FOOTNOTES:

Cant. II.

Babes bloudie hands may not be clensd:[490]the face of golden Meane.Her sisters two Extremities[491]striue her to banish cleane.

Babes bloudie hands may not be clensd:[490]

the face of golden Meane.

Her sisters two Extremities[491]

striue her to banish cleane.

Thus when SirGuyonwith his faithfull guideiHad with due rites and dolorous lamentThe end of their sad Tragedie vptyde,The litle babe vp in his armes he hent;Who with sweet pleasance and bold blandishmentGan smyle on them, that rather ought to weepe,As carelesse of his woe, or innocentOf that was doen, that ruth emperced deepeIn that knights heart, and wordes with bitter teares did steepe.

Thus when SirGuyonwith his faithfull guidei

Had with due rites and dolorous lament

The end of their sad Tragedie vptyde,

The litle babe vp in his armes he hent;

Who with sweet pleasance and bold blandishment

Gan smyle on them, that rather ought to weepe,

As carelesse of his woe, or innocent

Of that was doen, that ruth emperced deepe

In that knights heart, and wordes with bitter teares did steepe.

Ah lucklesse babe, borne vnder cruell starre,iiAnd in dead parents balefull ashes bred,Full litle weenest thou, what sorrowes areLeft thee for portion of thy liuelihed,Poore Orphane in the wide world scattered,As budding braunch rent from the natiue tree,And throwen forth, till it be withered:Such is the state of men: thus enter weeInto this life with woe, and end with miseree.Then soft himselfe inclyning on his kneeiiiDowne to that well, did in the water weene(So loue does loath disdainfull nicitee)His guiltie hands from bloudie gore to cleene.He washt them oft and oft, yet nought they beeneFor all his washing cleaner. Still he stroue,Yet still the litle hands were bloudie seene;The which him into great amaz’ment droue,And into diuerse doubt his wauering wonder cloue.He wist not whether blot of foule offenceivMight not be purgd with water nor with bath;Or that high God, in lieu[492]of innocence,Imprinted had that token of his wrath,To shew how sore bloudguiltinesse he hat’th[493];Or that the charme and venim, which they druncke,Their bloud with secret filth infected hath,Being diffused through the senselesse truncke,That through the great contagion direfull deadly stunck.Whom thus at gaze, the Palmer gan to bordvWith goodly reason, and thus faire bespake;Ye bene right hard[494]amated, gratious Lord,And of your ignorance great maruell make,Whiles cause not well conceiued ye mistake.But know, that secret vertues are infusdIn euery fountaine, and in euery lake,Which who hath skill them rightly to haue chusd,To proofe of passing wonders hath full often vsd.

Ah lucklesse babe, borne vnder cruell starre,ii

And in dead parents balefull ashes bred,

Full litle weenest thou, what sorrowes are

Left thee for portion of thy liuelihed,

Poore Orphane in the wide world scattered,

As budding braunch rent from the natiue tree,

And throwen forth, till it be withered:

Such is the state of men: thus enter wee

Into this life with woe, and end with miseree.

Then soft himselfe inclyning on his kneeiiiDowne to that well, did in the water weene(So loue does loath disdainfull nicitee)His guiltie hands from bloudie gore to cleene.He washt them oft and oft, yet nought they beeneFor all his washing cleaner. Still he stroue,Yet still the litle hands were bloudie seene;The which him into great amaz’ment droue,And into diuerse doubt his wauering wonder cloue.

Then soft himselfe inclyning on his kneeiii

Downe to that well, did in the water weene

(So loue does loath disdainfull nicitee)

His guiltie hands from bloudie gore to cleene.

He washt them oft and oft, yet nought they beene

For all his washing cleaner. Still he stroue,

Yet still the litle hands were bloudie seene;

The which him into great amaz’ment droue,

And into diuerse doubt his wauering wonder cloue.

He wist not whether blot of foule offenceivMight not be purgd with water nor with bath;Or that high God, in lieu[492]of innocence,Imprinted had that token of his wrath,To shew how sore bloudguiltinesse he hat’th[493];Or that the charme and venim, which they druncke,Their bloud with secret filth infected hath,Being diffused through the senselesse truncke,That through the great contagion direfull deadly stunck.

He wist not whether blot of foule offenceiv

Might not be purgd with water nor with bath;

Or that high God, in lieu[492]of innocence,

Imprinted had that token of his wrath,

To shew how sore bloudguiltinesse he hat’th[493];

Or that the charme and venim, which they druncke,

Their bloud with secret filth infected hath,

Being diffused through the senselesse truncke,

That through the great contagion direfull deadly stunck.

Whom thus at gaze, the Palmer gan to bordvWith goodly reason, and thus faire bespake;Ye bene right hard[494]amated, gratious Lord,And of your ignorance great maruell make,Whiles cause not well conceiued ye mistake.But know, that secret vertues are infusdIn euery fountaine, and in euery lake,Which who hath skill them rightly to haue chusd,To proofe of passing wonders hath full often vsd.

Whom thus at gaze, the Palmer gan to bordv

With goodly reason, and thus faire bespake;

Ye bene right hard[494]amated, gratious Lord,

And of your ignorance great maruell make,

Whiles cause not well conceiued ye mistake.

But know, that secret vertues are infusd

In euery fountaine, and in euery lake,

Which who hath skill them rightly to haue chusd,

To proofe of passing wonders hath full often vsd.

Of those some were so from their sourse indewdviBy great Dame Nature, from whose fruitfull papTheir welheads spring, and are with moisture deawd;Which feedes each liuing plant with liquid sap,And filles with flowres faireFloraespainted lap:But other some by gift of later grace,Or by good prayers, or by other hap,Had vertue pourd into their waters bace,And thenceforth were renowmd, and sought from place to[495]place.Such is this well, wrought by occasion straunge,viiWhich to her Nymph befell. Vpon a day,As she the woods with bow and shafts did raunge,The hartlesse Hind and Robucke to dismay,Dan Faunuschaunst to meet her by the way,And kindling fire at her faire burning eye,Inflamed was to follow beauties chace[496],And chaced her, that fast from him did fly;As Hind from her, so she fled from her enimy.At last when fayling breath began to faint,viiiAnd saw no meanes to scape, of shame affrayd,She set[497]her downe to weepe for sore constraint,And toDianacalling lowd for ayde,Her deare besought, to let her dye a mayd.The goddesse heard, and suddeine where she sate,Welling out streames of teares, and quite dismaydWith stony feare of that rude rustick mate,Transformd her to a stone from stedfast virgins state.Lo now she is that stone, from whose[498]two heads,ixAs from two weeping eyes, fresh streames do flow,Yet cold through feare, and old conceiued dreads;And yet the stone her semblance seemes to show,Shapt like a maid, that such ye may her know;And yet her vertues in her water byde:For it is chast and pure, as purest snow,Ne lets her waues with any filth be[499]dyde,But euer like her selfe vnstained hath beene tryde.

