelfe did dight, That none could him difcerne ; and fo went forth to fight.
XXVIII. There Satyrane lord of the field he found,
Triumphing in great ioy and iolity j
Gainft whom none able was to ftand on ground -
That much he gan his glorie to envy,
And call t'avenge his friends indignity :
A mightie fpeare eftfoones at him he bent ;
Who feeing him come on fo funouily,
Met him mid-way with equall hardiment, That forcibly to gro ind they both together went.
XXIX.
They up againe themfelves can lightly reare,
And to their tryed iwords themfelves betake ;
With which they wrought futeh wondrous marvels there,
That all the reft it did amazed make,
Ne any dar'd their perili to partake ;
Now culliiig clofe, now chicing to and fro,
Now hurtling round advantage for to take :
As two wild boares together grapling go, Chaufing and foming choler each againfl his fo.
XXX. So as they courft, and turneyd here and theare,
It chaunft fir Satyrane his fteed at laft,
Whether through foundring or through fodein feare,
To ftumble, that his rider nigh he cail :
Which vauntage Cambell did purfue fo fait,
That ere himfelfe he had recovered well,
So fore he fowft him on the compaft creail,
That forced him to leave his loftie fell, And rudely tumbling downe under his horfe-feete fell.
XXXI. Lightly
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XXXI. Lightly Cumbello leapt downe from his fteed,
For to have rent his fhield and armes away,
That whylome wont to be the victors meed ;
When all unwares he felt an hideous fway
Of many (words, that lode on him did lay :
An hundred knights had him enclofed round,
To refcue Satyrane out of his pray ;
All which at once huge ftrokes on him did pound, In hope to take him prifoner where he flood on ground.
XXXII. He with their multitude was nought difmayd,
But with ftout courage turnd upon them all,
And with his brond-iron round about him layd j
Of which he dealt large almes, as did befall :
Like as a lion, that by chaunce doth fall
Into the hunters toile, doth rage and rore,
In royall heart difdaining to be thrall.
But all in vaine : for what might one do more ? They have him taken captive, though it grieve him fore.
XXXIII. Whereof when newes to Triamond was brought
Thereas he lay, his wound he foone forgot,
And ftarting up ilreight for his armour fought :
In vaine he fought ; for there he found it not -, .
Cambello it away before had got :
Cambelloes armes therefore he on him threw,
And lightly ifTewd forth to take his lot.
There he in troupe found all that warlike crew, Leading his friend away, full forie to his vew.
XXXIV. Into the thicker!: of that knightly preaffe
He thruft, and fmote downe all that was betweene,
Caried with fervent zeale ; ne did he ceafTe,
Till that he came where he had Cambell feene
Like captive thral two other knights atweene ;
There he amongft them cruell havocke makes,
That they which lead him foone enforced beene
To let him loofe to fave their proper flakes ; Who being freed from one a weapon fiercely takes :
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With that he drives at them with dreadfull might, Both in remembrance of his friends late harme, And in revengement of his owne defpight : So both together give a new allarme, As if but now the battell wexed warme. As when two greedy wolves doe breake by force Into an heard, farre from the hufband farme, They fpoile and ravine without all remorfe ; So did thefe two through all the field their foes enforce.
XXXVI. Fiercely they followd on their bolde emprize, Till trumpets found did warne them all to reft ; Then all with one confent did yeeld the prize To Triamond and Cambell as the befl : But Triamond to Cambell it releft, And Cambell it to Triamond transferd : Each labouring t'advance the others geft, And make his praife before his owne preferd : So that the doome was to another day difFerd.
XXXVII. The laft day came, when all thofe knightes againe AfTembled were, their deedes of armes to fhew. Full many deedes that day were mewed plaine : But Satyrane bove all the other crew His wondrous worth declard in all mens view : For from the firft he to the laft endured, And though fbme while fortune from him withdrew, Yet evermore his honour he recured, And with unwearied powre his party (till allured.
XXXVIII. Ne was there knight that ever thought of armes, But that his utmoft proweffe there made knowen, That by their many wounds, and carelelfe harmes, By fhivered fpeares, and fwords all under ftrowen, By fcattered fhields, was eafie to be fhowen. There might ye fee loofe fteeds at randon ronne, Whofe luckelerTe riders late were overthrowen j And fquiers make haft to helpe their lords fordonne : But ftill the knights of Maidenhead the better wonne.
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Till that there entred on the other fide
A ftraunger knight, from whence no man could reed,
In quyent difguife, full hard to be defcride :
For all his armour was like falvage weed
With woody moffe bedight, and all his freed
With oaken leaves attrapt, that feemed fit
For falvage wight, and thereto well agreed
His word, which on his ragged fhield was writ, Salvagesse sans finesse, fhewing fecret wit.
XL. He at his firft in-comming charg'd his fpere
At him that firft appeared in his light -,
That was to weet the flout fir Sangliere,
Who well was knowen to be a valiant knight,
Approved oft in many a perlous fight :
Him at the firft encounter downe he fmote,
And over-bore beyond his crouper quight ;
And after him another knight that note Sir Brianor, fo fore that none him life behote.
XLI.
Then ere his hand he reard he overthrew
Seven knights one after other as they came :
And when his fpeare was bruit, his fword he drew5
The inftrument of wrath, and with the fame
Far'd like a lyon in his bloodie game,
Hewing and flaming fhields and helmets bright,
And beating downe whatever nigh him came,
That every one gan mun his dreadfull fight No lefle then death itfelfe in daungerous affright.
XLII.
Much wondred all men what or whence he came,
That did amongft the troupes fo tyrannize j
And each of other gan inquire his name :
But when they could not learne it by no wize,
Molt, anfwerable to his wyld difguize
It feemed him to terme the falvage knight :
But certes his right name was otherwize,
Though knowne to few, that Arthegall he hight, The doughtier!: knight that liv'd that day, and moil of might.
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Thus was fir Satyrane with all his band
By his fole manhood and atchievement flout
Difmay'd, that none of them in field durft fland,
But beaten were and chafed ail about.
So he continued all that day throughout,
Till evening, that the funne gan downward bend :
Then rufhed forth out of the thickeft rout
A ftranger knight, that did his glorie fhend : So nought may be efteemed happie till the end.
XLIV.
He at his entrance charg'd his powrefull fpeare
At Arthegall, in middeft of his pryde,
And therewith fmote him on his umbriere
So fore, that tombling backe he downe cjp flyde
Over his horfes taile above a ftryde ;
Whence litle luft he had to rife againe.
Which Cambell feeing, much the fame envyde,
And ran at him with all his might and maine ; But fhortly was likewife feene lying on the plaine.
XLV.
Whereat full inly wroth was Triamond,
And cafl t'avenge the fhame doen to his freend :
But by his friend himfelfe eke foone he fond
In no leffe neede of helpe then him he weend.
All which when Blandamour from end to end
Beheld, he woxe therewith difpleafed fore,
And thought in mind it fhortly to amend :
His fpeare he feutred, and at him it bore ; But with no better fortune then the reft afore.
XLVI. Full many others at him likewife ran j
But all of them likewife difmounted were :
Ne certes wonder ; for no powre of man
Could bide the force of that enchaunted fpeare,
The which this famous Britomart did beare ;
With which fhe wondrous deeds of arms atchieved,
And overthrew whatever came her neare 5
That all thofe ftranger knights full fore agrieved, And that late weaker band of chalengers relieved.
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Like as in fommers day when raging heat Doth burne the earth and boyled rivers drie, That all brute beafts fori* to refraine fro meat Doe hunt for made where fhrowded they may lie, And miffing it, faine from themfelves to fliej All travellers tormented are with paine : A watry cloud doth overcaft the fide, And poureth forth a fudden fhoure of raine,
That all the wretched world recomforteth againe :
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So did the warlike Britomart reftore
The prize to knights of Maydenhead that day,
Which elfe was like to have bene loft, and bore
The prayfe of proweffe from them all away.
Then fhrilling trompets loudly gan to bray,
And bad them leave their labours and long toyle
To ioyous feaft and other gentle play,
Where beauties prize mold win that pretious fpoyle :
Where I with found of trompe will alfo reft awhyle.
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(N b\$ The ladies for the girdle f rive
Of famous Florimell : Scudamour comming to Cares houfey Doth Jleepe from him expelL
I.
IT hath bene through all ages ever feene That with the praife of armes and chevalrie The prize of beautie ftill hath ioyned beene % And that for reafons fpeciall privitee j For either doth on other much relie : For he me feemes moft fit the faire to ferve, That can her beft defend from villenie y And fhe moft fit his fervice doth deferve, That faireft is, and from her faith will never fwerve.
II.
So fitly now here commeth next in place,
After the proofe of proweffe ended well,
The controverfe of beauties foveraine grace ;
In which to her that doth the moft excell
Shall fall the girdle of faire Florimell :
That many wiili to win for glorie vaine,
And not for vertuous ufe, which fome doe tell
That glorious belt did in itfelfe containe, Which ladies ought to love, and feeke for to obtaine.
III.
That girdle gave the vertue of chaft love
And wivehood true to all that did it beare ;
But whofoever contrarie doth prove,
Might not the fame about her middle weare^
But it would loofe, or elfe afunder teare.
Whilome it was (as faeries wont report)
Dame Venus girdle, by her fteemed deare,
What time me usd to live in wively fort ; But layd afide whenfo fhe usd her loofer fport,
IV. Her
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Her hufband Vulcan whylome for her fake,
When firft he loved her with heart entire,
This pretious ornament they fay did make,
And wrought in Lemnos with unquenched fire :
And afterwards did for her loves firft hire
Give it to her, for ever to remaine,
Therewith to bind lafcivious defire,
And loofe affections ftreightly to reflraine ; Which vertue it for ever after did retaine.
V.
The fame one day, when flic herfelfe difposd
To vifite her beloved paramoure,
The god of warre, fhe from her middle loosd,
And left behind her in her fecret bowre,
On Acidalian mount, where many an howre
She with the pleafant Graces wont to play.
There Florimell in her firft ages flowre
Was foftered by thofe Graces, (as they fay) And brought with her from thence that goodly belt away.
VI. That goodly belt was Ceftus hight by name,
And as her life by her efteemed deare.
No wonder then if that to winne the fame
So many ladies fought, as mail appeare ;
For peareleffe fhe was thought that did it bcare.
And now by this their feaff. all being ended,
The iudges which thereto felected were,
Into the Martian field adowne defcended To deeme this doutfull cafe, for which they all contended.
VII.
But firft was queftion made, which of thofe knights
That lately turneyd had the wager wonne :
There was it iudged by thofe worthie wights
That Satyrane the firft day beft had donne :
For he laft ended having firft begonne.
The fecond was to Triamond benight,
For that he fav'd the victour from fordonne :
For Cambell vigour was in all mens fight, Till by milhap he in his foe-mens hand did light.
VIII. The
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The third dayes prize unto that ftraunger knight,
Whom all men term'd knight of the hebene fpeare,
To Britomart was given by good right ;
For that with puhTant ftroke (he downe did beare
The falvage knight that victour was whileare,
And all the reft which had the beft afore,
And to the laft unconquer'd did appeare ;
For laft is deemed beft : to her therefore The fayreft ladie was adiudgd for paramore.
IX.
But thereat greatly grudged Arthegall,
And much repynd, that both of victors meede
And eke of honour (he did him foreftali :
Yet mote he not withftand, what was decreede ;
But inly thought of that defpightfuli deede
Fit time t'awaite avenged for to bee.
This being ended thus, and all agreed,
Then next enfew'd the paragon to fee Of beauties praife, and yeeld the fayreft her due fee,
X.
Then firft Cambello brought into their view
His faire Cambina, covered with a veale j
Which being once withdrawne, moft perfect hew
And paffing beautie did eftfoones reveale,
That able was weake harts away to fteale.
Next did fir Triamond unto their fight
The face of his deare Canacee unheale ;
Whofe beauties beame eftfoones did (hine fo bright, That daz'd the eyes of all, as with exceeding light,
XI.
And after her did Paridell produce
His falfe DuefTa, that fhe might be feene ,
Who with her forged beautie did feduce
The hearts of fome, that faireft her did weene 3
As diverfe wits affected divers beene :
Then did fir Ferramont unto them fhew
His Lucida, that was full faire and fheene :
And after thefe an hundred ladies moe Appear'd in place, the which each other did owt-goe .
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All which whofo dare thinke for to enchace,
Him needeth lure a golden pen I weene
To tell the feature of each goodly face.
For fince the day that they created beene,
So many heavenly faces were not feene
Ailemblcd in one place : ne he that thought
For Chian folke to pourtraict beauties queene,
By view of all the faireft. to him brought, So many faire did fee as here he might have fought.
XIII. At laft the moft redoubted Britonefle
Her lovely Amoret did open fhew ;
Whofe face difcovered, plainely did expreffe
The heavenly pourtraid; of bright angels hew.
Well weened all which her that time did vew,
That me mould furely beare the bell away,
Till Blandamour, who thought he had the trew
And very Florimell, did her difplay : The fight of whom once feene did all the reft difmay.
XIV.
For all afore that feemed fayre and bright,
Now bafe and contemptible did appeare,
Compar'd to her that fhone as Phoebes light
Amongft the lerTer ftarres in evening cleare.
All that her faw with wonder "ravifht weare,
And weend no mortall creature me mould bee,
But fome celeftiall fhape that flefh did beare :
Yet all were glad there Florimell to fee ; Yet thought that Florimell was not fo faire as fhee.
XV.
As guilefull goldfmith that by fecret fkill
With golden foyle doth finely over-fpred
Some bafer metall, which commend he will
Unto the vulgar for good gold infted,
He much more goodly glolle thereon doth med
To hide his falfhood, then if it were trew :
So hard this idole was to be ared,
That Florimell herfelfe in all mens vew She feem'd to paife : fo forged things do fairer! mew.
XVI. Then
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Then was that golden belt by doome of all
Graunted to her, as to the fayreft dame.
Which being brought, about her middle fmall
They thought to gird, as beft it her became ;
But by no meanes they could it thereto frame :
For ever as they faftned it it loos'd
And fell away, as feeling fecret blame.
Full oft about her waft me it enclos'd ; And it as oft was from about her waft difclos'd :
XVII. That all men wondred at the uncouth fight,
And each one thought, as to their fancies came :
But me herfelfe did thinke it doen for fpight,
And touched was with fecret wrath and fhame
Therewith, as thing deviz'd her to defame.
Then many other ladies likewife tride
About their tender loynes to knit the fame ;
But it would not on none of them abide, But when they thought it faft, eftfoones it was untide.
XVIII.
Which when that fcornefull Squire of dames did vew,
He lowdly gan to laugh, and thus to ieft ;
Alas for pittie that Jo f aire a crew,
As like cannot be feene from ea/l to weft,
Cannot find one this girdle to invefi !
Fie on the man that did itfirjl invent,
T'ojhame us all with this, ungirt unblest :
Let never ladie to his love ajfent, iJiat hath this day fo many fo unmanly Jhent.
XIX. Thereat all knights gan laugh, and ladies lowre :
Till that at laft the gentle Amoret
Likewife aftayd to prove that girdles powre j
And having it about her middle fet,
Did find it fit withouten breach or let.
Whereat the reft gan greatly to envie :
But Florimell exceedingly did fret,
And matching from her hand halfe angrily The belt againe, about her bodie gan it tie :
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XXI. Whom when the reft did fee her to refufe,
They were full glad, in hope themfelves to get her : Yet at her choice they all did greatly mufe. But after that the iudges did arret her Unto the fecond beft, that lov'd her better ; That was the falvage knight : but he was gone In great difpleafure, that he could not get her. Then was fhe iudged Triamond his one ; But Triamond lov'd Canacee, and other none.
XXII. Tho unto Satyran fhe was adiudged,
Who was right glad to gaine fo goodly meed : But Blandamour thereat full greatly grudged, And litle prays'd his labours evill fpeed, That for to winne the faddle loft the fteed. Ne lefie thereat did Paridell complaine, And thought t'appeale from that which was decreed To fingle combat with fir Satyrane : Thereto him Ate ftird, new difcord to maintaine.
XXIII. And eke with thefe full many other knights She through her wicked working did incenfe Her to demaund, and chalenge as their rights, Deferved for their perils recompenfe. Amongft the reft with boaftfull vaine pretenfe Stept Braggadochio forth, and as his thrall Her claym'd, by him in battell wonne long fens : Whereto herfelfe he did to witnefTe calls Who being afkt accordingly confefTed all.
XXIV. Thereat
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Thereat exceeding wroth was Satyran ;
And wroth with Satyran was Blandamour ; And wroth- with Blandamour was Erivan ; And at them both iir Paridell did loure. So all together ftird up ftrifefuli ftoure : And readie were new battel! to darraine. Each one profeft to be her paramoure, And vow'd with fpeare and fhield it to maintaine > Ne iudges powre, ne reafons rule mote them reftraine.
XXV. Which troublous ftirre when Satyrane aviz'd, He gan to cart, how to appeafe the fame, And to accord them all this meanes deviz'd : Firft in the midft to fet that fayreft dame, To whom each one his chalenge mould difclame, And he himfelfe his right would eke releaffe : Then looke to whom fhe voluntarie came, He lhould without difturbance her poffeffe : Sweete is the love that comes alone with willingneile.
XXVI.
They all agreed ; and then that fnowy mayd
Was in the middefl plaft among them all :
All on her gazing wifht, and vowd, and prayd,
And to the queene of beautie clofe did call,
That fhe unto their portion might befall.
Then when fhe long had lookt upon each one,
As though fhe wifhed to have pleasd them all,
At laft to Braggadochio felfe alone She came of her accord, in fpight of all his fone.
XXVII. Which when they all beheld they chaft and rag'd,
And woxe nigh mad for very harts defpight,
That from revenge their willes they fcarfe affwag'd :
Some thought from him her to have reft by might ;
Some proffer made with him for her to fight :
But he nought car'd for all that they could fay ;
For he their words as wind efleemed light :
Yet not fit place he thought it there to flay, But fecretlv from thence that nieht her bore away.
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They which remaynd, fo foone as they perceiv'd
That fhe was gone, departed thence with fpeed,
And follow'd them in mind her to have reav'd
l-rom wight unworthie of fo noble meed.
In which pourfuit how each one did fucceede,
Shall elfe be told in order, as it fell.
But now of Britomart it here doth neede
The hard adventures and ftrange haps to tell ; Since with the reft fhe went not after Florimell.
XXIX. For foone as fhe them faw to difcord fet,
Her lift no longer in that place abide ;
But taking with her lovely Amoret,
Upon her firft adventure forth did ride,
To feeke her lov'd, making blind Love her guide.
Unluckie mayd to feeke her enemie !
Unluckie mayd to feeke him farre and wide,
Whom, when he was unto herfelfe moft nie, She through his late difguizement could him not defcrie !
XXX. So much the more her griefe, the more her toyle :
Yet neither toyle nor griefe fhe once did fpare,
In feeking him that mould her paine afToyle -,
Whereto great comfort in her fad misfare
Was Amoret, companion of her care :
Who likewife fought her lover long mifwent,
The gentle Scudamour, whofe hart whileare
That ftryfefull hag with gealous difcontent Had fild, that he to fell reveng was fully bent :
XXXI. Bent to revenge on blamelefTe Britomart
The crime which curfed Ate kindled earft,
The which like thornes did pricke his gealous hart,
And through his foule like poyfned arrow perft,
That by no reafon it might be reverft,
For ought that Glauce could or doe or fay :
For aye the more that flie the fame reherft,
The more it gauld and griev'd him night and day, That nought but dire revenge his anger mote defray,
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So as they travelled, the drouping night
Covered with cloudie ftorme and bitter fhowre,
That dreadfull feem'd to every livino- wight,
Upon them fell, before her timely howre ;
That forced them to feeke fome covert bowre,
Where they might hide their heads in quiet reft,
And fhrowd their perfons from that flormie ftowre.
Not farre away, not meete for any gueft,, They fpide a little cottage, like fome poore mans nefl.
XXXIII.
Under a fteepe hilles fide it placed was,
There where the mouldred earth had cav'd the banke ;
And fail befide a little brooke did pas
Of muddie water, that like puddle ftanke,
By which few crooked fallowes grew in ranke : •
Whereto approaching nigh, they heard the found
Of many yron hammers beating ranke,
And anfwering their wearie turnes around, That feemed fome blackfmith dwelt in that defert ground.
XXXIV. There entring in, they found the goodman felfe
Full bufily unto his worke ybent j
Who was to weet a wretched wearifh elfe,
With hollow eyes and rawbone cheekes forfpent,
As if he had in prifon long bene pent :
Full blacke and griefly did his face appeare,
Befmeard with fmoke that nigh his eye-fight blent ;
With rugged beard, and hoarie magged heare, The which he never wont to combe, or comely fheare.
XXXV. Rude was his garment, and to rags all rent,
Ne better had he, ne for better cared :
With blifbed hands emongft the cinders brent,
And fingers filthie with long nayles unpared,
Right fit to rend the food on which he fared.
His name was Care ; a blackfmith by his trade,
That neither day nor night from working fpared,
But to fmall purpofe yron wedges made ; Thofe be unquiet thoughts that carefull minds invade.
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In which his worke he had fixe fervants preft
About the andvile ftanding evermore
With huge great hammers, that did never reft
From heaping ftroakes which thereon foufed fore :
All fixe ftrong groomes, but one then other more ;
For by degrees they all were difagreed ;
So likewife did the hammers which they bore
Like belles in greatneffe orderly fucceed, That he which was the laft the firft did farre exceede.
XXXVII. He like a monftrous gyant feem'd in fight,
Farre pafhng Bronteus or Pyracmon great,
The which in Lipari doe day and night
Frame thunderbolts for loves avengefull threate.
So dreadfully he did the andvile beat,
That feem'd to duft he fhortly would it drive :
So huge his hammer and fo fierce his heat,
That feem'd a rocke of diamond it could rive And rend afunder quite, if he thereto lift ftrive.
XXXVIII. Sir Scudamour there entring, much admired
The manner of their worke and wearie paine ;
And having long beheld, at laft enquired
The caufe and end thereof : but all in vaine ;
For they for nought would from their worke refraine,
Ne let his fpeeches come unto their eare.
And eke the breathfull bellowes blew amaine,
Like to the northern winde, that none could heare ; Thofe Penfifenefle did move 3 and Sighes the bellows weare.
XXXIX. Which when that warriour faw, he faid no more,
But in his armour layd him downe to reft :
To reft he layd him downe upon the flore,
(Whylome for ventrous knights the bedding beft)
And thought his wearie limbs to have redreft.
And that old aged dame, his faithfull fquire,
Her feeble ioynts layd eke adowne to reft ;
That needed much her weake age to defire, After fo long a travell which them both did tire.
XL. There
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XL. There lay fir Scudamour long while expecting
When gentle fleepe his heavie eyes would clofe ;
Oft chaunging fides, and oft new place electing,
Where better feem'd he mote himfelfe repofe ;
And oft in wrath he thence againe uprofe,
And oft in wrath he layd him downe againe.
But wherefoere he did himfelfe difpofe,
He by no meanes could wimed eafe obtaine : So every place feem'd painefull, and ech changing vaine.
XLI. And evermore, when he to fleepe did thinke,
The hammers found his fenfes did moleft j
And evermore when he began to winke,
The bellowes noyfe difturb'd his quiet reft,
Ne fuffred fleepe to fettle in his breft.
And all the knight the dogs did barke and howle
About the houfe at fent of ftranger gueft :
And now the crowing cocke, and now the owle Lowde fhriking him afflicted to the very fowle.
XLII.
And if by fortune any litle nap
Upon his heavie eye-lids chaunft to fall,
Eftfoones one of thofe villeins him did rap
Upon his head-peece with his yron mall j
That he was foone awaked therewithall,
And lightly ftarted up as one affrayd,
Or as if one him fuddenly did call :
So oftentimes he out of fleepe abrayd, And then lay muflng long on that him ill apayd.
XLIII. So long he muzed, and fo long he lay,
That at the laft his wearie fprite oppreft
With flefhly weaknefle, which no creature may
Long time refift, gave place to kindly reft,
That all his fenfes did full foone arreft :
Yet in his foundeft fleepe his dayly feare
His ydle braine gan bufily moleft,
And made him dreame thofe two difloyall were : The things that day moft minds at night doe moft appeare.
XLIV. With
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With that the wicked carle, the maifter fmith, A paire of red-whot yron tongs did take Out of the burning cinders, and therewith Under his fide him nipt ; that forfl to wake He felt his hart for very paine to quake, And ftarted up avenged for to be On him, the which his quiet llomber brake : Yet looking round about him none could fee ;
Yet did the fmart remaine, though he himfelfe did flee.
XLV.
In fuch difquiet and hart-fretting payne
He all that night, that too long night, did pafTe :
And now the day out of the ocean mayne
Began to peepe above this earthly maffe,
With pearly dew fprinkling the morning grafTe :
Then up he rofe like heavie lumpe of lead,
That in his face, as in a looking glafle,
The lignes of anguifh one mote plainely read,
And gheffe the man to be difmayd with gealous dread.
XLVI.
Unto his lofty fteede he clombe anone, And forth upon his former voiage fared, And with him eke that aged fquire attone ; Who, whatfoever perill was prepared, Both equall paines and equall perill fhared : The end whereof and daungerous event Shall for another canticle be fpared : But here my wearie teeme nigh over-fpent
Shall breath itfelfe awhile after fo long a went.
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Both Scudajnour and Arthegall
Doe Jight with Britomart : He fees her face ', doth fall in lovey
And foone from her depart,
I.
HAT equall torment to the griefe of mind, And pyning anguifh hid in gentle hart, That inly feeds itfelfe with thoughts unkind, And nourimeth her owne confuming fmart ? What medicine can any leaches art Yeeld fuch a fore that doth her grievance hide, And will to none her maladie impart ? Such was the wound that Scudamour did eride ; For which dan Phoebus felfe cannot a falve provide.
II.
Who having left that reftlefTe houfe of Care,
The next day, as he on his way did ride,
Full of melancholie and fad misfare
Through mifconceipt, all unawares efpide
An armed knight under a forrefl fide
Sitting in made befide his grazing fteede ;
Who, foone as them approaching he defcride,
Gan towards them to pricke with eger fpeede, That feem'd he was full bent to fome mifchievous deede.
III. Which Scudamour perceiving forth irTewed
To have rencountred him in equall race :
But foone as th' other nigh approaching vewed
The armes he bore, his fpeare he gan abafe,
And voide his courfe ; at which fo fuddain cafe
He wondred much : but th' other thus can fay ;
Ah ! gentle Scudamour , unto your grace
I me fubmit, and you of pardon pray, That almofi had againfl you trefpaffed this day.
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Whereto thus Scudamour j Small hanne it were
For any knight upon a ventrous knight
Without difpleafance for to prove his f per e.
But reade you, fir, fith ye my name have hight,
What is your owne, that I mote you requite.
Ccrtes, fiiyd he, ye mote as now excufe
Me from dij covering you my name aiight :
For time yet ferves that I the fame refufe, But call ye me the Salvage knight, as others ufe.
V. Then this, fir Salvage knight, quoth he, areede ;
Or doe you here within this for refl wonne,
(That feemeth well to anfwere to your weede)
Or have ye itforfome occafion donne f
That rather fee me s, fith knowen amies ye fionne.
This other day, fayd he, a fir anger knight
Shame and difkonour hath unto me donne ;
On whom Iwaite to wreake that foule dejpight, Whenever he this way floall pajfe by day or night.
VI ' Shame be his meede, quoth he, that meaneth flame \
But what is he by whom ye fiamed were ?
Aftranger knight, fayd he, unknowne by name.
But kfiowne by fame and by an hebenefpeare,
With which he all that met him downe did beare.
He in an open turney, lately held,
Fro me the honour of that game did reare -,
And having me, all wearie earfl, downe field, The fay refl ladie reft, and ever fine e withheld.
VII. When Scudamour heard mention of that fpeare.
He wift right well that it was Britomart,
The which from him his faireft love did beare.
Tho gan he fwell in every inner part
For fell defpight, and gnaw his gealous hart,
That thus he fharply fayd ; Now by my heady
Tet is not this thefirfl unknightly part,
Which that fame knight, whom by his launce I read, .Hath doen to noble knights, that many makes him dread ;
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For lately he my love hath fro me reft, And eke defiled with Joule villanie The J acred pledge which in his faith was left, InJJoame of knighthood and fide litie ; The which ere long fidl dear e he Jhall abie : And if to that avenge by you decreed This hand may helpe, or fuccour ought fupplie, It jhall not fayle whenfo ye Jhall it need. So both to wreake their wrathes on Britomart agreed.
IX. Whiles thus they communed, lo farre away A knight foft ryding towards them they fpyde, Attyr'd in forraine armes and ftraunge aray : Whom when they nigh approcht, they plaine defcryde To be the fame, for whom they did abyde. Sayd then fir Scudamour, Sir Salvage knight. Let me this crave, fith firjl I was dej'yde. That fir Jl I may that wrong to him requite : And if I hap to fayle, you Jhall recur e my right,
X. Which being yeelded, he his threatfull fpeare Gan fewter, and againft. her fiercely ran. Who foone as fhe him faw approching neare With fo fell rage, herfelfe fhe lightly gan To dight, to welcome him well as fhe can : But entertaind him in fo rude a wife, That to the ground fhe fmote both horfe and man ; Whence neither greatly hafted to arife, But on their common harmes together did devife.
XI. But Artegall beholding his mifchaunce New matter added to his former fire ; And eft aventring his fteele-headed launce Againft her rode, full of defpiteous ire, That nought but fpoyle and vengeance did require : But to himfelfe his felonous intent Returning, difappointed his defire, Whiles unawares his faddle he forwent, And found himfelfe on ground in great amazement
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Lightly he ftarted up out of that ftound,
And fnatching forth his direfull deadly blade
Did leape to her, as doth an eger hound
Thruft to an hynd within fome covert glade,
Whom without perill he cannot invade :
With fuch fell greedines he her ailayled,
That though me mounted were, yet he her made
To give him ground, (fo much his force prevayled)
And ihun his mightie ftrokes, gainft which no armes avayled,
XIII.
So as they courfed here and there, it chaunft That in her wheeling round, behind her creft So forely he her ftrooke, that thence it glaunft Adowne her backe, the which it fairely bleft From foule mifchance ; ne did it ever reft, Till on her horfes hinder parts it fell ; Where byting deepe fo deadly it impreft, That quite it chynd his backe behind the fell,
And to alight on foote her algates did compell :
XIV.
Like as the lightning brond from riven fkie, Throwne out by angry love in his vengeance, With dreadfull force falles on fome fteeple hie ; Which battring downe it on the church doth glance, And teares it all with terrible mifchance. Yet £he no whit difmayd her fteed forfooke, And carting from her that enchaunted lance Unto her fword and fhield her foone betooke ;
And therewithall at him right furioufly me ftrooke.
XV.
So furioufly fhe ftrooke in her firft heat,
Whiles with long fight on foot he breathlefte was,
That fhe him forced backward to retreat,
And yeeld unto her weapon way to pas :
Whofe raging rigour neither fteele nor bras
Could ftay, but to the tender flefh it went,
And pour'd the purple bloud forth on the gras ?
That all his mayle yriv'd and plates yrent £hew'd all his bodie bare unto the cruell dent.
XVI. At
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At length whenas he faw her haftie heat Abate, and panting breath begin to fayle, He through long fufFerance growing now more great, Rofe in his ftrength, and gan her frefh affayle, Heaping huge ftrokes as thicke as fhowre of hayle, And lafliing dreadfully at every part, As if he thought her foule to difentrayle. Ah cruell hand, and thrife more cruell hart, That workft fuch wrecke on her to whom thou deareft. art !
XVII. What yron courage ever could endure
To worke fuch outrage on fo faire a creature B And in his madneffe thinke with hands impure To fpoyle fo goodly workmanfhip of nature, The maker felfe refembling in her feature ? Certes fome hellifh furie or fome feend This mifchiefe framd, for their firft loves defeature, To bath their hands in bloud of deareft. freend, Thereby to make their loves beginning their lives end.
XVIII. Thus long they trac'd and traverffc to and fro, Sometimes purfewing and fometimes purfewed, Still as advantage they efpyde thereto : But toward th' end fir Arthegall renewed His ftrength frill more, but fhe ftill more decrewed. At laffc his lucklefTe hand he heav'd on high, Having his forces all in one accrewed, And therewith ftroke at her fo hideouflie, That feemed nought but death mote be her deflinie.
XIX. The wicked ftroke upon her helmet chaunft, And with the force, which in itfelfe it bore, Her ventayle fhard away, and thence forth glaunft Adowne in vaine, ne harm'd her any more. With that her angels face, unfeene afore, Like to the ruddie morne appeard in fight, Deawed with filver drops through fweating fore ; But fomewhat redder then befeem'd aright Through toylefome heate and labour of her weary fight :
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And round about the fame her yellow heare,
Having through {luring ioosd their wonted band, Like to a golden border did appeare, Framed in goldfmithes forge with cunning hand : Yet goldfmithes cunning could not underftand To frame fuch fubtile wire, fo fhinie cleare : For it did glitter like the golden fand, The which Pactolus with his waters mere Throwes forth upon the rivage round about him nere.
XXI. And as his hand he up againe did reare,
Thinking to worke on her his utmoft wracke, His powrelefTe arme benumbd with fecret feare From his revengefull purpofe fhronke abacke, And cruell fword out of his fingers flacke Fell downe to ground, as if the fteele had fence And felt fome ruth, or fence his hand did lacke Or both of them did thinke obedience To doe to fo divine a beauties excellence .
XXIL And he himfelfe long gazing thereupon At laft fell humbly downe upon his knee, And of his wonder made religion, Weening fome heavenly goddeffe he did fee, Or elfe unweeting what it elfe might bee ; And pardon her befought his errour frayle, That had done outrage in fo high degree : Whileft trembling horrour did his fenfe affayle, And made ech member quake, and manly hart to quayle.
XXIII. Natheleffe (he full of wrath for that late ftroke, All that long while upheld her wrathfull hand, With fell intent on him to bene ywroke ; And looking fterne, frill over him did ftand, Threatning to flrike unlefTe he would withstand ; And bad him rife, or furely he mould die. But die or live for nought he would upftand, But her of pardon prayd more earneftlie, Or wreake on him her will for fo great iniurie.
XXIV. Which
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Which whenas Scudamour, who now abrayd,
Beheld, whereas he flood not farre afide,
He was therewith right wondroufly difmavd,
And drawing nigh, whenas he plaine defcride
That peereleffe paterne of dame Natures pride,
And heavenly image of perfection,
He bleft himfelfe, as one fore terrifide j
And turning feare to faint devotion, Did wormip her as fome celeftiall vifion.
XXV.
But Glauce, feeing all that chaunced there,
Well weeting how their errour to affoyle,
Full glad of fo good end to them drew nere,
And her falewd with feemely bel-accoyle,
Ioyous to fee her fafe after long toyle :
Then her befought, as me to her was deare,
To graunt unto thofe warriours truce awhyle ;
Which yeelded, they their bevers up did reare, And fhew'd themfelves to her fuch as indeed they were.
XXVI.
When Britomart with fharpe avizefull eye
Beheld the lovely face of Artegall,
Tempred with fterneffe and flout maieflie,
She gan eftfoones it to her mind to call
To be the fame which in her fathers hall
Long fince in that enchaunted glaffe fhe faw :
Therewith her wrathfull courage gan appall,
And haughtie fpirits meekely to adaw, That her enhaunced hand fhe downe can foft withdraw,
XXVII. Yet fhe it forfl to have againe upheld,
As fayning choler, which was turn'd to cold :
But ever when his vifage fhe beheld,
Her hand fell downe, and would no longer hold
The wrathfull weapon gainft his countnance bold :
But when in vaine to fight fhe oft affayd,
She arm'd her tongue, and thought at him to fcold ;
NathlerTe her tongue not to her will obayd, But brought forth fpeeches myld when fhe would have. mifTayd.
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But Scudamour, now woxen inly glad That all his gealous feare he falfe had found, And how that hag his love abufed had With breach of faith and loyaltie unfound, The which long time his grieved hart did wound, He thus befpake ; Certes, fir Artegall, I ioy to fee you lout Jo low on ground. And now become to live a ladies thrall, That whylome in your minde wont to defpife them all.
XXIX. Soone as me heard the name of Artegall,
Pier hart did leape and all her hart-ftrings tremble For fudden ioy and fecret feare withall j And all her vitall powres with motion nimble To fuccour it themfelves gan there afTemble ; That by the fwift recourfe of flufhing blood Right plaine appeard, though me it would dhTemble, And fayned ftill her former angry mood, Thinking to hide the depth by troubling of the flood.
XXX. When Glance thus gan wifely all upknit -,
Te gentle knights, whom fortune here hath brought To be JpecJators of this imcouthfit, Which fecret fate hath in this ladie wrought Againft the courfe of kind, ne mervaile nought, Ne thenceforth feare the thing that hethertoo Hath troubled both your mindes with idle thought, Fearing leaf fie your loves away fiould woo ; Feared in vaine, fth meanes ye fee there wants theretoo.
XXXI.
jind you, fir Artegall, the falvage knight,
Henceforth may not difdaine that womans hand
Hath conquered you anew in fecond fight :
For whylome they have conquered Jea and land,
And heaven itfelfe, that nought may them with/land :
Ne henceforth be rebellious unto love,
That is the crowne of knighthood and the band
Of noble minds derived from above,
Which being knit with vertue never will remove.
XXXII. And
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And you, faire la die knight, my deareji dame,
Relent the rigour of your wrathfull will,
Whofejire were better turn d to other flame ;
And wiping out remembrance of all ill
Graunt him your grace, but fo that he fulfill
'The penance which ye jhall to him empart :
For lovers heaven mujl pajfe by for r owes hell.
Thereat full inly blufhed Britomart ; But Artegall clofe-fmyling ioy'd in fecret hart.
XXXIII. Yet durft he not make love fo fuddenly,
Ne thinke th' affection of her hart to draw
From one to other fo quite contrary :
Befides her modeft countenance he faw
So goodly grave and full of princely aw,
That it his ranging fancie did refraine,
And loofer thoughts to lawfull bounds withdraw ;
Whereby the paffion grew more fierce and faine, Like to a ftubborne fteede whom ftrong hand would renxaine.
XXXIV.
But Scudamour, whofe hart twixt doubtfull feare
And feeble hope hung all this while fufpence,
Defiring of his Amoret to heare
Some gladfull newes and fure intelligence,
Her thus befpake ; But fir, without offence
Mote I requejl you ty dings of my love,
My Amoret, fit h you her freed fro thence,
Where jhe captived long great woes did prove 5 tfbat where ye left I may her feeke, as doth behove.
XXXV. To whom thus Britomart; Certes, fir knight,
Wha, is of her become, or whether reft,
I cannot unto you aread aright :
For from that time I from enchaunters theft
Her freed, in which ye her all hopelejfe left,
I her preferv d from per ill and from feare,
And evermore from villenie her kept :
Ne ever was there wight to me more deare *fhenjhe, ne unto whom I more true love did beare:
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We travelled, both wearie of the way,
We did alight, and fate in Jhadow my Id j
Where fearelejfe I tofleepe me downe did lay :
But whenas I did out of Jleepe abray,
I found her not where I her left whyleare,
But thought fie wandred was, or gone ajlray :
I card her loud, I fought her far re and ?ieare ; But no where could her find, nor tydings of her heare.
XXXVII. When Scudamour thofe hcavie tydings heard,
His hart was thrild with point of deadly feare,
Ne in his face or bloud or life appeard ;
But fenfelefle flood, like to a mazed fteare,
That yet of mortall ftroke the ftound doth beare :
Till Giauce thus -, Fairefir, be nought difmayd
With needelefie dread, till certaintie ye heare ;
For yet Jhe may be fafe though fomewhat Jlrayd : Its befl to hope the bejl though of the worft affray d.
