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Contayning
The Legend of Sir Guyon. OR
Of Temperaunce.
Right well I wote most mighty SoueraineSoveraine,
That all this famous antique history,
Of some th'aboundance of an ydle braine
Will iudgedjudged be, and painted forgery,
Rather thenthan matter of iustjust memory,
Sith none, that breatheth liuingliving aire, does
know,
Where is that happy land of Faery,
Which I so much doe vaunt, yet no where show,
But vouch antiquities, which no body can know.
But let that man with better sence aduizeadvize,
That of the world least part to vsus is red:
And daily how through hardy enterprize,
Many great Regions are discouereddiscovered,
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Which to late age were neuernever
mentioned.mentioned,
Who euerever heard of th'Indian
PeruPeru?
Or who in venturous vessell measured
The
AmazonsAmarons
huge riuerriver now found trewtrew?true?
Or fruitfullest Virginia who did euerever
vew?vew.
view?
Yet all these were when no man did them
know,
Yet hauehave from wisest ages hidden beenebeene:
And later times thinges more vnknowneunknowne shall show:ſ⁀howſ⁀how.ſ⁀howe.
Why then should witlesse man so much misweene
That nothing is but that which he hath
seene?
What if within the Moones fayre shining
ſpheare,spheare,
ſpheareſpheare?
What if in eueryevery
other starre vnseeneunseene
Of other worldes he happily should heare?heare
He wõderwonder
would much more, yet such to some appeare.appeare
Of faery lond yet if he more inquyre
By certein signes here sett in sondrie place
He may it fynd; ne let him then admyre
But yield his sence to bee too blunt and bace
That n'oteno'te
no'tewithout an hound fine footing trace.trace
And thouthenthou, O fayrest Princesse vnderunder
skysky,
In this fayre mirrhour maist behold thy face,face
And thine owne realmes in lond of Faery,Faery
And in this antique ymage thy great auncestry.
The which O pardon me thus to enfold
In couertcovert vele and wrap in shadowes light,light
That feeble eyes your glory may behold,behold
Which ellesells
elſe could not endure those beames bright,bright
But would bee dazled with exceeding light;lightlight.
O pardon and vouchsafe with patient eare
The brauebrave
aduenturesadventures of this faery knight
The good Sir Guyon
gratiously to heare,heare
(peare.
In whom great rule of Temp'raunce goodly doth ap- peare.
appeare.
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Guyon does Furor bind in chaines,
And stops occasion:
DeliuersDelivers
PhaonPhedon, and therefore
By strife is rayld vpponuppon.
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In brauebrave poursuitt of honorable deed,
There is I know not what(what) great difference
Betweene the vulgar and the noble seed,
Which vntounto things of valorous pretencevalorours pre tencepre ten cevalorours pretenc evalorours pretence
Seemes to be borne by natiuenative influence;
As feates of armes, and louelove to entertaine,
But chiefly skill to ride seemes a science
Proper to gentle blood; some others faine
To menage steeds, as did this vaunter; but in vaine.
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But he the rightfull owner of that steede,
Who well could menage and subdew his pride,
The whiles on foot was forced for to yeed,
With that blacke Palmer, his most trusty guide;
Who suffred not his wandring feete to slide.
But when strong passion or weake fleshlinesse,
Would from the right way seeke to draw him wide,
He would through temperaunce and stedfastnesse,
Teach him the weak to strẽgthenstrengthen, &and the strõgstrong suppresse.
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It fortuned forth faring on his way,
He saw from far, or seemed for to see
Some troublous vproreuprore or contentious fray,
Whereto he drew in hast it to agree.
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A mad man, or that feigned mad to bee,
Drew by the heare along vponupon the grownd,
A handsom stripling with great crueltee,
Whom sore he bett, and gor'd with many a
wownd,
That cheekes with teares, &and sydes with blood did all a-
(bownd.
bownd.
abownd.