Of those some were so from their sourse indewdvi

By great Dame Nature, from whose fruitfull pap

Their welheads spring, and are with moisture deawd;

Which feedes each liuing plant with liquid sap,

And filles with flowres faireFloraespainted lap:

But other some by gift of later grace,

Or by good prayers, or by other hap,

Had vertue pourd into their waters bace,

And thenceforth were renowmd, and sought from place to[495]place.

Such is this well, wrought by occasion straunge,viiWhich to her Nymph befell. Vpon a day,As she the woods with bow and shafts did raunge,The hartlesse Hind and Robucke to dismay,Dan Faunuschaunst to meet her by the way,And kindling fire at her faire burning eye,Inflamed was to follow beauties chace[496],And chaced her, that fast from him did fly;As Hind from her, so she fled from her enimy.

Such is this well, wrought by occasion straunge,vii

Which to her Nymph befell. Vpon a day,

As she the woods with bow and shafts did raunge,

The hartlesse Hind and Robucke to dismay,

Dan Faunuschaunst to meet her by the way,

And kindling fire at her faire burning eye,

Inflamed was to follow beauties chace[496],

And chaced her, that fast from him did fly;

As Hind from her, so she fled from her enimy.

At last when fayling breath began to faint,viiiAnd saw no meanes to scape, of shame affrayd,She set[497]her downe to weepe for sore constraint,And toDianacalling lowd for ayde,Her deare besought, to let her dye a mayd.The goddesse heard, and suddeine where she sate,Welling out streames of teares, and quite dismaydWith stony feare of that rude rustick mate,Transformd her to a stone from stedfast virgins state.

At last when fayling breath began to faint,viii

And saw no meanes to scape, of shame affrayd,

She set[497]her downe to weepe for sore constraint,

And toDianacalling lowd for ayde,

Her deare besought, to let her dye a mayd.

The goddesse heard, and suddeine where she sate,

Welling out streames of teares, and quite dismayd

With stony feare of that rude rustick mate,

Transformd her to a stone from stedfast virgins state.

Lo now she is that stone, from whose[498]two heads,ixAs from two weeping eyes, fresh streames do flow,Yet cold through feare, and old conceiued dreads;And yet the stone her semblance seemes to show,Shapt like a maid, that such ye may her know;And yet her vertues in her water byde:For it is chast and pure, as purest snow,Ne lets her waues with any filth be[499]dyde,But euer like her selfe vnstained hath beene tryde.

Lo now she is that stone, from whose[498]two heads,ix

As from two weeping eyes, fresh streames do flow,

Yet cold through feare, and old conceiued dreads;

And yet the stone her semblance seemes to show,

Shapt like a maid, that such ye may her know;

And yet her vertues in her water byde:

For it is chast and pure, as purest snow,

Ne lets her waues with any filth be[499]dyde,

But euer like her selfe vnstained hath beene tryde.

From thence it comes, that this babes bloudy handxMay not be clensd with water of this well:Ne certes Sir striue you it to withstand,But let them still be bloudy, as befell,That they his mothers innocence may tell,As she bequeathd in her last testament;That as a sacred Symbole it may dwellIn her sonnes flesh, to minde reuengement,And be for all chast Dames an endlesse moniment.He hearkned to his reason, and the childexiVptaking, to the Palmer gaue to beare;But his sad fathers armes with bloud defilde,An heauie load himselfe did lightly reare,And turning to that place, in which whyleareHe left his loftie steed with golden sell,And goodly gorgeous barbes, him found not theare.By other accident that earst befell,He is conuaide, but how or where, here fits not tell.Which when SirGuyonsaw, all were he wroth,xiiYet algates mote he soft himselfe appease,And fairely fare on foot, how euer loth;His double burden did him sore disease.So long they traueiled with litle ease,Till that at last they to a Castle came,Built on a rocke adioyning to the seas;[500]It was an auncient worke of antique fame[501],And wondrous strong by nature, and by skilfull frame.Therein three sisters dwelt of sundry sort,xiiiThe children of one sire by mothers three;Who dying whylome did diuide this fortTo them by equall shares in equall fee:But strifull[502]minde, and diuerse qualiteeDrew them in parts, and each made others foe:Still did they striue, and dayly disagree;The eldest did against the youngest goe,And both against the middest meant to worken woe.

From thence it comes, that this babes bloudy handx

May not be clensd with water of this well:

Ne certes Sir striue you it to withstand,

But let them still be bloudy, as befell,

That they his mothers innocence may tell,

As she bequeathd in her last testament;

That as a sacred Symbole it may dwell

In her sonnes flesh, to minde reuengement,

And be for all chast Dames an endlesse moniment.

He hearkned to his reason, and the childexiVptaking, to the Palmer gaue to beare;But his sad fathers armes with bloud defilde,An heauie load himselfe did lightly reare,And turning to that place, in which whyleareHe left his loftie steed with golden sell,And goodly gorgeous barbes, him found not theare.By other accident that earst befell,He is conuaide, but how or where, here fits not tell.

He hearkned to his reason, and the childexi

Vptaking, to the Palmer gaue to beare;

But his sad fathers armes with bloud defilde,

An heauie load himselfe did lightly reare,

And turning to that place, in which whyleare

He left his loftie steed with golden sell,

And goodly gorgeous barbes, him found not theare.

By other accident that earst befell,

He is conuaide, but how or where, here fits not tell.

Which when SirGuyonsaw, all were he wroth,xiiYet algates mote he soft himselfe appease,And fairely fare on foot, how euer loth;His double burden did him sore disease.So long they traueiled with litle ease,Till that at last they to a Castle came,Built on a rocke adioyning to the seas;[500]It was an auncient worke of antique fame[501],And wondrous strong by nature, and by skilfull frame.

Which when SirGuyonsaw, all were he wroth,xii

Yet algates mote he soft himselfe appease,

And fairely fare on foot, how euer loth;

His double burden did him sore disease.

