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And that, which more then all the rest may sway,lvLate dayes ensample, which these eyes beheld,In the last field beforeMeneuiaWhichVtherwith those forrein Pagans held,I saw aSaxonVirgin, the which feldGreatVlfinthrise vpon the bloudy plaine,And had notCaradosher hand withheldFrom rash reuenge, she had him surely slaine,YetCaradoshimselfe from her escapt with paine.Ah read, (quothBritomart) how is she hight?lviFaireAngela(quoth she) men do her call,No whit lesse faire, then terrible in fight:She hath the leading of a MartiallAnd mighty people, dreaded more then allThe otherSaxons, which do for her sakeAnd loue, themselues of her nameAnglescall.Therefore faire Infant her ensample makeVnto thy selfe, and equall courage to thee take.Her harty words so deepe into the myndlviiOf the young Damzell sunke, that great desireOf warlike armes in her forthwith they tynd,And generous stout courage did inspire,That she resolu’d, vnweeting[930]to her Sire,Aduent’rous knighthood on her selfe to don,And counseld with her Nourse, her Maides attireTo turne into a massy habergeon,And bad her all things put in readinesse anon.Th’old woman nought, that needed, did omit;lviiiBut all things did conueniently[931]puruay:It fortuned (so time their turne did fit)A band of Britons ryding on forrayFew dayes[932]before, had gotten a great prayOf Saxon goods, emongst the which was seeneA goodly Armour, and full rich aray,Which long’d toAngela, the Saxon Queene,All fretted round with gold, and goodly well beseene.

And that, which more then all the rest may sway,lv

Late dayes ensample, which these eyes beheld,

In the last field beforeMeneuia

WhichVtherwith those forrein Pagans held,

I saw aSaxonVirgin, the which feld

GreatVlfinthrise vpon the bloudy plaine,

And had notCaradosher hand withheld

From rash reuenge, she had him surely slaine,

YetCaradoshimselfe from her escapt with paine.

Ah read, (quothBritomart) how is she hight?lviFaireAngela(quoth she) men do her call,No whit lesse faire, then terrible in fight:She hath the leading of a MartiallAnd mighty people, dreaded more then allThe otherSaxons, which do for her sakeAnd loue, themselues of her nameAnglescall.Therefore faire Infant her ensample makeVnto thy selfe, and equall courage to thee take.

Ah read, (quothBritomart) how is she hight?lvi

FaireAngela(quoth she) men do her call,

No whit lesse faire, then terrible in fight:

She hath the leading of a Martiall

And mighty people, dreaded more then all

The otherSaxons, which do for her sake

And loue, themselues of her nameAnglescall.

Therefore faire Infant her ensample make

Vnto thy selfe, and equall courage to thee take.

Her harty words so deepe into the myndlviiOf the young Damzell sunke, that great desireOf warlike armes in her forthwith they tynd,And generous stout courage did inspire,That she resolu’d, vnweeting[930]to her Sire,Aduent’rous knighthood on her selfe to don,And counseld with her Nourse, her Maides attireTo turne into a massy habergeon,And bad her all things put in readinesse anon.

Her harty words so deepe into the myndlvii

Of the young Damzell sunke, that great desire

Of warlike armes in her forthwith they tynd,

And generous stout courage did inspire,

That she resolu’d, vnweeting[930]to her Sire,

Aduent’rous knighthood on her selfe to don,

And counseld with her Nourse, her Maides attire

To turne into a massy habergeon,

And bad her all things put in readinesse anon.

Th’old woman nought, that needed, did omit;lviiiBut all things did conueniently[931]puruay:It fortuned (so time their turne did fit)A band of Britons ryding on forrayFew dayes[932]before, had gotten a great prayOf Saxon goods, emongst the which was seeneA goodly Armour, and full rich aray,Which long’d toAngela, the Saxon Queene,All fretted round with gold, and goodly well beseene.

Th’old woman nought, that needed, did omit;lviii

But all things did conueniently[931]puruay:

It fortuned (so time their turne did fit)

A band of Britons ryding on forray

Few dayes[932]before, had gotten a great pray

Of Saxon goods, emongst the which was seene

A goodly Armour, and full rich aray,

Which long’d toAngela, the Saxon Queene,

All fretted round with gold, and goodly well beseene.

The same, with all the other ornaments,lixKingRyencecaused to be hanged byIn his chiefe Church, for endlesse monimentsOf his successe and gladfull victory:Of which her selfe auising readily,In th’euening late oldGlaucethither ledFaireBritomart, and that same ArmoryDowne taking, her therein appareled,Well as she might, and with braue bauldrick garnished.Beside those armes there stood a mighty speare,lxWhichBladudmade by Magick art of yore,And vsd the same in battell aye to beare;Sith which it had bin here preseru’d in store,For his great vertues proued long afore:For neuer wight so fast in sell could sit,But him perforce vnto the ground it bore:Both speare she tooke, and shield, which hong by it:Both speare and shield of great powre, for her purpose fit.Thus when she had the virgin all arayd,lxiAnother harnesse, which did hang thereby,About her selfe she dight, that the young MaydShe might in equall armes accompany,And as her Squire attend her carefully:Tho to their ready Steeds they clombe full light,And through back wayes, that none might them espy,Couered with secret cloud of silent night,Themselues they forth conuayd, and passed forward right.Ne rested they, till that to Faery londlxiiThey came, asMerlinthem directed late:Where meeting with thisRedcrosseknight, she fondOf diuerse things discourses to dilate,But most ofArthegall, and his estate.At last their wayes so fell, that they mote part:[933]Then each to other well affectionate,Friendship professed with vnfained hart,TheRedcrosseknight diuerst, but forth rodeBritomart.

