He cast at once him to auenge for all,
And gathering vp himselfe out of the mire,
With his vneuen wings did fiercely fall[389]
Vpon his sunne-bright shield, and gript it fast withall.
Much was the man encombred with his hold, xli
In feare to lose his weapon in his paw,
Ne wist yet, how his talants to vnfold;
Nor[390] harder was from Cerberus greedie iaw
To plucke a bone, then from his cruell claw
To reaue by strength[391] the griped gage away: