Canto

 1     3|   wrought for me? and have I merit~Worthy the workings of prophetic
 2     4|       Say why shall woman -- merit scathe or blame,~Though
 3     5|    subject could repair,~The merit should be mine, and ever
 4     5|    true,~And she deserve, or merit not, to die,~Arrests some
 5     5|    glorious meed of my great merit hear!~And say if woman can
 6    14|    proved~That I for courage merit to be loved."~ ~ LIX~These
 7    24|   force, I read~I should not merit blame, but praise and meed.~ ~
 8    26|   good Duke Aymon's daughter merit~To be beloved of such a
 9    31|    thy forced homage have no merit."~ ~ LXVII~Brandimart, at
10    32|  Though Rabican's good paces merit praise,~To hurry him the
11    34|      With what his boundless merit had deserved,~If a more
12    34|   fountain-head,~Manners and merit for as little pass,~As the
13    37|    these and some few others merit~Their glory, that eternal
14    37|    and what can be~A greater merit than to have supprest~Such
15    42|    slight,~-- Flinging their merit and their love apart --~
16    43| token can I read~If she will merit punishment or meed?'~ ~