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“But that young Knight [Scudamour], which through her gentle deed
Was to that goodly fellowship restor’d,
Ten thousand thankes did yeeld her for her meed,
And doubly overcommen, her ador’d.”
(IV. i. 13, 14, 15.)
A second time when her beauty is revealed in greater fulness, the feeling of terror and amazement inspired is especially emphasized. The spectators are described as standing in mute astonishment, in worship of her divine beauty.
“Which whenas they beheld, they smitten were
With great amazement of so wondrous sight,
And each on other, and they all on her