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THE II. B00KE
His be that care, whom most it doth concerne,
(Said he) but whither with such hasty flight
Art thou now bound ? for well mote I discerne
Great cause,that carries thee so swift and light
My Lord(quothhe)me sent,andstreight benight
To seeke Occasion, where so she bee
For he is all disposd to bloudy fight,
And breathes out wrath and hamous crueltie,
Hard is his hap, that first fals in his leopardie
Madman (said then the Palmer) that does seeke
Occasion to wrath, and cause of strife,
She comes vnsought, and shonned followes eke
Happy, who can abstaine, when Rancour rife
Kindles Reuenge, and threats his rusty knife,
Woe neuer wants, where euery cause is caught,
And rash Occasion makes vnquiet life
Then loe, where bound she sits, whom thou
hast sought,
(Said Guyon,) let that message to thy Lord be
brought
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That when the varlet heard and saw, streight
way
He waxed wondrouswroth,and satd,Vileknight,
That knights and knighthood doest with
shame vpbray,
And shewst th'ensample of thy childish might,
With silly weake old woman thus to fight
Great glory and gay spoile sure hast thou got,
And stoutly prou'd thy puissaunce herein sight,
That shall Pyrochles well requite, I wot,
And with thy bloud abolish so reprochfull blot
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With that one of his thrillant darts he threw,
Headed with ire and vengeable despight,
The quiuenng Steele his aymed end well knew,
And to his brest it selfe intended right
But he was wane, and ere it empight
In the meant marke, aduaunst his shield
atweene,
On which it seizing, no way enter might,
But backe rebounding, left the forckheadkeene,
Eftsoones he fled away, and might no where be
seene.
Cant. V.
Pyrochles does with Guyon fight,
And Furors chayne vnbtnds
Of whom sore hurt, for his reuenge
Aim Cymochles finds
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Who euer doth to temperaunce apply
His stedfast life, and all his actions frame,
Trust me, shall find no greater enimy,
Then stubborne perturbation, to the same ,
To which right well the wise do giue that name,
For it the goodly peace of stayed mindes
Does ouerthrow,and troublous warre proclame
His owne woes authour, who so bound it findes,
As did Pyrochles, and it wilfully vnbmdes
After that varlets flight, it was not long,
Ere on the plame fast pricking Guyon spide
One in bright armes embatteiled full strong,
That as the Sunny beames do glaunceand glide
Vpon the trembling waue, so shined bright,
And round about him threw fort h sparkling fire,
That seemd him to enflame on euery side
His steed was bloudy red, and fomed ire,
When with the maistring spur he did him
roughly slire
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Approching nigh, he neuer stayd to greete,
Ne chaffar words, prowd courage to prouoke,
But prickt so fiers, that vnderneath his fettt
The smouldnng dust did round about him
smoke,
Both horse and man nigh able for to choke ,
And fairly couching his Steele headed speure,
Him first saluted with a sturdy stroke,
It booted nought Sir Guyon comming neare
To thinke, such hideous puissaunce on foot to
beare
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But lightly shunned it, and passing by,
With his bright blade did smite at him so fell,
That the sharpe Steele arriumg forcibly
On his broad shield, bit not, but glauncing fell
On his horse necke before the quilted sell
And from the head the body sundred quight
So him dismounted low, he did compell
On foot with him to matchen equall fight,
The truncked beast fast bleeding,did him fowly
dight