. The faerie queene : disposed into twelue books, fashioning XII morall vertues. feeble fprightesCan call out ofthe bodies of fraile wightes:Whom then fhe does trafforme to moftrous hewes,And horribly mifihapes with vgly fightes,Captiud eternally in yron mewes, Anddarkfom dens,where Titanhis face neucr iliewes. There Attn fownd Cymoc hies Coiourmng,To ferue his Lemans loue: for he by kynd,Was gitien all to luft and loofe Iiuing,When euer his fiers handes he free mote fynd:And now he has pourd out his ydle myndIn daintie delices, and lauifh ioyes,Hauing his warlike weapons caffc behynd,Andflowe
. The faerie queene : disposed into twelue books, fashioning XII morall vertues. feeble fprightesCan call out ofthe bodies of fraile wightes:Whom then fhe does trafforme to moftrous hewes,And horribly mifihapes with vgly fightes,Captiud eternally in yron mewes, Anddarkfom dens,where Titanhis face neucr iliewes. There Attn fownd Cymoc hies Coiourmng,To ferue his Lemans loue: for he by kynd,Was gitien all to luft and loofe Iiuing,When euer his fiers handes he free mote fynd:And now he has pourd out his ydle myndIn daintie delices, and lauifh ioyes,Hauing his warlike weapons caffc behynd,Andflowesinpleafures,and vaine pleafing toyes, Mingled emongft loofe Ladies and lafciuious boyes. Andouerhim3artftryuingtocompayre,With nature;did an Arber greene difpred,Framed of wanton Yuic, flouring fayre,Through which the fragrant Eglantine did fpredHis prickling armes3entrayld with rofes red,Which daintieodours round about them threw,And all within with flowres was garnifhed,That when myld Zephyrns emongft them blew, Did breath out bounteous fmeis3& painted colors mew And 4. ?^ 254 TbefecondBooke of * And faft befide, there trickled foftly downc k A gentle ftreame, whofe murmuring wauc did playEmongft the pumy ftones,and made afbwne,To lull him (oft afleepe,that by it lay;The wearie Traueiler, wandring that way,Therein did often quench his thrifty heat,And then by it his wearie limbes difplay,Whiles creepingflomber made him to forget His former payne,and wypt away his toilfom (wear. ^ Andontheotherfydeapleafauntgrouc Was fhott vp high, full of the ftately tree,(i That dedicated is \:Oljmpick Iotte,?\ And to his fonne Aladesj whenas hecIn Netmus gayned goodly vi&oree;Therein the mery birdes of euery forteChauntcd alowd their chearefull harmonee:,^» And made emongft them felues a fvveetc confbrt,£^ ~i That quickned the dull ipright with muficall comfort. J There he him found allcarelefly difplaid,In fecrete fhadow from the funny ray,Onafweetbedoflillies foftly laid,Amidft a
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