Whom (as ye lately mote remember well)
An hard aduenture, which did then befall,
Into redoubted perill forth did call;
That was to succour a distressed Dame,
Whom a strong tyrant did vniustly thrall,
And from the heritage, which she did clame,
Did with strong hand withhold: Grantorto was his name.
Wherefore the Lady, which Irena[245] hight, iv
Did to the Faery Queene her way addresse,
To whom complayning her afflicted plight,