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

CAN.T- ] THEFERE: QUEEN. 453
and.Cambell took Cambina to his- fere;: and -With pearl and precious stone,' woth many a
never had.such lvers been found elsewhere mark-;
since their day. Yet did the workmanship far pass the cost
It was the same which lately Florimell had lost.'The same aloft he hung in open view,
To be the prize of beauty and of might;
The which, eftsoons discover'd, to it drew
CANTO IV. The eyes of all, allur'd with close 3 delight,
Satyrane makes a tosurnament E And hearts quite iobbd 4 with so glorious sight,
For love ofFlorimell: That all men threw out vows and wishes vain.
Britomart wins the prize from all, Thrice happy lady, and thrice happy knight,
And Artegall doth quell. Them'seem'd, that could so goodly riches gain,
So worthy of the peril, worthy of the pain.
RETURNING from the retrospective episode in
which he has shown the origin of the friendship Then took the bold Sir Satyrane in hand
between Cambell and Triamond, the poet takes A huge great spear, such as he wont to wield,
up his story at the point where the friends and And,'vancing5 forth from all the other band
their ladies were overtaken by the " discordful Of knights, address'd his maiden-headed shield,6
crew" of which Duessa and At6 were the ih- Showing himself all ready for the field:
spiring members. Blandamour, thinking so to Gainst whom there singled from the other side
advance himself in the grace of the stranger A Paynim knight that well in arms was skill'd,
ladies, began to insult and revile their knights; And had in many a battle oft been tried,
who would have sharply punished him, but that Hight Bruncheval the bold, who fiercely forth
Cambina assuaged the fierceness of their mood. did ride.
Then they all rode on in friendly converse; Furiously they met, "as two fierce bulls, that
among other matters, of the great tourney which strive the rule to get of all the herd;" both
was to be held "for that rich girdle of fair were felled to the ground; and long they were
Florimell, the prize of her Which did in beauty unable to wield their idle spears. Espying
most excel." All agreed to go thither and try this, the noble erramont priced forth to aid
theirfortunes. On theway theywerejoined by Satyrane; and against him Blandamour rode
Braggadocio, who recognised in the snowy Flori- with all his strength-only to fall to the earth,
mell the lady whom Sir Ferraugh had taken "tumbled horse and man." Paridell advanced
from him and Sir Blandamour from Ferraugh; to the rescue, but was likewise overthrown.
and the boaster challenged her anew. Blanda- Braggadocio, whose turn came next, lingered
mour scornfully proposed that the hag Ate like a coward; then, all impatient, Triamond
should be set beside Florimell, and that who- stepped forth, and bore Ferramont to ground.
ever was beaten should have the hag, and always Sir Devon, Sir Douglas, and Sir Palimord, in
ride with her until he got another lady. Amid succession went down beneath the strokes of
the merriment of the company, Braggadocio Triamond. Meantime, Satyrane, recovering his
declared that he never thought to imperil his senses, and perceiving the merciless affray which
person in fight for such a hag; but if they had doughty Triamond had wrought "unto the noble
sought another lady alike fair and bright with Knights of Maidenhead," felt his mighty heart
Florimell, he would spend his life to justify his almost rent in two for very gall, and, gathering
right. The revilings of Florimell, and the pro- up his weapons, remounted his horse. Then,
vocations of At6, were powerless to prompt him " like spark of fire that from the anvil glode,"7
to fight; "for in base mind nor friendship he rode forth where the valiant Triamond was
dwells nor enmity." But Cambell "shut up driving all before him. Strikingwithhis whole
all in jest," advising that all should keep them- poweratTriamond, Satyranepiercedhimthrough
selves fresh and strong against the tournament, the side so sorely that he had to withdraw out of
when their quarrel might be tried out. At last the field; the challenging party had the best
they reached the place of contest, where "many of the day, until at gloomy evening the trumpet
a brave knight and many a dainty dame" had bade them forbear; "so Satyrane that day was
already met; and there this brave crew divided judg'd to bear the bell." Next day the tourney
-Blandamour with those of his company going began anew; the hardy Satyrane, with all his
on one side, the rest on the other, while Bragga- noble crew, first appearing in place; but Triadocio, the better to attract notice, took his place mond was detained from the field by his wound.'alone. Therefore Cambell, to save his friend's honour,
Then first of all forth came Sir Satyrane, assumed his arms and shield, and went forth to
Bearing that precious relic in an ark fight. He found Satyrane lord of the field,
Of gold, that bad eyes might it not profane; "triumphing in great joy and jollity;" and he
Which drawing softly forth out of the dark, rode at the victor of yesterday so fiercely, that'He open show'd, that all men it might mark; both went to the ground. Rising, they betook
A gorgeous girdle, curiously embost themselves to their swords, and, to the amaze1,Companion,'consort. 2 A coin. 3 Secret. 6 Bearing the head of the Maiden Queen. See the
4 Carried away. - Advancing, opening of canto ix., book ii.,page 390. 7 Glaced