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And him behynd, a wicked Hag did stalke,
In ragged robes, and filthy disaray,
Her other leg was lame, that she no'ten'ote walke.
But on a staffe her feeble steps did stay;
Her lockes, that loathly were and hoarie gray,
Grew all afore, and loosly hong vnroldunrold,
But all behinde was bald, and worne away,
That none thereof could euerever taken hold,
And eke her face ill fauourdfavourd, full of wrinckles old.
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And euerever as she went, her toung did walke
In fowle reproch, and termes of vile despight,
ProuokingProvoking him by her outrageous talke,
To heape more vengeance on that wretched wight;
Somtimes she raught him stones, wherwith to smite,
Sometimes her staffe, though it her one leg were,
Withouten which she could not goe vprightupright;
Ne any euillevill meanes she did forbeare,
That might him mouemove to wrath, and indignation reare.
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The noble Guyon
mou'd mov'd with great remorse,
Approching, first the Hag did thrust away,
And after adding more impetuous forse,
His mighty hands did on the madman lay,
And pluckt him backe; who all on fire streight way,
Against him turning all his fell intent,
With beastly brutish rage gan
him assay,
And smott, and bitt, and kickt, and scratcht, and rent,
And did he wist not what in his auengementavengement.
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And sure he was a man of mickle might,
Had he had gouernauncegovernaunce, it well to guyde:
But when the frantick fitt inflamd his spright,
His force was vaine, and strooke more often wyde,
ThenThan at the aymed marke, which he had eyde:
And oft himselfe he chaunst to hurt vnwaresunwares,
Whylest reasõreason blent through passiõpassion, nought descryde
But as a blindfold Bull at randon fares, (nought cares.
And where he hits, nought knowes, &and whom he hurts,
nought cares.
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His rude assault and rugged handeling
Straunge seemed to the knight, that aye with foe
In fayre defence and goodly menaging
Of armes was wont to fight, yet nathemoe
Was he abashed now not fighting so,
But more enfierced through his currish play,
Him sternly grypt, and hailing to and fro,
To ouerthrowoverthrow him strongly did assay,
But ouerthrewoverthrew him selfe vnwaresunwares, and lower lay.
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And being downe the villein sore did beate,
And bruze with clownish fistes
his manly face:
And eke the Hag with many a bitter threat.
Still cald vponupon to kill him in the place.
With whose reproch and odious menacemenaee
menace
The knight emboyling
in his haughtie hart,
Knitt all his forces, and gan soone vnbraceunbrace
His grasping hold: so lightly did vpstartupstart,
And drew his deadly weapon, to maintaine his part.
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Which when the Palmer saw, he loudly cryde,
Not so O Guyon, neuernever thinke that so
That Monster can be maistred or destroyd:
He is not,no, ah he is not such a foe,
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As steele can wound
, or strength can ouerthroeoverthroe.
That same is Furor, cursed cruel wight,
That vntounto knighthood workes much shame &and woe;
And that same Hag, his aged mother, hight
Occasion, the roote of
all wrath and
deſpight.despight.
deſpight,
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With her, who so will raging Furor
tame,
Must first begin, and well her amenage:
First her restraine from her reprochfull blame,
And euillevill meanes, with which she doth enrage
Her frantick sonne, and kindles his corage,
Then when she is withdrawne, or strong withstood,
It's eath his ydle fury to aswage,
And calme the tempest of his passion wood;
The bankes are ouerflowneoverflowne, when stopped is the flood.
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Therewith Sir Guyon left his first emprise,
And turning to that woman, fast her
hent
By the hoare lockes, that hong before her eyes,
And to the ground her threw: yet n'ould she stent
Her bitter rayling and foule reuilementrevilement,
But still prouoktprovokt her sonne to wreake her wrong;
But nathelesse he did her still torment,
And catching hold of her vngratiousungratious
tongetonguetong,
Thereon an yron lock, did fasten firme and strong.
