Ah dearest Lord, said then that doughty knight,
2 Of ease or rest I may not yet deuize;
For by the faith, which I to armes haue plight,
4 I bounden am streight after this emprize,
As that your daughter can ye well aduize,
6 Backe to returne to that great Faerie Queene,
And her to serue six yeares in warlike wize,
8 Gainst that proud +Paynim+ king, that workes her teene:
Therefore I ought craue pardon, till I there haue beene.
8 Paynim > Pynim 1596
1 "Ah dearest lord," said then that doughty knight, 2 "Of ease or rest I may not yet devise;
devise > talk
3 For by the faith which I to arms have plight,
plight > pledged
4 I bound am straight after this emprise
straight > straight; strictly emprise > enterprise, undertaking
5 (As that your daughter can you well advise), 6 Back to return to that great Faery Queen, 7 And her to serve six years in warlike wise,
wise > manner