Well knowne to appertaine to Florimell,
Which for her sake he wore, as him beseemed well.
But when as she her selfe was lost and gone, xxvi
Full many knights, that loued her like deare,
Thereat did greatly grudge, that he alone
That lost faire Ladies ornament should weare,
And gan therefore close spight to him to beare:
Which he to shun, and stop vile enuies sting,
Hath lately caus’d to be proclaim’d each where
A solemne feast, with publike turneying,