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Then whenas vseuse of speach was from her reft,
With her two crooked handes she signes did make,
And beckned him, the last help she had
left:
But he that last left helpe away did take,
And both her handes fast bound vntounto a stake,
That she note stirre. Then gan her sonne to flye
Full fast away, and did her quite forsake;
But Guyon after him
in
hast did hye,
And soone him ouertookeovertooke in sad perplexitye.
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In his strong armes he stifly him embraste,
Who him gainstriuinggainstriving, nought at all preuaildprevaild:
For all his power was vtterlyutterly defaste,
And furious fitts at earst quite weren quaild:
Oft he re'nforst, and oft his forces fayld,
Yet yield he would not, nor his rancor slack.
Then him to ground he cast, and rudely hayld,
And both his hands fast bound behind his backe,
And both his feet in fetters to an yron rack.
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With hundred yron chaines he did him bind
,
And hundred knots that did him sore constraine:
Yet his great yron teeth he still did grind,
And grimly gnash, threatning reuengerevenge in vaine:
His burning eyen, whom bloody strakes did staine,
Stared full wide, and threw forth sparkes
of fyre,
And more for ranck despight
, thenthan for great paine,
Shakt his long locks, colourd like copper-wyre,
And bitt
his tawny beard to shew his raging yre.
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Thus whenas Guyon Furor had captiudcaptivd,
Turning about he saw that wretched Squyre,
Whom that mad man of life nigh late depriuddeprivd,
Lying on ground, all soild with blood and
myre:
Whom when as he perceiuedperceived to respyre,
He gan to comfort, and his woundes to
dresse.
Being at last recured, he gan inquyre,
What hard mishap him brought to such distresse,
And made that caytiuescaytives thrall, the thrall of wretched-nesse.
(nesse.
wretchednesse.
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With hart then throbbing, and with watry eyes,
Fayre Sir (qd.he) what man can shun the hap,
That hidden lyes vnwaresunwares him to
ſurpriſe?surprise?
ſurprysſe
Misfortune waites aduantageadvantage to entrap
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The man most wary in her whelming lap,
So me weake wretch, of many weakest wretchone,
VnweetingUnweeting, and vnwareunware of such mishap,
She brought to mischiefe through her guilful trechoccaſion,
Where this same wicked villein did me
wãdringwandring ketchlight vpon.
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It was a faithlesse Squire, that was the sourse
Of all my sorrow, and of these sad teares,
With whom from tender dug of commune nourse,
Attonce I was vpbroughtupbrought, and eft when yeares
More rype vsus reason lent to chose our Peares,
Our seluesselves in league of vowed louelove wee knitt:
In which we long time without gealous feares,
Or faultie thoughts contynewd
, as was fitt;
And for my part I vow, dissembled not a whitt.
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It was my fortune, commune to that age,
To louelove a Lady fayre of great degree,
The which was borne of noble parentage,
And set in highest seat of dignitee,
Yet seemd no lesse to louelove, thenthan
louedloved to bee:
Long I her seru'dserv'd, and found her faithfull still,
Ne euerever thing could cause vsus disagree:
LoueLove that two harts
makes one, makes eke one will:
Each strouestrove to please, and others pleasure to fulfill.
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My friend, hight Philemon, I did
partake,
Of all my louelove and all my priuitieprivitie;
Who greatly ioyousjoyous seemed for my sake,
And gratious to that Lady, as to
mee,
Ne euerever wight, that more so welcome bee,
As he to her, withouten blott or blame,
Ne euerever thing, that she could thinke or see,
But vntounto him she would impart the same:
O wretched man, that would abuse so gentle Dame.
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At last such grace I found, and meanes I wrought,
That I that Lady to my spouse had wonne;
Accord of friendes, consent of Parents sought,
Affyaunce made, my happinesse begonne,
There wanted nought but few rites to be donne,
Which mariage make; that day too farre did seeme:
Most ioyousjoyous man, on whom the shining Sunne,
Did shew his face, my selfe I did
esteeme,
And that my falser friend did no lesse ioyousjoyous deeme.
