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,