So long they traueiled with litle ease,

Till that at last they to a Castle came,

Built on a rocke adioyning to the seas;[500]

It was an auncient worke of antique fame[501],

And wondrous strong by nature, and by skilfull frame.

Therein three sisters dwelt of sundry sort,xiiiThe children of one sire by mothers three;Who dying whylome did diuide this fortTo them by equall shares in equall fee:But strifull[502]minde, and diuerse qualiteeDrew them in parts, and each made others foe:Still did they striue, and dayly disagree;The eldest did against the youngest goe,And both against the middest meant to worken woe.

Therein three sisters dwelt of sundry sort,xiii

The children of one sire by mothers three;

Who dying whylome did diuide this fort

To them by equall shares in equall fee:

But strifull[502]minde, and diuerse qualitee

Drew them in parts, and each made others foe:

Still did they striue, and dayly disagree;

The eldest did against the youngest goe,

And both against the middest meant to worken woe.

Where when the knight arriu’d, he was right wellxivReceiu’d, as knight of so much worth became,Of second sister, who did far excellThe other two;Medinawas her name,A sober sad, and comely curteous Dame;Who rich arayd, and yet in modest guize,In goodly garments, that her well became,Faire marching forth in honorable wize,Him at the threshold met, and well did enterprize.She led him vp into a goodly bowre,xvAnd comely courted with meet modestie,Ne in her speach, ne in her hauiour,Was lightnesse seene, or looser vanitie,But gratious womanhood, and grauitie,Aboue the reason of her youthly yeares:Her golden lockes she roundly did vptyeIn breaded[503]tramels, that no looser hearesDid out of order stray about her daintie eares.Whilest she her selfe thus busily did frame,xviSeemely to entertaine her new-come guest,Newes hereof to her other sisters came,Who all this while were at their wanton rest,Accourting each her friend with lauish fest:They were two knights of perelesse puissance,And famous far abroad for warlike gest,Which to these Ladies loue did countenaunce,And to his mistresse each himselfe stroue to aduaunce.He that made loue vnto the eldest Dame,xviiWas hight SirHuddibras, an hardy man;Yet not so good of deedes, as great of name,Which he by many rash aduentures wan,Since errant armes to sew he first began;More huge in strength, then wise in workes he was,And reason with foole-hardize ouer ran;Sterne melancholy did his courage pas,And was for terrour more, all armd in shyning bras.

Where when the knight arriu’d, he was right wellxiv

Receiu’d, as knight of so much worth became,

Of second sister, who did far excell

The other two;Medinawas her name,

A sober sad, and comely curteous Dame;

Who rich arayd, and yet in modest guize,

In goodly garments, that her well became,

Faire marching forth in honorable wize,

Him at the threshold met, and well did enterprize.

She led him vp into a goodly bowre,xvAnd comely courted with meet modestie,Ne in her speach, ne in her hauiour,Was lightnesse seene, or looser vanitie,But gratious womanhood, and grauitie,Aboue the reason of her youthly yeares:Her golden lockes she roundly did vptyeIn breaded[503]tramels, that no looser hearesDid out of order stray about her daintie eares.

She led him vp into a goodly bowre,xv

And comely courted with meet modestie,

Ne in her speach, ne in her hauiour,

Was lightnesse seene, or looser vanitie,

But gratious womanhood, and grauitie,

Aboue the reason of her youthly yeares:

Her golden lockes she roundly did vptye

In breaded[503]tramels, that no looser heares

Did out of order stray about her daintie eares.

Whilest she her selfe thus busily did frame,xviSeemely to entertaine her new-come guest,Newes hereof to her other sisters came,Who all this while were at their wanton rest,Accourting each her friend with lauish fest:They were two knights of perelesse puissance,And famous far abroad for warlike gest,Which to these Ladies loue did countenaunce,And to his mistresse each himselfe stroue to aduaunce.

Whilest she her selfe thus busily did frame,xvi

Seemely to entertaine her new-come guest,

Newes hereof to her other sisters came,

Who all this while were at their wanton rest,

Accourting each her friend with lauish fest:

They were two knights of perelesse puissance,

And famous far abroad for warlike gest,

Which to these Ladies loue did countenaunce,

And to his mistresse each himselfe stroue to aduaunce.

He that made loue vnto the eldest Dame,xviiWas hight SirHuddibras, an hardy man;Yet not so good of deedes, as great of name,Which he by many rash aduentures wan,Since errant armes to sew he first began;More huge in strength, then wise in workes he was,And reason with foole-hardize ouer ran;Sterne melancholy did his courage pas,And was for terrour more, all armd in shyning bras.

He that made loue vnto the eldest Dame,xvii

Was hight SirHuddibras, an hardy man;

Yet not so good of deedes, as great of name,

Which he by many rash aduentures wan,

Since errant armes to sew he first began;

More huge in strength, then wise in workes he was,

And reason with foole-hardize ouer ran;

Sterne melancholy did his courage pas,

And was for terrour more, all armd in shyning bras.

But he that lou’d the youngest, wasSans-loy,xviiiHe that faireVnalate fowle outraged,The most vnruly, and the boldest boy,That euer warlike weapons menaged,And to all lawlesse lust encouraged,Through strong opinion of his matchlesse might:Ne ought he car’d, whom he endamagedBy tortious wrong, or whom bereau’d of right.He now this Ladies champion chose for loue to fight.These two gay knights, vowd to so diuerse loues,xixEach other does enuie with deadly hate,And dayly warre against his foeman moues,In hope to win more fauour with his mate,And th’others pleasing seruice to abate,To magnifie his owne. But when they heard,How in that place straunge knight arriued late,Both knights and Ladies forth right angry far’d,And fiercely vnto battell sterne themselues prepar’d.But ere they could proceede vnto the place,xxWhere he abode, themselues at discord fell,And cruell combat ioynd in middle space:With horrible assault, and furie fell,They heapt huge strokes, the scorned life to quell,That all on vprore from her settled seat[504]The house was raysd, and all that in did dwell;Seemd that lowde thunder with amazement greatDid rend the ratling skyes with flames of fouldring heat.The noyse thereof cald[505]forth that straunger knight,xxiTo weet, what dreadfull thing was there in hand[506];Where when as two braue knights in bloudy fightWith deadly rancour he enraunged fond,His sunbroad shield about his wrest he bond,And shyning blade vnsheathd, with which he ranVnto that stead, their strife to vnderstond;And at his first arriuall, them beganWith goodly meanes to pacifie, well as he can.

