She led him vp into a goodly bowre, xv And comely courted with meet modestie, Ne in her speach, ne in her hauiour, Was lightnesse seene, or looser vanitie, But gratious womanhood, and grauitie, Aboue the reason of her youthly yeares: Her golden lockes she roundly did vptye In breaded[503] tramels, that no looser heares Did out of order stray about her daintie eares. Whilest she her selfe thus busily did frame, xvi Seemely to entertaine her new-come guest, Newes hereof to her other sisters came, Who all this while were at their wanton rest, Accourting each her friend with lauish fest: They were two knights of perelesse puissance, And famous far abroad for warlike gest, Which to these Ladies loue did countenaunce, And to his mistresse each himselfe stroue to aduaunce. He that made loue vnto the eldest Dame, xvii Was hight Sir _Huddibras_, an hardy man; Yet not so good of deedes, as great of name, Which he by many rash aduentures wan, Since errant armes to sew he first began; More huge in strength, then wise in workes he was, And reason with foole-hardize ouer ran; Sterne melancholy did his courage pas, And was for terrour more, all armd in shyning bras. But he that lou’d the youngest, was _Sans-loy_, xviii He that faire _Vna_ late fowle outraged, The most vnruly, and the boldest boy, That euer warlike weapons menaged, And to all lawlesse lust encouraged, Through strong opinion of his matchlesse might: Ne ought he car’d, whom he endamaged By tortious wrong, or whom bereau’d of right. He now this Ladies champion chose for loue to fight. These two gay knights, vowd to so diuerse loues, xix Each other does enuie with deadly hate, And dayly warre against his foeman moues, In hope to win more fauour with his mate, And th’others pleasing seruice to abate, To magnifie his owne. But when they heard, How in that place straunge knight arriued late, Both knights and Ladies forth right angry far’d, And fiercely vnto battell sterne themselues prepar’d. But ere they could proceede vnto the place, xx Where he abode, themselues at discord fell, And cruell combat ioynd in middle space: With horrible assault, and furie fell, They heapt huge strokes, the scorned life to quell, That all on vprore from her settled seat[504] The house was raysd, and all that in did dwell; Seemd that lowde thunder with amazement great Did rend the ratling skyes with flames of fouldring heat.