THE FIRST BOOK OF THE FAERIE QUEENE CONTAYNING THE LEGEND OF THE KNIGHT OF THE RED CROSSE, OR OF HOLINESSE. I. ! GOODLY golden chayne, wherewith yfereb The vertues linked are in lovely wize; And noble mindes of yore allyed were, In brave poursuitt of chevalrous a The knights knitt friendly bands.] So the edit. 1590; but fubfequently "hands was corrupted to bands, and fo Todd and others have printed. That "hands" is right, we have the evidence of Spenser himself, in St. 18 of this Canto, where it is faid, C. "And eke, as pledges firme, right hands together joynd." baberewith yfere.] In company, together. Ufed by Chaucer and G. That none did others fafety defpize, As this good Prince redeemd the Redcroffe knight from bands. 2. Who when their powres, empayrd through labor long, And that weake captive wight now wexed ftrong, That ftraunger knight his name and nation tell; 3. "Faire virgin," (faid the Prince,) "yee me require с From which I fprong, from mee are hidden yitt; Into this world, and fhewed hevens light, From mother's pap I taken was unfitt, To be upbrought in gentle thewes and martiall might. Douglas. See alfo F. Q. ii. i. 35; ii. ix. 2; iii. vii. 48, &c. So in fere, in company. UPTON. In the fifth line of this Stanza “safety" is, as in many other places and poets, a trifyllable. In the next line "envy" must, as then usual, be accented on the second syllable. C. and the certein Sire.] A fingular inftance of a modern compofitor's confufion of the long and ƒ: Todd printed fire for " Sire;" but in this mistake he has not been followed. C. To be upbrought in gentle thewes.] In gentle endowments, qualifi cations, or habits. C. |