Excerpt from The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Vol. 3 of 5 II. Therefore this Fay I hold but fond and vaine, The which, in seeking for her 'children three Long life, thereby did more prolong their paine: Yet whilest they lived none did ever see More happie creatures then they seem'd to bee Nor more ennobled for their courtesie, That made them dearely lov'd of each degree; Ne more renowmed for their chevalrie, That made them dreaded much of all men farre and nie. 111. These three that hardie chalenge tooke in hand, For Canacee with Cambell for to fight: The day was set, that all might understand, And pledges pawnd the same to keepe aright: That day, (the dreddest day that living Wight Did ever see upon this world to shine, ) So soone as heavens window shewed light, These warlike Champions, all in armour shine, Assembled were in field the chalenge to define. Iv. The field with listes was all about enclos'd, To barre the prease of people farre away And at th' one side sixe iudges were dispos'd, To view and deeme the deedes of armes that day; And on the other side in fresh aray Fayre Canacee upon a stately stage Was set, to see the fortune of that fray And to be seene, as his most worthy wage That could her purchase with his live's adventur'd gage. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.