Great was the press, that swarmed to and fro To gauren 3072 on this horse that stoodë so: For it so high was, and so broad and long, So well proportioned for to be strong, Right as it were a steed of Lombardy; Therewith so horsely, and so quick of eye, As it a gentle Poileis 3073 courser were: For certes, from his tail unto his ear Nature nor art ne could him not amend In no degree, as all the people wend. 3074 But evermore their mostë wonder was How that it couldë go, and was of brass; It was of Faerie, as the people seem’d. Diverse folk diversëly they deem’d; As many heads, as many wittës been. They murmured, as doth a swarm of been, 3075 And madë skills 3076
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