XXXVIII. NathlefTe he hardly of her chearefull fpeech
Did comfort take, or in his troubled light
Shew'd change of better cheare ; fo fore a breach
That fudden newes had made into his fpright :
Till Britomart him fairely thus behight ;
Great caufe of for row certes, fr, ye have ;
But comfort take : for by this heavens light
I vow, you dead or living not to leave, *fill I her find, and wreake on him that did her reave.
XXXIX.
Therewith he refled, and well pleafed was.
So peace being confirm'd amongfl: them all,
They tooke their fteeds, and forward thence did pas
Unto fome refting place, which mote befall ;
All being guided by fir Artegall :
Where goodly folace was unto them made,
And dayly feafling both in bowre and hall,
Untill that they their wounds well healed had, And wearie limmes recur'd after late ufage bad.
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In all which time fir Artegall made way
Unto the love of noble Britomart,
And with meeke fervice and much fuit did lay
Continuall fiege unto her gentle hart ;
Which being whylome launcht with lovely dart
More eath was new impreffion to receive ;
However fhe her paynd with womanifh art
To hide her wound, that none might it perceive : Vaine is the art that feekes itfelfe for to deceive.
XLI. So well he woo'd her, and fo well he wrought her
With faire entreatie and fweet blandifhment,
That at the length unto a bay he brought her,
So as fhe to his fpeeches was content
To lend an eare, and foftly to relent.
At laft through many vowes which forth he pour'd
And many othes, fhe yeelded her confent
To be his love, and take him for her lord, Till they with mariage meet might finifh that accord.
XLII. Tho when they had long time there taken reft,
Sir Artegall (who all this while was bound
Upon an hard adventure yet in queft)
Fit time for him thence to depart it found,
To follow that which he did long propound ;
And unto her his congee came to take :
But her there-with full fore difpleasd he found,
And loth to leave her late betrothed make j Her deareft love full loth fo fhortly to forfake :
XLIII. Yet he with ftrong perfwafions her all waged,
And wonne her will to fuffer him depart ;
For which his faith with her he faft engaged,
And thoufand vowes from bottome of his hart,
That all fo foone as he by wit or art
Could that atchieve whereto he did afpire,
He unto her would fpeedily revert ;
No longer fpace thereto he did defire, But till the horned moone three courfes did expire,
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With which fhe for the prefent was appeafed,
And yeelded leave, however malcontent
She inly were and in her mind difpleafed.
So early on the morrow next he went
Forth on his way to which he was ybent ;
Ne wight him to attend, or way to guide,
As whylome was the cuftome ancient
Mongft knights, when on adventures they did ride, Save that fhe algates him awhile accompanide,
XLV. And by the way fhe fundry purpofe found
Of this or that the time for to delay,
And of the perils whereto he was bound,
The feare whereof feem'd much her to affray :
But all fhe did was but to weare out day.
Full oftentimes fhe leave of him did take ;
And eft againe deviz'd fomewhat to fay
Which me forgot, whereby excufe to make : So loth fhe was his companie for to forfake.
XL VI.
At laft when all her (peeches fhe had fpent,
And new occafion fayld her more to find,
She left him to his fortunes government,
And backe returned with right heavie mind
To Scudamour, whom flie had left behind ;
With whom fhe went to feeke faire Amoret,
Her fecond care, though in another kind ;
For vertues onely fake, which doth beget True love and faithfull friendship, fhe by her did fet.
XLVII.
Backe to that defert forreft they retyred,
Where forie Britomart had loft her late ;
There they her fought, and every where inquired
Where they might tydings get of her eftate j
Yet found they none : but by what hapleffe fate,
Or hard misfortune fhe was thence convayd,
And ftolne away from her beloved mate,
Were long to tell ; therefore I here will flay Untiil another tyde, that I it finim may.
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CANTO VII.
Amoret rapt by greedie Lujl
Belphoebe favesfrom dread \ 'The [quire her loves, ajid being blam'd
His dates in dole doth lead.
I.
GRE AT god of love, that with thy cruell darts Doeft conquer greateft conquerors on ground,
And fetfl thy kingdome in the captive harts
Of kings and Keafars to thy fervice bound,
What glorie or what guerdon haft thou found
In feeble ladies tyranning fo fore,
And adding anguifh to the bitter wound,
With which their lives thou lanchedft long afore, By heaping ftormes of trouble on them daily more ?
II. So whylome didft thou to faire Florimell ;
And fo and fo to noble Britomart :
So doeft thou now to her of whom I tell,
The lovely Amoret j whofe gentle hart
Thou martyreft with forow and with fmart5
In falvage forrefts and in deferts wide
With beares and tygers taking heavie part,
Withouten comfort and withouten guide ; That pittie is to heare the perils which Ihe tride,
III. So foone as me with that brave Britonefle
Had left that turneyment for beauties prife,
They travel'd long j that now for wearinefle
Both of the way and warlike exercife
Both through a foreft ryding did devife
T'alight, and reft their wearie limbs awhile.
There heavie fleepe the eye-lids did furprife
Of Britomart after long tedious toyle, That did her patted paines in quiet reft alfoyle.
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The whiles faire Amoret, of nought affeard,
Walkt through the wood for pleafure or for need ;
When fuddenly behind her backe fhe heard
One milling forth out of the thickefl weed,
That ere flie backe could turne to taken heed
Had unawares her fnatched up from ground :
Feebly fhe fhriekt, but fo feebly indeed,
That Britomart heard not the fhrilling found, There where through weary travel me lay ileeping found.
V. It was to weet a wiide and falvage man ;
Yet was no man, but onely like in fhape,
And eke in ftature higher by a fpan,
All overgrowne with haire, that could awhape
An hardy hart ; and his wide mouth did gape
With huge great teeth, like to a tufked bore :
For he liv'd all on ravin and on rape
Of men and beafls -, and fed on flefhly gore, The figne whereof yet flain'd his bloudy lips afore.
VI. His neather lip was not like man nor beafl,
But like a wide deepe poke, downe hanging low,
In which he wont the relickes of his feafl,
And cruell fpoyle, which he had fpard, to flow :
And over it his huge great nofe did grow,
Full dreadfully empurpled all with bloud ;
And downe both fides two wide long eares did glow,
And raught downe to his wafte, when up he flood, More great then th' eares of elephants by Indus flood.
VII. His wall was with a wreath of yvie greene
Engirt about, ne other garment wore :
For all his haire was like a garment feene ;
And in his hand a tall young oake he bore,
Whofe knottie fnags were fharpned all afore,
And beath'd in fire for fleele to be in fled.
But whence he was, or of what wombe ybore,
Of beafls, or of the earth, I have not red : But certes was with milke of wolves and tygres fed.
VIII. This
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This ugly creature in his armes her fnatcht,
And through the forreft bore her quite away,
With briers and bullies all to rent and fcratcht ;
Ne care he had, ne pittie of the pray,
Which many a knight had fought fo many a day :
He ftayed not, but in his armes her bearing
Ran, till he came to th' end of all his way,
Unto his cave farre from all peoples hearing, And there he threw her in, nought feeling, ne nought fearing.
IX. 4
For me (deare ladie) all the way was dead,
Whileft he in armes her bore ; but when {he felt
Herfelfe downe foufl, fhe waked out of dread
Streight into griefe, that her deare hart nigh fwelt,
And eft gan into tender teares to melt.
Then when me lookt about and nothing found
But darknefTe and dread horrour where me dwelt,
She almoft fell againe into a fwound ; Ne wifl whether above me were or under ground.
X.
With that me heard fome one clofe by her fide
Sighing and fobbing fore, as if the paine
Her tender hart in peeces would divide :
Which fhe long liflning foftly afkt againe
What mifter wight it was that fo did plaine ?
To whom thus aunfwer'd was j Ah ! wretched wight,
<Thatfeekes to know another s griefe in vaine,
Unweeting of thine owne like haplejfe plight : Selfe to forget to mind another is over '-fight.
XI.
Aye me ! faid fhe, where am I, or with whom,
Emong the living, or emong the dead ?
What Jhall of me unhappy maid become f
Shall death be tti end, or ought elfe worfe, aread ?
Unhappy mayd, then anfwer'd fhe, whofe dread
Untride is leffe the?i when thou jhalt it try :
Death is to him that wretched life doth lead
Both grace and gaine ; but he in hell doth lie, *fhat lives a loathed life, and wifing cannot die,
XII. This
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XII. This difmall day hath thee a caythe made,
And vaffall to the vileft wretch alive -,
If l?ofe cur fed ufage and ungodly trade
cflje heavens abhcrre, and into darke?ieffe drive :
For on the fpoilc of women he doth live,
Whofe bodies chajl, whenever in his powre
He may them catch unable to gaine-ftrive,
lie with his Jhamefull lujl dothjirjl deftowre, And afterwardes themfehes doth cruelly devoure.
XIII. Now twenty dales (by which the fames of men
Divide their works) have p aft through hevenfheene,
Since I was brought into this dolefull den ;
During which fpace thefe fory eies have fe en
Seaven women by himjlaine and eaten dene :
And new no more for him but I alone,
And this old woman here remaining, beene ;
Till thou cam ft hither to augment our mone ; And of us three to morrow he will fur e eate one.
XIV.
Ah dreadfull tidings which thou doeft declare,
Quoth fhe, of all that ever hath beene knowen !
Full many great calamities and rare
This feeble breft endured hath, but none
Equall to this, whereever I have gone :
But what are you, whom like unlucky lot
Hath linckt with me in the fame chaine attone ?
To tell, quoth fhe, that which ye fee, needs ?iot ; A wofull wretched maid, of God and man forgot.
XV.
But what I was it irkes me to reherfe,
Daughter unto a lord of high degree ;
That ioyd in happy peace, till fates perverfe
With guilefull love didfecretly agree
To overthrow my ft ate and dignitie.
It was my lot to love a gentle fwalne,
Tet was he but a f quire of low degree \
Tet was he meet, wilefs mine eye didfainet By any ladies fde for leman to have laine.
XVI. But
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But for his meannejfe and difparagement,
My fire, who me too dearely well did love,
Unto my choife by no meanes would ajfent,
But often did my folly fowle reprove :
Tet nothing could my fixed mind remove.
But whether will'd or nilled, friend or foe,
I me refolvd the utmojl end to prove j
And rather then my love abandon Jo, Both fire and friends and all for ever to forgo.
XVII.
Thenceforth I fought by fecret meanes to worke Time to my will, and from his wrathful! fight To hide th' intent which in my heart did lurke, Till I thereto had all things ready dight* So on a day unweeting unto wight I with that f quire agreede away tofiit, And in a privy place, betwixt us hight, Within a grove appoi?ited him to meete -, To which I boldly came upon my feeble feete.
XVIII.
But ah ! wihappy houre me thither brought : For in that place where I him thought to find, There was I found, contrary to my thought, Of this accurfed carle of hellijh ki?id, The Jloame of men, and plague of womankind -, Who trujjing me, as eagle doth his pray, Me hether brought with him asfwift as wind, Where yet untouched till this prefent day, Irejl his wretched thrall, the fad Aemylia.
XIX. Ah ! fad Aemylia, then fayd Amoret, Thy rue full plight I pitty as mine owne : But read to me by what devife or wit Haft thou in all this time from him unknowne Thine honour favd, though into thraldome throwne. Through helpe, quoth fhe, of this old woman here I have Jo done, as fie to me hath Jhowne : For ever when he burnt in lufifull fire , She in my fiead fupplide his befiiall defire. Vol. I, 4 H XX. Thus
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Thus of their evils as they did difcourfe,
And each did other much bewaile and mone ; Loe where the villaine felfe, their forrowes fourfe, Came to the cave, and rolling thence the flone, Which wont to Hop the mouth thereof that none Might iflue forth, came rudely ruming in, And fpredding over all the flore alone, Gan dight himfelfe unto his wonted finne ;
Which ended, then his bloudy banket fhould beginne.
XXI.
Which whenas fearefull Amoret perceived, She (laid not th' utmofl end thereof to try, But like a ghailly gelt, whofe wits are reaved, Ran forth in haft with hideous outcry, For horrour of his fhamefull villany : But after her full lightly he uprofe, And her purfu'd as fail as fhe did flie : Full fail fhe flies, and farre afore him goes,
Ne feeles the thorns and thickets pricke her tender toes.
XXII.
Nor hedge, nor ditch, nor hill, nor dale me ilaies, But over-leapes them all, like robucke light, And through the thickefl makes her nigheil waies ; And evermore when with regardfull light She looking backe efpies that grieily wight Approching nigh, fhe gins to mend her pace, And makes her feare a fpur to hail her flight : More fwift then Myrrh' or Daphne in her race,
Or any of the Thracian nimphes in falvage chace.
XXIII.
Long fo me fled, and fo he follow'd long ; Ne living aide for her on earth appeares, But if the heavens helpe to redreife her wrong, Moved with pity of her plenteous teares. It fortuned Belphoebe with her peares, The woody nimphs, and with that lovely boy, Was hunting then the libbards and the beares, In thefe wild woods, as was her wonted ioy,
To baniih iloth that oft doth noble mindes annoy.
XXIV. It
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It fo befell, as oft it fals in chace,
That each of them from other fundred were,
And that fame gentle fquire arriv'd in place
Where this fame curfed caytive did appeare
Purfuing that faire lady full of feare :
And now he her quite overtaken had ;
And now he her away with him did beare
Under his arme, as feeming wondrous glad ; That by his grenning laughter mote farre off be rad.
XXV.
Which drery fight the gentle fquire efpying
Doth haft to croife him by the n'eareft way,'
Led with that wofull ladies piteous crying,
And him affailes with all the might he may ;
Yet will not he the lovely fpoile downe lay,
But with his craggy club in his right hand,
Defends himfelfe, and faves his gotten pray :
Yet had it bene right hard him to withftand, But that he was full light and nimble on the land.
XXVI. Thereto the villaine ufed craft in fight :
For ever when the fquire his iavelin mooke,
He held the lady forth before him right,
And with her body, as a buckler, broke
The puiffance of his intended ftroke :
And if it chaunft, (as needs it muft in fight)
Whileft he on him was greedy to be wroke,
That any little blow on her did light, Then would he laugh aloud, and gather great delight.
XXVII. Which fubtill Height did him encumber much,
And made him oft, when he would ftrike, forbeare ;
For hardly could he come the carle to touch,
But that he her muft hurt, or hazard neare :
Yet he his hand fo carefully did beare,
That at the laft he did himfelfe attaine,
And therein left the pike-head of his fpeare :
A ftreame of cole-blacke bloud thence gufht amaine, That all her filken garments did with bloud beftaine.
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With that he threw her rudely on the flore, And laying both his hands upon his glave, With dreadfull ftrokes let drive at him fo fore, That forft him flic abacke, himfelfe to fave ; Yet he therewith fo felly ftill did rave, That fcarfe the fquire his hand could once upreare, But for advantage ground unto him gave, Tracing and traverling, now here, now there j
For bootleffe thing it was to think fuch blowes to beare.
XXIX.
W.hileft thus in battell they embufied were, Belphoebe raunging in that forreft wick The hideous noife of their huge ftrokes did heare, And drew thereto, making her eare her guide : Whom when that theefe approching nigh efpide With bow in hand and arrowes ready bent, He by his former combate would not bide, But fled away with ghaflly dreriment,
Well knowing her to be his deaths fole inftrument.
XXX.
Whom feeing flie me fpecdily pourfewed
With winged feete, as nimble as the winde, And ever in her bow fhe ready mewed The arrow, to his deadly marke defynde : As when Latonaes daughter, cruell kynde, In vengement cf her mothers great difgrace, With fell defpight her cruell arrowes tynde Gainfl: wofuli Niobes unhappy race,
That all the gods did mone her miferable cafe.
XXXI.
So well fhe fped her and fo far lhe ventred, That ere unto his heliifh den he raught, Even as he ready was there to have entred, She fent an arrow forth with mighty draught, That in the very dore him over-caught, And in his nape arriving through it thrild His greedy throte, therewith in two diftraught, That all his vitall fpirites thereby fpild,
And all his hairy breft with gory bloud was fild.
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Whom when on ground me groveling faw to rowle, She ran in haft his life to have bereft : But ere fhe could him reach, the finfull fowle Having his carrion corfe quite fenceleffe left Was fled to hell, furcharg'd with fpoile and theft : Yet over him fhe there long gazing flood, And eft admir'd his monftrous fhape, and eft His mighty limbs, whileft all with filthy bloud The place there over-flowne feemd like a fodaine flood.
XXXIII. Thenceforth fhe pafr, into this dreadfull den,
Where nought but darkefome drerinefle fhe found, Ne creature faw, but hearkned now and then Some litle whifpering, and foft-groning found. With that fhe afkt, what ghofts there under ground Lay hid in horrour of eternall night ? And bad them, if fo be they were not bound, To come and fhew themfelves before the light, Now freed from feare and danger of that difmall wight.
XXXIV. Then forth the fad Aemylia hTewed,
Yet trembling every ioynt through former feare j And after her the hag, there with her mewed, A foule and lothfome creature, did appeare j A leman fit for fuch a lover deare : That mov'd Belphoebe her no lefTe to hate, Then for to rue the others heavy cheare j Of whom fhe gan enquire of her eftate ; Who all to her at large, as hapned, did relate.
XXXV. Thence fhe them brought toward the place where late She left the gentle fquire with Amoret : There fhe him found by that new lovely mate, Who lay the whiles in fwoune, full fadly fet, From her faire eyes wiping the deawy wet, Which fofty ftild, and kiffing them atweene, And handling foft the hurts which fhe did get : For of that carle fhe forely bruz'd had beene, Als of his owne rafh hand one wound was to be fccac.
XXXVI. Which
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Which when (lie faw with fodaine glauncing eye, Her noble heart with light thereof was fild With deepe difdaine and great indignity, That in her wrath me thought them both have thrild, With that felfc arrow which the carle had kild : Yet held her wrathfull hand from vengeance fore ; But drawing nigh, ere he her well beheld, Is this the faith ? — fhe faid, and faid no more ;
But turnd her face, and fled away for evermore.
XXXVII.
He feeing her depart arofe up light,
Right fore agrieved at her marpe reproofe, And follow'd fall: : but when he came in light, He durft not nigh approch, but kept aloofe, For dread of her difpleafure's utmoft proofe : And evermore when he did grace entreat, And framed fpeaches fit for his behoofe, Her mortall arrowes me at him did threat,
And forft him backe with fowle difhonor to retreat.
XXXVIII.
At laft when long he follow'd had in vaine,
Yet found no eafe of griefe nor hope of grace,
Unto thofe woods he turned backe againe,
Full of fad anguifh and in heavy cafe :
And finding there fit folitary place
For wofull wight, chofe out a gloomy glade,
Where hardly eye mote fee bright heavens face
For mofTy trees, which covered all with fhade
And fad melancholy ; there he his cabin made.
XXXIX.
His wonted warlike weapons all he broke, And threw away, with vow to ufe no more, Ne thenceforth ever ftrike in battell ftroke, Ne ever word to fpeake to woman more ; But in that wilderneffe, of men forlore And of the wicked world forgotten quight, His hard mifhap in dolor to deplore, And waft his wretched daies in wofull plight :
So on himfelfe to wreake his follies owne defpight.
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And eke his garment, to be thereto meet,
He wilfully did cut and fhape anew j
And his faire lockes, that wont with ointment fweet
To be embaulm'd, and fweat out dainty dew,
He let to grow and griefly to concrew,
Uncomb'd, uncurl'd, and carelefly unihed ;
That in fhort time his face they over-grew,
And over all his moulders did difpred, That who he whilome was uneath was to be red.
XLI.
There he continued in this carefull plight,
Wretchedly wearing out his youthly yeares,
Through wilfull penury confumed quight,
That like a pined ghoft he foone appeares :
For other food then that wilde forreft beared
Ne other drinke there did he ever taft
Then running water, tempred with his teares -,
The more his weakened body fo to waft : That out of all mens knowledge he was worne at laft.
XLII.
