XCIII.
‘For Love should make a churlish nature kind,
‘And not transform to rude a gentle breast.’
“When Tristram hence was gone, not long behind
“Remained the enamoured prince who changed his rest:
“But first he to a cavalier consigned
“The tower; whereof that baron he possest,
“On pact, that he and his in the domain
“Henceforth this usage ever should maintain;”
XCIV.
‘That cavalier of greatest heart and power
‘Should in this hall be harboured without fail:
‘They that less worthy were should void the tower,
‘And seek another inn, by hill or dale.
‘In fine, that law was fixt, which to this hour
‘Endures, as you have seen;’ while so his tale
To Bradamant recounts that castle’s lord,
The sewer with savoury meats has heaped the board.
XCV.
In the great hall that plenteous board was laid,
(None fairer was in all the world beside)
Then came he where those beauteous ladies stayed,
And them, with torches lit, did thither guide.
On entering, Bradamant the room surveyed,
And she, that other fair, on every side;
Who as they gaze about the gorgeous hall,
Filled full of picture, mark each storied wall.
