Then _Artegall_ himselfe discouering plaine, l Did issue forth gainst all that warlike rout Of knights and armed men, which did maintaine That Ladies part, and to the Souldan lout: All which he did assault with courage stout, All were they nigh an hundred knights of name, And like wyld Goates them chaced all about, Flying from place to place with cowheard[331] shame, So that with finall force them all he ouercame. Then caused he the gates be opened wyde, li And there the Prince, as victour of that day, With tryumph entertayn’d and glorifyde, Presenting him with all the rich array, And roiall pompe, which there long hidden lay, Purchast through lawlesse powre and tortious wrong Of that proud Souldan, whom he earst did slay. So both for rest there hauing stayd not long, Marcht with that mayd, fit matter for another song. FOOTNOTES: [320] viii 1 hm _1596_ [321] 7 despiteous _1609_ [322] xiii 1 sir _1596_, _1609_ [323] xiv 3 Since] Sith _1609_ [324] xvi 1 them] then _1596_ [325] xviii 2 hereby _1609_ [326] xxiv 2 complained. _1596_ [327] xxx 3 presumptuous _1609_ [328] xl 6 knowne _1596_ [329] xlviii 6 whither _1609_ [330] xlix 1 mad] bad _1609_ [331] 1 8 coward _1609 passim_ _Cant. IX._ [Illustration: _Arthur and Artegall catch Guyle whom Talus doth dismay, They to Mercillaes pallace come, and see her rich array._ ] What Tygre, or what other salvage wight i Is so exceeding furious and fell, As wrong, when it hath arm’d it selfe with might? Not fit mongst men, that doe with reason mell, But mongst wyld beasts and saluage woods to dwell; Where still the stronger doth the weake deuoure, And they that most in boldnesse doe excell, Are dreadded most, and feared for their powre: Fit for _Adicia_, there to build her wicked bowre. There let her wonne farre from resort of men, ii Where righteous _Artegall_ her late exyled; There let her euer keepe her damned den, Where none may be with her lewd parts defyled, Nor none but beasts may be of her despoyled: And turne we to the noble Prince, where late We did him leaue, after that he had foyled The cruell Souldan, and with dreadfull fate Had vtterly subuerted his vnrighteous state. Where hauing with Sir _Artegall_ a space iii Well solast in that Souldans late delight, They both resoluing now to leaue the place, Both it and all the wealth therein behight Vnto that Damzell in her Ladies right, And so would haue departed on their way. But she them woo’d by all the meanes she might, And earnestly besought, to wend that day With her, to see her Ladie thence not farre away.