For on a day, by fortune as it fell,
His own deare lord prince Arthure came that way,
Seeking adventures where he mote heare tell ;
And as he through the wandring wood did flray,
Having efpide his cabin far away,
He to it drew, to weet who there did wonne ;
Weening therein fome holy hermit lay,
That did reibrt of finfull people fhonne ; Or elfe fome woodman mrowded there from fcorching funne,
XLIII. Arriving there he found this wretched man,
Spending his daies in dolour and defpaire,
And through long farting woxen pale and wan,
All over-growen with rude and rugged haire ;
That albeit his owne dear fquire he were,
Yet he him knew not, ne aviz'd at all ;
Eut like ftrange wight, whom he had feene no where,
Saluting him, gan into fpeach to fall, And pitty much his plight, that liv'd like out-caft thrall.
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Bat to his lpcach he aunfwered no whit,
But flood ftill mute, as if he had beene dum, Ne figne of fence did mew, ne common wit, As one with griefe and anguime over-cum, And unto every thing did aunfwere mum : And ever when the prince unto him fpake, He louted lowly, as did him becum, And humble homage did unto him make ; Midll forrow lhewing ioyous femblance for his fake.
XLV. At which his uncouth guife and ufage quaint
The prince did wonder much, yet could not gheffe The caufe of that his forrowfull conftraint j Yet weend by fecret fignes of manlinefTe, Which clofe appeard in that rude brutifhnerTe, That he whilome fome gentle fwaine had beene, Traind up in feats of armes and knightlinefTe ; Which he obferv'd, by that he him had feene To weld his naked fword, and try the edges keene ;
XLVI. And eke by that he faw on every tree How he the name of one engraven had, Which likly was his liefeil love to be, From whom he now fo forely was beftad ; Which was by him BELPHOEBE rightly rad: Yet who was that Belphoebe, he ne win: ; Yet faw he often how he wexed glad When he it heard, and how the ground he kift, Wherein it written was, and how himfelfe he blift :
XLVII. Tho when he long had marked his demeanor, And faw that all he laid and did was vaine, Ne ought mote make him change his wonted tenor, Ne ought mote ceafe to mitigate his paine, He left him there in languor to remaine, Till time for him mould remedy provide, And him reftore to former grace againe : Which, for it is too long here to abide, I will defer the end untill another tide.
CANTO
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The gentle /quire recovers grace :
Sclaunder her guejls dothjlaine : Corflambo chafeth Placidas>
And is by Arthur e Jlaine.
I.
ELL faid the wifeman, now prov'd true by this Which to this gentle fquire did happen late, That the difpleafure of the mighty is Then death itfelfe more dread and defperate ; For naught the fame may calme, ne mitigate, Till time the tempeft doe thereof delay With fufferaunce foft, which rigour can abate, And have the fterne remembrance wypt away Of bitter thoughts, which deepe therein infixed lay.
II.
Like as it fell to this unhappy boy,
Whofe tender heart the faire Belphoebe had
With one fterne looke fo daunted, that no ioy
In all his life, which afterwards he lad,
He ever tafted, but with penaunce fad
And penfive forrow pind and wore away,
Ne ever laught, ne once fhew'd countenance glad ;
But alwaies wept and wailed night and day, As blailed bloofme through heat doth languim and decay :
III. Till on a day, as in his wonted wife
His doole he made, there chaunft a turtle-dove
To come, where he his dolors did devife,
That likewife late had loft her deareft love,
Which loffe her made like pamon alfo prove :
Who feeing his fad plight, her tender heart
With deare companion deeply did emmove,
That fhe gan mone his undeferved fmart, And with her dolefull accent beare with him a part.
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Shee fitting by him, as on ground he lay,
Pier mournefull notes full piteoully did frame,
And thereof made a lamentable lay,
So fenfibly compyld that in the fame
Him feemed oft he heard his owne right name :
With that he forth would poure fo plenteous teares,
And beat his breaft unworthy of fuch blame,
And knocke his head, and rend his rugged heares, That could have peril the hearts of tigres and of beares.
V. Thus long this gentle bird to him did ufe
Withouten dread of peril! to repaire
Unto his wonne, and with her mournefull mufe
Him to recomfort in his greatefl care,
That much did eafe his mourning and misfare :
And every day for guerdon of her long
He part of his fmall feaft to her would fhare j
That at the lad of all his woe and wrong Companion fhe became, and fo continued long.
VI.
Upon a day as me him fate befide,
By chance he certaine miniments forth drew, Which yet with him as relickes did abide Of all the bounty which Belphoebe threw On him, whilft goodly grace fhe did him fhew : Amongft the reft a icwell rich he found, That was a ruby of right perfect hew, Shap'd like a heart yet bleeding of the wound, And with a litle golden chaine about it bound.
VII. The fame he tooke, and with a riband new, In which his ladies colours were, did bind About the turtles necke, that with the vew Did greatly folace his engrieved mind. All unawares the bird, when fhe did find Herfelfe fo deckt, her nimble wings difplaid, And flew away as lightly as the wind : Which fodaine accident him much difmaid, And looking after long did marke which way fhe flraid.
VIII. But
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But whenas long he looked had in vaine,
Yet faw her forward ftill to make her flight,
His weary eie returnd to him againe,
Full of difcomfort and difquiet plight,
That both his iuell he had loft fo light,
And eke his deare companion of his care.
But that fweet bird departing flew forthright
Through the wide region of the waftfull aire, Untill fhe came where wonned his Belphoebe faire.
IX. There found fhe her (as then it did betide)
Sitting in covert made of arbors fweet,
After late wearie toile, which fhe had tride
In falvage chafe, to reft as feem'd her meet.
There fhe alighting, fell before her feet,
And gan to her her mournfull plaint to make,
As was her wont, thinking to let her weet
The great tormenting griefe, that for her fake Her gentle fquirc through her difpleafure did pertake.
X.
She her beholding with attentive eye,
At length did marke about her purple breft
That precious iuell, which fhe formerly
Had knowne right well with colourd ribbands dreft :
Therewith fhe rofe in haft, and her addreft
With ready hand it to have reft away :
But the fwift bird obayd not her beheft,
But fwarv'd afide, and there againe did ftay ; She follow'd her, and thought againe it to aflay.
XI. And ever when fhe nigh approcht, the dove
Would flit a litle forward, and then ftay
Till fhe drew neare, and then againe remove ;
So tempting her ftill to purfue the pray,
And ftill from her efcaping foft away :
Till that at length into that forreft wide
She drew her far, and led with flow delay :
In th' end fhe her unto that place did guide, Whereas that wofull man in languor did abide,
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Eftfoones ihe flew unto his fearelelTe hand,
And there a piteous ditty new deviz'd,
As if fhe would have made him underftand
His forrowes caufe, to be of her defpis'd :
Whom when fhe faw in wretched weeds difguiz'd,
With heary glib deform'd, and meiger face,
Like ghoft late rifen from his grave agryz'd,
She knew him not, but pittied much his cafe, And wifht it were in her to doe him any grace.
XIII. He her beholding at her feet downe fell,
And kifl the ground on which her fole did tread,
And wafht the lame with water, which did well
From his moift eies, and like two ftreames procead j
Yet fpake no word, whereby fhe might aread
What mifler wight he was, or what he ment :
But as one daunted with her prefence dread
Onely few rueful! lookes unto her fent, As meflengers of his true meaning and intent.
XIV. Yet nathemore his meaning fhe ared,
But wondred much at his fo felcouth cafe ;
And by his perfons fecret feemlyhed
Well weend that he had beene fome man of place,
Before misfortune did his hew deface :
That being mov'd with ruth fhe thus befpake -,
Ah ! wofull man, what heavens hard difgrace,
Or wrath of cruell wight on thee ywrake, Or felfe-dijliked life doth thee thus wretched make ?
XV. If heaven, then none may it redrejje or blame,
Sith to his powre we all are fubiecl borne j
If wrathfull wight, thcnfowle rebuke and fiame
Be theirs that have fo cruell thee forlome -,
But if through inward grief e or wilfull fcorne
Oj life it be, then better doe advife :
For he whofe dales in wilfull woe are wome
The grace of his Creator doth defpife, That will not ufe his gifts for thanklejfe nigardife.
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When fo he heard her fay, eftfoones he brake His fodaine filence which he long had pent, And fighing inly deepe, her thus befpake j Then have they all tbemfehes againfl me bent : For heaven, fir ft author of my languijhment, Envying my too great felicity, Did clofely with a cruell one confent To cloud my dales in dolefull mifery, A?id make me loath this life, fill longing for to die.
XVII, Ne any but yourfelf, o dearef dred,
Hath done this wrong, to wreake on worthleffe wight Tour high difplefure, through mif deeming bred: That when your pleafure is to deeme aright, Te may redreffe, and me refore to light. Which fory words her mightie hart did mate With mild regard to fee his ruefull plight, That her in-burning wrath (he gan abate, And him receiv'd againe to former favours (late.
XVIII. In which he long time afterwards did lead An happie life with grace and good accord, Fearleffe of fortunes chaunge or envies dread, And eke all mindleiTe of his own deare lord The noble prince, who never heard one word Of tydings, what did unto him betide, Or what good fortune did to him afford j But through the endleffe world did wander wide. Him feeking evermore, yet no where him defcride :
XIX. Till on a day as through that wood he rode, He chaunft to come where thofe two ladies late, Aemylia and Amoret abode, Both in full fad and forrowfull eftate j The one right feeble through the evill rate Of food, which in her dureffe me had found : The other almoft dead and defperate Through her late hurts, and through that haplefle wound, With which the fquire in her defence her fore aftound,
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Whom when the prince beheld, he gan to rew
The evill cafe in which thofe ladies lay j
But mod: was moved at the piteous vew
Of Amoret, Co neare unto decay,
That her great daunger did him much difmay,
Eftfoones that pretious liquor forth he drew,
Which he in (lore about him kept alway,
And with few drops thereof did ibftly dew Htt wounds, that unto ftrength reftor'd her foone anew.
XXI. Tho when they both recovered were right well,
He gan of them inquire, what evill guide
Them thether brought, and how their harmes befell y
To whom they told all that did them betide,
And how from thraldome vile they were untide
Of that fame wicked carle, by virgins hond ;
Whofe bloudie corfe they fhew'd him there befide,
And eke his cave in which they both were bond : At which he wondred much when all thofe fignes he fond.
XXII. And evermore he greatly did defire
To know, what virgin did them thence unbind ;
And oft of them did earneftly inquire,
Where was her won, and how he mote her find :
But whenas nought according to his mind
He could out-learne, he them .from ground did reare,
(No fervice loathfome to a gentle kind)
And on his warlike beaft them both did beare, Himfelfe by them on foot to fuccour them from feare.
XXIII. So when that forrefl they had palled well,
A litle cotage farre away they fpide,
To which they drew ere night upon them fell j
And entring in found none therein abide,
But one old woman fitting there befide
Upon the ground in ragged rude attyre,
With tilthy lockes about her fcattered wide,
Gnawing her nayles for felnefle and for yrc, And there out fucking venime to her parts entyre.
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A foule and loathly creature fure in light, And in conditions to be loath'd no leffe : For fhe was ftuft with rancour and defpight Up to the throat, that oft with bitternefTc It forth would breake and gufh in great excefle, Pouring out ftreames of poyfon and of gall Gainft all that truth or vertue doe profefle ; Whom fhe with leafings lewdly did mifcall, And wickedly backbite : her name men Sclaunder call,
XXV. Her nature is all goodnelTe to abufe,
And caufeleffe crimes continually to frame, With which fhe guiltlefle perfons may accufe, And fteale away the crowne of their good name ; Ne ever knight fo bold, ne ever dame So chaft and loyall liv'd, but me would ftrive With forged caufe them falfely to defame ; Ne ever thing fo well was doen alive, But me with blame would blot, and of due praife deprive.
XXVI. Her words were not, as common words are ment, T'exprefTe the meaning of the inward mind ; But noyfome breath, and poyfnous fpirit fent From inward parts, with cancred malice lind, And breathed forth with blaft of bitter wind ; Which paffing through the eares would pierce the hart, And wound the foule itfelfe with griefe unkind : For like the flings of afpes that kill with fmart, Her fpightfull words did pricke and wound the inner part.
XXVII. Such was that hag, unmeet to hoft fuch guefts,
Whom greateft princes court would welcome fayne ; But neede (that anfwers not to all requefts) Bad them not looke for better entertayne > And eke that age defpyfed niceneffe vaine, Enur'd to hardneffe and to homely fare, Which them to warlike difcipline did trayne, And manly limbs endur'd with litle care Againft all hard mifhaps and fortunelefTe misfare.
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Then all that evening (welcommed with cold
And cheareleiTe hunger) they together fpent ;
Yet found no fault, but that the hag did fcold
And rayle at them with grudgefull difcontent,
For lodging there without her owne confent ;
Yet they endured all with patience milde,
And unto reft themfelves all onely lent,
Regardleile of that queane fo bafe and vilde To be uniuftly blamd, and bitterly revilde.
XXIX. Here well I weene, whenas thefe rimes be red
With mifregard, that fome rafh-witted wight,
Whofe loofer thought will lightly be mifled,
Thefe gentle ladies will mifdeeme too light,
For thus converfing with this noble knight ;
Sith now of dayes fuch temperance is rare
And hard to finde, that heat of youthfull fpright
For ought will from his greedie pleafure fpare ; More hard for hungry fteed t'abftaine from pleafant lare.
XXX.
But antique age yet in the infancie
Of time did live then like an innocent,
In limple truth and blameleffe chaftitie,
Ne then of guile had made experiment ;
But voide of vile and treacherous intent
Held vertue for itfelfe in foveraine awe :
Then loyall love had royal 1 regiment,
And each unto his luft did make a lawe, From all forbidden things his liking to withdraw.
XXXI. The lyon there did with the lambe confort,
And eke the dove fate by the faulcons iide ;
Ne each of other feared fraud or tort,
But did in fafe fecuritie abide,
Withouten perill of the ftronger pride :
But when the world woxe old, it woxe warre old
(Whereof it hight) and having fhortly tride
The traines of wit, in wickedneffe woxe bold, And dared of all finnes the fecrets to unfold.
XXXII. Then
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Then beautie, which was made to reprefent The great Creatours owne refemblance bright, Unto abufe of lawlelTe lull was lent, And made the baite of beftiall delight : Then faire grew foule, and foule grew faire in fio-ht,
And that which wont to vanquilh god and man
Was made the vafTall of the victors might ;
Then did her glorious flowre wex dead and wan, Defpisd and troden downe of all that over-ran ;
XXXIII. And now it is fo utterly decayd,
That any bud thereof doth fcarfe remaine,
But if few plants, preferv'd through heavenly ayd,
In princes court doe hap to fprout againe,
Dew'd with her drops of bountie foveraine,
Which from that goodly glorious flowre proceed,
Sprung of the auncient ftocke of princes flraine,
Now th' onely remnant of that royall breed, Whofe noble kind at firfl was fure of heavenly feed.
XXXIV. Tho foone as day difcovered heavens face
To finfull men with darknes over-dight,
This gentle crew gan from their eye-lids chace
The drowzie humour of the dampifh night,
And did themfelves unto their iourney dight.
So forth they yode, and forward foftly paced,
That them to view had bene an uncouth fight ;
How all the way the prince on foot-pace traced, The ladies both on horfe together fall embraced.
XXXV. Soone as they thence departed were afore,
That mamefull hag, the flaunder of her fexe,
Them follow'd fall, and them reviled fore,
Him calling theefe, them whores -, that much did vexc
His noble hart j thereto Ihe did annexe
Falfe crimes and facts, fuch as they never ment,
That thofe two ladies much alham'd did wexe ;
The more did fhe purfue her lewd intent, And rayl'd and rag'd, till Ihe had all her poyfon fpent.
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At laft when they were patted out of fight,
Yet fhe did not her fpightfull fpeach forbeare,
But after them did barke, and ftill backbite,
Though there were none her hatefull words to heare :
Like as a curre doth felly bite and teare
The ftone, which palled ftraunger at him threw ;
So llie them feeing pan: the reach of eare,
Againft the ftones and trees did rayle anew, Till iiie had duld the fling, which in her tongs end grew.
XXXVII.
They pafling forth kept on their readie way,
With eaiie fceps fo foft as foot could flryde,
Both for great feebleffe, which did oft aflay
Faire Amoret, that fcarcely fhe could ryde,
And eke through heavie armes, which fore annoyd
The prince on foot, not wonted fo to fare j
Whofe fteadie hand was faine his fteede to guyde,
And all the way from trotting hard to fpare : So was his toyle the more, the more that was his care.
XXXVIII.
At length they fpide where towards them with fpeed
A fquire came gallopping, as he would flie,
Bearing a litle dwarfe before his fleed,
That all the way full loud for aide did crie,
That feem'd his fhrikes would rend the brafen fkie :
Whom after did a mightie man purfew,
Ryding upon a dromedare on hie,
Of ftature huge, and horrible of hew, That would have maz'd a man his dreadfull face to vew :
XXXIX.
For from his fearefull eyes two fierie beames
Mere fharpe then points of needles did proceede,
Shooting forth farre away two flaming ftreames,
Full of fad powre, that poyfnous bale did breede
To all that on him lookt without good heed,
And fecretly his enemies did flay :
Like as the bafilifke, of ferpents feede,
From powrefull eyes clofe venim doth convay Into the lookers hart, and kilieth farre away.
XL. He
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He all the way did rage at that fame fquire,
And after him full many threatnings threw,
With curfes vaine in his avengefull ire :
But none of them (fo fait away he flew)
Him overtooke before he came in vew :
Where when he faw the prince in armour bright,
He cald to him aloud his cafe to rew,
And refcue him through fuccour of his might From that his cruell foe that him purfewd in fight.
XLL Eftfoones the prince tooke downe thofe ladies twaine
From loftie fleede, and mounting in their flead
Came to that fquire, yet trembling every vaine ;
Of whom he gan enquire his caufe of dread :
Who as he gan the fame to him aread,
Loe ! hard behind his backe his foe was prenr,
With dreadfull weapon aymed at his head,
That unto death had doen him unredrefl, Had not the noble prince his readie ffroke repreft :
XLII.
Who thrufting boldly twixt him and the blow
The burden of the deadly brunt did beare
Upon his fhield ; which lightly he did throw
Over his head before the harme came neare :
NathlefTe it fell with fo defpiteous dreare
And heavie fway, that hard unto his crowne
The fhield it drove, and did the covering reare ;
Therewith both fquire and dwarfs did tomble downe Unto the earth, and lay long while in fenfelelfe fwowne.
XLIII. Whereat the prince full wrath his ftrong right hand
In full avengement heaved up on hie,
And ftroke the pagan with his freely brand
So fore, that to his faddle-bow thereby
He bowed low, and fo a while did lie :
And fure had not his maflie yron mace
Betwixt him and his hurt bene happily,
It would have cleft him to the girding place -, Yet as it was, it did aftonim him long fpace.
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But when he to himfelfc returnd againe,
All full of rage he gan to curfe and fweare,
And vow by Mahoune that he mould be flaine."
With that his murdrous mace he up did reare,
That feemed nought the foufe thereof could beare,
And therewith fmote at him with all his might :
But ere that it to him approched neare,
The royall child with readie quick forefight Did fhun the proofe thereof and it avoyded light.
XLV. But ere his hand he could recure againe,
To ward his bodie from the balefull ftound,
He fmote at him with all his might and maine,
So rurioufly, that ere he wift he found
His head before him tombling on the ground,
The whiles his babling tongue did yet blafpheme
And curfe his god that did him fo confound :
The whiles his life ran foorth in bloudie ftreame, His foule defcended downe into the Stygian reame.
XLVI. Which when that fquire beheld, he woxe full glad
To fee his foe breath out his fpright in vaine :
But that fame dwarfe right forie feem'd and fad,
And howld aloud to fee his lord there flaine,
And rent his haire and fcratcht his face for paine.
