For fhee was full of amiable grace,
And manly terror mixed therewithall;
That as the one stirrd up affections bace,
So th' other did mens rafh defires apall,

And hold them backe, that would in error fall:
As hee that hath espide a vermeill rofe,

So when they flaked had the fervent heat
Of appetite with meates of every sort,
The lady did faire Britomart entreat
Her to difarme, and with delightfull sport
To loofe her warlike limbs and ftrong effort;
But when fhee mote not thereunto be wonne,
(For fhee her sexe, under that straunge purport

ftall,

Dare not for dread his hardy hand expose, But wishing it far off his ydle wish doth lofe.

XLVII,

Whom when the lady faw fo faire a wight,
All ignorant of her contrary fex,

(For thee her weend a fresh and lufty knight) Shee greatly gan enamoured to wex,

And wit!ine thoughts her falfed fancy vex: ?

In playner wife to tell her grievaunce the bes gonne;