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But ereear that wished day his beame disclosd,
He either enuyingenvying my toward good,
Or of him selfe to treason ill disposd
One day vntounto me came in friendly mood,
And told for secret how he vnderstoodunderstood
That Lady whom I had to me assynd,
Had both distaind her honorable blood,
And eke the faith, which she to me did bynd;
And therfore wisht me stay, till I more truth should
fynd.
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The gnawing anguish and sharp gelosy,
Which his sad speach infixed in my brest,
Ranckled so sore, and festred
inwardly,
That my engreeuedengreeved mind could find no rest,
Till that the truth thereof I did out wrest,
And him besought by that same sacred band
Betwixt vsus both, to counsell me the best.
He then with solemne oath and plighted hand
Assurd, ere long the truth to let me vnderstandunderstand.
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Ere long with like againe he boorded mee,
Saying, he now had boulted all the floure,
And that it was a groome of base degree,
Which of my louelove was partenerpartner Paramoure:
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Who vsedused in a darkesome inner bowre
Her oft to meete: which better to approueapprove,
He promised to bring me at that howre,
When I should see, that would me nearer mouemove,
And driuedrive me to withdraw my blind abused louelove.
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This gracelesse man for furtherance of his guile,
Did court the handmayd of my Lady deare,
Who glad t'embosome his affection vile,
Did all she might, more pleasing to appeare.
One day to worke her to his will more neare,
He woo'd her thus: Pryene (so she hight)
What great despight doth fortune to thee beare,
Thus lowly to abase thy beautie bright,
That it should not deface all others lesser light?
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But if she had her least helpe to thee lent,
T'adorne thy forme according thy desart,
Their blazing pride thou wouldest soone hauehave blent,
And staynd their prayses with thy least good part;
Ne should faire Claribell with all her art,
Though she thy Lady be, approch thee neare:
For proofe thereof, this eueningevening, as thou art,
Aray thy selfe in her most gorgeous geare,
That I may more delight in thy embracement deare.
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The MaydẽMayden proud through praise, &and mad through louelove
Him hearkned to, and soone her selfe arayd,
The whiles to me the treachour did remoueremove
His craftie engin, and as he had sayd,
Me leading, in a secret corner layd,
The sad spectatour of my Tragedie;
Where left, he went, and his owne false part playd,
Disguised like that groome of base degree,
Whom he had feignd th'abuser of my louelove to bee.
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Eftsoones he came vntounto th'appointed place,
And with him brought Pryene, rich arayd,
In Claribellaes
clothes. Her proper face
I not descerned in that darkesome shade,
But weend it was my louelove, with whom he playd.
Ah God, what horrour and tormenting griefe
My hart, my handes, mine eyes, and all assayd:
Me liefer were ten thousand deathes priefe, (priefe
ThenThan wounde of gealous worme, and shame of such repriefe.re- priefe.
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I home retourning, fraught with fowle despight,
And chawing vengeaunce all the way I went,
Soone as my loathed louelove appeard in sight,
With wrathfull hand I slew her innocent;
That after soone I dearely did lament:
For when the cause of that outrageous deede
Demaunded, I made plaine and euidentevident,
Her faultie Handmayd, which that bale did breede,
Confest, how Philemon her wrought
to chaunge her
(weede.
weede.
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Which when I heard, with horrible affright
And hellish fury all enragd, I sought
VponUpon my selfe that vengeable despight
To punish: yet it better first I thought,
To wreake my wrath on him, that first it wrought.
To Philemon, false faytour Philemon
I cast to pay, that I so dearely bought;
Of deadly drugs I gauegave him drinke anon,
And washt away his guilt with guilty potion.
