Spencer: Book I of the Faery QueeneClarendon Press, 1883 - 257 pages |
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Page xxviii
... faire Ladie in mourning weedes , riding on a white Asse , with a dwarfe behind her leading a warlike steed , that bore the Armes of a knight , and his speare in the dwarfes hand . She falling before the Queene of Faeries , complayned ...
... faire Ladie in mourning weedes , riding on a white Asse , with a dwarfe behind her leading a warlike steed , that bore the Armes of a knight , and his speare in the dwarfes hand . She falling before the Queene of Faeries , complayned ...
Page xxix
... faire Lady , called Amoretta , whom he kept in most grievous torment . Whereupon Sir Scudamour , the lover of that Lady , presently tooke on him that adventure . But beeing unable to performe it by reason of the hard Enchauntments ...
... faire Lady , called Amoretta , whom he kept in most grievous torment . Whereupon Sir Scudamour , the lover of that Lady , presently tooke on him that adventure . But beeing unable to performe it by reason of the hard Enchauntments ...
Page xxx
... stowre , When so thee list thy loftie Muse to raise : Yet , till that thou thy poeme wilt make knowne , Let thy faire Cinthias praises be thus rudely showne . E. S. ΤΟ THE MOST HIGH , MIGHTIE , AND MAGNIFICENT EMPERESSE.
... stowre , When so thee list thy loftie Muse to raise : Yet , till that thou thy poeme wilt make knowne , Let thy faire Cinthias praises be thus rudely showne . E. S. ΤΟ THE MOST HIGH , MIGHTIE , AND MAGNIFICENT EMPERESSE.
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... Faire Venus sonne , that with thy cruell dart At that good knight so cunningly didst rove , That glorious fire it kindled in his hart , Lay now thy deadly heben bow apart , And with thy mother milde come to mine ayde ; Come both , and ...
... Faire Venus sonne , that with thy cruell dart At that good knight so cunningly didst rove , That glorious fire it kindled in his hart , Lay now thy deadly heben bow apart , And with thy mother milde come to mine ayde ; Come both , and ...
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... faire did sitt , As one for knightly giusts and fierce encounters fitt . 2 And on his brest a bloudie crosse he bore , The deare remembrance of his dying Lord , For whose sweete sake that glorious badge he wore , And dead as living ever ...
... faire did sitt , As one for knightly giusts and fierce encounters fitt . 2 And on his brest a bloudie crosse he bore , The deare remembrance of his dying Lord , For whose sweete sake that glorious badge he wore , And dead as living ever ...
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Archimago Ariosto armes Bartsch beast blood bloud Brachet brest CANTO Chanson de Roland Chaucer Cotgrave cruell dame deadly deare death Dict Diez doth dragon dread dreadfull elfin knight English eternall evil eyes Faery Queene faire fast feare feeble fierce fight gentle Gloss glossary goodly Goth grace griefe groning hand hart hath heaven heavenly hight house of Pride Icel king lady Latin living lord Lord Leicester meaning mighty Milton Nares never nigh nought paine Paynim phrase poets powre pray pret pride Prince Arthur pron proud quoth rage Red Cross Knight seemd seems selfe sense Shepheards Calender shew shield shyning sight Skeat s.v. sonne sore Spenser spide Stratmann sweet thee thence thou tree Truth unto vaine verb viii wandring weary weene wight wondrous wont word wound wyde yron