Cant. IX.
His loues and lignage Arthur tells:[295]
The knights knit friendly bands[296]:
Sir Treuisan flies from Despayre,
Whom Redcrosse knight withstands.
O Goodly golden chaine, wherewith yfere i
The vertues linked are in lonely wize:
And noble minds of yore allyed were,
In braue poursuit of cheualrous emprize,