The Canterbury tales and Faerie queene &c., &c., &c., ed. for popular perusal with current illustrations and explanatory notes, by D. Laing Purves.

CANTOi] THE FAEE QUEEN. 4A9
"her sobbing breaches with sad complement" Faery Queen were such as she; "and ever
-and reproached "fondl Proteus, father of hasty Night be blamed bitterly:"
false prophecies." "I feared love," she cried; " Night! thou foul mother of annoyance sad,
"but they that love do live; but they that die Sister of heavy Death, and nurse of Woe,
do neither love nor hate." When all had Which wast begot in heav'n, but for thy bad
sorrowed their fill, they softly searched his And brutish shape thrust down to hell below,
wound; disarming him, they spread on the Where, by the grim flood of Cocytus slow,
ground "their watchet2 mantles fring'd with Thy dwelling is in Erebus' black house
silver round," wiped away the gelly (congealed) (Black Erebus, thy husband, is the foe
blood, and poured in sovereign balm and nectar Of all the gods), where thou ungracious
good. Then the lily-handed LiHgore, who had Half of thy days dost lead in horror hideois;
learned leechcraft from Apollo, her lover, felt
the pulse of Marinell, and gave his mother hope. "What had th' Eternal Maker need of thee
The world in his continual course to keep,
Then, up him taking in their tender hands, That dost all things deface, nor lettest see
They easily unto her chariot bear: The beauty of his work? Indeed in sleep
Her team at her commandment quiet stands, The slothful body that doth love to steep
While they the corse into her waggon rear,3 His lustless 5 limbs, and drown his baser mind,
And strow with flow'rs the lamentable bier:
Doth praise thee oft, and oft from Stygian deep
Then all the rest into their coaches climb, Calls thee his goddess, in his error blind
And through the brackish waves their passage And great Dame Nature's handmaid, cheering
shear; every kind.
Upon great Neptune's neck they softly swim,
And to her watery chamber swiftly carry him. Bu well I wo that to a heavy heart
Thou art the.root and nurse of bitter cares,
Deep in the bottom of the sea, her bow'r Breeder of new, renewer of old smarts:
Breeder of new renewer of old smarts:
Is built of hollow billows heaped high, Instead of rest thou lendest railing 6 tears
Like to thick-clouds that threat a stormy show'r; Instead of sleep thou sendest troublous fears
And vaulted all within, like to the sky ^.
And vaulted all within, like to the sky And dreadful visions, in the which alive
In which the gods do dwell eternall: The dreary image of sad Deathappears
There they him laid in easy couch well dight 4 So from te wery spirit thou dot drive
So from the weary spirit thou dost drive
And sent in haste for Tryphon, to apply Desired rest and men of happiness deprive.
Salves to his wounds, and medicines of might:ve.
For Tryphon of sea-gods the sov'reign leech is " Under thy mantle black there hidden lie
hight. Light-shunning Theft, and traitorous Intent,
Abhorrbd Bloodshed, and vile Felony,
The nymphs sat all around lamentiIg, while D, a D,
Shameful Deceit, and Danger imminent,
Cymoent, viewing his wide wound, oft cursed
the hand that gave it. " But none of all those Horror, andeke hellsh Drearimen
All these, I wot, in thy protection be
curses overtook the warlike Maid," who fairly A,, in thy proection be,
thrived, though nowpursuedbyArchimago, who And light do shun, for fear of being shent: 8
thrived, though now pursued Archimago who For light alike is loath'd of them and thee:
had separated her from the Prince and Guyon.. And all that lewdness love do hate the light to
They, it will be remembered, had set out to e light to
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rescue the lady on the'white palfrey, pursued by
the fierce lustful forester. "Through thick " For Day discovers all dishonest ways,
and thin, through mountains and through And showeth each thing as it is in deed:
plains," the champions follow the fearful dam- The praises of High God he fair displays,
sel; at a double way the Prince takes one path, And His large bounty rightly doth aread: 1
Guyon the other; while Timias, Arthur's squire, Day's dearest children be the blessed seed
still chases the forester. Arthur's chance was Which Darkness shall subdue and heaven win:
to take the way on which the damsel fled before; Truth is his daughter; he her first did breed,
he caught' sight of her, and vainly entreated her Most sacred virgin without spot of sin:
to stay; but still she fled as dove from hawk, Our life is day; but death with darkness doth
for though she saw that the forester no longer begin.
pursued, she had equal terror of the unknown " when will Day then turn to me again,
knight. But darkness came on, and the Prince And bring with him his long-expected light!
had to abandon the chase, cursing his wicked 0 Titan! haste to rear thy joyous wain;
fortune. Losing his way, he dismounted'and Speed thee to spread abroad thy beames bright,
laid himself down to sleep; but sleep refused And chase away this too long ling'ring Night;
to come; " instead thereof sad sorrow and dis- Chase her away, from whence she came, to hell:
dain did of his hard hap vex his noble breast," She, she it is, that hath me done despite:
and he was a prey to a thousand fancies, often There let her with the damned spirits dwell,
wishing that the lady fair might be the Faery And yield her room to Day, that can it govern
Queen after whom he complained, or that his well."
I Foolish. 2 Light blue. 3.Raise. 9 John iii. 20: " or every one that doeth evil, hateth
4 Prepared. 5 Languid, the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds
6 Flowing, streaming. 7 Sorrow. should be reproved."
8 Shamed. i1 Declare.