A flaming fire in midst of bloody field, And round about the wreath this word was writ, And deadly sharp he held, whose heads were dight XXXIX. When he in presence came, to Guyon first He boldly spake; "Sir Knight, if Knight thou bee, For feare of further harme, I counsell thee; XL. "Varlet, this place most dew to me I deeme, Yielded by him that held it forcibly: [seeme But whence shold come that harme, which thou dost 4 To threat to him that mindes his chaunce t'abye?" "Perdy," sayd he, "here comes, and is hard by, A Knight of wondrous powre and great assay, That never yet encountred enemy, But did him deadly daunt, or fowle dismay; Ne thou for better hope, if thou his presence stay." "ydle vanitee," or insolent presumption, he supposed that he had some excuse on which to justify or found his unreasonable claims. XLI. "How hight1 he," then sayd Guyon," and from whence?" "Pyrochles is his name, renowmed farre For his bold feates and hardy confidence, Full oft approvd in many a cruell warre; The brother of Cymochles; both which arre The sonnes of old Acrates and Despight; Acrates, sonne of Phlegeton and Iarre; But Phlegeton is sonne of Herebus and Night; But Herebus sonne of Aeternitie is hight.1 XLII. "So from immortall race he does proceede, XLIII. "His be that care, whom most it doth concerne," Sayd he: "but whether with such hasty flight Art thou now bownd? for well mote I discerne 1 Hight, is called. XLI. 2.- Pyrochles, &c.] 3 Derring doe, daring deeds. 4 Stead, place. Pyrochles and Cymochles are names derived from the Greek; the former denoting rashness, or a fiery temper; and the latter, a lover of troubles and contentions, or a fickleminded person—from a Greek word signifying a wave of the sea. XLII. 5.-Atin.] Atin resembles in name and functions Ate in the classical mythology. XLIII. 3.- Well mote I discerne.] I may well suppose or conjecture. Great cause, that carries thee so swifte and light." My Lord," quoth he, "me sent, and streight behight1 To seeke Occasion, where so she bee: For he is all disposd to bloody fight, And breathes out wrath and hainous crueltee; Hard is his hap, that first fals in his ieopardee." XLIV. "Mad Man," said then the Palmer, "that does seeke Occasion to wrath, and cause of strife; Shee comes unsought, and shonned followes eke. "Then loe! wher bound she sits, whom thou hast sought," Said Guyon; "let that message to thy Lord be brought." XLV. That when the Varlett heard and saw, streightway He wexed wondrous wroth, and said; "Vile Knight, That knights and knighthood doest with shame upbray, And shewst th' ensample of thy childishe might, With silly weake old woman thus to fight! Great glory and gay spoile sure hast thou gott, And stoutly prov'd thy puissaunce here in sight! That shall Pyrochles well requite, I wott, And with thy blood abolish so reprochfull blott." 1 Streight behight, strictly commanded. 2 Hap, lot. XLIV. 6.- Woe never wants, &c.] Woe is never wanting, where every cause of strife is embraced. XLV. 3. With shame upbray.] Bring reproach upon. XLVI. With that, one of his thrillant darts he threw, In the meant marke, advaunst his shield atween, But backe rebownding left the forckhead keene: Eftsoones 3 he fled away, and might no where be seene. 1 Thrillant, piercing. 2 Empight, was fixed. Eftsoones, immediately. CANTO V. Pyrochles does with Guyon fight, And Furors chayne untyes, Who him sore wounds; whiles Atin to I. WHOEVER doth to Temperaunce apply After that Varlets flight, it was not long 1 Staied, composed. 2 Embatteiled, armed for battle. 1. 8. His owne woes author, &c.] He is the author of his own woes, who finds Perturbation bound, and unbinds him wilfully, as Pyrochles did.. - Perturbation is the same as Furor. |