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VII.

The fame he tooke, and with a riband new,
In which his ladies colours were, did bind
About the turtle's necke, that with the vew
Did greatly folace his engrieved mind..
All unawares the bird, when she did find.
Herfelfe fo deckt, her nimble wings difplaid,
And flew away as lightly as the wind;
Which fodaine accident him much dismaid,

XIII.

He her beholding at her feete downe fell,
And kift the ground on which her fole did tread,
And washt the fame with water, which did well
From his moift eies, and like two streames pro
cead;

Yet fpake no word, whereby fhe might aread
What mifter wight he was, or what he ment;
But as one daunted with her prefence dread,

And looking after long did marke which way fhe Onely few rrefull lookes unto her sent
ftraid.

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As meffengers of his true meaning and intent.

XIV.

Yet nathemore his meaning the ared,
But wondred much at his fo felcouth cafe,
And by his person's secret seemlyhed,

Well weend that he had beene fome man of

place,

Before misfortune did his hew deface:
That being mov'd with ruth, fhe thus befpake;
"Ah! wofull Man! what heavens hard difgrace,
"Or wrath of cruell wight on thec ywrake,
"Or felfedifliked life, doth thee thus wretched
"make?

XV.

"If Heaven, then none may it redresse or blame,
"Sith to his powre we all are fubie&t borne ;
"If wrathfull wight, then fowle rebuke and
"fhame

"Be theirs that have fo cruell thee forlorne;
"But if through inward griefe or wilfull fcorne
"Of life it be, then better doe advise;
"For he whofe daies in wilfull woe are worné,
"The grace of his Creator doth defpife,
"That will not use his gifts for thankleffe nigar
"dife."

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But antique Age yet in the infancie
Of Time did live then like an innocent,
In fimple truth and blamelesse chastitic,
Ne then of guile had made experiment;
But, voide of vile and treacherous intent,
Held vertue for itselfe in foveraine awe;
Then loyall love had royall regimen,
And each unto his luft did make a lawe,

That thofe two ladies much afham'd did wexe;
The more did the pursue her lewd intent,
And rayl'd and rag'd, till she had all her poyson
fpent.

XXXVI.

At last, when they were paffed out of fight,
Yet fhe did not her fpightfull fpeach forbeare,
But after them did barke, and ftill backbite,
Though there were none her hatefull words to
heare:

Like as a curre doth felly bite and teare
The ftone which paffed ftraunger at him threw ;

From all forbidden things his liking to with- So fhe them feeing paft the reach of care,

drawe.

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And now it is fo utterly decayd,

That any bud thereof doth icarfe remaine,

Against the ftones and trees did rayle ancw,
Till she had auld the fting, which in her tong's
end grew.

XXXVII.

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But if few plants, preferv'd through heavenly ayd, Ryding upon a dromedare on hie,

In princes court doe hap to fprout againe,
Dew'd with her drops of bountie foveraine,
Which from that goodly glorious flowre proceed,
Sprung of the auncient (tooke of princes straine,
Now th' onely remnant of that royall breed,
Whofe noble kind at firft was fure of heavenly
feed.

XXXIV.

Tho foone as day difcovered heaven's face
To finfull men with darknes over-dight,
This gentle crew gan from their eye-lids chace
The drowzie humour of the dampish night,
And did themfelves unto their journey dight.
So forth they yode, and forward foftly paced,
That them to view had bene an uncouth fight,
How all the way the prince on foot-pace traced,
The ladies both on horfe together fast embraced.

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Soone as they thence departed were afore,
That fhamefull hag, the flaunder of her sexe,
Them fellow'd faft, and them reviled fore,

Of ftature huge, and horrible of hew,

That would have maz'd a man his dreadfull face

to vew.

XXXIX.

For from his fearefull eyes two fierie beames,
More sharpe then points of needles, did pro
ceedc,

Shooting forth farre away two flaming ftreames,
Full of fad powre, that poysnous bale did breede
To all that on him lookt without good heed,
And fecretly his enemies did flay:
Like as the bafilifke, of ferpent seede,
From powrefull eyes clofe venim doth convay
Into the looker's hart, and killeth farre away.

XL.

He all the way did rage at that same squire,
And after him full many threatnings threw,
With curfes vaine, in his avengefull ire;
But none of them (so fast away he flew)
Hint overtooke before he came in vew :
Where when he faw the prince in armour bright,

Him calling theefe, them whores, that much did He cald to him aloud his cafe to rew,

vexe

His noble hart; thereto she did annexe

Falle crimes and facts, fuch as they never ment,

And rescue him, through fuccour of his might,
From that his cruell foe that him purfewd in

fight.

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