. The faerie queene : disposed into twelue books, fashioning XII morall vertues. —^\ Nigh a fpeares length behind his crouper fell,* Yet in his fallfo well him fclfc he bare, >. That mifchieuous mjlchauce his life .& limbs did fpare. Great. &\) Cdnt. I. the Faery Queene. 393 Great fliame and forrow of that fall he tooke;For neucr yet, fith warlike armes fhiueting fpeare in bloody field firft fhooke, •He fownd him felfe dishonored (6 gen tie ft knight^ that euer armor bore,Let not the gricue demounted to haue beene,And brought to grownd,that neuer waft before;For not thy f
. The faerie queene : disposed into twelue books, fashioning XII morall vertues. —^\ Nigh a fpeares length behind his crouper fell,* Yet in his fallfo well him fclfc he bare, >. That mifchieuous mjlchauce his life .& limbs did fpare. Great. &\) Cdnt. I. the Faery Queene. 393 Great fliame and forrow of that fall he tooke;For neucr yet, fith warlike armes fhiueting fpeare in bloody field firft fhooke, •He fownd him felfe dishonored (6 gen tie ft knight^ that euer armor bore,Let not the gricue demounted to haue beene,And brought to grownd,that neuer waft before;For not thy fault, but fecret powre vnfeene, (greene. That fpeare enchaunted was, which layd thee on the Butweenedflthou,what wight thee ouerthrew,Much greater griefeand ihamefuller regrettFor thy hard fortune then thou wouldft renew,That of a fingie damzell thou wert mcttOn equall plaine, and thete fo hard befetf,Eucn the famous Britomart it was,Whomftraunge aduentnredid from Britaynefett,To feeke her louer|(loue far fought alas J Whofe image (h^e had feene in Venus looking glas. Full of difdainefull wrath, he fierce vprofe,For to reuenge that fowle rcprochefull fhame,Andfnatchinghis bright fword began to clofeWith heron foot, and ftoutly fo
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