Thereat he shriekt aloud, that with his cry lxii The Tyrant selfe came forth with yelling bray, And me pursew’d; but nathemore would I Forgoe the purchase of my gotten pray, But haue perforce him hether[149] brought away. Thus as they talked, loe where nigh at hand Those Ladies two yet doubtfull through dismay In presence came, desirous t’vnderstand Tydings of all, which there had hapned on the land. Where soone as sad _Æmylia_ did espie lxiii Her captiue louers friend, young _Placidas_; All mindlesse of her wonted modestie, She to him ran, and him with streight embras Enfolding said, And[150] liues yet _Amyas_? He liues (quoth he) and his _Æmylia_ loues. Then lesse (said she) by all the woe I pas, With which my weaker patience fortune proues. But what mishap thus long him fro my selfe remoues? Then gan he all this storie to renew, lxiv And tell the course of his captiuitie; That her deare hart full deepely made to rew, And sigh full sore, to heare the miserie, In which so long he mercilesse did lie. Then after many teares and sorrowes spent, She deare besought the Prince of remedie: Who thereto did with readie will consent, And well perform’d, as shall appeare by his euent. FOOTNOTES: [133] Arg. 2 _Slaunder_ _1609_ [134] i 4 drad _1609_ [135] ii 2 had, _1596_ [136] 9 decay _1596_ [137] iv 9 pearc’t _1609_ [138] vi 3 reliques _1609_ [139] ix 9 partake _1609_ [140] x 4 ribband _1609_ [141] xii 3 him] her _conj. Church_ [142] xv 6 avise _1609_ [143] xvi 8 doolefull _1609_ [144] xxi 3 thither _1609_ [145] xxx 4 then] them _1596_ [146] xxxviii 2 flie _1596_ [147] xlv 8 forth _1609_ [148] xlvi 2 breathe _1609_ [149] lxii 5 hither _1609_ _Cant. IX._ [Illustration: _The Squire of low degree releast Pœana[151] takes to wife: Britomart fightes with many Knights,[152] Prince Arthur stints their strife._ ] Hard is the doubt, and difficult to deeme, i When all three kinds of loue together meet, And doe dispart the hart with powre extreme, Whether shall weigh the balance downe; to weet The deare affection vnto kindred sweet, Or raging fire of loue to woman kind, Or zeale of friends combynd with vertues meet. But of them all the band of vertuous[153] mind Me seemes the gentle hart[154] should most assured bind.