Taught to obay the menage of that Elfe,
That man and beast with powre imperious
Subdeweth to his kingdome[1177] tyrannous:
His blindfold eyes he bad a while vnbind,
That his proud spoyle of that same dolorous
Faire Dame he might behold in perfect kind;
Which seene, he much reioyced in his cruell mind.
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He looked round about with sterne disdaine;
And did suruay his goodly company: