turne she doth refuse._
1 Paridell rapes Hellenore:
rapes > carries off; ravishes
2 Malbecco her pursues:
3 Finds amongst satyrs, whence with him
Finds > [And finds]
satyrs > (Horned forest spirits, man-like above and goat-like below,
usually portrayed as more or less lustful. In Roman mythology,
Satyr, one of the satyrs, is a companion of Bacchus with long,
pointed ears, behind which are the stumps of horns, with the tail
of a goat, bristly hair, and a flat nose. Unlike those at 106.7
ff., the satyrs in this canto conform to the usual literary
pattern)
4 To turn she does refuse.
turn > return
310.1
THe morow next, so soone as _Ph{oe}bus_ Lamp
2 Bewrayed had the world with early light,
And fresh _Aurora_ had the shady damp
4 Out of the goodly heauen amoued quight,
Faire _Britomart_ and that same _Faerie_ knight
6 Vprose, forth on their iourney for to wend:
But _Paridell_ complaynd, that his late fight
8 With _Britomart_, so sore did him offend,
That ryde he could not, till his hurts he did amend.
1 The morrow next, so soon as Phoebus' lamp
2 Bewrayed had the world with early light,
Bewrayed > Revealed; betrayed; _also:_ berayed, aspersed; _and:_
be-rayed, covered with rays
3 And fresh Aurora had the shady damp
Aurora > (We may be intended to infer here a correspondence between
Tithonus and Malbecco; at 102.7:2 Aurora is described as "weary
of aged _Tithones_ saffron bed")
damp > mist
4 Out of the goodly heaven amoved quite,
goodly > beautiful
amoved > removed; _hence:_ dispersed
5 Fair Britomart and that same Faery knight
that same Faery knight > [Satyrane]
6 Uprose, forth on their journey to wend:
7 But Paridell complained that his late fight
late > recent
8 With Britomart so sore did him offend
offend > pain
9 That ride he could not, till his hurts he did amend.
hurts > injuries
amend > heal, put right
310.2
So forth they far'd, but he behind them stayd,
2 Maulgre his host, who grudged grieuously,
To house a guest, that would be needes obayd,
4 And of his owne him left not liberty:
Might wanting measure moueth surquedry.
6 Two things he feared, but the third was death;
That fierce youngmans vnruly maistery;
8 His money, which he lou'd as liuing breath;
And his faire wife, whom honest long he kept vneath.
1 So forth they fared, but he behind them
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