For th’one was armed all in warlike wize,

Whom, to be Paridell he did deuize;

And th’other all yclad in garments light,

Discolour’d like to womanish disguise,

He did resemble to his Ladie bright;

And euer his faint hart much earned[1097] at the sight.

And euer faine he towards them would goe, xxii

But yet durst not for dread approchen nie,

But stood aloofe, vnweeting what to doe;

Till that prickt forth with loues extremitie,