Spenser's Britomart; From Books Iii, Iv, And V of the Faery Queene
Spenser's Britomart; From Books Iii, Iv, And V of the Faery Queene
Spenser Edmund
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As if but now the battle waxW warm. As when two greedy wolves do break by force Into an herd, far from the husband farm,^ 1 To take his lot, i^. to try his * To save their proper stakes^i^, fortune. to secure their own safety. 2 Full sorry to his view, i.e, a * Husband farm, />. the hus- sorry sight to him. bandman's farm. • Preasse, press. BRITOMART, 157 They spoil and ravine ^ without all remorse ; So did these two through all the field their foes enforce.^ 24 Fiercely they followed on their ...bold emprise,^ Till trumpet's sound did warn them all to rest : Then all with one consent did yield the prize To Triamond and Cambell as the best : But Triamond to Cambell it relest,* And Cambell it to Triamond transferred ; Each labouring t* advance the other's gest,^ And make his praise before his own preferred : So that the doom ^ was to another day deferred. 25 The last day came ; when all those knights again Assembled were their deeds of arms to show. Full many deeds that day were showM plain : But Satyrane, bove all the other crew, His wondrous worth declared in all men's view ; For from the first he to the last endured : And though some while fortune from him withdrew, Yet evermore his honour he recured,*^ And with unwearied pow'r his party still assured.® 26 Ne was there knight that ever thought of arms.
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