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

CANTO X.] THE F ERIE QUEEN. 435
The second Helen, fair Dame Hellenore, Straying alone withouten groom or guide:
The while her husband ran with sorry haste Her up they took, and with them home her led,
To quench the flames which she had tin'dl With them as housewife ever to abide,
before, To milk their goats, and make them cheese and
Laugh'd at his foolish labour spent in waste,2 bread;
And ran into her lover's arms right fast; And ev'ry one as common good her handeled:
Where strait embraceid, she to him did cry So that she had soon forgotten both Malbecco
And call aloud for help, ere help were past; and Paridell. When Malbecco saw the ravisher
For lo! that guest did bear her forciblf his wife, " he fainted, and was almost dead
Andmeant to ravish her, that rather had to die! with fear;" at last he summoned courage to
The wretched man, hearing her call for aid, inquire for Hellenora. But Paridell lightly
And ready seeing him with her to fly, answered, " I take no keep 7 of her; she won.
In his disquiet mind was much dismay'd: neth 8 in the forest there before;" and forth
But when again he backward cast his eye, he rode on new adventure-some convenient
And saw the wicked fire so furiously derangement in his horse's harness giving BragConsume his heart, and scorch his idol's face,3 gadocio a pretext for letting him pass unHe was therewith distressedhdiversely, punished: Malbecco, greatly disquieted by the
Nor wist he how to turn, nor to what place: thought that his wife may be devoured by wild
Was never wretched man in such a woeful case. beasts, wished to enter the forest at once; but
Trompart, working on his avarice by tales of
Ay when to him she cried, to her he turn'd, robbers, induced him to leave his treasure beAnd left the fire; love, money overcame: hind "buried in the ground for jeopardy."
But, when he marked how his money burn'd,
He left his wife; money did love disclaim: Now when amid the thickest woods they were,
Both was he loth to lose his loved dame, They heard a noise of many bagpipes shrill,
And loath to leave his liefest 4 pelf behind; And shrieking hubbubs them approaching near,
Yet, since he no't 5 save both, he sav'd that same Which all the forest did with horror fill:
Which was the dearest to his dunghill mind, That dreadful sound the boaster's heart did
The god of his desire, the joy of misers blind. thrill
WTith such amazement, that in haste he fled,
While all was in uproar, the lovers, under the Nor ever lookid back for good or ill;
safe-conduct of " Night, the patroness of love- And after him eke fearful Trompart sped:
stealth fair," fled at ease; leaving Malbecco to The old man could not fly, but fell to ground
rave, and stamp, and cry, and chew the cud of half dead:
inward grief. At last he resolved to hide parte c g as h
of his treasure, to bear the rest secretly with HYet afterwa, co se reepig ful head,
him, and, in the garb of a poor pilgrim, to seek He in a bush did hide his fearful head.
his wife whereso she might be found. But all The olly Satyrs, full of fresh delight,
his search was vain; the "woman was too wise Came dancing forth, and with them nimbly led
his search was vain; the " woman was too wise
ever to come into his clutch again," and he Fair Hellenore, with garlands all bespread,
cWhom their May-lady they had newly made:
too simple ever to surprise the jolly Paridell. hom t heir whichMay-lady t hey had newly m ade:
In his wanderings he encountered Braggadocio e o hi h t ad
and Trompart; and, by the display of his trea- A d of their lovely fellowship full lade, l
sure, he induced the braggart, "the whole Danc'd lively, and her face did with a laurel
sure, he induced the braggart, "the whole, ^ ^
world's common remedy," to swear by Sangla- sh
mort his sword that the lady should be sent back The silly man, that in the thicket lay,
and the ravisher chastised. Malbecco, deceived Saw all this goodly sport, and grieved sore;
by the bombast of the pretentious pair, joyfully Yet durst he naught against it do or say,
believed the thing as good as done; and the But did his heart with bitter thoughts engore,1
three travelled long together, "through many To see th' unkindness of his Hellenore.
a wood and many an uncouth way "-Bragga- All day they dancid with great lustihead,2
docio and his crafty squire really seeking only And with their hornid feet the green grass
an opportunity to deprive their companion of his wore;
treasure. At last they met Paridell himself, The while their goats upon the browses 13 fed,
who, having filched the pleasures of the dame, Till drooping Phoebus gan to hide his golden
had cast her up to the wide world, and let her head.
fly alone; for he would not be clogged; " so 4.
fly alone; for he would not be clogged; "so Then up they gan their merry pipes to truss,l4
had he served many one."
And all their goodly herds did gather round;
The gentle lady, loose at random left, But every Satyr first did give a buss 15
The green-wood long did walk, and wander wide To Hellenore; so busses did abound.
At wild adventure, like a f6rlorn weft; 6 Now gan the humid vapour shed the ground
Till on a day the Satyrs her espied With pearly dew, and th' earthe's gloomy shade
1 Kindled. 8 Dwelleth. 9 Showed.
2 Thrown away. 3 His wealth. to Glad. 31 Pierce.
4 Best loved. 5 Could not. 12 Pleasure. 13 Pasture, herbage.
6 Waif. 7 Heed, thought. 14 Lift. 15 Kiss.