And had three bodies in one wast empight,
And th’armes and legs of three, to succour him in fight.
And sooth they say, that he was borne and bred[350] ix
Of Gyants race, the sonne of Geryon,
He that whylome in Spaine so sore was dred[351],
For his huge powre and great oppression,
Which brought that land to his subiection,
Through his three bodies powre, in one combynd;
And eke all strangers in that region
Arryuing, to his kyne for food assynd;