The same, with all the other ornaments,lix

KingRyencecaused to be hanged by

In his chiefe Church, for endlesse moniments

Of his successe and gladfull victory:

Of which her selfe auising readily,

In th’euening late oldGlaucethither led

FaireBritomart, and that same Armory

Downe taking, her therein appareled,

Well as she might, and with braue bauldrick garnished.

Beside those armes there stood a mighty speare,lxWhichBladudmade by Magick art of yore,And vsd the same in battell aye to beare;Sith which it had bin here preseru’d in store,For his great vertues proued long afore:For neuer wight so fast in sell could sit,But him perforce vnto the ground it bore:Both speare she tooke, and shield, which hong by it:Both speare and shield of great powre, for her purpose fit.

Beside those armes there stood a mighty speare,lx

WhichBladudmade by Magick art of yore,

And vsd the same in battell aye to beare;

Sith which it had bin here preseru’d in store,

For his great vertues proued long afore:

For neuer wight so fast in sell could sit,

But him perforce vnto the ground it bore:

Both speare she tooke, and shield, which hong by it:

Both speare and shield of great powre, for her purpose fit.

Thus when she had the virgin all arayd,lxiAnother harnesse, which did hang thereby,About her selfe she dight, that the young MaydShe might in equall armes accompany,And as her Squire attend her carefully:Tho to their ready Steeds they clombe full light,And through back wayes, that none might them espy,Couered with secret cloud of silent night,Themselues they forth conuayd, and passed forward right.

Thus when she had the virgin all arayd,lxi

Another harnesse, which did hang thereby,

About her selfe she dight, that the young Mayd

She might in equall armes accompany,

And as her Squire attend her carefully:

Tho to their ready Steeds they clombe full light,

And through back wayes, that none might them espy,

Couered with secret cloud of silent night,

Themselues they forth conuayd, and passed forward right.

Ne rested they, till that to Faery londlxiiThey came, asMerlinthem directed late:Where meeting with thisRedcrosseknight, she fondOf diuerse things discourses to dilate,But most ofArthegall, and his estate.At last their wayes so fell, that they mote part:[933]Then each to other well affectionate,Friendship professed with vnfained hart,TheRedcrosseknight diuerst, but forth rodeBritomart.

Ne rested they, till that to Faery londlxii

They came, asMerlinthem directed late:

Where meeting with thisRedcrosseknight, she fond

Of diuerse things discourses to dilate,

But most ofArthegall, and his estate.

At last their wayes so fell, that they mote part:[933]

Then each to other well affectionate,

Friendship professed with vnfained hart,

TheRedcrosseknight diuerst, but forth rodeBritomart.

FOOTNOTES:[904]Arg. 2Arthegall1590[905]i 1 Most] Oh1609[906]iv 3 Thou1590[907]7 auncestie1596[908]8 pretence1596,1609[909]xv 3 toom. 1609[910]6 let1590,1596[911]xvi 8 remedee,1590 &c.[912]xix 1 longer1609[913]xxii 9Greece1596,1609[914]xxv 5 partake1590[915]xxix 1 With] Where1596,1609[916]xxxiv 6 autrage1596[917]xxxv 1 thy] the1596,1609[918]xxxvi 6 hire1596[919]xxxvii 7 their] the1596,1609[920]xliii 9 from th’earth1590 &c.:corr. F. E.[921]xliv 5 yearesom. 1596, 1609: shall be full supplide1609[922]6 to] vnto their1590[923]xlv 7 th’olde1609[924]xlvi 4 outronne] ouerronne1596[925]l 9 Shee1590 &c.:corr. F. E.[926]om. 1590, 1596:add. 1609[927]li 9 disguise] deuise1596,1609[928]liii 3 (need makes good schollers) teach1590[929]liv 3 came:1590 &c.[930]lvii 5 vnmeeting1596[931]lviii 2 conuiently1596[932]5 dryes1596[933]lxii 6 part1596

[904]Arg. 2Arthegall1590

[905]i 1 Most] Oh1609

[906]iv 3 Thou1590

[907]7 auncestie1596

[908]8 pretence1596,1609

[909]xv 3 toom. 1609

[910]6 let1590,1596

[911]xvi 8 remedee,1590 &c.

[912]xix 1 longer1609

[913]xxii 9Greece1596,1609

[914]xxv 5 partake1590

[915]xxix 1 With] Where1596,1609

[916]xxxiv 6 autrage1596

[917]xxxv 1 thy] the1596,1609

[918]xxxvi 6 hire1596

[919]xxxvii 7 their] the1596,1609

[920]xliii 9 from th’earth1590 &c.:corr. F. E.

[921]xliv 5 yearesom. 1596, 1609: shall be full supplide1609

[922]6 to] vnto their1590

[923]xlv 7 th’olde1609

[924]xlvi 4 outronne] ouerronne1596

[925]l 9 Shee1590 &c.:corr. F. E.

[926]om. 1590, 1596:add. 1609

[927]li 9 disguise] deuise1596,1609

[928]liii 3 (need makes good schollers) teach1590

[929]liv 3 came:1590 &c.

[930]lvii 5 vnmeeting1596

[931]lviii 2 conuiently1596

[932]5 dryes1596

[933]lxii 6 part1596

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