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Thus heaping crime on crime, and griefe on griefe,
To losse of louelove
adioyningadjoyning losse of frend,
I meant to purge both with a third mischiefe,
And in my woes beginner it to end:
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That was Pryene; she did first offend,
She last should smart: with which cruell intent,
When I at her my murdrous blade did bend,
She fled away with ghastly dreriment,
And I poursewing my fell purpose, after went.
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Feare gauegave her winges, and rage enforst my flight;
Through woods and plaines so long I did her chace,
Till this mad man, whom your victorious might
Hath now fast bound, me met in middle space,
As I her, so he me poursewd apace,
And shortly ouertookeovertooke: I breathing yre,
Sore chauffed at my stay in such a cace,
And with my heat kindled his cruell fyre;
Which kindled once, his mother did more rage inspyre.
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Betwixt them both, they hauehave me doen to dye,
Through wounds, &and strokes, &and stubborne handeling,
That death were better, thenthan such agony,
As griefe and fury vntounto me did bring;
Of which in me yet stickes the mortall sting,
That during life will neuernever be appeasd.
When he thus ended had his sorrowing,
Said Guyon, Squyre, sore hauehave ye beene diseasd;
But all your hurts may soone through tẽperancetemperance be easd.
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Then gan the Palmer thus, most wretched man,
That to affections does the bridle lend;
In their beginning they are weake and wan,
But soone through suff'rance growe to fearefull end;
Whiles they are weake betimes with them contend:
For when they once to perfect strength do grow,
Strong warres they make, and cruell battry bend
Gainst fort of Reason, it to ouerthrowoverthrow: (low.
Wrath, gelosy, griefe, louelove this Squyre hauehave laide thus low.
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Wrath, gealosie, griefe, louelove do thus expell:
Wrath is a fire, and gealosie a weede,
Griefe is a flood, and louelove a monster fell;
The fire of sparkes, the weede of little seede,
The flood of drops, the Monster filth did breede:
But sparks, seed, drops, and filth do thus delay;
The sparks soone quench, the springing seed outweed
The drops dry vpup, and filth wipe cleane away:
So shall wrath, gealosy, griefe, louelove die and
decay.
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VnluckyUnlucky Squire (saide Guyon) sith thou hast
Falne intovnto mischiefe through intemperaunce,
Henceforth take heede of that thou now hast past,
And guyde thy waies with warie gouernauncegovernaunce,
Least worse betide thee by some later chaunce.
But read how art thou nam'd, and of what
kin.
PhaonPhedon
I hight (quoth he) and do aduaunceadvaunce
Mine auncestry from famous Coradin,
Who first to rayse our house to honour did begin.
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Thus as he spake, lo
far away they spyde
A varlet ronning towardes hastily,
Whose flying feet so fast their way applyde,
That round about a cloud of dust did fly,
Which mingled all with sweate, did dim his eye.
He soone approched, panting, breathlesse, whot,
And all so soyld, that none could him descry;
His countenaunce was bold, and bashed not
For Guyons lookes, but scornefull eyglaunce at him shot.
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Behind his backe he bore a brasen shield,
On which was drawen faire, in colours fit,
A flaming fire in midst of bloody field,
And round about the wreath this word was writ,
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Burnt I doe burne. Right well beseemed it,
To be the shield of some redoubted knight;
And in his hand two dartes exceeding flit,
And deadly sharp he held, whose heads were dight
In poyson and in blood, of malice and despight.
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When he in presence came, to Guyon first
He boldly spake, Sir knight, if knight thou bee,
Abandon this forestalled place at erst,
For feare of further harme, I counsell thee,
Or bide the chaunce at thine owne ieopardeejeopardee.
The knight at his great boldnesse wondered,
And though he scornd his ydle vanitee,
Yet mildly him to purpose answered;
For not to grow of nought he it coniecturedconjectured.
