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Excerpt from The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Vol. 2 of 5 The maysters of his long experiment, And to them does the steddy helrne apply, Bidding his winged vessell fairely forward fly II. So Guyon having lost his trustie Guyde, Late left beyond that Ydle Lake, proceedes Yet on his way, of none accompanyde And evermore himselfe with comfort feedes Of his own vertues and praise-worthie deedes. So, long he yode,1 yet no adventure found, Which Fame of her shrill trompet worthy reedes 2 For still he traveild through wide wastfull3 ground, That nought but desert wildemesse shewd all around. III. At last he came unto a gloomy glade, Cover'd with boughes and shrubs from heavens light, Whereas he sitting found in secret shade An uncouth, salvage, and uncivile Wight, Of griesly hew and fowle ill-favour'd sight; His face with smoke was tand, and eies were bleard, His head and heard with sout 4 were ill bedight,5 His cole-blacke hands did seeme to have ben seard In smythes fire-spitting forge, and nayles like clewes appeard. IV. His yron cote, all overgrowne with rust, Was underneath enveloped with gold; Whose glistring glosse, darkned with filthy dust, Well yet appeared to have beene of old 1 Yoda, went. 4 Seat, soot. 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.