Una and the red cross knight, and other tales from Spenser's Faery Queene; . ng much enraged, the dragon beganto utter loud cries in a harsh, hoarse voice, andgrowing very fierce she turned upon him herspeckled tale, making as if to sting him with itspoisonous barb. But he fetched a mighty strokethat fell on her head, and then glancing down-wards, hit her shoulder. By the violence of thatblow she was dazed for a moment, but recoveringher senses, she fell into a yet greater rage, andraising herself high in the air, she dropped uponhis shield, and at the same time coiled her tailabout him so tig
Una and the red cross knight, and other tales from Spenser's Faery Queene; . ng much enraged, the dragon beganto utter loud cries in a harsh, hoarse voice, andgrowing very fierce she turned upon him herspeckled tale, making as if to sting him with itspoisonous barb. But he fetched a mighty strokethat fell on her head, and then glancing down-wards, hit her shoulder. By the violence of thatblow she was dazed for a moment, but recoveringher senses, she fell into a yet greater rage, andraising herself high in the air, she dropped uponhis shield, and at the same time coiled her tailabout him so tightly, that, strive as he might, hecould stir neither hand nor foot. The lady who had watched the struggle allthis while, seeing his plight, cried out: Now, now Sir Knight, show what ye bee,Add faith unto your force, and be not faint:Strangle her, else she sure will strangle thee. The sound of her voice gave him courage, and,scorning to be overcome before her eyes by so foula monster, he knitted all his force together and setfree one hand, with which he gripped the dragons. NCV-BUG Li RY , . ; - • T>LOEN f •S. TO THE RED CROSS KNIGHT n throat. So strong was his grasp that for the painof it she was forced to slacken her coils from abouthim. Then, forth from the dragons mouth therepoured a flood of black poison of most evil odourand full of all manner of strange things, such asbooks and papers and loathly toads, which creptabout among the weeds that grew at the mouthof that fearful den. The strangeness and suddenness of this flood,and also the deadly stench which arose from it,caused the knight to falter for a moment; andwhen the dragon saw that she had the advantage,she caused all her children, whom she had beforeswallowed, to come creeping out of her mouthagain. Black and ugly were they, all divers, likesmall serpents, and they came around him, andcrept up his legs, and in great swarms crawled overhim, nor could he be rid of them though they didhim no hurt. But so great w
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