But he that lou’d the youngest, wasSans-loy,xviii

He that faireVnalate fowle outraged,

The most vnruly, and the boldest boy,

That euer warlike weapons menaged,

And to all lawlesse lust encouraged,

Through strong opinion of his matchlesse might:

Ne ought he car’d, whom he endamaged

By tortious wrong, or whom bereau’d of right.

He now this Ladies champion chose for loue to fight.

These two gay knights, vowd to so diuerse loues,xixEach other does enuie with deadly hate,And dayly warre against his foeman moues,In hope to win more fauour with his mate,And th’others pleasing seruice to abate,To magnifie his owne. But when they heard,How in that place straunge knight arriued late,Both knights and Ladies forth right angry far’d,And fiercely vnto battell sterne themselues prepar’d.

These two gay knights, vowd to so diuerse loues,xix

Each other does enuie with deadly hate,

And dayly warre against his foeman moues,

In hope to win more fauour with his mate,

And th’others pleasing seruice to abate,

To magnifie his owne. But when they heard,

How in that place straunge knight arriued late,

Both knights and Ladies forth right angry far’d,

And fiercely vnto battell sterne themselues prepar’d.

But ere they could proceede vnto the place,xxWhere he abode, themselues at discord fell,And cruell combat ioynd in middle space:With horrible assault, and furie fell,They heapt huge strokes, the scorned life to quell,That all on vprore from her settled seat[504]The house was raysd, and all that in did dwell;Seemd that lowde thunder with amazement greatDid rend the ratling skyes with flames of fouldring heat.

But ere they could proceede vnto the place,xx

Where he abode, themselues at discord fell,

And cruell combat ioynd in middle space:

With horrible assault, and furie fell,

They heapt huge strokes, the scorned life to quell,

That all on vprore from her settled seat[504]

The house was raysd, and all that in did dwell;

Seemd that lowde thunder with amazement great

Did rend the ratling skyes with flames of fouldring heat.

The noyse thereof cald[505]forth that straunger knight,xxiTo weet, what dreadfull thing was there in hand[506];Where when as two braue knights in bloudy fightWith deadly rancour he enraunged fond,His sunbroad shield about his wrest he bond,And shyning blade vnsheathd, with which he ranVnto that stead, their strife to vnderstond;And at his first arriuall, them beganWith goodly meanes to pacifie, well as he can.

The noyse thereof cald[505]forth that straunger knight,xxi

To weet, what dreadfull thing was there in hand[506];

Where when as two braue knights in bloudy fight

With deadly rancour he enraunged fond,

His sunbroad shield about his wrest he bond,

And shyning blade vnsheathd, with which he ran

Vnto that stead, their strife to vnderstond;

And at his first arriuall, them began

With goodly meanes to pacifie, well as he can.

But they him spying, both with greedy forsexxiiAttonce vpon him ran, and him besetWith strokes of mortall steele without remorse,And on his shield like yron sledges bet:As when a Beare and Tygre being metIn cruell fight on lybicke Ocean wide,Espye a traueiler with feet surbet,Whom they in equall pray hope to deuide,They stint their strife, and him assaile on euery side.But he, not like a wearie traueilere,xxiiiTheir sharpe assault right boldly[507]did rebut,And suffred not their blowes to byte him nere,But with redoubled buffes them backe did put:Whose grieued mindes, which choler did englut,Against themselues turning their wrathfull spight,Gan with new rage their shields to hew and cut;But still whenGuyoncame to part their fight,With heauie load on him they freshly gan to smight.As a tall ship tossed in troublous seas,xxivWhom raging windes threatning to make the prayOf the rough rockes, do diuersly disease,Meetes two contrary billowes by the way,That her on either side do sore assay,And boast to swallow her in greedy graue;She scorning both their spights, does make wide way,And with her brest breaking the fomy waue,Does ride on both their backs, and faire her selfe doth saue.So boldly he him beares, and rusheth forthxxvBetweene them both, by conduct of his blade.Wondrous great prowesse and heroick worthHe shewd that day, and rare ensample made,When two so mighty warriours he dismade:Attonce he wards and strikes, he takes and payes,Now forst to yield, now forcing to inuade,Before, behind, and round about him layes:So double was his paines, so double be his prayse.

But they him spying, both with greedy forsexxii

Attonce vpon him ran, and him beset

With strokes of mortall steele without remorse,

And on his shield like yron sledges bet:

As when a Beare and Tygre being met

In cruell fight on lybicke Ocean wide,

Espye a traueiler with feet surbet,

Whom they in equall pray hope to deuide,

They stint their strife, and him assaile on euery side.

But he, not like a wearie traueilere,xxiiiTheir sharpe assault right boldly[507]did rebut,And suffred not their blowes to byte him nere,But with redoubled buffes them backe did put:Whose grieued mindes, which choler did englut,Against themselues turning their wrathfull spight,Gan with new rage their shields to hew and cut;But still whenGuyoncame to part their fight,With heauie load on him they freshly gan to smight.

But he, not like a wearie traueilere,xxiii

Their sharpe assault right boldly[507]did rebut,

And suffred not their blowes to byte him nere,

But with redoubled buffes them backe did put:

Whose grieued mindes, which choler did englut,

Against themselues turning their wrathfull spight,

Gan with new rage their shields to hew and cut;

But still whenGuyoncame to part their fight,

With heauie load on him they freshly gan to smight.

As a tall ship tossed in troublous seas,xxivWhom raging windes threatning to make the prayOf the rough rockes, do diuersly disease,Meetes two contrary billowes by the way,That her on either side do sore assay,And boast to swallow her in greedy graue;She scorning both their spights, does make wide way,And with her brest breaking the fomy waue,Does ride on both their backs, and faire her selfe doth saue.

As a tall ship tossed in troublous seas,xxiv

Whom raging windes threatning to make the pray

Of the rough rockes, do diuersly disease,

Meetes two contrary billowes by the way,

That her on either side do sore assay,

And boast to swallow her in greedy graue;

She scorning both their spights, does make wide way,

And with her brest breaking the fomy waue,

Does ride on both their backs, and faire her selfe doth saue.

So boldly he him beares, and rusheth forthxxvBetweene them both, by conduct of his blade.Wondrous great prowesse and heroick worthHe shewd that day, and rare ensample made,When two so mighty warriours he dismade:Attonce he wards and strikes, he takes and payes,Now forst to yield, now forcing to inuade,Before, behind, and round about him layes:So double was his paines, so double be his prayse.

