If not, leave unto me thy knights last patron-False traitour! miscreaunt! thou broken hast Have secrete powre t' appease inflamed rage: But full of anger fiersly to him cryde; XXVII Tho, turning to those brethren, thus bespoke: 'Ye warlike payre, whose valorous great might, It seemes, just wronges to vengeaunce doe provoke, hast defast.' thought XXXII [knight, With that his balefull speare he fiercely bent To wreake your wrath on this dead seeming Against the Pagans brest, and therewith Mote ought allay the storme of your despight, And settle patience in so furious heat? Not to debate the chalenge of your right, But for his carkas pardon I entreat, Whom fortune hath already laid in lowest seat.' XXVIII His cursed life out of her lodge have rent; He cast between to ward the bitter stownd: Through all those foldes the steelehead passage wrought, To whom Cymochles said; 'For what art thou, [to ground That mak'st thy selfe his dayes-man, to prolong And through his shoulder perst; wherwith The vengeaunce prest? Or who shall let me He groveling fell, all gored in his gushing wound. XXXVI Glad was the knight, and with fresh courage So stoutly he withstood their strong assay; When as againe he armed felt his hond: fraught, Till that at last, when he advantage spyde, His poynant speare he thrust with puissant Then like a Lyon, which hath long time saught [wyde, His robbed whelpes, and at the last them fond At proud Cymochles, whiles his shield was Emongst the shepeheard swaynes, then wexeth That through his thigh the mortall steele did wood and yond: sway gryde: He, swarving with the force, within his flesh As salvage Bull, whom two fierce mastives With that he strooke, and thother strooke That all the forest quakes to heare him rore: withall, [might: So rag'd Prince Arthur twixt his foemen twaine, XLIII [sustaine. That nothing seemd mote beare so monstrous XXXIX Wyde was the wound, and a large lukewarme flood, Red as the Rose, thence gushed grievously; Gave him great hart and hope of victory. XL Whom when the Palmer saw in such distresse, To use that sword so well as he it ought!' But ever at Pyrochles when he smitt, His hand relented and the stroke forbore, stowre: [more; But him henceforth the same can save no For now arrived is his fatall howre, [powre. That no'te avoyded be by earthly skill or XLIV For when Cymochles saw the fowle reproch, Which them appeached, prickt with guiltie shame And inward griefe, he fiercely gan approch, I CANTO IX. The house of Temperance, in which Besiegd of many foes, whom straung er knightes to flight compell. Thousand times fairer than her mortall hew, Of all Gods workes which doe this worlde O! how great wonder would your thoughts devoure, And infinite desire into your spirite poure. VI Said Guyon, Noble Lord, what meed so Great guerdon, well I wote, should you remaine, As Arthegall and Sophy now beene honored.' VII 'Certes,' (then said the Prince) 'I God avow, That sith I armes and knighthood first did plight, They found the gates fast barred long ere night, And every loup fast lockt, as fearing foes despight. XI Which when they saw, they weened fowle Was to them doen, their entraunce to forestall, away, XII My whole desire hath beene, and yet is now, 'Fly fly, good knights,' (said he) 'fly fast To serve that Queene with al my powre and might. [light, If that your lives ye love, as meete ye should; Seven times the Sunne, with his lamp-burning Fly fast, and save your selves from neare deHath walkte about the world, and I no lesse, [ would: Sith of that Goddesse I have sought the sight, Here may ye not have entraunce, though we Yet no where can her find: such happinesse We would, and would againe, if that we Heven doth to me envy, and fortune favour-But thousand enemies about us rave, [could; lesse.' cay; And with long siege us in the castle hould. XIII Thus as he spoke, loe! with outragious cry Some with unweldy clubs, some with long Staring with hollow eies, and stiffe upstanding XIV Fiersly at first those knights they did assayle, Like scattered Sheepe, whenas the Shepherds XV A while they fled, but soone retournd againe With greater fury then before was fownd; |