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Cant. IIII.
Cant. IIII.
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Guyon does Furor bind in chaines,And stops occasion:Deliuers Phaon, and thereforeBy strife is rayld vppon.
In braue poursuitt of honorable deed,There is I know not (what) great differenceBetweene the vulgar and the noble seed,Which vnto things of valorours pretenceSeemes to be borne by natiue influence;As feates of armes, and loue to entertaine,But chiefly skill to ride seemes a scienceProper to gentle blood; some others faineTo menage steeds, as did this vaunter; but in vaine.
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 strēgthen, & the strōg suppresse.
It fortuned forth faring on his way,He saw from far, or seemed for to seeSome troublous vprore or contentious fray,Whereto he drew in hast it to agree.
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