So boldly he him beares, and rusheth forthxxv

Betweene them both, by conduct of his blade.

Wondrous great prowesse and heroick worth

He shewd that day, and rare ensample made,

When two so mighty warriours he dismade:

Attonce he wards and strikes, he takes and payes,

Now forst to yield, now forcing to inuade,

Before, behind, and round about him layes:

So double was his paines, so double be his prayse.

Straunge sort of fight, three valiaunt knights to seexxviThree combats ioyne in one, and to darraineA triple warre with triple enmitee,All for their Ladies froward loue to gaine,Which gotten was but hate. So loue does raineIn stoutest minds, and maketh monstrous warre;He maketh warre, he maketh peace againe,And yet his peace is but continuall iarre:O miserable men, that to him subiect arre.Whilst thus they mingled were in furious armes,xxviiThe faireMedinawith her tresses torne,And naked brest, in pitty of their harmes,Emongst them ran, and falling them beforne,Besought them by the womb, which them had borne,And by the loues, which were to them most deare,And by the knighthood, which they sure had sworne,Their deadly cruell discord to forbeare,And to her iust conditions of faire peace to heare.But her two other sisters standing by,xxviiiHer lowd gainsaid, and both their[508]champions[509]badPursew the end of their strong enmity,As euer of their loues they would be glad.Yet she with pitthy words and counsell sad,Still stroue their stubborne rages to reuoke,That at the last suppressing fury mad,They gan abstaine from dint of direfull stroke,And hearken to the sober speaches, which she spoke.Ah puissaunt Lords, what cursed euill Spright,xxixOr fellErinnys, in your noble harts[510]Her hellish brond hath kindled with despight,And stird you vp to worke your wilfull smarts?Is this the ioy of armes? be these the partsOf glorious knighthood, after bloud to thrust[511],And not regard dew right and iust desarts?Vaine is the vaunt, and victory vniust,That more to mighty hands, then rightfull cause doth trust.

Straunge sort of fight, three valiaunt knights to seexxvi

Three combats ioyne in one, and to darraine

A triple warre with triple enmitee,

All for their Ladies froward loue to gaine,

Which gotten was but hate. So loue does raine

In stoutest minds, and maketh monstrous warre;

He maketh warre, he maketh peace againe,

And yet his peace is but continuall iarre:

O miserable men, that to him subiect arre.

Whilst thus they mingled were in furious armes,xxviiThe faireMedinawith her tresses torne,And naked brest, in pitty of their harmes,Emongst them ran, and falling them beforne,Besought them by the womb, which them had borne,And by the loues, which were to them most deare,And by the knighthood, which they sure had sworne,Their deadly cruell discord to forbeare,And to her iust conditions of faire peace to heare.

Whilst thus they mingled were in furious armes,xxvii

The faireMedinawith her tresses torne,

And naked brest, in pitty of their harmes,

Emongst them ran, and falling them beforne,

Besought them by the womb, which them had borne,

And by the loues, which were to them most deare,

And by the knighthood, which they sure had sworne,

Their deadly cruell discord to forbeare,

And to her iust conditions of faire peace to heare.

But her two other sisters standing by,xxviiiHer lowd gainsaid, and both their[508]champions[509]badPursew the end of their strong enmity,As euer of their loues they would be glad.Yet she with pitthy words and counsell sad,Still stroue their stubborne rages to reuoke,That at the last suppressing fury mad,They gan abstaine from dint of direfull stroke,And hearken to the sober speaches, which she spoke.

But her two other sisters standing by,xxviii

Her lowd gainsaid, and both their[508]champions[509]bad

Pursew the end of their strong enmity,

As euer of their loues they would be glad.

Yet she with pitthy words and counsell sad,

Still stroue their stubborne rages to reuoke,

That at the last suppressing fury mad,

They gan abstaine from dint of direfull stroke,

And hearken to the sober speaches, which she spoke.

Ah puissaunt Lords, what cursed euill Spright,xxixOr fellErinnys, in your noble harts[510]Her hellish brond hath kindled with despight,And stird you vp to worke your wilfull smarts?Is this the ioy of armes? be these the partsOf glorious knighthood, after bloud to thrust[511],And not regard dew right and iust desarts?Vaine is the vaunt, and victory vniust,That more to mighty hands, then rightfull cause doth trust.

Ah puissaunt Lords, what cursed euill Spright,xxix

Or fellErinnys, in your noble harts[510]

Her hellish brond hath kindled with despight,

And stird you vp to worke your wilfull smarts?

Is this the ioy of armes? be these the parts

Of glorious knighthood, after bloud to thrust[511],

And not regard dew right and iust desarts?

Vaine is the vaunt, and victory vniust,

That more to mighty hands, then rightfull cause doth trust.

And were there[512]rightfull cause of differencexxxYet were not better, faire it to accord,Then with bloud guiltinesse[513]to heape offence,And mortall vengeaunce ioyne to crime abhord?O fly from wrath, fly, O my liefest Lord:Sad be the sights, and bitter fruits of warre,And thousand furies wait on wrathfull sword;Ne ought the prayse of prowesse more doth marre,Then fowle reuenging rage, and base contentious iarre.But louely concord, and most sacred peacexxxiDoth nourish vertue, and fast friendship breeds;Weake she makes[514]strong, and strong thing does increace,Till it the pitch of highest prayse exceeds:Braue be her warres, and honorable deeds,By which she triumphes ouer ire and pride,And winnes an Oliue girlond for her meeds:Be therefore, O my deare Lords, pacifide,And this misseeming discord meekely lay aside.Her gracious wordes their rancour did appall,xxxiiAnd suncke so deepe into their boyling brests,That downe they let their cruell weapons fall,And lowly did abase their loftie crestsTo her faire presence, and discrete behests.Then she began a treatie to procure,And stablish termes betwixt both their requests,That as a law for euer should endure;Which to obserue in word of knights they did assure.Which to confirme, and fast to bind their league,xxxiiiAfter their wearie sweat and bloudy toile,She them besought, during their quiet treague,Into her lodging to repaire a while,To rest themselues, and grace to reconcile.They soone consent: so forth with her they fare,Where they are well receiu’d, and made to spoileThemselues of soiled armes, and to prepareTheir minds to pleasure, and their mouthes to dainty fare.

