Unto his Faery Queene backe to retourne ; Here fhe a while may make her fafe abode, The which he fhortly did, and Una left to Till the repaired have her tackles spent, mourne. ILII. Now ftrike your failes, yce iolly Mariners! For wee be come into a quiet rode. Where we must land fome of our passengers, And want fupplide: and then againe abroad tent. VOL. 11. F The knight approaching nigh, thus to her faid, "Or els his wrong with greater puiffance ma He ftayd his fteed for humble mifers fake, And badd tell on the tenor of his playnt; Who faigning then in every limb to quake Through inward feare, and feeming pale and faint," He fhall you doe dew recompenfe agayne, With piteous mone his piercing speech gan paint; "Dear Lady! how fhall I declare thy cace, "Whome late I left in languorous conftraynt? "Would god thyfelfe now prefent were in place, "To tell this ruefull tale; thy fight could win ❝ thee grace; X. "Or rather would, (O would it fo had chaunft!) Witnes ye Heav'ns! whom he in vaine to help XI. "How may it be," fayd then the knight halfe That knight fould knighthood ever fo have "None but that faw," quoth he, "would weene "for troth, "How fhamefully that mayd he did torment: Against her fnowy breft he fiercely bent, XV. (tain XVII. "But now, fayre Lady! comfort to you nrake "And reade who hath ye wrought this fha « full plight, "That fhort revenge the man may overtake, "Wherefo he be, and foone upon him light." "Certes," faide fhe, "I wote not how he hig "But under him a gray fteede he did wield, "Whofe fides with dapled cireles weren dight "Upright he rode, and in his filver fhield [fiel "He bore a bloodie croffe, that quarter'd all XIX. Now by my head," faide Guyon," much I "mufe, "How that fame knight should doe fo fowle amis, "Or ever gentle damzell so abuse; "For may I boldly fay, he furely is "A right good knight, and trew of word ywis: I prefent was, and can it witnesse well, XXV. "Lo yonder he," cryde Archimage alowd, "That wrought the fhamefull fact which I did " fhew, "And now he doth himselfe in fecret fhrowd, "To fly the vengeaunce for his outrage dew: "But vaine; for he fhall dearely do him rew; "So God ye [peed, and send you good fucceffe, "When armes he fwore, and ftreight did enterpris" Which we far off will here abide to vew.” "Th' adventure of the errant damozell, So they him left inflam'd with wrathfulnesse, * In which he hath great glory wonne, as I heare That ftreight against that knight his speare he did "tell. addreffe. "Certes," faid he, "well mote I fhame to tell "The fond encheafon that me hether led; "A falfe infamous faitour late befell "Me for to meet, that seemed ill befted, |