Which alwayes of his paines he made the chiefest meed.

But Britomart kept on her former course, v

Ne euer dofte her armes, but all the way

Grew pensiue through that amorous discourse,

By which the Redcrosse knight did earst display

Her louers shape, and cheualrous aray;

A thousand thoughts she fashioned in her mind,

And in her feigning fancie did pourtray

Him such, as fittest she[935] for loue could find,

Wise, warlike, personable, curteous, and kind.