And were there[512]rightfull cause of differencexxx

Yet were not better, faire it to accord,

Then with bloud guiltinesse[513]to heape offence,

And mortall vengeaunce ioyne to crime abhord?

O fly from wrath, fly, O my liefest Lord:

Sad be the sights, and bitter fruits of warre,

And thousand furies wait on wrathfull sword;

Ne ought the prayse of prowesse more doth marre,

Then fowle reuenging rage, and base contentious iarre.

But louely concord, and most sacred peacexxxiDoth nourish vertue, and fast friendship breeds;Weake she makes[514]strong, and strong thing does increace,Till it the pitch of highest prayse exceeds:Braue be her warres, and honorable deeds,By which she triumphes ouer ire and pride,And winnes an Oliue girlond for her meeds:Be therefore, O my deare Lords, pacifide,And this misseeming discord meekely lay aside.

But louely concord, and most sacred peacexxxi

Doth nourish vertue, and fast friendship breeds;

Weake she makes[514]strong, and strong thing does increace,

Till it the pitch of highest prayse exceeds:

Braue be her warres, and honorable deeds,

By which she triumphes ouer ire and pride,

And winnes an Oliue girlond for her meeds:

Be therefore, O my deare Lords, pacifide,

And this misseeming discord meekely lay aside.

Her gracious wordes their rancour did appall,xxxiiAnd suncke so deepe into their boyling brests,That downe they let their cruell weapons fall,And lowly did abase their loftie crestsTo her faire presence, and discrete behests.Then she began a treatie to procure,And stablish termes betwixt both their requests,That as a law for euer should endure;Which to obserue in word of knights they did assure.

Her gracious wordes their rancour did appall,xxxii

And suncke so deepe into their boyling brests,

That downe they let their cruell weapons fall,

And lowly did abase their loftie crests

To her faire presence, and discrete behests.

Then she began a treatie to procure,

And stablish termes betwixt both their requests,

That as a law for euer should endure;

Which to obserue in word of knights they did assure.

Which to confirme, and fast to bind their league,xxxiiiAfter their wearie sweat and bloudy toile,She them besought, during their quiet treague,Into her lodging to repaire a while,To rest themselues, and grace to reconcile.They soone consent: so forth with her they fare,Where they are well receiu’d, and made to spoileThemselues of soiled armes, and to prepareTheir minds to pleasure, and their mouthes to dainty fare.

Which to confirme, and fast to bind their league,xxxiii

After their wearie sweat and bloudy toile,

She them besought, during their quiet treague,

Into her lodging to repaire a while,

To rest themselues, and grace to reconcile.

They soone consent: so forth with her they fare,

Where they are well receiu’d, and made to spoile

Themselues of soiled armes, and to prepare

Their minds to pleasure, and their mouthes to dainty fare.

And those two froward sisters, their faire louesxxxivCame with them eke, all were they wondrous loth,And fained cheare, as for the time behoues,But could not colour yet so well the troth,But that their natures bad appeard in both:For both did at their second sister grutch,And inly grieue, as doth an hidden mothThe inner garment fret, not th’vtter touch;One thought their[515]cheare too litle, th’other thought too mutch.Elissa(so the eldest hight) did deemexxxvSuch entertainment base, ne ought would eat,Ne ought would speake, but euermore did seemeAs discontent for want of merth or meat;No solace could her Paramour intreatHer once to show, ne court, nor dalliance,But with bent lowring browes, as she would threat,She scould, and frownd with froward countenaunce,Vnworthy of faire Ladies comely gouernaunce.But youngPerissawas of other mind,xxxviFull of disport, still laughing, loosely light,And quite contrary to her sisters kind;No measure in her mood, no rule of right,But poured out in pleasure and delight;In wine and meats she flowd aboue the bancke,And in excesse exceeded her owne might;In sumptuous tire she ioyd her selfe to prancke,But of her loue too lauish (litle haue she thancke.)Fast[516]by her side did sit the boldSans-loy,xxxviiFit mate for such a mincing mineon,Who in her loosenesse tooke exceeding ioy;Might not be found a franker franion,Of her lewd parts to make companion;ButHuddibras, more like a Malecontent,Did see and grieue at his bold fashion;Hardly could he endure his hardiment,Yet still he sat, and inly did him selfe torment.

And those two froward sisters, their faire louesxxxiv

Came with them eke, all were they wondrous loth,

And fained cheare, as for the time behoues,

But could not colour yet so well the troth,

But that their natures bad appeard in both:

For both did at their second sister grutch,

And inly grieue, as doth an hidden moth

The inner garment fret, not th’vtter touch;

One thought their[515]cheare too litle, th’other thought too mutch.

Elissa(so the eldest hight) did deemexxxvSuch entertainment base, ne ought would eat,Ne ought would speake, but euermore did seemeAs discontent for want of merth or meat;No solace could her Paramour intreatHer once to show, ne court, nor dalliance,But with bent lowring browes, as she would threat,She scould, and frownd with froward countenaunce,Vnworthy of faire Ladies comely gouernaunce.

Elissa(so the eldest hight) did deemexxxv

Such entertainment base, ne ought would eat,

Ne ought would speake, but euermore did seeme

As discontent for want of merth or meat;

No solace could her Paramour intreat

Her once to show, ne court, nor dalliance,

But with bent lowring browes, as she would threat,

She scould, and frownd with froward countenaunce,

Vnworthy of faire Ladies comely gouernaunce.

But youngPerissawas of other mind,xxxviFull of disport, still laughing, loosely light,And quite contrary to her sisters kind;No measure in her mood, no rule of right,But poured out in pleasure and delight;In wine and meats she flowd aboue the bancke,And in excesse exceeded her owne might;In sumptuous tire she ioyd her selfe to prancke,But of her loue too lauish (litle haue she thancke.)

But youngPerissawas of other mind,xxxvi

Full of disport, still laughing, loosely light,

And quite contrary to her sisters kind;

No measure in her mood, no rule of right,

But poured out in pleasure and delight;

In wine and meats she flowd aboue the bancke,

And in excesse exceeded her owne might;

In sumptuous tire she ioyd her selfe to prancke,

But of her loue too lauish (litle haue she thancke.)

Fast[516]by her side did sit the boldSans-loy,xxxviiFit mate for such a mincing mineon,Who in her loosenesse tooke exceeding ioy;Might not be found a franker franion,Of her lewd parts to make companion;ButHuddibras, more like a Malecontent,Did see and grieue at his bold fashion;Hardly could he endure his hardiment,Yet still he sat, and inly did him selfe torment.

