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Cant. II.
Ill by ensample good doth often gayne.Then forward he his purpose gan pursew,And told the story of the mortall payne,Which Mordant and Amauia did rew;As with lamenting eyes him selfe did lately vew.
Night was far spent, and now in Ocean deepOrion, flying fast from hissing snake,His flaming head did hasten for to steep,When of his pitteous tale he end did make;Whilst with delight of that he wisely spake,Those guestes beguyled, did beguyle their eyesOf kindly sleepe, that did them ouertake.At last when they had markt the chaunged skyes,They wist their houre was spēt; thē each to rest him hyes
Cant. III.
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Vaine Braggadocchio getting Guyonshorse is made the scorneOf knighthood trew, and is of fayreBelphœbe fowle forlorne.
So one as the morrow fayre with purple beamesDisperst the shadowes of the misty night,And Titan playing on the eastern streames,Gan cleare the deawy ayre with springing light,Sir Guyon mindfull of his vow yplight,Vprose from drowsie couch, and him addrestVnto the iourney which he had behight:His puissaunt armes about his noble brest,And many-folded shield he bound about his wrest.
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