XIV.

So up he rofe, and forth ftreightway he went. Backe to the place where Turpine late he lore;

There he him found in great aftonishment, To fee him fo bedight with bloodie gore And griefly wounds, that him appalled fore. Yet thus at length he said; "How now, Sir Knight,

What meaneth this which here I fee before? How fortuneth this foule uncomely. plight, So different from that which earft ye feem'd in sight ?”

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Perdie,” faid he," in evill houre it fell,
That ever I for meed did undertake

So hard a taske as life for hyre to fell;
The which I earft adventur'd for your fake:
Witneffe the wounds, and this wide bloudie
lake,

Which ye may fee yet all about me fteeme. Therefore now yeeld, as ye did promise make, My due reward, the which right well I deeme I yearned have, that life fo dearely did redeeme."

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XV. 9. I yearned have,] I have gained or deferred. See alfo F. Q. vi. i. 40, and the note on earne, F. Q. iv. x. 9, where, as in the prefent inftance, it may be feen that Spenfer fometimes fpells the word, which we now fpell earne, yearne; and vice versa. However, earne was formerly a common

XVI

"But where then is," quoth he halfe wrothfully, “Where is the bootie, which therefore I

bought,

That curfed caytive, my ftrong enemy, That recreant Knight, whofe hated life I fought 20180329MLS

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And where is eke your friend which halfe it ought?"

He lyes," faid he, upon the cold bare Adelaground,mu oli öt erda aran Mo

Slayne of that Errant Knight with whom he fought;

Whom afterwards myfelfe with many a wound

Did flay againe, as ye may fee there in the

Thereof false Turpin was full glad and faine, And needs with him ftreight to the place would ryde,

Where he himfelfe might fee his foeman

flame;

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For elfe his feare could not be

fatisfyde.

So, as they rode, he saw the way
le, he faw the way all dyde

fpelling for yearne. See Cotgrave's Dict. in V. Friffonner, "to 'tremble, to earne through cold or feare." See alfo ibid, in VV. earne and yearne. TODD.

XVI. 5:1 ADIVAMI A Distara ought?] Owned, had a right to. CHURCH.

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With ftreames of bloud; which tra the traile,

Ere long they came, whenas in evill That other Swayne, like afhes deadly Lay in the lap of death, rewing his w bale.

XVIII.

Much did the Craven feeme to mone hi That for his fake his deare life had for And, him bewayling with affection ba Did counterfeit kind pittie where was For where's no courage, there's no ru

mone.

Thence paffing forth, not farre away he Whereas the Prince himfelfe lay all al Loosely displayd upon the graffie grou Poffeffed of fweete fleepe that luld him f

fwound.

XIX.

Wearie of travell in his former fight,
He there in fhade himselfe had layd to

XVII. 8.

deadly pale,] edition of 1751, " dead and pale." CHURCH.

XVIII. 5. For where's no courage, there's no ruth nor This is Chaucer's frequent obfervation, Kn. Tale, ver. "For pite rennith fone in gentil hert."

Again, Squ. Tale, ver. 499.

"That pite rennith fone in gentil hert.".

Again, Merch. Tale, ver. 1502.

"Lo! pite rennith fone in gentil hert." UPTON. XVIII. 8. Loofely displayd &c.] So, in F. Q. ii. v. "There he him found all carelessly difplaid

"In fecret fhadow from the funny ray." TODD.

moleft;

Having his armes and warlike things undight,
Feareleffe of foes that mote his peace
The whyles his Salvage Page, that wont be

preft,

XIX. 5. preft,] Preft is very frequently ufed by Spenfer. In fome places it fignifies ready or quick; in others it seems to be used, adverbially, for quickly, immediately. It is plainly the old French word, PRESTE, quick, or nimble, which fometimes is ufed adverbially. Dr. Jortin derives it from præfto adeffe. See F. Q. ii. viii. 28.

"For what art thou

"That makft thyfelf his dayes-man to prolong

"The vengeance preft ?"

That is, inftant or prefent vengeance. Again, F. Q. iv. iii. 22. "Who, him affronting, foone to fight was readie preft."

That is, ready, quickly. Again, F. Q. iv. v. 36.

"In which his work he had fixe fervants preft."

That is, fix ready or nimble fervants; or perhaps prefent. Again, F. Q. iv. viii. 41.

"So hard behind his backe his foe was preft."

That is, his foe was very near him behind. Again, F. Q, v. vii. 27. "To warn her foe to battell foone be preft."

That is, be foon ready to fight with her. Again, F. Q. v. viii. 9. "Finding there ready prest

"Sir Arthegall”

That is, ready and prefent; ready at hand. Again, F. Q. vi. vi. 44.

"He watcht in close await with weapons preft."

That is, with his weapons ready, prepared. It is used in many of these senses by Chaucer. See Troil. and Cr. 4. 661.

Fame

"Was throughout Troy ifled with preft wings."

That is, with nimble or ready wings. Again, Ibid. 9. 785. "Alfo thefe wickid touguis ben so prest

"To fpeke us harm."

That is, fo ready to fpeak, &c. Again, in the Affemb. of Fowles: "Neither was fowle, that commeth of engendrure,

"That there ne was preft in her prefence.'

That is, that was not prefent before her. This word is to be met with in most of our old English poets, particularly Lord Surrey, Wyat, Tuberville, &c. Harington much ufes it in his Ariofto, T. WARTON.

Was wandred in the wood another w To doe fome thing, that feemed to hi The whyles his Lord in filver flombe Like to the evening ftarre adorn'd with ray.

XX.

Whom whenas Turpin faw fo loofely lay
He weened well that he indeed was d

Like as that other Knight to him ha
But, when he nigh approcht, he mote
Plaine fignes in him of life and livelih
Whereat much griev'd against that ftr
Knight,

That him too light of credence did m He would have backe retyred from that That was to him on earth the deadlieft de 3XXI.

But that fame Knight would not once le

But plainely gan to him declare the ca
Of all his mischiefe and late luckleffe f
How both he and his fellow there in. pl
Were vanquished, and put to foule difgr
And how that he, in lieu of life him le

XIX. 8.

in filver flomber

the note on "filver fleep," F. Q. vi. ix. 22. TODD. XX. 1. loofely layd,] T carelessly layd, as in F. Q. ii. v. 32, and elfewhere. So M of Samfon, Samf. Agon. ver. 148. Fol 3 AX

"See how he lies at random, carelessly diffus'd, &

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