Then gan the prince at leafure to inquire
Of all the accident there hapned plaine,
And what he was whofe eyes did flame with fire : All which was thus to him declared by that fquire *
XLVII. KThis nrigbtie man, quoth he, whom you have flame,
Of an huge geauntejfe whylome was bred ;
And by hhjlrength rule to himfelfe did gaitie
Of many nations into thraldome led,
And might ie kingdom es of his force ad'red ;
V/hom yet he conquer d not by bloudie fight,
Ne hofes of men with banners brcde difpred3
But by the powre of his infectious fight , With which he killed all that came within bis might.
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Ne was he ever vanquijhed afore,
But ever vanquifht all with whom he fought j
Ne was there man fo Jlrong, but he downe bore*
Ne woman yet fo f aire, but he her brought
Unto his bay, and captived her thought :
For mojl offlrengtb and beautie his defire
Wasfpoyle to make, and waft them unto nought.
By cafting fecret flakes of luftfullfire From hisfalfe eyes into their harts and parts entire,
XLIX. Therefore Corflambo was he cald aright ;
Though namelejje there his bodie now doth lie,
Tet hath he left one daughter that is bight
The faire Poeana j who femes outwardly
So fair e as ever yet faw living eie :
And were her vertue like her beautie bright,
She were as faire as any under fkie :
But ah ! f>e given is to vaine delight, And eke too loofe of life, and eke of love too light*
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So as it fell there was a gentle fquire
That lovd a ladie of high parentage,
But for his meane degree might not afpire
To match fo high', her friends with counfell fage
Diffuaded her from fuch a difparage :
But Jhe, whofe hart to love was wholly lent,
Out of his hands could not redeeme her gage,
But firmely following her flrft intent, Refoh )d with him to wend gainft all her friends confent,
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So twixt themfelves they pointed time and place :
To which when he according did repaire,
An hard mijhap and difaventrous cafe
Him chaunft ; inftead of his Aemylia faire,
This gyantsfonne, that lies there on the laire
An headlefe heape, him unawares there caught $
And all difmayd through mercilejfe defpaire
Him wretched thrall unto his dongeon brought, Where he remaines of all unfuccour d and unfought.
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ffifis gyanfs daughter came upon a day Unto the prijon in her ioyous glee, To view the thrah which there in bondage lay : Amongjl the reft Jle chaunced there to fee This lovely fwaine, the fquire of low degree ; To whomjhe did her liking lightly caft, And wooed him her paramour to bee : From day to day fie woo' d and pray d him f aft,
And for his love him promift liber tie at laft.
LIU.
He though ajjide unto a former love,
To whom his faith he firmely menf to hold, Yet feeing not how thence he mote remove, But by that meanes which fortune did unfold, Her graunted love, but with affeSlion cold, To win her grace his libertie to get : Tetjhe himftilldetaines in captive hold, Fearing leaft if fi:e ficould him freely fit,
He would her Jhcrtly leave, and former love forget '.
LIV.
Tet fo much favour fioe to him hath hight Above the reft, that he fometimes jnay fpace And walke about her gardens of -delight, Having a keeper ft ill with him in place -, Which keeper is this dwarf e, her dear ling bafe, To whom the keyes of every prifon-dore By her committed be of fpeciall grace, Aid at his will may whom he lift re/lore,
And whom he lift referve to be afflicted more*
LV.
Whereof when ty dings came unto ?nine eare, (Full inly forie for the fervent zeale Which I to him as to my foule did be are) I thether went, where I did long conceale Myfelfe, till that the dwarfe did me reveale, And told his dame her fquire of low degree Didfecretly cut of her prifonfteale : For me he did miftake that fquire to bee ;
For never two fo like did living creature fee*
LVI. Then
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LVI.
Then was I taken and before her brought ;
Who through the likenejje of my outward hew%
Being likewife beguiled in her thought,
Gan blame me much for being fo untrew
Tofeeke by fight her fellowship t'efchew,
That lovd me deare, as dearefi thing alive*
Thence fie commaunded me to prifon new ;
Whereof I glad did not gaine-fay nor f rive, Butfuffred that fame dwarf e me to her dongeon drive,
LVII.
There did Ifnde mine onely faithful! frend
In heavy plight and fad perplexitie :
Whereof I forie, yet myfelfe did be?id
Him to recomfort with my companie ;
But him the more agreevd I found thereby :
For all his ioy, he f aid, in that diflrejfe
Was mine and bis Aemylias libertie.
Aemylia well he lov'd, as I mote ghejfe ; Yet greater love to me then her he did prof ejje.
LVIII. But I with better reafon him avizd,
Andfiewd him how through error and mif- -thought
Of our like perfons eath to be difguizd,
Or his exchange or freedom might be wrought.
Whereto full loth was he, tie would for ought
Confent that I, who food all fearelejfe free,
Should wilfully be into thraldome brought,
Till fortune did perforce it fo decree ; Tet over-ruld at lafi he did to ?ne agree.
LIX. The morrow next about the wonted howre,
The dwarf e cald at the doore of Amy as
To come forthwith unto his ladies bowre -,
Injleed of whom forth came I Placidas,
And undifcerned forth with hitn did pas.
There with great ioyance and with gladfome glee
Of fair e Poeana I received was,
And oft imbraft, as if that I were hee, And with kind words accoyd, vowing great love to mee.
LX. V/hich
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LX. Which I, that was not bent to former love As was my friend that had her long refusd, Did well accept , as well it did behove, And to the prefent neede it wifely usd t My former hardnejje firfi If aire excusd ; ^ 1> ui after promifi large amends to make. With fuch finooth termes her error I abusd To my friends good more then for mine ownefake, For wbofefole liber tie Hove and life did fake,
LXI. uceforth I found more favour at her hand-, ' That to her dwarf e, which had me in his charge ', She bad to lighten my too heavie band, And gr aunt more J cope to me to walke at large. So on a day as by the flowrie marge Of a frefh ftreame I with that elfe did play \ Findi?7g no meanes how I might us enlarge ', But if that dwarf e I could with me convay, I lightly fnatcht him up, and with me bore away.
LXII. Thereat he Jhriekt aloud, that with his cry The tyrant J elfe came forth with yelling bray, And me purfewd ; but nathemore would I Fo?goe the pur chafe of my gotten pray, But have perforce him hether brought away. Thus as they talked, loe ! where nigh at hand Thofe ladies two, yet doubtfull through difmay, In prefence came, defirous t'underftand Tydings of all which there had hapned on the land.
LXIII.
Where foone as fad Aemylia did efpie
Her captive lovers friend, young Placidas ;
All mindleiTe of her wonted modeilie
She to him ran, and him with ftreight embras
Enfolding foid, And lives yet Amyas %
He lives, quoth he, and his Aemylia loves.
Then lejfe, faid fhe, by all the woe I pas,
With which my weaker patience fortune proves.
hut what mijhap thus long him fro my f elfe removes ?
LXIV. Then
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Then gan he all this florie to renew,
And tell the courfe of his captivitie ;
That her deare hart full deepely made to rew,
And flgh full fore, to heare the miferie
In which fo long he mercileffe did lie.
Then after many teares and forrowes fpent
She deare befought the prince of remedie :
Who thereto did with readie will confent, And well perform'd, as (hall appeare by this event.
CANTO IX.
The fqm re of low degree releaft
Poeana takes to wife : Britomart fghtes with many knights -,
Prince Arthur flints their flrife.
I.
IY A Pv D is the doubt, and difficult to deeme, j When all three kinds of love together meet,
And doe difpart the hart with powre extreme,
Whether (hall weigh the balance downe j to weet,
The deare affection unto kindred fweet,
Or raging fire of love to womankind,
Or zeale of friends combynd with vertues meet :
But of them all the band of vertuous mind Me feemes the gentle hart mould moft allured bind :
II. For naturall affection foone doth ceffe,
And quenched is with Cupids greater flame :
But faithfull friendfhip doth them both fuppreffe,
And them with mayftring difcipline doth tame,
Through thoughts afpyring to eternall fame :
For as the foule doth rule the earthly maffe,
And all the fervice of the bodie frame;
So love of foule doth love of bodie paffe, No leffe then perfect gold furmounts the meaneft braffe.
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All which who lift by tryall to aflay,
Shall in this ftorie find approved plaine ;
In which this fquires true friendfhip more did fway
Then either care of parents could refraine,
Or love of faireft ladie could conftraine.
For though Poeana were as faire as morne,
Yet did this truftie fquire with proud difdaine
For his friends fake her offred favours fcorne, And me herfelfe her fyre of whom flie was yborne,
IV. Now after that prince Arthur graunted had
To yeeld ftrong fuccour to that gentle fwayne,
Who now long time had lyen in prifon fad,
He gan advife how bell he mote darrayne
That enterprize, for greateft glories gayne.
That headleffe tyrants tronke he reard from ground,
And having ympt the head to it agayne,
Upon his ufuall beaft it firmely bound, And made it fo to ride as it alive was found.
V. Then did he take that chaced fquire, and layd
Before the ryder, as he captive were ;
And made his dwarfe, though with unwilling ayd,
To guide the beaft that did his maifter beare,
Till to his caftle they approched neare :
Whom when the watch, that kept continuall ward,
Saw comming home, all voide of doubtfull feare
He running downe the gate to him unbard ; Whom ftraight the prince enfuing in together far'd,
VI.
There did he find in her delitious boure
The faire Poeana playing on a rote,
Complayning of her cruell paramoure,
And finging all her forrow to the note,
As fhe had learned readily by rote :
That with the fweetneffe of her rare delight
The prince half rapt began on her to dote 5
Till better him bethinking of the right, He her un wares attacht, and captive held by might.
VII. Whence
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VII.
Whence being forth produc'd, when {he perceived Her owne deare fire, fhe cald to him for aide : But when of him no aunfwere fhe received, But faw him fenceleffe by the fquire up-ftaide, She weened well that then fhe was betraide : Then gan fhe loudly cry, and weepe and waile, And that fame fquire of treafon to upbraide : But all in vaine, her plaints might not prevaile, Ne none there was to refkue her, ne none to baile.
VIII. Then tooke he that fame dwarfe, and him compeld To open unto him the prifon dore, And forth to bring thofe thrals which there he held. Thence forth were brought to him above a fcore Of knights and fquires to him unknowne afore : All which he did from bitter bondage free, And unto former liberty reftore. Amongft the reft that fquire of low degree Came forth full weake and wan, not like himfelfe to bee,
IX. Whom foone as faire Aemylia beheld And Placidas, they both unto him ran, And him embracing fail betwixt them held. Striving to comfort him all that they can, And killing oft his vifage pale and wan : That faire Poeana them beholding both Gan both envy and bitterly to ban -, Through iealous paflion weeping inly wroth, To fee the fight perforce that both her eyes were loth.
X.
But when awhile they had together beene,
And diverfly conferred of their cafe,
She, though full oft fhe both of them had feene
Afunder, yet not ever in one place,
Began to doubt, when fhe them faw embrace,
Which was the captive fquire fhe lov'd fo deare^
Deceived through great likenerTe of their face :
For they fo like in perfon did appeare, That me uneath difcerned whether whether weare.
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XI.
^nd eke the prince whenas he them avized,
Their like refemblaunce much admired there,
And mazd how nature had fo well difguized
Her worke, and counterfet herfelfe fo nere,
As if that by one patterne feene fomewhere
She had them made a paragone to be j
Or whether it through ikill or errour were.
Thus gazing long at them much wondred he, k> did the other knights and fquires which him did fee.
XII. rhen gan they ranfacke that fame caftle ftrong,
In which he found great ftore of hoorded threafure,
The which that tyrant gathered had by wrong
And tortious powre without refpect or meafure.
Upon all which the Briton prince made feafure,
And afterwards continu'd there awhile
To reft himfelfe, and folace in foft pleafure
Thofe weaker ladies after weary toile -, ITo whom he did divide part of his purchaft fpoile.
XIII. (\.nd for more ioy that captive lady faire,
The faire Poeana, he enlarged free,
And by the reft did fet in fumptuous chaire
To feaft and frollicke -t nathemore would me
Shew gladfome countenaunce nor pleafaunt glee j
But grieved was for loile both of her fire,
And eke of lordfhip with both land and fee :
But moft flie touched was with oriefe entire For loffe of her new love, the hope of her deftre.
XIV. But her the prince through his well-wonted grace
To better termes of myidnefte did entreat
From that fowie rudenefte which did her deface ;
And that fame bitter cor'iive, which did eat
Her tender heart, and made refraine from meat,
He with good thewes and fpeaches well applyde
Did mollifie, and calme her raging heat :
For though me were moft faire, and goodly dydc, ret {he it all did mar with cruelty and pride.
XV. And
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XV.
And for to fhut up all in friendly love,
Sith love was iirft the ground of all her griefe, That trufty fquire he wifely well did move Not to defpife that dame, which lov'd him liefe, Till he had made of her fome better priefe ; But to accept her to his wedded wife : Thereto he orfred for to make him chiefe Of all her land and lordfhip during life : He yeelded and her tooke -, fo ftinted all their ilrife.
XVI. From that day forth in peace and ioyous blis They liv'd together long without debate ; Ne private iarre, ne fpite of enemis Could make the fafe affuraunce of their ftate ; And me whom nature did fo faire create, That me mote match the faireft of her daies, Yet with lewd loves and luft intemperate . Had it defafte, thenceforth reformd her waies, That all men much admyrde her change and fpake her praife.
XVII. Thus when the prince had perfectly compylde Thefe paires of friends in peace and fetled reft, Himfelfe, whofe minde did travell as with chylde Of his old love conceav'd in fecret breft, Refolved to purfue his former gueft ; And taking leave of all, with him did beare Faire Amoret, whom fortune by bequeft Had left in his protection whileare, Exchanged out of one into another feare.
XVIII. Feare of her fafety did her not conftraine j For well me wift now in a mighty hond Her perfon late in perill did remaine, Who able was all daungers to withftond : But now in feare of fhame me more did ftond, Seeing herfelfe all foly fuccourlerTe, Left in the victors powre, like varTall bond ; Whofe will her weakenerle could no way reprefTe,
In cafe his burning luft mould breake into excefle.
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But caufe of feare fure had fhe none at all Of him, who goodly learned had of yore The courfe of loofe affe&ion to forftall, And lawlefle luft to rule with reafons lore ; That all the while he by his fide her bore* She was as fafe as in a fan&uary. Thus many miles they two together wore, To feeke their loves difperfed diverily ;
Yet neither mewed to other their hearts privity.
XX.
At length they came whereas a troupe of knights They faw together fkirmiihing, as feemed ; Sixe they were all, all full of fell defpight, But foure of them the battell beft befeemed, That which of them was befl mote not be deemed, Thofe foure were they from whom falfe Florimell By Braggadochio lately was redeemed ; To weet, fterne Druon, and lewd Claribell,
Love-lavifli Blandamour, and lulHull Paridell.
XXI.
Druons delight was all in fingle life,
And unto ladies love would lend no leafure : The more was Claribell enraged rife With fervent flames, and loved out of meafure : So eke lov'd Blandamour, but yet at pleafure Would change his liking, and new lemans prove : But Paridell of love did make no threafure, But lufted after all that him did move :
So diverfly thefe foure difpofed were to love.
XXII.
But thofe two other, which befide them ftoode, Were Britomart and gentle Scudamour ; Who all the while beheld their wrathful! moode, And wondred at their impacable ftoure, Whofe like they never faw till that fame houre : So dreadfull flrokes each did at other drive, And kid on load with all their might and powre, As if that every dint the ghoft would rive
Out of their wretched cones, and their lives deprive.
XXIII. A«
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As when dan Aeolus in great difpleafure,
For lofle of his deare love by Neptune hent,
Sends forth the winds out of his hidden threafure
Upon the fea to wreake his fell intent ;
They breaking forth with rude unruliment
From all foure parts of heaven doe rage full fore,
And tofie the deepes, and teare the firmament
And all the world confound with wide uprore ; As if inftead thereof they Chaos would reftore.
XXIV.
Caufe of their difcord and fo fell debate
Was for the love of that fame fnowy maid,
Whome they had loft in turneyment of late ;
And feeking long, to weet which way fhe ftraid,
Met here together j where through lewd upbraide
Of Ate and Duefla they fell out,
And each one taking part in others aide
This cruell conflict raifed thereabout ; Whofe dangerous fuccelTe depended yet in doubt :
XXV.
For fometimes Paridell and Blandamour
The better had, and bet the others backe ;
Eftfoones the others did the field recoure,
And on their foes did worke full cruell wracke :
Yet neither would their fiend-like fury flacke,
But evermore their malice did augment ;
Till that uneath they forced were for lacke
Of breath their raging rigour to relent, And reft themfelves for to recover fpirits fpent.
XXVI. There gan they change their fides and new parts take $
For Paridell did take to Druons fide
For old defpight, which now forth newly brake
Gainft Blandamour, whom alwaies he envide ;
And Blandamour to Claribell relide.
So all afrefh gan former fight renew :
As when tv/o barkes, this caried with the tide,
That with the wind, contrary courfes few, If wind and tide doe change, their courfes change anew.1
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Thenceforth they much more furioufly gan fare, As if but then the battell had begonne ; Ne helmets bright, ne hawberks ftrong did fpare, That through the clifts the vermeil bloud out fponne, And all adowne their riven fides did ronne. Such mortall malice wonder was to fee In friends profeft, and fo great outrage donne : But footh is laid, and tride in each degree,
Faint friends when they fall out moft cruell fomen bee.
XXVIII.
Thus they long while continued in fight ; Till Scudamour and that fame Briton maide By fortune in that place did chance to light : Whom foone as they with wrathfull eie bewraide, They gan remember of the fowle upbraide, The which that BritonefTe had to them donne In that late turney for the fnowy maide.; Where fhe had them both fhamefully fordonne,
And eke the famous prize of beauty from them wonne.
XXIX.
Eftfoones all burning with a frefh defire Of fell revenge in their malicious mood, They from themfelves gan turne their furious ire ; And cruell blades yet fleeming with wliot bloud Againir. thofe two let drive, as they were wood : Who wondring much at that fo fodaine fit, Yet nought difmayd, them ftoutly well withftood j Ne yeelded foote, ne once abacke did flit,
But being doubly fmitten likewife doubly fmit.
XXX.
The warlike dame was on her part afiaid Of Claribell and Blandamour attone ; And Paridell and Druon fiercely laid At Scudamour, both his profeffed fone : Foure charged two, and two furcharged one ; Yet did thofe two themfelves fo bravely beare, That th' other litle gained by the lone, But with their owne re-payed duely weare,
Aj-A ufurv withall : fuch gaine was gotten deare.
XXXI. Full
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XXXI.
C uii oftentimes did Britomart aiiay
To fpeake to them, and fome emparlance move \
But they for nought their cruell hands would flay,
Ne lend an eare to ought that might behove :
As when an eager maftiffe once doth prove
The taft of bloud of fome engored beaft,
No words may rate, nor rigour him remove
From greedy hold of that his blouddy feaft : So litle did they hearken to her fweet beheaft.
XXXII. Whom when the Briton prince afarre beheld
With ods of fo unequall match oppreft,
His mighty heart with indignation fweld,
And inward grudge fild his heroicke breft :
Eftfoones himfelfe he to their aide addreft,
And thrufting fierce into the thickeft preace
Divided them, however loth to reft ;
And would them faine from battell to furceafTe, With gentle words perfwading them to friendly peace :
XXXIII. But they fo farre from peace or patience were,
That all at once at him gan fiercely flie,
And lay on load, as they him downe would beare :
Like to a ftorme, which hovers under fkie
Long here and there, and round about doth ftie,
At length breakes downe in raine and haile and fleet,
Firft from one coaft, till nought thereof be drie,
And then another, till that likewife fleet 5 And fo from fide to fide till all the world it weet.
XXXIV. But now their forces greatly were decayd,
The prince yet being frefh untoucht afore ;
Who them with fpeaches milde gan firft diflwade
From fuch foule outrage, and them long forbore :
Till feeing them through fuffrance hartned more,
Himfelfe he bent their furies to abate,
And layd at them fo fharpely and fo fore,
That fhortly them compelled to retrate, And being brought in daunger to relent too late.
