. The faerie queene : disposed into twelue books, fashioning XII morall vertues. , That none of all the fix befbre,him durft aflay. Like daftard Curres, that hauing at a bayThefaluage beaftemboftin wearicchace,Dare not aduenture on the ftubborne pray,Ne byte before, but romc from place to place,To get afnatch, when turned is his filch diftrefleand doubtfullieopardy,When BritomArt him faw, ihe ran apaceVnto his reskew3and with earnefl: cry, Badd thofefame fixe forbeare that fingle enimy. But to her cry they lift notlenden eare, Ne ought the more their mightiefirokes furceafle,But gather
. The faerie queene : disposed into twelue books, fashioning XII morall vertues. , That none of all the fix befbre,him durft aflay. Like daftard Curres, that hauing at a bayThefaluage beaftemboftin wearicchace,Dare not aduenture on the ftubborne pray,Ne byte before, but romc from place to place,To get afnatch, when turned is his filch diftrefleand doubtfullieopardy,When BritomArt him faw, ihe ran apaceVnto his reskew3and with earnefl: cry, Badd thofefame fixe forbeare that fingle enimy. But to her cry they lift notlenden eare, Ne ought the more their mightiefirokes furceafle,But gathering him rownd a*bout more neare,Their direfull rancour rather did encreaffe;Till that flie ruftiing through the thickeit preafie,Perforce difparted their compacted gyre,And foone compcld to hearken vnto peace:Tho gan fhe myldly of them to inquyre The caufe of their (Mention and outrageous yre. Whereto that fingle knight did anfwere frame;Thefe fix would mc enforce by oddes of might,To chaunge my liefe,and loue another Dame,That death me liefet were,then fuch defpight, So E .*. -tf 3 p3 Tfo thtrdBooke of Cant. I. So vnro wrong to yield my wrcfted right:** Foriloucone,thetrueftoneongrownd,»> Ne lift me chaungc;the t\i Errant damT^ellhight,For whofe deare fake full many a bitter ftownd,I haue endurd;and tafted many a bloody wownd* <AvjCertes(faid (he) then becne ye fixe to blame,^ To weenc your wrong by forceto iuftify: For knight to leauc his Lady were great (harne,That faithfull is,and better were to dy.| All lofle is lefle, and lefic the infamy, Then lofle of loue to him, that loues but ones\ Nc may loue be compeld by maiftery;& \ For fbone as maiftery comes, fweet loue anoneTaketh his nimble winges,and foonc away is gone. Then fpake one of thofe fix*There dwelleth hereWithin this caftle walla Lady fayrc,Whofe foucraincbeautic hath no liuing pcre,Thereto fo bounteous and fo debonay re,That neuer any mote with her hath ordaind this law, which we approue,That
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