The which doth quench the brond of hellish smart,

And that accurst hand-writing doth deface.[324]

Arise, Sir knight arise, and leaue this cursed place.

So vp he rose, and thence amounted streight. liv

Which when the carle beheld, and saw his guest

Would safe depart, for all his subtill sleight,

He chose an halter from among the rest,

And with it hung himselfe, vnbid vnblest.

But death he could not worke himselfe thereby;

For thousand times he so himselfe had drest,