And therein he likewise was praying now,
Whenas these Knights arriu’d, they wist not where nor how.
They stayd not there, but streight way in did pas, xxxvi
Whom when the Hermite present saw in place,
From his deuotion streight he troubled was;
Which breaking off[484] he toward them did pace,
With stayed steps, and graue beseeming grace:
For well it seem’d, that whilome he had beene
Some[485] goodly person, and of gentle race,
That could his good to all, and well did weene,