That hope of new good hap he gan to feele;
So bent his speare, and spurnd[125] his horse with yron heele.
But that proud Paynim forward came so fierce[126], xxxv
And full of wrath, that with his sharp-head speare
Through vainely crossed shield he quite did pierce[127],
And had his staggering steede not shrunke[128] for feare,
Through shield and bodie eke he should him beare:
Yet so great was the puissance of his push,
That from his saddle quite he did him beare:
He tombling rudely downe to ground did rush,