The rest he leaves in ground: So takes in hond

To feeke her endlong both by fea and lond. Long he her fought, he fought her far and

nere,

And every where that he mote understond Of Knights and Ladies any meetings were; And of each one he mett he tidings did inquere.

XX.

But all in vaine; his woman was too wife
Ever to come into his clouch againe,
And hee too fimple ever to furprise
The iolly Paridell, for all his paine.
One day, as he forpaffed by the plaine
With weary pace, he far away efpide
A couple, feeming well to be his twaine,
Which hoved clofe under a forest fide,

As if they lay in wait, or els themselves did hide.

XIX. 5. To feeke her endlong both by fea and lond.] I do not remember that endlong occurs in any poet before Spenfer, Chaucer excepted; nor in any of Spenfer's cotemporaries; fo that probably our author drew it from his favorite bard, Sq, Tale, v. 435.

"The red blood

"Ran endlong the tree."

Alfo, Frank. Tale, v. 2538.

"Loke what daye that endlong to Britaine,

"Ye remeve all these rockis stone by stone."

And in other places. Pope has revived this word with great propriety. T. WARTON.

.

XX. 8. Which hoved close] That is, hovered. See ft. 23. Skinner fays hove is used for hover. CHURCH.

XXI.

Well weened hee that thofe the fame mote bee;
And, as he better did their shape avize,
Him feemed more their maner did agree;
For th' one was armed all in warlike wize,
Whom to be Paridell he did devize;
And th' other, al yclad in garments light
Difcolourd like to womanish disguise,
He did refemble to his Lady bright;

And ever his faint hart much earned at the

fight:

XXII.

And ever faine he towards them would goe,
But yet durft not for dread approchen nie,
But ftood aloofe, unweeting what to doe;
Till that prickt forth with loves extremity,
That is the father of fowle gealofy,
He closely nearer crept the truth to weet:
But, as he nigher drew, he easily

Might fcerne that it was not his sweetest
Sweet,

Ne yet her Belamour, the partner of his sheet :

XXIII.

But it was fcornefull Braggadochio,

That with his fervant Trompart hoverd there,

XXII. 8.

fcerne] Difcerne, Lat. cernere, difcernere.

UPTON.

XXII. 9. Belamour,] Lover. Fr. bela mour. I do not find this word in Chaucer. Belamy, from bel amie, ufed by Spenfer, for good friend, occurs however in the Pardoners Prologue. See alfo the note on F. Q. vi. xii. 3. TODD.

Sith late he fled from his too earneft foe: Whom fuch whenas Malbecco spyed clere, He turned backe, and would have fled arere; Till Trompart, ronning haftely, him did stay And bad before his foveraine lord

appere: That was him loth, yet durft he not gainefay, And comming him before low louted on the lay.

XXIV.

The Boafter at him fternely bent his browe, As if he could have kild him with his looke, That to the ground him meekely made to bowe, And awfull terror deepe into him ftrooke, That every member of his body quooke. Said he, "Thou man of nought! what doest thou here

Unfitly furnisht with thy bag and booke, Where I expected one with fhield and fpere To fome deeds of armes upon an equall prove

pere ?"

XXV.

The wretched man at his imperious fpeach
Was all abafht, and low proftrating faid;
"Good Sir, let not my rudenes be no breach
Unto your patience, ne be ill ypaid;

XXIII. 3. Sith late he fled] See F. Q. iii. viii, 18.

CHURCH. be no breach] Hughes's

XXV. 3. second edition, and Tonfon's in 1758, read "be a breach.”

XXV. 4.

TODD. ypaid;] So all the

editions. It should be apaid. See F. Q. iii. vi. 21. CHURCH.

For I unwares this way by fortune ftraid,
A filly pilgrim driven to diftreffe,

That feeke a Lady”—There he fuddein staid, And did the reft with grievous fighes fuppreffe, While teares flood in his eies, few drops of bitterneffe.

XXVI.

"What Lady?"-" Man," faid Trompart, “take good hart,

And tell thy griefe, if any hidden lye:
Was never better time to fhew thy fmart
Then now that noble fuccor is thee by,
That is the whole worlds commune remedy."
That chearful word his weak heart much did
cheare,

And with vaine hope his fpirits faint fupply,
That bold he fayd; "O moft redoubted

Pere,

Vouchfafe with mild regard a wretches cace to heare."

XXVII.

Then fighing fore," It is not long," saide hee,

"Sith I enioyd the gentleft Dame alive ;

Of whom a Knight, (no Knight at all perdee,

XXVI. 1. What Lady ?-Man, &c.] All the editions-point thus, What Lady, man? But.. I apprehend "What Lady" is fpoken by Braggadochio, and "Man" is the beginning of Trompart's fpeech. CHURCH.

Mr. Upton proposes the fame improved punctuation. Tonfon's edition in 1758 adheres to the old pointing. TODD.

But fhame of all that doe for honor strive,) By treacherous deceipt did me deprive; Through open outrage he her bore away, And with fowle force unto his will did drive; Which al good Knights, that armes do bear this day,

Are bownd for to revenge and punish if they

may.

XXVIII.

"And you, moft noble Lord, that can and dare
Redreffe the wrong of miferable wight,
Cannot employ your moft victorious fpeare
In better quarrell then defence of right,
And for a Lady gainst a faithleffe Knight:
So fhall your glory be advaunced much,
And all faire Ladies magnify your might,
And eke myselfe, albee I fimple fuch,
Your worthy paine shall wel reward with guerdon
rich."

XXIX.

With that out of his bouget forth he drew Great ftore of treafure, therewith him to

tempt;

But he on it lookt fcornefully askew,

XXIX. 1. out of his bouget] Budget or pouch. Fr. bougette. See Cotgrave in v. BOUGETTE, which origi-" nally fignified, he tells us, a little coffer, or trunke of wood, couered with leather, wherwith the women of old time carried their jewels, attires, and trinkets, at their faddle bowes, when they rid into the countrey." TODD.