CONTENTS. VOL. IV. THE SIXTH BOOKE OF THE FAERIE QUEENE CONTAYNING THE LEGEND OF SIR CALIDORE, OR OF COURTESIE. CANTO II. Calidore sees young Tristram slay HAT vertue is so fitting for a Knight, WH Or for a Ladie whom a Knight should love, As Curtesie; to beare themselves aright Thereto great helpe Dame Nature selfe doth lend: Doth best become and greatest grace doth gaine : Yet praise likewise deserve good thewes enforst with paine. That well in courteous Calidore appeares ; And them beside a Ladie faire he saw may: Him stedfastly he markt, and saw to bee Yet but a slender slip, that scarse did see Yet seventeene yeares, but tall and faire of face, Buskins he wore of costliest cordwayne, Pinckt upon gold, and paled part per part, That first unto his hand in chase did happen neare. 3 |