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in filth and foul incontinence: 8 Let Grill be Grill, and have his hoggish mind, 9 But let us hence depart, whilst weather serves and wind." => THE THIRD 2 BOOKE OF THE FAERIE QVEENE. 4 Contayning, THE LEGEND OF BRITOMARTIS. 6 OR _Of Chastitie_. 1 THE THIRD 2 BOOK OF THE 3 FAERY QUEEN 4 Containing 5 THE LEGEND OF BRITOMART 6 OR 7 of Chastity 300.1 IT falles me here to write of Chastity, 2 +That+ fairest vertue, farre aboue the rest; For which what needs me fetch from _Faery_ 4 Forreine ensamples, it to haue exprest? Sith it is shrined in my Soueraines brest, 6 And form'd so liuely in each perfect part, That to all Ladies, which haue it profest, 8 Need but behold the pourtraict of her hart, If pourtrayd it might be by any liuing art. 1 That > The _1590_ 1 It falls me here to write of chastity, falls > befalls 2 That fairest virtue, far above the rest; 3 For which what needs me fetch from Faery needs me > do I need to; need do I have to 4 Foreign examples, it to have expressed? expressed > portrayed, represented; represented symbolically 5 Sith it is shrined in my sovereign's breast, Sith > Since shrined > enclosed, enshrined 6 And formed so lively in each perfect part, lively > {Livelily, in a lifelike manner} 7 That to all ladies, which have it professed, to > (?? One possible reading moves this word to the next line: "Need but to behold ..." Alternatively the "Ladies" may share with "pourtraict" the verb "pourtrayd") professed > pretended, laid claim to 8 Need but behold the portrait of her heart, portrait > image 9 If portrayed it might be by any living art. 300.2 But liuing art may not least part expresse, 2 Nor life-resembling pencill it can paint, All were it _Zeuxis_ or _Praxiteles_: 4 His d{ae}dale hand would faile, and greatly faint, And her perfections with his error taint: 6 Ne Poets wit, that passeth Painter farre In picturing the parts of beautie daint, 8 So hard a workman
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