XLVIII

But that false Pilgrim, which that leasing told,

Being in deed old Archimage, did stay

In secret shadow, all this to behold,

And much rejoiced in their bloudy fray:

But when he saw the Damsell passe away,

He left his stond, and her pursewd apace,

In hope to bring her to her last decay,[°]

But for to tell her lamentable cace,[°]

And eke this battels end, will need another place.