"Feare gave her winges, and rage enforst my "flight:

"Through woods and plaines fo long I did her "chace,

"Till this mad man (whom your victorious might "Hath now faft bound) me met in middle space: "As I her, fo he me pourfewd apace, "And fhortly overtooke: I breathing yre, "Sore chauffed at my ftay in fuch a cace, "And with my heat kindled his cruell fyre, "Which kindled once, his mother did more rage infpyre.

Behind his backe he bore a brafen shield,
On which was drawn faire, in colours fit,
A flaming fire in midft of bloody field,
And round about the wreath this word was writ,
Burnt I doe burne. Right well befeomed it
To be the fhield of fome redoubted knight;
And in his hand two dartes exceeding flit
And deadly sharp he held, whofe heads were dight
In poyfon and in blood of Malice and Defpight.

XXXIX.

When he in prefence came, to Guyon first He boldly fpake; " Sir Knight, if knight thou bec, "Abandon this foreftalled place at erft, "For feare of further harme, I counfell thee, "Or bide the chaunce at thine own iopardee." The knight at his great boldneffe wondered; And though he fcorn'd his ydle vanitee, Yet mildly him to purpose answered, For not to grow of nought he it coniectured.

XL.

"Varlet! this place moft dew to me I deeme, "Yielded by him that held it forcibly; "But whence fheld come that harme, which the ❝doft feeme

"To threat to him that mindes his chaunce "t'abye?"

"Perdy," fay'd he, "here comes, and is hard by "A knight of wondrons powre and great affay, "That never yet encountred enemy "But did him deadly daunt, or fowle difmay; "Ne thou for better hope, if thou his prefence

"Ray."

"Great caufe, that carries thee fo fwift and light." "My lord," quoth he, " me fent, and ftreight "behight

*To feeke Occafion, wherefo the bee; "For he is all difpofd to bloody fight,

"And breathes out wrath and hainous crueltee :

With that one of his thrillant darts he threw,
Headed with yre and vengeable defpight;
The quivering fteele his aymed end well knew,
And to his breft itselfe intended right;
But he was wary, and ere it empight

In the meant marke, advaunft his fhield atween;
On which it feizing, no way enter might,
But backe rebownding left the forckhead keene;

" dec."

fcene.

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"wrath

And faid, "Deare fonne! thy caufeleffe ruth " repreffe,

"Ne let thy ftout hart melt in pitty vayne: "He that his forrow fought through wilfullneffe, "And his foe fettred would relcafe agayne, "Deserves to tafte his follies fruit, repented "payne."