Which he atchieved to his owne great gaines, Reaping eternall glorie of his restlesse1 paines. III. So sharply he the Monster did pursew, That day nor night he suffred him to rest, Ne rested he himselfe (but natures dew) For dread of daunger not to be redrest,2 If he for slouth forslackt 3 so famous quest. Him first from court he to the citties coursed, And from the citties to the townes him prest, And from the townes into the countrie forsed, And from the country back to private farmes he scorsed.* IV. From thence into the open fields he fled, Whereas the heardes were keeping of their neat,5 V: There on a day, as he pursew'd the chace, He chaunst to spy a sort of shepheard groomes 1 Restlesse, unceasing. 2 Redrest, escaped. 3 Forslackt, delayed, put off. Scorsed, chaced. 5 Neat, cattle. 6 Sort, company. III. 3.— But natures dew.] Only so much as was required by nature. IV. 9.-Wrathfull time.] Church and Upton are of opinion that Spenser wrote "tine," inclemency. Playing on pypes and caroling apace, The whyles their beasts there in the budded broomes If such a beast they saw, which he had thether brought. VI. They answer'd him that no such beast they saw, Their happie flockes, nor daunger to them draw; VII. The Knight was nothing nice, where was no need, They prayd him sit, and gave him for to feed Of sundry flowres with silken ribbands tyde, Yclad in home-made greene that her owne hands had dyde. VIII. Upon a litle hillocke she was placed 1 Kend, knew. 2 Tho, then. VII. 4. Such homely what.] Such homely fare. Higher then all the rest, and round about As if some miracle of heavenly hew 2 Were downe to them descended in that earthly vew. 3 IX. And soothly sure she was full fayre of face, Which she did more augment with modest grace X. Ne was there heard, ne was there shepheards swayne, But her did honour; and eke many a one Burnt in her love, and with sweet pleasing payne Full many a night for her did sigh and grone: But most of all the shepheard Coridon For her did languish, and his deare life spend ; Did care a whit, ne any liking lend: Though meane her lot, yet higher did her mind ascend. XI. Her whyles Sir Calidore there vewed well, Then, than. 2 Rout, company. 4 Trim, nice, fair. 5 Hight, call. • Heard, a keeper of cattle And markt her rare demeanure, which him seemed So farre the meane1 of shepheards to excell, As that he in his mind her worthy deemed To be a Princes paragone esteemed, He was unwares surprisd in subtile bands Of the Blynd Boy; ne thence could be redeemed Caught like the bird which gazing still on others stands. XII. So stood he still long gazing thereupon, Ne any will had thence to move away, But after he had fed, yet did he stay And sate there still, untill the flying day To th' heards, but meant them to the Damzels fantazy.5 XIII. By this the moystie Night approaching fast Her deawy humour gan on th' earth to shed, That warn'd the shepheards to their homes to hast Their tender flocks, now being fully fed, For feare of wetting them before their bed: Then came to them a good old aged Syre, Whose silver lockes bedeckt his beard and hed, With shepheards hooke in hand, and fit attyre, That wil'd the Damzell rise; the day did now expyre. 1 Meane, mien. 2 Quest, object of pursuit. 3 Fell, befell. ▲ Heards, keepers of cattle. 5 Fantazy, fancy, apprehension. XI. 5.-A Princes paragone.] A companion for princes. XIV. He was to weet, by common voice, esteemed And of herselfe in very deede so deemed ; And, taking up, brought home and noursed well XV. She at his bidding meekely did arise, Her fleecie flocke; but Coridon most helpe did give. XVI. But Melibee (so hight 2 that good old man) Now seeing Calidore left all alone, And night arrived hard at hand, began Him to invite unto his simple home; Which though it were a cottage clad with lome, 1 Tract, course. 2 Hight, was called. XIV. 4.. As old stories tell, &c.] "The story of Pastorella is founded on the old romance called Dorastus and Fawnia, from which Shakspeare borrowed the plan of his play called the Winter's Tale' Or rather Spenser might borrow from the original, viz., the pastoral of Daphnis and Chloe, by Longus."— UPTON. XVI. 5.-Clad with lome.] Built of, or covered with, clay. |