Certes, Madame, ye haue great cause of plaint,

That stoutest heart, I weene, could cause to quake.

But be of cheare, and comfort to you take:

For till I haue acquit your captiue knight,

Assure your selfe, I will you not forsake.

His chearefull words reuiu’d her chearelesse spright,

So forth they went, the Dwarfe them guiding euer right.

FOOTNOTES:

[230] i 6 frame; 1590, 1596

[231] ii 4 pray; 1590 &c.