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But now his courage being throughly fired,
He ment to make them know their follies prife,
Had not thofe two him inftantly defired
T'aflwage his wrath, and pardon their mefprife :
At whofe requefl he gan himfelfe advife
To flay his hand, and of a truce to treat
In milder tearmes, as lift them to devife ;
Mono-ft which the caufe of their fo cruell heat He did "them afkej who all that patted gan repeat;
XXXVI. And told at large how that fame errant knight,
To weet faire Britomart, them late had foyled
In open turney, and by wrongfull fight,
Both of their publicke praife had them defpoyled,
And alfo of their private loves beguyled ;
Of two full hard to read the harder theft :
But fhe that wrongfull challenge foone afToyled,
And fhew'd that fhe had not that lady reft, (As they fuppos'd) but her had to her liking left.
XXXVII. To whom the prince thus goodly well replied ;
Certes, fir knight, ye feemen much to blame
To rip up wro?ig, that battell c?ice hath tried ^
Wherein the honor both of amies ye fiame,
And eke the love of ladies foule defame :
To whom the world this f ran chife ever yeelded,
That of their loves choife they might freedom dame,
And in that right Jhould by all knights be Jhi elded : Gainjl which me feemes this war ye wrongfully have wielded.
XXXVIIL And yet, quoth fhe, a greater wrong remaines \
Tor I thereby my former love have loft ;
Whom faking ever f nee with endlefj'e paines
Hath me much fir row and much travell cojl :
Aye me to fee that gentle maide fo toft !
But Scudamour then fighing deepe thus faide j
Ccrtes her lojfe ought me to farrow rnojl,
Whofe right fie is, wherever fie be fir aide, Through many perils wonne, and many fortunes waide ;
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For from thefirji that I her love prof eft,
Unto this houre, this prefent luckleffe howre,
I never ioyed h appineffe nor reft -,
But thus turmoild from one to other flown
I waft my life, and doe my dales devowre
In wretched anguifie and i?iceffant woe,
Faffing the meafure of my feeble powre ;
That living thus, a wretch and loving Jo, I neither can my love ne yet my life forgo.
XL. Then good fir Claribell him thus befpake;
Now were it not, fir Scudamour, to you
Dijlikefull paine fo fad a tafke to take,
Mote we entreat you, Jith this gentle crew
Is now fo well accorded all anewt
That as we ride together on our way,
Te will recount to us in order dew
All that adventure, which ye did affay For that f aire ladies love : paft perils well apay.
XLI. So gan the reft him likewife to require :
But Britomart did him importune hard
To take on him that paine ; whofe great defire
He glad to fatisfie, himfelfe prepar'd
To tell through what misfortune he had far'd
In that atchievement, as to him befell ;
And all thofe daungers unto them declar'd,
Which fith they cannot in this canto well Comprifed be, I will them in another tell.
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CANTO X.
Scudamour doth his conqueft tell
Of vertuous Amoret : Great Venus temple is defcrifrd ;
And lovers life forth fet.
I.
TRUE he it f aid, whatever man it fay d, ttat love with gall and hony doth abound : But if the one be with the other wayd, For every dram of hony therein found A pound of gall doth over it redound: That I too true by triall have approved ; For f nee the day thatfrjl with deadly wound My heart was launcht, and learned to have loved, I never toyed howre, but fill with care was moved.
IL Andyetfuch grace is given them from above, That all the cares and evill which they meet May nought at all their fetled mindes remove, But feme gainft common fence to them mojlfweet j, As bofting in their martyr dome unmeet. So all that ever yet I have endured I count as naught, and tread downe under feet* Since of my love at length I reft ajfuredy 'That to difloyalty fie will not be allured.
IIL Lon* were to tell the travell and long toile,
Through which thisjhield of love I late have wonne* Arid purchafid this peerelefje beauties fpoile, That harder may be ended, then begonne : Butfnceyefo defire, your will be donne. Then hearke, ye gentle knights and ladies free, My hard mifhaps, that ye may learne to jhonne y For though fweet love to conquer glorious bee, Yet is the paine thereof much greater then the fee.
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IV.
What time the fame of this renowmed prife
Flewfirfi abroad, and all mem eares pojfefl^
I having armes then taken gan avife
To winne tne honour byjome noble geft>
And pur chafe me fome place amongjl the beft.
I boldly thought (Jo young mens thoughts are bold)
That this fame brave em prize for me did rejlt
And that both Jhi eld andfhe whom I behold, Might be my lucky lot -, fth all by lot we hold.
V.
So on that hard adventure forth I went,
And to the place of perill fvrtly came :
That was a temple faire and auncient,
Winch of great mother Venus bare the name,
And far re renowmed through exceeding fame -,
Much more then that which was in Paphos built,
Or that in Cyprus, both long f nee thisjame,
Though all the pi Hours of the one were guilt, And all the others pavement were with yvory fpilt :
VI. And it was feated in an ifandjlrong,
Abounding all with delices mojl rare,
And waird by nature gainjl invaders wrong y
That none mote have accejfe, nor inward fare y
But by one way that pajfage did prepare.
It was a bridge y built in goodly wize
With curious corbes and pendants graven faire,
And arched all with porches did arize Onflately pillours framd after the Doricke guize .*
VII.
And for defence thereof on th* other end
There reared was a cafile faire and ftrongy
That warded all which in or out did wend,
And flancked both the bridges fides along,
Gainfi all that would itfaine to force or wrong r
And therein wonned twenty valiant knights ;
All twenty tride in warres experience lo?ig ;
Whofe office was againfi all manner wights By all meanes to maintaine that cajlels ancient rights.
VIII. Before
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VIII. Be fere that caflle was an open plaine,
And in the midft thereof a pi Her placed;
On which thisfhield, of many fought in vaine,
The (hie Id of love, whofe guerdon me hath graced,
J Fas hangd on high with golden ribbands laced ;
And in the marble fione was written this,
With golden letters goodly well enchaced,
Blessed the man that well can use this bliss : Whoseever be the shield, faire Amoret be his.
IX. 11 Ijich when I red, my heart did inly came.
And pant with hope of that adventures hap :
Ne flayed further newes thereof to learne,
But with my f pear e upon the field did rap,
That all the cajlle ringed with the clap.
St r eight forth iffewda knight :- all arm 'd to proof e,
Aid bravely mounted to his mofl mifiap :
TVJoo flaying nought to queflion from aloof e Kan fierce at me, that fire glaunfl from his horfes hoofe.
X. Whom boldly I encountred (as I could)
And by good fortune Jhortly him unfeated.
Eftjbones outfprung two more of equall mould ,
But I them both with equall hap defeated :
So all the twenty I likewife entreated,
And left them gro?iing there upon the plaine.
Then preacing to the pi Hour I repeated
The read thereof for guerdon of my paine, And taking downe the Jhield with me did it retaine.
XI. So forth without impediment I paft,
Till to the bridges utter gate I came ;
The which I found fare lockt and chained fafl.
I knockt, but no man anfwred me by ?iame ;
I cald, but no man anfwerd to my dame :
Tet Iperfeverdflill to knocke and call -9
Till at the lafl Ifpide within the fame,
Where one flood peeping through a crevis finally To whom I cald aloud, halfe angry therewithall.
XII. That
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XII.
That was to weet the porter of the place,
Unto whofe truft the charge thereof was lent :
His name was Doubt, that had a double face,
To one forward looking, th* other backward bent,
Therein refembling Ianus auncient,
Which hath in charge the ingate of the ye are :
And evermore his eyes about him went,
As if fome proved peri 11 he did fear e, Or did mifdoubtfome ill whofe caufe did not appears
XIII.
On th' onefde he, on th' other fate Delay,
Behinde the gate, that none her might efpy •
Whofe manner was all pajfengers to fay,
And entertaine with her occqfionsfy,
Through which fome loft great hope unheedily,
Which never they recover might againe -,
And others quite excluded forth did ly
Long languijhing there in unpittied paine, And feeding often entraunce afterwards in vaine.
XIV.
Me when as he had privily ejpide
Bearing the Jhield which I had conquer d late,
He kend it ftr 'eight, and to me opened wide :
So in Ipaft, and ftr -eight he closd the gate.
But being in, Delay in clofe awaite
Caught hold on me, and thought myfteps to flay,
Feigning full many a fond excufe to prate,
And time tofteale, the threafure of mans day ; Whofe fmallejl minute loft, no riches render may.
XV.
But by no meanes my way I would for/low,
For ought that ever Jhe could doe or fay,
But from my lofty fteede difmounting low
F aft forth on foot e, beholding all the way
The goodly workes, andftonesofrichaffay,
Caft into fundry Jhapes by wondrous Jki 11,
That like on earth no where I recken may :
And underneath, the river rolling ft ill With murmur e foft, that feetnd toferve the workmans will.
XVI. Thence
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Thenceforth I pajjed to the fecond gate,
The Gate of good defert, whofe goodly pride
And coflly frame were long here to relate :
The fame to all floods alwaies open wide -,
But in the porch did evermore abide
An hideous giant, dreadful I to behold,
Thatflcpt the etitraunce with hisfpaciousjlride,
And with the terrour of his countenance bold Full many did affray, (hat elfe faine enter would :
XVII.
His name was Dawiger, dreaded over all,
Who day and night did watch and duely ward,
From fear efull cowards entrance to forjlall
And faint -he art-fooles, whom fhew of per ill hard
Could terrifie from fortunes f aire adward :
For oftentimes faint hearts at firfl efpiall
Of his grim face were from approaching fear d ;
Unworthy they of grace, whom one deniall Excludes from fairejl hope without en further triall.
XVIII.
Tet many doughty warriours, often tride
In greater perils to be f out and bold,
Durfl not the flernneffe of his looke abide j
But foone as they his countenance did behold,
Began to faint, andfeele their cor age cold :
Againe fome other, that in hard affaies
Were cowards knowne, and litle count did hold,
Either through gifts, or guile, orfuch like wales, Crept in byftouping low, or flealing of the kaies,
XIX.
But I though meanejl man of many moe,
Tet much difdaining unto him to lout,
Or creepe betweene his legs, fo in to goe,
Refolvd him to a/fault with manhood flout,
And either beat him in or drive him out,
Eftf cones advauncing that enchaunted Jhield,
With all my might I gan to lay about :
Which when he faw, the glaive which he did wield He gan forthwith t'avale, and way unto me yield,
XX. So
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So as I entred I did backeward looke
For fear e of harme, that might lie hidden there',
And he his hind-parts, whereof heed I tooke,
Much more deformed, fearfull, ugly were.
Then all his former parts did earfi appere:
For Hatred, Murther, Treafon, and Defpight,
With many moe lay in ambuflment there,
Awayting to entrap the wareleffe wight, Which did not them prevent with vigilant J ore/ight.
XXI. ' Thus having pa -ft all per ill, I was come.
Within the compajfe of that i/landsjpace;
The which did fee me unto my fimple doome
The onely pleafant and deli ghtfull place
That ever troden was of footings trace :
For all that nature by her mother wit
Could frame in earth, and forme of fub fiance bafe,
Was there ; and all that 'nature did omit, Art, playing fecond natures part,fupplyed it.
XXII.
No tree, that is of count, in greenewood growes
From lowefi iuniper to ceder tall j
Noflowre in f eld, that daintie odour throwes,
And deckes his branch with bloffbmes over all,
But there was planted, or grew naturall :
Nor fenfe of 'man Jo coy and curious ?iice,
But there mote find to pleafe itfelfe witkall ;
Nor hart could wifvfor any queint device, But there it prefent was, and did fraile fenfe entice.
XXIII.
In fuch luxurious plentie of all pleafure,
It feemd a fecond par ad if e to gheffe,
So lavifhly enricht with natures threafure,
That if the happie foules, which doe pqffefe
Th' Ely fian fields, and live in lafling bkfe,
Should happen this with living eye to fee,
They foone would loath their lefier kappinejfe,
And wijh to life return d againe to bee, That in this ioyous place they mote have ioyance free.
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Frefifiadowes, ft to Jhrond from funny ray ;
Faire lawnds, to take the funne infeafon dew ;
Sweet fprings, in which a thoufand nymphs did play,
Soft-rombling brookes, that gentle Jlomber drew ;
High-reared mounts, the lands about to view ;
Low-looki?ig dales, di/loignd from common gaze j
Delight full bowres, to folace lovers trewy
Falfe labyrinthes, fond runners eyes to daze j All which by nature made did nature felfe amaze,
XXV. And all without were walkes and alleyes dight
With divers trees enrangd in even rankes y
And here and there were pleafant arbors pighty
And fiadie fates, and fundry flowring bankesy
Toft and ref the walkers wcarie Jhankes :
And therein thoufand pay res of lovers walkt,
Prayfing their god, and yeelding him great thankes}
Ne ever ought but of their true loves talkt> Ne ever for rebuke or blame of any balkt.
XXVI. All thefe together by themfelves didfport
Their fpotleffe pie afures and fweet loves content :
But far re away from thefe another fort
Of lovers lincked in true harts confent y
Which loved not as thefe for like intent ',
But on chafe vertue grounded their defire,
Far re from all fraud or fayned blandifhment y
Which in their fpir its kindling zealous f re Brave thoughts and noble deedes did evermore afpire,
XXVII.
Such were great Hercules and Hylus deare y
Trew Ionathan and David trujlie tryde y
Stout Thefeus and Pirithous hisfeare ,
Py lades and Orefles by hisfyde y
My Id Titus and Gefppus without pryde ,
Damon and Pythias whom death could not fever .•
All thefe and all that ever had be?ie tyde
In bands of friendfip there did live for ever , Whofe lives although decay d yet loves decayed never.
XXVIII. Which
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Which whenas I that never tafted blis,
Nor happy howre, beheld with gazefull eye, I thought there was none other heaven then this ; And gan their endlejfe happinejfe envye, That being free from feare and gealofye, Might frankely there their loves defre poffejfe -, Whileft I through pains and perlous ieopardie Wasforjl tofeeke my lifes deare patroneffe : Much dearer be the things which come through hard diflreffe.
XXIX.
Tet all thofefghts, and all that elfe I Jaw,
Might not myjleps withhold, but that forthright Unto that purpofd place I did me draw, Whereas my love was lodged day and night ; The temple of great Venus, that is hight The queene of beautie, and of love the mother, There worjhipped of every living wight ; Whofe goodly workmanjhip far re paft all other That ever were on earth, all were they fet together.
XXX.
Not that fame famous temple of Diane, Wloofe hight all Ephefus did over-fee, And which all Afia fought with vowes prophane, One of the worlds /even wonders fay d to bee, Might match with this by many a degree : Nor that, which that wife king of Iurie framed With endlejje cofi to be tti Almighties fee ; Nor all that elfe through all the world is named To all the heathen gods might like to this be clamed.
XXXI. / much admyring that fo goodly frame, Unto the porch approcht, which open food-, But ther tin fate an amiable dame, Thatfeemd to be of very fiber mood, And in her femblant fiew d great womanhood; Strange was her tyre ; for on her head a crowne She wore much like unto a Danijk hood, Poudred with pearle andftone, and all her gowne Enwoven was with gold, that r aught full low adowne.
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On either fide of her two young men food, Both frongly artridy as fearing one another -, Yet were they brethren both of halfe the bloody Begotten by two fathers of one mother ', Though of contrarie natures each to other ; The one of them hight Love, the other Hate; Hate was the elder, Love the younger brother ; Yet was the younger fronger in his fate
Then tlo elder, and him mayfi red fill in all debate,
XXXIII.
Nathlejfe that dame fo well them tempred both, That fie them forced hand to ioyne in hand, Albe that Hatred was thereto full loth, And turnd his face away, as he did f and, Unwilling to behold that lovely band : Yet fie was offuch grace and vertuous might, That her commaundment he could not with/land, But bit his lip for felonous defpight,
And gnafit his yron tufkes at that difpleafing fight*
XXXIV.
Concord fie deeped was in common reed,
Mother of bkfied Peace, and Friendjhip trew ; They both her twins, both borne of heavenly feed, And fix herfelfe likewife divinely grew ; The which right well her workes divine didfiew : For Jlrength and wealth a fid happinefje fie lends, And ftrife and warre and anger doesfubdew j Of little much, of foes fix maketh f rends,
And to ajfliEted minds fweet refl and quiet fends.
XXXV.
By her the heaven is in his courfe contained, And all the world inflate unmovedfands. As their Almigbtie maker firjl ordained, And bound them with inviolable bands ; Life would the waters over-flow the lands, And fire devoure the ayre, and hell them quight ^ But that fie holds them with her blejfed hands. She is the nourfe of pleafure and delight,
And unto Venus grace the gate doth open right*
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By her 1 entring half difmayed was,
But fie in gentle wife me entertayned,
And twixt herfelfe and Love did let me pas ;
But Hatred would my entrance have refirayned,
And with his club me threatned to have braynsd,
Had not the ladie with her powrefull fpeach
Him from his wicked will uneath refrayned ;
And tlS other eke his malice did empeach, Till I was throughly paft the per ill of his reach.
XXXVII.
Into the inmoft temple thus I came,
Which fuming all with frankenfence I found \
And odours rifingfrom the altars fame :
Upon an hundred marble pillors round
The roof up high was reared from the ground,
All deckt with crownes and chaynes and gir lands gay,
And thoufa?id pretious gifts worth many a pound,
The which fad lovers for their vowes did pay ;
And all the ground wasfirow'd with flowres asfrefi as May.
XXXVIII.
An kindred altars round about were fit,
All faming with their facrifces fire,
That with the feme thereof the temple j wet,
Which rould in clouds to heaven did afpire,
And in them bore true lovers vowes entire :
And eke an hundred brafen caudrons bright
To bath in toy and amorous defire,
"Every of which was to a damzell hight ;
For all the priefis were damzels infoft linnen dight,.
XXXIX.
Right in the midfl the goddeffe felfe did fi and
Upon an altar offome coftly maffe,
Whofe fubfiance was uneath to under/land :
For neither pretious fione, nor durefull brafje,
Nor fining gold, nor mouldring clay it was ,,
But much more rare and pretious to efieeme,
Pure in afpeSf, and like to chriftall glafje ;
Tet glaffe was not, if one did rightly deeme-,
But being f aire and brickie likefi glajfe did feme, .
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But it in Jhape and beaut ie did excell
All other i doles which the heathen adore,
Farre pajjing that, which by furpajjing fkill
Phidias did make in Paphos ijle of yore \
With which that wretched Greeke, that lifeforlore,
Did fall in love : yet this much fairer jhined,
But covered with a fender veile afore ;
And both her feet e and legs together twyned Were with afnake, whofe head and tail were f aft combyned.
XLI. The caufe why fie was covered with a vele
Was hard to know, for that her pr lefts the fame
From peoples knowledge laboured to concele :
But foot h it was not fare for womanijh fhame,
Nor any blemifij, which the worke mote blame;
But for (they fay) floe hath both kinds in one,
Both male and female, both under one name :
Shefyre and mother is herfelfe alone. Begets and eke conceives, ne needeth other none.
XLII. And all about her necke and fioulders flew
Aflocke of litle Loves, and Sports, and loyes,
With nimble wings of gold and purple hew ;
Whofe jhape s feemd ?iot like to terreflriall boyes,
But like to angels playing heavenly toyes ;
The whileft their eldejl brother was away,
Cupid their eldcft brother ; he enioyes
The wide kingdome of love with lordly Jway, And to his law compels all creatures to obay.
XLIII.
And all about her altar fcattered lay
Great forts of lovers pit eoi fly complayning,
Some of their lojje, fome of their loves delay,
Some oj their pride, fome paragons difdayning,
Some fearing fraud, fome fraudulently fay ning,
As every one had caufe of good or ill.
Amongft the reft fome one through loves conjlrayning,
Tormented fore, could not coniaine it fill, But thus brake forth, that all the temple it did fill ;
XLIV, " Great
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" Great Venus^ queene of beautie and of grace ; " The ioy of gods and men, that under Jkie " Doejl fayrefl Jhine, and rnojl a dome thy place y u That with thyfmyling looke doejl pactfie " The raging feas, and makfl thejiormes tojlie -y " Thee, goddejfe, thee the winds, the clouds doe fear e , " And when thoufpredf thy mantle forth on hie, " The waters play, and pie af ant lands appear e, u And heavens laugh, and al the world Jhews ioyous cbeare :
XLV. *J Then doth the daedale earth throw forth to thee " Out of her fruitful I lap aboundant fowres , " And then all living wights, foone as they fee " The fpring breake forth out of his lujly bowres, " They all doe learne to play the paramours : •• Firjl doe the merry birds, thy prety pages, tc primly pricked with thy lujlfull powres, " Chirpe loud to thee out of their leavy cages, " And thee their mother call to cook their kindly rages,
XLVI. " Then doe thefalvage beajls begin to play
" Their pleafant frijkes, and loath their wonted food ; " The lyons rore, the tygers loudly bray, " The raging buls rebellow through the wood, " And breaking forth dare tempt the deepefl food, " To come where thou doejl draw them with defre : " So all things elfe, that nourijh vitall blood, " Soone as with fury thou doejl them infpire, u In generation feeke to quench their inward f re.
XLVIL * So all the world by thee atfirft was made, <l And dayly yet thou doejl the fame repayre i <f Ne ought on earth that merry is and glad, " Ne ought on earth that lovely is and fay re, " But thou the fame for pleafure did/l prepay re. " Thou art the root of all that ioyous is, « Great god of men and women, queene of tH ay re, « Mother of laughter, and wel-fpring of blip,
■« O sraunt that of my love at loft I may not miffe*
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So did he fay : but I with murmure foft,
That none might he are the for row of my barf,
Tet inly groning deepe andftghing oft,
Be fought her to graunt eafe unto my J mart,
And to my wound her graticus help impart.
Whileft thus Ifpake, behold with happy eye
Ifpyde, where at the i doles feet apart
A bevie of fay re damzels clofe did lye, Wayting whenas the antheme fhould be fung on bye,
XLIX. Thefrft of them did feeme of ry per ye ares
And graver countenance then all the rejl j
Tet all the reft were eke her equall peares,
Tet unto her obayed all the beft.
Her name was Womanhood-, thatfhe expreft
By her fad femblant and demeanure wyfe :
For ftedfaft ftill her eyes did fixed reft,
Ne rovd at randon after gazers guyfe, Whofe luring baytes oftimes doe heedlejfe harts entyfe.
L. And next to her fate goodly Shamefaftneffe,
Ne ever durft her eyes from ground upreare,
Ne ever once did looke up from her deft?,
As iffome blame of evil floe didfeare,
That in her cheekes made rofes oft appeare :
And her againft fweet Cherefulneffe was placed,
Whofe eyes like twinkling ft ars in evening cleare
Were deckt withfmyles, that all fad humors chaced, And darted forth delights, the which her goodly graced,
LI.
And next to her fate fiber Mode/lie,
Holding her hand upon her gentle hart ;
And her againft fate comely Curtefie,
'That unto every perfhn knew her part-,
And her before was feat ed over thwart
Soft Silence, and fubmiffe Obedience,
Both linckt together never to difpart,
Both gifts of God net gotten but from thence, Both girlonds of his faints againft their foes offence*
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Thus fate they all around infeemely rate :
And in the midjl of them a goodly mayd,
Even in the lap of Womanhood there fate ;
The which was all in lilly white araydy
With fiver ftreames amongft the linnen ft ray d ;
Like to the Morne, whenfirft her fiyning face
Hath to the gloomy world itfelf bewray d,
That fame was fay reft Amoret in place, Shyning with beauties light , and heavenly vertues grace.
Lin.
Whojjifoone as I beheld, my hart gan throb
And wade in doubt what befi were to be donne :
For facri lege me feemd the church to rob,
And folly feemd to leave the thing undonne,
Which witbfoftrong attempt I had begonne :
Thojhaking off all doubt and Jhamef aft fear e.
Which ladies love I heard had never wonne
Mongft men of worth, I to her ftepped neare. And by the lilly hand her labour d up to reare.
LIV. Thereat that for moft matrone me did blame,
Andfharpe rebuke, for being over-bold ;
Saying it was to knight unfeemelyfldame,
Upon a reclufe virgin to lay hold,
That unto Venus fervices was fold.
To whom I thus, Nay but itfitteth beft
Tor Cupids man with Venus mayd to hold,
For ill your goddeffe fervices are dreft By virgins, and her facrifces let to reft.
LV. With that myfloield I forth to her didjhow,
Which all that while I clofely had conceld-,
On which when Cupid with his killing bow
And cruell fhafts emblazond ft:e beheld,
At fight thereof jhe was with terror queld,
And J aid 'no more : but I which all that while,
The pledge of faith, her hand engaged held,
Like warie hynd within the wee die foyle, For no intreatie would forgoe fo glorious fpoyle.
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And evermore upon the goddeffe face
Mine eye wasfixt, for feare of her offence ; Whom when Ifaw with amiable grace To laugh on me, and favour my pretence ; I was emboldned with more confidence. And nought for nicenefje' nor for envy /paring, In prefence of them all forth led her thence, All looking on, and like aftoniflrt flaring,
Yet to lay hand on her not one of all them daring.
LVII.
She often prayd, and often me befought, Sometime with te?ider teares to let her goe, Sometime with witching fmyles : but yet for nought, That ever Jhe to me could fay or doe, Could fie her wijhed free dome jro ?ne wooe -, But forth I led her through the temple gate, By which I hardly pafl with much adoe : But that fame ladie which me friended late
In entrance, did me alfo friend in my retrate,
LVIII.
No lejfe did Daunger threaten me with dread, Whenas he faw me, maugre all his powre, That glorious fpoyle of beautie with me lead, Then Cerberus, when Orpheus did recoure His leman from the Stygian princes boure. But evermore my Jhield did me defend Againjl the forme of every dreadfull Jioure : Thus fafely with my love- 1 thence did wend.
So ended he his tale, where I this canto end.
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CANTO XI.
Marlnells former wound is heald -3
He comes to Proteus hall, Wloere Thames doth the Medway wedd}
Andfeajls thejea-gods all.
I.
U T ah for pittie ! that I have thus long Left a fayre ladie languishing in payne : Now well away ! that I have doen fuch wrong, To let faire Florimell in bands remayne, In bands of love, and in fad thraldomes chayne j From which unlelfe fome heavenly powre her free By miracle, not yet appearing playne, She lenger yet is like captiv'd to bee : That even to thinke thereof it inly pitties mee.
II.
Here neede you to remember, how erewhile Unlovely Proteus, miffing to his mind That virgins love to win by wit or wile, Her threw into a dongeon deepe and blind, And there in chaynes her cruelly did bind, In hope thereby her to his bent to draw: For whenas neither gifts nor graces kind Her conftant mind could move at all he faw, He thought her to compell by crueltie and awe.
III. Deepe in the bottome of an huge great rocke The dongeon was, in which her bound he left, That neither yron barres nor brafen locke Did neede to gard from force or fecret theft Of all her lovers which would her have reft : For wall'd it was with waves, which rag'd and ror'd As they the cliffe in peeces would have cleft ; Befides ten thoufand mongers foule abhor'd Did waite about it, gaping grieily, all begor'd.
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And in the midft thereof did Horror dwell,
And DarkeneiTe dredd, that never viewed day,
Like to the balefull houfe of loweft. hell,
In which old Styx her aged bones alway
(Old Styx the grandame of the gods) doth lay.
There did this lucklerTe mayd feven months abide,
Ne ever evening faw, ne mornings ray,
Ne ever from the day the night defcride, But thought it all one night, that did no houres divide.
V. And all this was for love of Marinell,
Who her defpysd (ah ! who would her defpyfe ? )
And wemens love did from his hart expell,
And all thofe ioyes that weake mankind entyfe.
Nathleffe his pride full dearely he did pryfe ;
For of a womans hand it was ywroke,
That of the wound he yet in languor lyes,
Ne can be cured of that cruell ftroke Which Britomart him gave, when he did her provoke.
VI. Yet farre and neare the nymph his mother fought,
And many falves did to his fore applie,
And many herbes did ufe : but whenas nought
She faw could eafe his rankling maladie,
At laft to Tryphon ilie for helpe did hie,
(This Tryphon is the fea-gods furgeon hight)
Whom me befought to find fome remedie :
And for his paines a whittle him behight, That of a nines fhell was wrought with rare delight*
VII. So well that leach did hearke to her requeft,
And did fo well employ his carefull paine,
That in fhort fpace his hurts he had redreft,
And him reftor'd to healthfull ftate againe :
In which he long time after did remaine
There with the nymph his mother, like her thrall ; Who fore againft his will did him retaine, For feare of perill which to him mote fall, Through his too ventrous proweife proved over all.
VIII. It
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To all the fea-gods and their fruitfull feede,
In honour of the fpoufalls, which then were
Betwixt the Medway and the Thames agreed.
Long had the Thames (as we in records reed)
Before that day her wooed to his bed ;
But the proud nymph would for no worldly meed,
Nor no entreatie, to his love be led ; Till now at laft relenting Ihe to him was wed.
IX.
So both agreed that this their bridale fead
Should for the gods in Proteus houfe be made ; To which they all repayr'd, both moil and leaft, As well which in the mightie ocean trade, As that in rivers fwim, or brookes doe wade : All which, not if an hundred tongues to tell, And hundred mouthes, and voice of brafle I had, And endleffe memorie that mote excell, In order as they came could I recount them well.
X. Helpe therefore, o thou facred imp of love, The nouriling of dame Memorie his deare, To whom thofe rolles, layd up in heaven above, And records of antiquitie appeare, To which no wit of man may comen neare ; Helpe me to tell the names of all thofe floods, And all thofe nymphes which then afTembled were To that great banquet of the watry gods, And all their fundry kinds, and all their hid abodes.
XI. Firft came great Neptune with his three-forkt mace, That rules the feas, and makes them rife or fall j His dewy lockes did drop with brine apace Under his diademe imperiall : And by his fide his queene with coronall, Faire Amphitrite, moil divinely faire, Whofe yvorie moulders weren covered all-, As with a robe, with her owne filver haire, And deckt with pearles which th' Indian feas for her prepalre.
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Thefe marched farre afore the other crew j And all the way before them as they went Triton his trompet mrill before them blew, For goodly triumph and great iollyment, That made the rockes to roare as they were rent. And after them the royall ifTue came, Which of them fprung by lineall defcent : Firfl the fea-gods, which to themfelves doe clame
The powre to rule the billowes, and the waves to tame :
XIII.
Phorcys, the father of that fatall brood,
By whom thofe old heroes wonne fuch fame ; And Glaucus, that wife fouthfayes underftood ; And tragicke Inoes fonne, the which became A god of feas through his mad mother^ blame, Now hight Palemon, and is faylers frend ; Great Brontes, and Aftraeus, that did lhame Himfelfe with incefl of his kin unkend ; •
And huge Orion, that doth tempefts ftill portend:
XIV.
The rich Cteatus, and Eurytus long ;
Neleus and Pelias, lovely brethren both \
Mightie Chryfaor, and Cai'cus ftrong j
Eurypulus, that calmes the waters wroth -,
And faire Euphoemus, that upon them goth
As on the ground, without difmay or dread :
Fierce Eryx, and Alebius, that know'th
The waters depth, and doth their bottome tread $ And fad Afopus, comely with his hoarie head.
XV. There alfo fome molt, famous founders were
Of puiflant nations, which the world poiTeft ;
Yet fonnes of Neptune, now arTembled here :
Ancient Ogyges, even th' auncienteft,
And Inachus renowmd above the reft j
Phoenix, and Aon, and Pelafgus old,
Great Belus, Phoeax, and Agenor beft ;
And mightie Albion, father of the bold \nd warlike people, which the Britaine iilands hold :
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XVI.
For Albion the forme of Neptune was,
Who for the proofe of his great puiffance,
Out of his Albion did on dry-foot pas
Into old Gall, that now is cleeped France,
To fight w< :h Hercules, that did advance
To vanquish all the world with matchlerTe might,
And there his mortall part by great mifchance
^ ' as flaine ; but that which is th' immortall fpright Lives Hill, and to this feaft with Neptunes feed was dight.
XVII. But what do I their names feeke to reherfe,
Which all the world have with their irTue fild ?
How can they all in this fo narrow verfe
Contayned be, and in fmall compafTe hild r
Let them record them that are better fkild,
And know the moniments of pafled age :
Onely what needeth fhall be here fulfild
T'exprefTe fome part of that great equipage, Which from great Neptune do derive their parentage.
XVIII.
Next came the aged Ocean and his dame,
Old Tethys, th' oldefl two of all the reft,
For all the reft of thofe two parents came,
Which afterward both fea and land pofTeft :
Of all which Nereus th' eldeft and the bell:
Did flrft proceed, then which none more upright,
Ne more lincere in word and deed profeft,
Moil: voide of guile, moft free from fowle defpight, Doing himfelfe, and teaching others to doe right :
XIX.
Thereto he was expert in prophecies,
And could the ledden of the gods unfold ;
Through which, when Paris brought his famous prifc,
The faire Tindarid lafle, he him foretold
That her all Greece with many a champion bold
Should fetch againe, and finally deftroy
Proud Priams towne : fo wife is Nereus old,
And fo well fkild j nathlefTe he takes great ioy Oft-times amongit the wanton nymphs to fport and toy,
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And after him the famous rivers came,
Which doe the earth enrich and beautifle :
The fertile Nile, which creatures new doth frame ;
Long Rhodanus, whofe fourfe fprings from the fkie;
Faire liter, flowing from the mountaines hie -,
Divine Scamander, purpled yet with blood
Of Greeks and Troians, which therein did die ;
Padolus gliftfing with his golden flood; And Tygris fierce, whofe flreames of none may be withftood :
XXI. Great Ganges, and immortal! Euphrates,
Deepe Indus, and Maeander intricate,
Slow Peneus, and tempeftuous Phafides,
Swift Rhene, and Alpheus ftill immaculate,
Ooraxes feared for great Cyrus fate,
Tybris renowmed for the Romanies fame,
Rich Oranochy though but knowen late ;
And that huge river, which doth beare his name Of warlike Amazons which doe pofTefTe the fame.
XXII.
Ioy on thofe warlike women, which fo long
Can from all men fo rich a kingdome hold ;
And fhame on you, 6 men, which boafr. your ftrong
And valiant hearts, in thoughts leffe hard and bold,
Yet quaile in conquer! of that land of gold.
But this to you, 6 Britons, moll pertaines,
To whom the right hereof itfelfe hath fold j
The which for fparing litle coft or paines Loofe fo immortall glory, and fo endlefTe gaines.
XXIII.
Then was there heard a moft celeftiall found
Of dainty muficke, which did next enfew
Before the fpoufe : that was Arion crownd ;
Who playing on his harpe unto him drew
The er res and hearts of all that goodly crew ;
That even yet the dolphin, which him bore
Through the Aegean feas from pirates vew,
Stood frill by him aftonifht at his lore, And all the raging feas for ioy forgot to rore.
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XXIV.
So went he playing on the watery plaine :
Soone after whom the lovely bridegroome came,
The noble Thamis, with all his goodly traine ;
But him before there went, as beft became,
His auncient parents, namely th' auncient Thame ;
But much more aged was his wife then he,
The Ouze, whom men doe Ifis rightly name ;
Full weake and crooked creature feemed fhee, And almoft blind through eld, that fcarce her way could fee.
XXV. Therefore on either fide fhe was fuftained
Of two fmal grooms, which by their names were hight
The Churne and Charwell, two fmall ftreames, which pained
Themfelves her footing to direct aright,
Which fayled oft through faint and feeble plight ;
But Thame was ftronger, and of better flay ;
Yet feem'd full aged by his outward fight,
With head all hoary, and his beard all gray, Deawed with filver drops that trickled downe alway :
XXVI. And eke he fomewhat feem'd to ftoupe afore
With bowed backe, by reafon of the lode
And auncient heavy burden, which he bore
Of that faire city, wherein make abode
So many learned impes, that fhoote abrode,
And with their braunches fpred all Britany,
No lefTe then do her elder lifters broode.
Ioy to you both, ye double nourfery, Of arts i but Oxford thine doth Thame moft glorify.
XXVII. But he their fonne full frefh and iolly was,
All decked in a robe of watchet hew,
On which the waves, glittering like chriftall glas,
So cunningly enwoven were, that few
Could weenen, whether they were falfe or trew :
And on his head like to a coronet
He wore, that feemed ftrange to common vew,
In which were many towres and caftels fet, That it encompaft round as with a golden fret.
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Like as the mother of the gods, they fay,
In her great iron charet wonts to ride,
When to loves pallace {he doth take her way,
Old Cybele, arayd with pompous pride,
Wearing a diademe embattild wide
With hundred turrets, like a turribant.
With fuch an one was Thamis beautifide ;
That was to weet the famous Troynovant, In which her kingdomes throne is chiefly refiant.
XXIX.
And round about him many a pretty page
Attended duely, ready to obay j
All little rivers which owe vaflallage
To him, as to their lord, and tribute pay :
The chaulky Kenet, and the Thetis gray,
The moriili Cole, and the foft-fliding Breane,
The wanton Lee that oft doth loofe his way,
And the {till Darent, in whofe waters cleane Ten thoufand fillies play and decke his pleafant flreame.
XXX.
Then came his neighbour flouds which nigh him dwell,
And water all the Englifh foile throughout ;
They all on him this day attended well -,
And with meet fervice waited him about ;
Ne none difdained low to him to lout :
No not the {lately Severne grudg'd at all,
Ne florming Humber, though he looked flout ;
But both him honor'd as their principail, And let their fwelling waters low before him fall.
XXXI.
There was the fpeedy Tamar, which devides
The Cornifh and the Devonim confines ;
Through both whofe borders fwiftly downe it glides.
And meeting Plim, to Plimmouth thence declines :
And Dart, nigh chockt with fands of tinny mines :
But Avon marched in more {lately path,
Proud of his adamants with which he mines
And gliflers wide, as als of wondrous Bath, And Briftow faire, which on his waves he builded hath.
XXXII. And
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XXXII.
And there came Stoure with terrible afpect,
Bearing his fixe deformed heads on hye,
That doth his courfe through Blandford plains direct
And wafheth Winborne meades in feafon drye :
Next him went Wylibourne with pafTage flye,
That of his wylinefTe his name doth take,
And of himfelfe doth name the (hire thereby :
And Mole, that like a noufling mole doth make His way ftill under ground till Thamis he over-take.
XXXIII.
Then came the Rother, decked all with woods,
Like a wood god, and flowing fail to Rhy ;
And Sture, that parteth with his pleafant floods
The Eafterne Saxons from the Southerne ny,
And Clare and Harwitch both doth beautify :
Him follow'd Yar, foft warning Norwitch wall,
And with him brought a prefent ioyfully
Of his owne fifh unto their feftivall, Whole like none elfe could fhew, the which they rufBns call.
XXXIV. Next thefe the plenteous Oufe came far from land,
By many a city and by many a towne,
And many rivers taking under hand
Into his waters, as he paffeth downe,
The Cle, the Were, the Guant, the Sture, the Rownej
Thence doth by Huntingdon and Cambridge flit,
My mother Cambridge, whom as with a crowne
He doth adorne, and is adorn'd of it With many a gentle Mufe and many a learned wit.
XXXV. And after him the fatall Welland went,
That if old fawes prove true (which God forbid)
Shall drowne all Holland with his excrement,
And mall fee Stamford, though now homely hid,
Then fhine in learning more then ever did
Cambridge or Oxford, Englands goodly beames :
And next to him the Nene downe foftly Hid j
And bounteous Trent, that in himfelfe enfeames Both thirty forts of fifh and thirty fundry flreames.
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Next thefe came Tyne, along whofe ftony bancke That Romaine monarch built a brafen wall, Which mote the feebled Britons ftrongly flancke Againft the Pi&s, that fwarmed over all, Which yet thereof Gualfever they doe call : And Twede the limit betwixt Logris land And Albany : and Eden though but fmall, Yet often ftainde with bloud of many a band
Of Scots and Englifh both, that tyned on his ftrand.
XXXVII.
