Whereof she now more glad, then sory earst, xlv All ouercome with infinite affect, For his exceeding courtesie, that pearst Her stubborne hart with inward deepe effect, Before his feet her selfe she did proiect, And him adoring as her liues deare Lord, With all due thankes, and dutifull respect, Her selfe acknowledg’d bound for that accord, By which he had to her both life and loue restord. So all returning to the Castle glad, xlvi Most ioyfully she them did entertaine, Where goodly glee and feast to them she made, To shew her thankefull mind and meaning faine, By all the meanes she mote it best explaine: And after all, vnto Sir _Calidore_ She freely gaue that Castle for his paine, And her selfe bound to him for euermore; So wondrously now chaung’d, from that she was afore. But _Calidore_ himselfe would not retaine xlvii Nor land nor fee, for hyre of his good deede, But gaue them streight vnto that Squire againe, Whom from her Seneschall he lately freed, And to his damzell as their rightfull meed, For recompence of all their former wrong: There he remaind with them right well agreed, Till of his wounds he wexed hole and strong, And then to his first quest he passed forth along. FOOTNOTES: [401] vii 6 replide) _1596_ [402] ix i leaue _1596_ [403] x 8 withall, _1596_ withall; _1609_ [404] xiii 9 pay _1596_ [405] xvi 6 vnable _1609_ [406] xxiii 6 carkarsse _1596_ [407] xxiv 4 day. _1596_ [408] xxv 9 requight _1596_ [409] xxviii 6 Ere he] Ere thou _1596_ [410] xxxi 1 light, _1596_ [411] xxxvi 9 breathe _1609_ [412] xxxviii 1 hie, _1596_ [413] xl 9 earne _1609_ [414] xlii 4 sith _1609_ _Cant. II._ [Illustration: _Calidore sees young Tristram slay A proud discourteous knight, He makes him Squire, and of him learnes his state and present plight._ ] What vertue is so fitting for a knight, i Or for a Ladie, whom a knight should loue, As Curtesie, to beare themselues aright To all of each degree, as doth behoue? For whether they be placed high aboue, Or low beneath, yet ought they well to know Their good, that none them rightly may reproue Of rudenesse, for not yeelding what they owe: Great skill it is such duties timely to bestow.