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Varlet, this place most dew to me I deeme,
Yielded by him, that held it forcibly. (seeme
But whence shold come that harme, which thou dost seeme
To threat to him, that mindes his chaunce t'abye?
Perdy (sayd he) here comes, and is hard by
A knight of wondrous powre, and great assay,
That neuernever yet encountred enemy,
But did him deadly daunt, or fowle dismay;
Ne thou for better hope, if thou his presence stay.
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How hight he then (sayd Guyon) and from whence?
PyrochlesPyrrhochlesPyrrhochles
is his name, renowmed farre
For his bold feates and hardy confidence,
Full oft approudapprovd in many a cruell warre,
The brother of Cymochles, both which arre
The sonnes of old Acrates and Despight,
Acrates sonne of Phlegeton and
IarreJarre
;
But Phlegeton is sonne of Herebus and Night;
But Herebus sonne of Aeternitie is hight.
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So from immortall race he does proceede,
That mortall hands may not withstand his might,
Drad for his derring doe, and bloody deed;
For all in blood andaud spoile is his delight.
His am I Atin, his in wrong and right,
That matter make for him to worke vponupon,
And stirre him vpup to strife and cruell fight.
Fly therefore, fly this fearfull stead anon,
Least thy foolhardize worke thy sad confusion.
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His be that care, whom most it doth concerne.
(Sayd he) but whether with such hasty flight
Art thou now bownd? for well mote I discerne
Great cause, that carries thee so swifte and light.
My Lord (qd. he) me sent, and streight behight
To seeke
Occasion,Occasion;
where so she bee:
For he is all disposd to bloody fight,
And breathes out wrath and hainous crueltee;
Hard is his hap, that first fals in his ieopardeejeopardee.
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Mad man (said then the Palmer) that does seeke
Occasion to wrath, and
cause of strife;
Shee comes vnsoughtunsought, and shonned followes eke.
Happy, who can abstaine, when Rancor rife
Kindles ReuengeRevenge, and threats his rusty knife;
Woe neuernever wants, where eueryevery cause is caught,
And rash Occasion
makes vnquietunquiet life.
Then loe, wher bound she sits, whõwhom thou hast sought,
Said Guyon, let that message to thy Lord be brought.
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That when the varlett heard and saw, streight way
He wexed wondrous wroth, and said, Vile knight,
That knights &and knighthood doest with shame vp-brayupbray,
And shewst th'ensãpleth'ensample of thy childishe might,
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With silly weake old woman that didthus to fight.
Great glory and gay spoile sure hast thou gott,
And stoutly prou'dprov'd thy puissaunce here in sight;
That shall Pyrrhochles well requite, I wott,
And with thy blood abolish so reprochfull blott.
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With that one of his thrillant darts he threw,
Headed with yre and vengeable despight;
The quiueringquivering steele his aymed end wel knew,
And to his brest it selfe intended right:
But he was wary, and ere it empight
In the meant marke, aduaunstadvaunst his shield atweene,
On which it seizing, no way enter might,
But backe rebownding, left the forckhead keene;
Estsoones he fled away, and might no where be seene.
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1590] ſpheare 1609] ſpheare? 1596 1609] heare? 1590] heare 1596 1609] appeare. 1590] appeare WU] n'ote HEH_2 YM HRH HRH_2 PN PN_2 PN_3 F F_2 BL_2 BL BL_3] no'te 1596 1609] no'te 1596 1609] trace. 1590] tracethou 1590] then 1596] thou, 1590] sky 1596 1609] sky, 1596 1609] face, 1590] face 1596 1609] Faery, 1590] Faery 1596 1609] light, 1590] light 1596 1609] behold, 1590] behold WU] elles HEH_2 YM PN_3 PN_2 PN HRH HRH_2 F F_2 BL BL_3 BL_2] ells 1596 1609] elſe 1596 1609] bright, 1590] brightlight; 1590] light 1596 1509] light. 1596 1609] heare, 1590] heare 1590] Phaon 1596 1609] Phedon 1596 1609] what 1590] (what) 1596 1609] valorous pretence PN F_2 F] valorours pre tence HEH_2 HRH YM Y_2 PN_2 PN_3 HRH_2 HEW] pre ten ce HRH_3] valorours pretenc e WU] valorours pretencen'ote orig] no'te WU] menace BL_2 BL_3 HEH_2] menaee 1596 1609] menace 1590FE 1596 1609] not, 1590] no, 1596 1609]
1590] deſpight, 1590FE] tonge 1590 1609] tongue 1596] tong 1609]
ſurpriſe?surprise?
