To weld[131] his naked sword, and try the edges keene.
And eke by that he saw on euery tree, xlvi
How he the name of one engrauen had,
Which likly[132] was his liefest loue to be,
For whom he now so sorely was bestad;
Which was by him BELPHEBE rightly rad.
Yet who was that Belphebe, he ne wist;
Yet saw he often how he wexed glad,
When he it heard, and how the ground he kist,
Wherein it written was, and how himselfe he blist: