Whom when they heard fo fay, they lookt about,
To weete if it were true as fhe had told;
Where when they law their foes dead out of doubt,
Eitfoones they gan their wrathfull hands to hold,
And ventailes rcare, each other to behold:
Tho when as Artegall did Arthure vew,
So faire a creature, and fo wondrous bold,

"Mongst many which maligne her happie ftate, "There is a mighty man, which wonnes hereby, "That with most fell despight and deadly hate "Seckes to fubvert her crowne and dignity, "And all his powre doth thereunto apply;