Foolhardy as th’Earthes[1132] children, the which[1133] made
Battell against the Gods? so we a God inuade.
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Inglorious and beastlike is: therefore Sir knight,
Aread what course of you is safest dempt,[1134]
And how we with our foe may come to fight.
This is[1135] (quoth he) the dolorous despight,
Which earst to you I playnd: for neither may
This fire be quencht by any wit or might,
Ne yet by any meanes remou’d away,