. The faerie queene : disposed into twelue books, fashioning XII morall vertues. did reare,That matter made for famous Poets verfe,*;* And boaftTull men fo oft abafht to hcare?•, Beenethey ahSdead, and laide in dolefull herfe?Or doen they onely fleepe, and fhall againe reucrfe? t . ? « \ :r If they be dead, then woe is me therefore:feutif they {leepe,0 let them foone awake:Foralltoo long Iburncwithenuyfore,<T&*hearc the warlike feates, which HomerefpakcOf bold ?entkcfiUct which m ade a lake- ^JOi^reekill) blood fooftc m Trezm phinc;^S-v . ButwhenIreade,howftoutZ)*&7V«ftrake\ ProudSi/era, an
. The faerie queene : disposed into twelue books, fashioning XII morall vertues. did reare,That matter made for famous Poets verfe,*;* And boaftTull men fo oft abafht to hcare?•, Beenethey ahSdead, and laide in dolefull herfe?Or doen they onely fleepe, and fhall againe reucrfe? t . ? « \ :r If they be dead, then woe is me therefore:feutif they {leepe,0 let them foone awake:Foralltoo long Iburncwithenuyfore,<T&*hearc the warlike feates, which HomerefpakcOf bold ?entkcfiUct which m ade a lake- ^JOi^reekill) blood fooftc m Trezm phinc;^S-v . ButwhenIreade,howftoutZ)*&7V«ftrake\ ProudSi/era, and how Cami/lhzth flaineThe huge OrJilocbitsJL fwell with great difd aine* Yet thefe,and all that els had puiuaunce,4C & Cannot with noble Britomxrt compare, Afwell for glorie of great valiaunce,As for pure chaftitic and venue rare, That Cdnt. 1111; the Faerie Queene. 44*f~ That all her goodly deedes do well declisp^^^J^Well worthieftock/ro which the branches fprSngP^ \^That m late yeares (6 faire a bloffomc bare, L^/ As thee, O Queene, the matter of my fong^. Whofc lignage from this Lady I deriue along. Who when through fpeaches with the Redcreje knigf\She learned had thcftate of Arthegall^And in each point her felfe informd arightA frendly league of lo ue perpetuall x-^ She with him bound,and Conge \.ooVt he forth on h is iourney did proceede^~-/^~)TofeckeaduentureSjwhich mote him bd&^ ._^-^<,And win him worfhip through his warlike deed, / / Which al waics of his paines he made the chiefeft meed But Britomart kept on her former courfej/ —^Ne euer dofte her armes3but alkhe^wayGrew penfiue through thatamarous difcourfe,By which the Redcrojfe knight did earft difrlayHer louers fhape,and cheualrous arayjA thoufand thoughts me fafhiond in her mind3And in her feigning fancie did pourtray ^ \_Him fuch3as fitted he for loue could fin WifejwarlikejperfonablexourteouSjan
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