Fast[516]by her side did sit the boldSans-loy,xxxvii

Fit mate for such a mincing mineon,

Who in her loosenesse tooke exceeding ioy;

Might not be found a franker franion,

Of her lewd parts to make companion;

ButHuddibras, more like a Malecontent,

Did see and grieue at his bold fashion;

Hardly could he endure his hardiment,

Yet still he sat, and inly did him selfe torment.

Betwixt them both the faireMedinasatexxxviiiWith sober grace, and goodly carriage:With equall measure she did moderateThe strong extremities of their outrage;That forward paire she euer would asswage,When they would striue dew reason to exceed;But that same froward twaine would accourage,And of her plenty adde vnto their need:So kept she them in order, and her selfe in heed.Thus fairely she attempered her feast,xxxixAnd pleasd them all with meete satietie,At last when lust of meat and drinke was ceast,SheGuyondeare besought of curtesie,To tell from whence he came through ieopardie,And whither now on new aduenture bound.Who with bold grace, and comely grauitie,Drawing to him the eyes of all around,From lofty siege began these words aloud to sound.This thy demaund, O Lady, doth reuiuexlFresh memory in me of that great Queene,Great and most glorious virgin Queene aliue,That with her soueraigne powre, and scepter sheneAll Faery lond does peaceably[517]sustene.In widest Ocean she her throne does reare,That ouer all the earth it may be seene;As morning Sunne her beames dispredden cleare,And in her face faire peace, and mercy doth appeare.In her the richesse of all heauenly grace[518]xliIn chiefe degree are heaped vp on hye:And all that else this worlds enclosure bace[519]Hath great or glorious in mortall eye,[520]Adornes the person of her Maiestie;That men beholding so great excellence,And rare perfection in mortalitie,Do her adore with sacred reuerence,As th’Idole of her makers great magnificence.

Betwixt them both the faireMedinasatexxxviii

With sober grace, and goodly carriage:

With equall measure she did moderate

The strong extremities of their outrage;

That forward paire she euer would asswage,

When they would striue dew reason to exceed;

But that same froward twaine would accourage,

And of her plenty adde vnto their need:

So kept she them in order, and her selfe in heed.

Thus fairely she attempered her feast,xxxixAnd pleasd them all with meete satietie,At last when lust of meat and drinke was ceast,SheGuyondeare besought of curtesie,To tell from whence he came through ieopardie,And whither now on new aduenture bound.Who with bold grace, and comely grauitie,Drawing to him the eyes of all around,From lofty siege began these words aloud to sound.

Thus fairely she attempered her feast,xxxix

And pleasd them all with meete satietie,

At last when lust of meat and drinke was ceast,

SheGuyondeare besought of curtesie,

To tell from whence he came through ieopardie,

And whither now on new aduenture bound.

Who with bold grace, and comely grauitie,

Drawing to him the eyes of all around,

From lofty siege began these words aloud to sound.

This thy demaund, O Lady, doth reuiuexlFresh memory in me of that great Queene,Great and most glorious virgin Queene aliue,That with her soueraigne powre, and scepter sheneAll Faery lond does peaceably[517]sustene.In widest Ocean she her throne does reare,That ouer all the earth it may be seene;As morning Sunne her beames dispredden cleare,And in her face faire peace, and mercy doth appeare.

This thy demaund, O Lady, doth reuiuexl

Fresh memory in me of that great Queene,

Great and most glorious virgin Queene aliue,

That with her soueraigne powre, and scepter shene

All Faery lond does peaceably[517]sustene.

In widest Ocean she her throne does reare,

That ouer all the earth it may be seene;

As morning Sunne her beames dispredden cleare,

And in her face faire peace, and mercy doth appeare.

In her the richesse of all heauenly grace[518]xliIn chiefe degree are heaped vp on hye:And all that else this worlds enclosure bace[519]Hath great or glorious in mortall eye,[520]Adornes the person of her Maiestie;That men beholding so great excellence,And rare perfection in mortalitie,Do her adore with sacred reuerence,As th’Idole of her makers great magnificence.

In her the richesse of all heauenly grace[518]xli

In chiefe degree are heaped vp on hye:

And all that else this worlds enclosure bace[519]

Hath great or glorious in mortall eye,[520]

Adornes the person of her Maiestie;

That men beholding so great excellence,

And rare perfection in mortalitie,

Do her adore with sacred reuerence,

As th’Idole of her makers great magnificence.

To her I homage and my seruice owe,xliiIn number of the noblest knights on ground,Mongst whom on me she deigned to bestoweOrder ofMaydenhead, the most renownd,That may this day in all the world be found:[521]An yearely solemne feast she wontes to make[522]The day that first doth lead the yeare around;To which all knights of worth and courage boldResort, to heare of straunge aduentures to be told.There this old Palmer shewed himselfe that day,xliiiAnd to that mighty Princesse did complaineOf grieuous mischiefes, which a wicked FayHad wrought, and many whelmd in deadly paine,Whereof he crau’d redresse. My Soueraine,Whose glory is in gracious deeds, and ioyesThroughout the world her mercy to maintaine,Eftsoones deuisd redresse for such annoyes;Me all vnfit for so great purpose she employes.Now hath fairePhœbewith her siluer facexlivThrise seene the shadowes of the neather world,Sith last I left that honorable place,In which her royall presence is †introld[523];Ne euer shall I rest in house nor hold,Till I that falseAcrasiahaue wonne;Of whose fowle deedes, too hideous to be told,[524]I witnesse am, and this their wretched sonne,Whose wofull parents she hath wickedly fordonne.Tell on, faire Sir, said she, that dolefull tale,xlvFrom which sad ruth does seeme you to restraine,That we may pitty such vnhappy bale,And learne from pleasures poyson to abstaine:Ill by ensample good doth often gayne.Then forward he his purpose gan pursew,And told the storie of the mortall payne,WhichMordantandAmauiadid rew;As with lamenting eyes him selfe did lately vew.

To her I homage and my seruice owe,xlii

In number of the noblest knights on ground,

Mongst whom on me she deigned to bestowe

Order ofMaydenhead, the most renownd,

That may this day in all the world be found:[521]

An yearely solemne feast she wontes to make[522]

The day that first doth lead the yeare around;

To which all knights of worth and courage bold

Resort, to heare of straunge aduentures to be told.

