Sir Tristram as a Sportsman + 

Tristram is often alluded to by the Romancers as the great authority and model in all matters relating to the chase. In the Faery Queene, Tristram, in answer to the inquiries of Sir Calidore, informs him of his name and parentage, and concludes: + 

“All which my days I have not lewdly spent, + 

Nor spilt the blossom of my tender years + 

In idlesse; but, as was convenient, + 

Have trained been with many noble feres + 

In gentle thewes, and suchlike seemly leers; + 

’Mongst which my most delight hath always been + 

To hunt the salvage chase, amongst my peers, + 

Of all that rangeth in the forest green, + 

Of which none is to me unknown that yet was seen. + 

“Ne is there hawk which mantleth on her perch, + 

Whether high towering or accosting low, + 

But I the measure of her flight do search, + 

And all her prey, and all her diet know. + 

Such be our joys, which in these forests grow.” + 