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wãdringwandring ketch 1596 1609] light vpon 1596 1609] ere 1590] ear 1590] partener 1596 1609] partner 1590 1609] into 1596] vnto 1590] Phaon 1596 1609] Phedon 1590FE] Pyrochles 1590] Pyrrhochles 1596 1609] Pyrrhochles 1596 1609] and 1590] aud 1609] Occasion, 1590 1596] Occasion; 1590] that did 1596 1609] thus to
antiqueancienthistorynarrativeOf someby someadvizeconsiderlate agerecent ages, as opposed to
antiquitymisweenemisconceive, suppose incorrectlyhappilyby chance or good fortunen'otemight notvulgar . . . seedthe common people
pretencepurpose or intention
bornecarried, born
native influencebirth rather than
training
faine‘pretend’ (feign), with a play on ‘wish’
(fain)
menagehandle
yeedgo
slidego astray
agreeconciliate
n'otecould not, a contraction of ‘ne
mote’
walke‘move briskly’ (unlike her feet)
raught him‘brought him’, from ME past tense of
‘reach’ in the sense of ‘give, pass’ (OED)
impetuousrash
wistknew
micklemuch
blentblinded
menaging / Of armesskilled handling of
weapons
nathemoenot at all
more enfiercedprovoked to greater
fierceness
villein . . . clownishpeasant . . .
rustic
in the placeright then and there
emboylingboiling, agitated
unbraceloosen
amenagedomesticate
coragewrath
eatheasy
ydleunoccupied
woodmad
empriseundertaking
hentseized
n'ould she stentshe would not cease
heGuyon
notecould not
at earstpromptly
quailddaunted
re’nforcedreinforced
strakesstreaks
rankextreme
whelmingengulfing
mischiefemisfortune
trechtrick
Attoncetogether
partakeinform
privitiepersonal business, intimacy, or
secrets
gracefavor
Affyauncebetrothal
falservery false
towardapproaching
assyndallotted
distaind her honorable bloodstained her
family’s honor
staypause
engreeved‘filled with grief’
boordedapproached
boultedsifted
partener Paramourepartner by way of sexual
desire
thatthat which
nearer movemore closely affect
embosomecherish; conceal
defaceoutshine
blentblinded
treachourtraitor; deceiver
enginplot, scheme
properown
weendsupposed
assaydafflicted
gealous wormeserpent of jealousy
repriefedisgrace
chawingchewing, ruminating
vengeable despightcruel injury
faytourimpostor
enforstcompelled; reinforced
sore chauffedseverely chafed; raged
me doen to dyethey have almost killed me
stubborne handelingruthless treatment
mortalldeadly
affectionspassions
betimesspeedily; before it is too late
perfectmature or complete
delayallay; dilute or temper
outweedweed out
filthlust; sins of the flesh
readtell
advauncebring forth; raise up
varletmale servant
bashed not / For‘was unabashed by’
redoubteddreaded or respected
dartesjavelins or light spears
flitswift
dightprepared
assayproven worth
staywait for
raceancestry
Draddreaded
His am Ii.e. his attendant
steadplace
confusiondestruction
behightcommanded
rustyreddish-brown with dried blood
upbrayreproach (cause to be blamed)
sillydefenseless
thrillantpiercing
intendedguided
empightimplanted itself
history,