Then came thofe fixe fad brethren, like forlorne, That whilome were; as antique fathers tell, Sixe valiant knights of one faire nymphe yborne, Which did in noble deedes of armes excell, And wonned there where now Yorke people dwell j Still Ure, fwift Werfe, and Oze the mod of might, High Swale, unquiet Nide, and troublous Skell, All whom a Scythian king, that Humber hight,
Slew cruelly, and in the river drowned quite :
XXXVIII.
But pail not long, ere Brutus warlicke fonne Locrinus them aveng'd, and the fame date Which the proud Humber unto them had donne By equall dome repayd on his owne pate : For in the felfe fame river, where he late Had drenched them, he drowned him againe ; And nam'd the river of his wretched fate j Whofe bad condition yet it doth retaine,
Oft tolled with his ftormes which therein frill remaine.
XXXIX.
Thefe after came the ftony mallow Lone, That to old Loncafler his name doth lend; And following Dee, which Britons long ygone Did call divine, that doth by Chefter tend -, And Conway which out of his ftreame doth fend Plenty of pearles to decke his dames withall j And Lindus that his pikes doth mofl: commend, Of which the auncient Lincolne men doe call :
All thefe together marched toward Proteus hall.
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XL.
Ne thence the Irifhe rivers abfent were,
Sith no lerTe famous then the reft they bee,
And ioyne in neighbourhood ofkingdome nere,
Why mould they not likewife in love agree,
And ioy likewife this folemne day to fee ?
They faw it all, and prefent were in place j
Though I them all according their degree
Cannot recount, nor tell their hidden race, Nor read the falvage countries thorough which they pace*
XLI.
There was the Liffy rolling downe the lea,
The fandy Slane, the ftony Aubrian,
The fpacious Shenan fpreading like a fea,
The pleafant Boyne, the flfhy fruitfull Ban,
Swift AwnidurT, which of the Englifh man
Is cal'de Blacke- water, and the LifFar deep,
Sad Trowis that once his people over-ran,
Strong Alio tombling from Slewlogher fteep, And Mulla mine whofe waves I whilom taught to weep.
XLII.
And there the three renown'd brethren were,
Which that great gyant Blomius begot
Of the faire nimph Rheufa wandring there ;
One day, as me to munne the feafon whot
Under Slewboome in fhady grove was got,
This gyant found her and by force deflowr'd,
Whereof conceiving, fhe in time forth brought
Thefe three faire fons, which being thenceforth powrd In three great rivers ran, and many countreis fcowrd.
XLIII.
The firft the gentle Shure, that making way
By fweet Clonmell adornes rich Waterford ;
The next, the ftubborne Newre, whofe waters gray
By faire Kilkenny and RorTeponte boord ;
The third, the goodly Barow, which doth hoord
Great heaps of falmons in his deepe bofome :
All which long fundred doe at laft accord
To ioyne in one, ere to the fea they come j So flowing all from one all one at laft become,
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There alio was the wide embayed Mayre,
The pleafaunt Bandon crownd with many a wood,
The Spreading Lee, that like an ifland fayre
Enclofeth Corke with his divided flood ;
And balefull Oure late ftaind with Englifh blood :
With many more whofe names no tongue can tell.
All which that day in order feemly good
Did on the Thamis attend, and waited well To doe their dueful fervice as to them befell.
XLV. Then came the bride, the lovely Medua came,
Clad in a vefture of unknowen geare,
And uncouth fafhion, yet her well became ;
That feem'd like filver fprinckled here and theare
With glittering fpangs that did like ftarres appeare,
And wav'd upon, like water chamelot,
To hide the metall, which yet every where
Bewrayd itfelfe, to let men plainely wot It was no mortall worke, that feem'd and yet was not.
XLVI. Her goodly lockes adowne her backe did flow
Unto her wafte, with flowres befcatterred,
The which ambrofiall odours forth did throw
To all about, and all her moulders fpred
As a new fpring j and likewife on her hed
A chapelet of fundry flowers me wore,
From under which the deawy humour med
Did tricle downe her haire, like to the hore Congealed litle drops, which doe the morne adore.
XL VII. On her two pretty handmaides did attend,
One cald the Theife, the other cald the Crane ;
Which on her waited things amifTe to mend,
And both behind upheld her fpredding traine -,
Under the which her feet appeared plaine,
Her filver feet, faire wafht againft this day :
And her before there paced pages twaine,
Both clad in colours like and like array, The Doune and eke the Frith, both which prepard her way.
XLVIII. And
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XLVIII.
And after thefe the fea-nymphs marched all,
All goodly damzels, deckt with long greene haire,
Whom of their fire Nereides men call,
All which the Oceans daughter to him bare
The gray-eyde Doris ; all which fifty are j
All which fhe there on her attending had :
Swift Proto, milde Eucrate, Thetis faire,
Soft Spio, fweete Endore, Sao fad, Light Doto, wanton Glauce, and Galene glad ;
XLIX.
White-hand Eunica, proud Dynamene,
loyous Thalia, goodly Amphitrite,
Lovely Pafithee, kinde Eulimene,
Light-foote Cymothoe, and fweete Melite,
Faireft Pherufa, Phao lilly white,
Wondred Agave, Poris, and Nefaea,
With Erato that doth in love delite,
And Panopae' and wife Protomedaea, And fnowy-neckd Doris, and milke-white Galathaea ;:
L. Speedy Hippothoe, and chafte Actea,
Large LifianafTa, and Pronaea fage,
Euagore, and light Pontoporea ;
And fhe that with her leaft word can affwage
The furging feas, when they do foreft rage,
Cymodoce > and flout Autonoe,
And Nefo, and Eione well in age,
And feeming flill to fmile Glauconome, And fhe that hight of many heaftes Polynome 5
LI. Frefh Alimeda deckt with girlond greene -,
Hyponeo with falt-bedewed wrefls,
Laomedia like the chriflall fheene ;
Liagore much praifd for wife behefls ;
And Pfamathe for her brode fnowy brefls 5
Cymo, Eupompe, and Themifte iuftj
And fhe that vertue loves and vice detefls
Euarna, and Menippe true in trufl. And Nemertea learned well to rule her iufl,
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All thei'e the daughters of old Nereus were, Which have the fea in charge to them aflinde, To rule his tides, and furges to up-rere, To bring forth ftormes, or faft them to up-binde, And failers fave from wreckes of wrathfull winde. And yet befides three thoufand more there were Of th' Oceans kedey but loves and Phoebus kinde; The which in floods and fountaines doe appere,
And all mankinde do nourilli with their waters clere.
LIII.
The which, more eath it were for mortall wight To tell the fands, or count the flarres on hye, Or ought more hard, then thinke to reckon right. But well I wote, that thefe which I defcry, Were prefent at this great folemnity : And there amongft the reft the mother was Of luckeleffe Marinell, Cymodoce ; Which, for my Mufe herfelfe now tyred has,
Unto an other canto I will over-pas.
CANTO
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CANTO xii.
Marin for love of Florimell
In languor wajles his life : The nymph his mother getteth her%
And gives to him for wife.
I.
What an endleife worke have I in hand. To count the feas abundant progeny ! Whofe fruitfull feede farre pafleth thofe in land, And alfo thofe which wonne in th' azure fky. For much more eath to tell the ftarres on hy, Albe they endlefle feeme in estimation, Then to recount the feas pofterity : So fertile be the flouds in generation, So huge their numbers, and fo numberlefle their nation*
II.
Therefore the antique wifards well invented
That Venus of the fomy fea was bred -,
For that the feas by her are moft augmented :
Witnefle th' exceeding fry which there are fed,
And wondrous moles which may of none be red.
Then blame me not if I have err'd in count
Of gods, of nymphs, of rivers yet unred :
For though their numbers do much more furmount, Yet all thofe fame were there which erft I did recount.
III. All thofe were there, and many other more,
Whofe names and nations were too long to tell,
That Proteus houfe they fild even to the dore j
Yet were they all in order, as befell,
According their degrees difpofed well.
Amongft the reft was faire Cymodoce,
The mother of unlucky Marinell,
Who thither with her came, to learne and fee The manner of the gods when they at banquet be,
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But for he was halfe mortall, being bred
Of mortall fire, though of immortall wombe, He might not with immortall food be fed, Ne with th' eternall gods to bancket come ; But walkt abrode, and round about did rome To view the building of that uncouth place, That feem'd unlike unto his earthly home : Where, as he to and fro by chaunce did trace,
There unto him betid a difadventrous cafe.
V.
Under the hanging of an hideous clieffe He heard the lamentable voice of one, That piteouily complaind her carefull grieffe, Which never {lie before difclofd to none, But to herfelfe her forrow did bemone : So feelingly her cafe me did complaine, That ruth it moved in the rocky Hone, And made it feeme to feele her grievous paine,
And oft to grone with billowes beating from the maine :
VI.
Though vaine I fee my for r ewes to unfold,
And count my cares, when none is ?iigh to heare, Yet hoping grief e may Ieffen being told, I will them tell though unto no man neafe : For heaven that unto all lends equall eare Is far re from hearing of my heavy plight ; And lowefi hell, to which I lie moft neare, Cares not what evils hap to wretched wight ;
And greedy feas doe in the fpoile of life delight.
VII.
Tet he the feas I fee by often beat i fig
Doe pear ce the rockes, and hardeft marble weares
But his hard rocky hart for no entreating
TVill yeeld ; but when my piteous plaints he heares,
Is hardned more with my aboundant teares :
Tet though he never lift to me relent,
But let me wafte in woe my wretched yeares,
Tet will I never of my love repent, But toy that for his fake 1 ' fujfer prifonment '.
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And when my weary ghojl with grief e out-wornc
By timely death Jhall winne her wijhed reft,
Let then this plaint unto his eares be borne,
'that blame it is to him that armes prof eft,
To let her die whom he might have redreft.
There did fhe paufe, inforccd to give place
Unto the parlion that her heart oppreft :
And after fhe had wept and wail'd a fpace, She gan afrefh thus to renew her wretched cafe :
IX.
Ye gods offeas, if am gods at all
Have care of right, or ruth of wretches wrong,
By one or other way me woefull thrall
Deliver hence oat of this dungeon Jlrong,
In which I daily dying am too long :
And if ye dee me me death for loving one
That loves not me, then doe it not prolong,
But let me die and e?id my dates attone, And let him live unlovd, or love himfelfe alone,
X.
But if that life ye unto me decree,
Then let mee live as lovers ought to do,
And of my lifes deare love beloved be :
And if he Jhould through pride your doome undo.
Do you by durejfe him compell thereto,
And in this prifon put him here with me ;
One prifon fitteft is to hold us two :
So had I rather to be thrall then free j Such thraldom e or fuch freedome let it furely be,
XL But 6 vaine iudgment, and conditions vaine,
The which the prifoner points unto the free :
The whiles I him condemne^ and deeme his paine7
He where he lift goes loofe, and laughes at me :
So ever loofe, fo ever happy be.
But wherefo loofe or happy that thou art,
Know Marine 11 that all this is for thee.
With that fhe wept and wail'd, as if her hart Would quite have burft through great abundance of her fmart.
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All which complaint when Marinell had heard, And underftood the caufe of all her care To come of him for ufing her fo hard, His ftubborne heart, that never felt misfare, Was toucht with foft remorfe and pitty rare ; That even for grief of minde he oft did grone, And inly wifh that in his powre it weare Her to redrefle : but fince he meanes found none,'
He could no more but her great mifcry bemone.
XIII.
Thus whilft his ftony heart with tender ruth Was toucht, and mighty courage mollifide, Dame Venus fonne (that tameth ftubborne youth With iron bit, and maketh him abide, Till like a victor on his backe he ride) Into his mouth his mayftring bridle threw, That made him ftoupe, till he did him beftride : Then gan he make him tread his fteps anew,
And learne to love by learning lovers paines to rew.
XIV.
Now gan he in his grieved minde devife,
How from that dungeon he might her enlarge ; Some while he thought by faire and humble wife To Proteus felfe to fue for her difcharq-e : But then he fear'd his mothers former charge Gainft womens love, long given him in vaine : Then gan he thinke perforce with fword and targe Her forth to fetch, and Proteus to conftraine :
But foone he gan fuch folly to forthinke againe.
XV.
Then did he caft to fteale her thence away,
And with him beare where none of her might know.
But all in vaine : for why ? he found no way
To enter in, or iffue forth below ;
For all about that rocke the fea did flow :
And though unto his will fhe given were,
Yet without fhip or bote her thence to row
He wift not how, her thence away to bere ;
And daunger well he wift long to continue there.
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At laft whenas no meanes he could invent, Backe to himfelfe he gan returne the blame, That was the author of her punifhment ; And with vile curfes and reprochfull fhame To damne himfelfe by every evil name,
And deeme unworthy or of love or life,
That had defpifde fo chaft and faire a dame,
Which him had fought through trouble and long ftrife 5 Yet had refufde a god that her had fought to wife.
XVII. In this fad plight he walked here and there,
And romed round about the rocke in vaine,
As he had loft himfelfe, he wift not where j
Oft lifcening if he mote her heare againe j
And ftill bemoning her unworthy paine :
Like as an hynde whofe calfe is falne unwares
Into fome pit, where fhe him heares complaine,
An hundred times about the pit fide fares, Right forrowfully mourning her bereaved cares.
XVIII. And now by this the feaft was throughly ended,
And every one gan homeward to refort :
Which feeing, Marinell was fore offended,
That his departure thence mould be fo fhort,
And leave his love in that fea- walled fort -r
Yet durft he not his mother difobay ;
But her attending in full feemly fort,
Did march amongft the many all the way : And all the way did inly mourne like one affray.'
XIX. Being returned to his mothers bowre,
In folitary filence far from wight
He gan record the lamentable ftowre,
In which his wretched love lay day and night
For his deare fake, that ill deferv'd that plight :
The thought whereof empierft his hart fo deepe,
That of no worldly thing he tooke delight >
Ne dayly food did take, ne nightly fleepe, But pyn'd, and mourn d, and languid*, and alone did weepe : ^ ^^
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That in fhort fpace his wonted chearefull hew Gan fade, and lively fpirits deaded quight : His cheeke -bones raw, and eie-pits hollow grew, And brawney armes had loft their knowen might, That nothing like himfelfe he feem'd in fight. Ere long fo weake of limbe, and ficke of love He woxe, that lenger he note Hand upright, But to his bed was brought, and layd above,
Like ruefull ghoft, unable once to ftir or move.
XXI.
Which when his mother faw, me in her mind Was troubled fore, ne win: well what to weene, Ne could by fearch nor any meanes out find The fecret caufe and nature of his teene, Whereby fhe might apply fome medicine ; But weeping day and night did him attend, And mourn'd to fee her loffe before her eyne ; Which griev'd her more, that fhe it could not mend;
To fee an helpleffe evill double griefe doth lend.
XXII.
Nought could fhe read the root of his difeafe, Ne weene what miller maladie it is, Whereby to feeke fome means it to appeafe. Moft did (lie thinke, but nioft fhe thought amis, That that fame former fatall wound of his Whyleare by Tryphon was not throughly healed, But clofely rankled under th'orifis : Leail did me thinke, that which he moll concealed,
That love it was which in his hart lay unrevealed.
XXIII.
Therefore to Tryphon fhe againe doth haft, And him doth chyde as falfe and fraudulent, That fayld the trufl which fhe in him had plaft, To cure her fonne, as he his faith had lent : Vt he now was falne into new lancruifhment Of his oid hurt, which was not throughly cured So Lacke lie came unto her patient; V. here fearching every part, her well arlured,
The t it was no old fore which his new paine procured :
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But that it was fome other maladie,
Or grief unknowne, which he could not difcerne : So left he her withouten remedie. Then gan her heart to faint, and quake, and earne, And inly troubled was the truth to learne. Unto himfelfe fhe came, and him befought, Now with faire fpeeches, now with threatnings fterne, If ought lay hidden in his grieved thought, It to reveale : who ftill her anfwered there was nought.
XXV.
Nathleffe fhe refted not fo fatisfide ;
But leaving watry gods, as booting nought, Unto the minie heaven in hafte fhe hide, And thence Apollo king of leaches brought. Apollo came ; who foone as he had fought Through his difeafe, did by and by out find That he did languifh of fome inward thought, The which afflicted his engrieved mind ; Which love he red to be, that leads each living kind,
XXVI. Which when he had unto his mother told, She gan thereat to fret and greatly grieve : And comming to her fonne gan firft to fcold And chyde at him, that made her misbelieve : But afterwards fhe gan him foft to fhrieve, And wooe with fair intreatie, to difclofe Which of the nymphes his heart fo fore did mieve : For fure (lie weend it was fome one of thofe, Which he had lately feene, that for his love he chofe.
XXVII. Now lefTe me feared that fame fatall read, That warned him of womens love beware : Which being ment of mortal creatures fead, For love of nymphes fhe thought fhe need not care, But promifl him, whatever wight fhe weare, That fhe her love to him would fhortly gaine : So he her told : but foone as fhe did heare That Florimell it was which wrought his paine, She gan afreih to chafe, and grieve in every vaine.
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Yet fince me faw the ftreight extremitie,
In which his life unluckily was layd,
It was no time to fcan the prophecie,
Whether old Proteus true or falfe had fayd,
That his decay mould happen by a mayd :
It's late in death of daunger to advize,
Or love forbid him, that is life denayd :
But rather gan in troubled mind devize How fhe that ladies libertie might enterprize.
To Proteus felfe to few me thought it vaine,
Who was the root and worker of her woe,
Nor unto any meaner to complaine -,
But unto great king Neptune felfe did goe,
And on her knee before him falling lowe,
Made humble fuit unto his maieftie
To graunt to her her fonnes life, which his foe,
A cruell tyrant, had prefumpteouflie By wicked doome condemn'd a wretched death to die.
XXX. To whom god Neptune foftly fmyling, thus ; Daughter j mefeemes of double wrong ye plai?ie, Gainft one that hath both wronged you and us : For death t'adward 1 weend did appertaine To none, but to the fe as file /overawe. Read therefore who it is which this hath wrought, A?2dfor what caufe j the truth dif cover plaine : For never wight fi evil did or thought, But would fome rightfidl caufe pretend, though rightly nought.
XXXI. To whom me anfwer'd, Then it is by name Proteus, that hath ordaynd my finne to die ; For that a waift, the which by fortune came Upon your fe as, he claymd as propertie : And yet nor his, nor his in equitie, But yours the waift by high prerogative. Therefore J humbly crave your maieflie. It to repkvie, and my finne reprive : St f Jail you by one gift fave all us three alive.
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XXXII. lie graunted it : and ftreight his warrant made,
Under the fea-gods feale autenticall3
Commaunding Proteus ftraight t' enlarge the mayd.
Which wandering on his feas imperial!
He lately tooke, and fithence kept as thrall :
Which fhe receiving with meete thankfulneflb
Departed ftraight to Proteus therewithal! :
Who reading it with inward loathfulneffe Was grieved to reftore the pledge he did poiTeiTeo
XXXIII. Yet durft he not the warrant to withftand,
But unto her delivered Florimell :
Whom me receiving by the lilly hand
Admyr'd her beautie much, as fhe mote well :
For flie all living creatures did excell j
And was right ioyous that fhe gotten had
So faire a wife for her fonne Marinell.
So home with her fhe ftraight the virgin lad, And fhewed her to him then being fore beftad.-
XXXIV. Who foone as he beheld that angels face,
Adorn'd with all divine perfection,
His cheared heart eftfoones away gan chace
Sad death, revived with her fweet infpection,
And feeble fpirit inly felt refection j
As withered weed through cruell winters tine,
That feeles the warmth of funny beames reflection,
Liftes up his head that did before decline, And gins to fpread his leafe before the faire funfhine.
XXXV. Right fo himfelfe did Marinell upreare,
When he in place his deareft love did fpy ;
And though his limbs could not his bodie beare,
Ne former ftrength returne fo fuddenly,
Yet chearefull fignes he mewed outwardly.
Ne lefTe was fhe in fecret hart affected,
But that fhe mafked it with modeftie,
For feare fhe mould of lightneffe be detected : Which to another place I leave to be perfected.
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