There this old Palmer shewed himselfe that day,xliiiAnd to that mighty Princesse did complaineOf grieuous mischiefes, which a wicked FayHad wrought, and many whelmd in deadly paine,Whereof he crau’d redresse. My Soueraine,Whose glory is in gracious deeds, and ioyesThroughout the world her mercy to maintaine,Eftsoones deuisd redresse for such annoyes;Me all vnfit for so great purpose she employes.

There this old Palmer shewed himselfe that day,xliii

And to that mighty Princesse did complaine

Of grieuous mischiefes, which a wicked Fay

Had wrought, and many whelmd in deadly paine,

Whereof he crau’d redresse. My Soueraine,

Whose glory is in gracious deeds, and ioyes

Throughout the world her mercy to maintaine,

Eftsoones deuisd redresse for such annoyes;

Me all vnfit for so great purpose she employes.

Now hath fairePhœbewith her siluer facexlivThrise seene the shadowes of the neather world,Sith last I left that honorable place,In which her royall presence is †introld[523];Ne euer shall I rest in house nor hold,Till I that falseAcrasiahaue wonne;Of whose fowle deedes, too hideous to be told,[524]I witnesse am, and this their wretched sonne,Whose wofull parents she hath wickedly fordonne.

Now hath fairePhœbewith her siluer facexliv

Thrise seene the shadowes of the neather world,

Sith last I left that honorable place,

In which her royall presence is †introld[523];

Ne euer shall I rest in house nor hold,

Till I that falseAcrasiahaue wonne;

Of whose fowle deedes, too hideous to be told,[524]

I witnesse am, and this their wretched sonne,

Whose wofull parents she hath wickedly fordonne.

Tell on, faire Sir, said she, that dolefull tale,xlvFrom which sad ruth does seeme you to restraine,That we may pitty such vnhappy bale,And learne from pleasures poyson to abstaine:Ill by ensample good doth often gayne.Then forward he his purpose gan pursew,And told the storie of the mortall payne,WhichMordantandAmauiadid rew;As with lamenting eyes him selfe did lately vew.

Tell on, faire Sir, said she, that dolefull tale,xlv

From which sad ruth does seeme you to restraine,

That we may pitty such vnhappy bale,

And learne from pleasures poyson to abstaine:

Ill by ensample good doth often gayne.

Then forward he his purpose gan pursew,

And told the storie of the mortall payne,

WhichMordantandAmauiadid rew;

As with lamenting eyes him selfe did lately vew.

Night was far spent, and now inOceandeepexlviOrion, flying fast from hissing snake,His flaming head did hasten for to steepe,When of his pitteous tale he end did make;Whilest with delight of that he wisely spake,Those guestes beguiled, did beguile their eyesOf kindly sleepe, that did them ouertake.At last when they had markt the chaunged skyes,They wist their houre was spent; then each to rest him hyes.

Night was far spent, and now inOceandeepexlvi

Orion, flying fast from hissing snake,

His flaming head did hasten for to steepe,

When of his pitteous tale he end did make;

Whilest with delight of that he wisely spake,

Those guestes beguiled, did beguile their eyes

Of kindly sleepe, that did them ouertake.

At last when they had markt the chaunged skyes,

They wist their houre was spent; then each to rest him hyes.

FOOTNOTES:[490]Arg. 1clensd,1590 &c.[491]3Extremities:1590 &c.[492]iv 3 lieu] louesugg. Church[493]5 hat’th] hat’h1590[494]v 3 hard] hart1590[495]vi 9 toom. 1590:corr. F. E.[496]vii 7 chace] praysugg. Collier.Cf.II ii 42, II iii 28&c.[497]viii 3 set] sate1609[498]ix 1 whose] those1596,1609[499]8 be] he1596[500]xii 7 seas,1590,1596[501]8 fame] frame1590[502]xiii 5 strifefull1609[503]xv 8 brayded1609[504]xx 6 seat,1590 &c.[505]xxi 1 cald] calth1596,1609[506]2 hand] hond1609[507]xxiii 2 boldly] bloudy1596: boldy1609[508]xxviii 2 their] her1590[509]champion1596,1609[510]xxix 2Erinnysin your noble harts,1590,1596[511]6 thrust] thurst1609[512]xxx 1 there] their1590,1596[513]3 bloodguiltnesse1590: bloud guiltnesse1596[514]xxxi 3 make1590:corr. F. E.[515]xxxiv 9 thought their] though ther1590[516]xxxvii 1 Fast] First1590 &c.:corr. F. E.[517]xl 5 peaceable1596,1609[518]xli 1 grace,1590,1596[519]3 bace,1590,1596[520]4 eye.1596[521]xlii 5 found,1590,1596[522]6 make] holdconj. edd.Cf.II ii 7, iii 28,&c.[523]xliv 4 introld] entrold1590: enroldconj. edd.[524]7 told1596

[490]Arg. 1clensd,1590 &c.

[491]3Extremities:1590 &c.

[492]iv 3 lieu] louesugg. Church

[493]5 hat’th] hat’h1590

[494]v 3 hard] hart1590

[495]vi 9 toom. 1590:corr. F. E.

[496]vii 7 chace] praysugg. Collier.Cf.II ii 42, II iii 28&c.

[497]viii 3 set] sate1609

[498]ix 1 whose] those1596,1609

[499]8 be] he1596

[500]xii 7 seas,1590,1596

[501]8 fame] frame1590

[502]xiii 5 strifefull1609

[503]xv 8 brayded1609

[504]xx 6 seat,1590 &c.

[505]xxi 1 cald] calth1596,1609

[506]2 hand] hond1609

[507]xxiii 2 boldly] bloudy1596: boldy1609

[508]xxviii 2 their] her1590

[509]champion1596,1609

[510]xxix 2Erinnysin your noble harts,1590,1596

[511]6 thrust] thurst1609

[512]xxx 1 there] their1590,1596

[513]3 bloodguiltnesse1590: bloud guiltnesse1596

[514]xxxi 3 make1590:corr. F. E.

[515]xxxiv 9 thought their] though ther1590

[516]xxxvii 1 Fast] First1590 &c.:corr. F. E.

[517]xl 5 peaceable1596,1609

[518]xli 1 grace,1590,1596

[519]3 bace,1590,1596

[520]4 eye.1596

[521]xlii 5 found,1590,1596

[522]6 make] holdconj. edd.Cf.II ii 7, iii 28,&c.

[523]xliv 4 introld] entrold1590: enroldconj. edd.

[524]7 told1596

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