And needeth safegard now vpon her way,

Ye may doe well in this her needfull state

To succour her, from daunger of dismay;

That thankfull guerdon may to you repay.

The noble ympe of such new seruice fayne,

It gladly did accept, as he did say.

So taking courteous leaue, they parted twayne,

And Calidore forth passed to his former payne.

But Tristram then despoyling that dead knight xxxix

Of all those goodly implements[435] of prayse,