What is "streight"

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Astragals, writhing and hanging heere and there, making the capitall thrise so big as the bottom thereof of the columne, wherevpon was placed the Epistile or streight beame, the greatest part decayed, and many columnes widowed and depriued of their Capitels, buryed in ruine both Astragals and shafts of the columnes and their bases or feete.

Showing hir streight toes as it were incereating hir fingers to handle and streine them, the rest of hir bodie aunswerable to the perfections of these seuerall proportions.

Manie of them hauing their torches burning, others pastophorall, some with ancient spoiles vppon the endes of streight staues, and others with diuers sorts of Trophes vpon launces, curiouslie hanging, caried before the mystical triumphs, with shouting resounds aboue in the aire.

But I never went beyond the Streights, and never was in the West Indies.

His sonne was this, Geryoneo hight,Who after that his monstrous father fellVnder Alcides club, streight tooke his flightFrom that sad land, where he his syre did quell,And came to this, where Belge then did dwell,And flourish in all wealth and happinesse,Being then new made widow (as befell)After her Noble husbands late decesse.

Streight downe she ranne, like an enraged cow,That is berobbed of her youngling dere,With knife in hand, and fatally did vow,To wreake her on that mayden messengere,Whom she had causd be kept as prisonere,By Artegall, misween'd for her owne Knight,That brought her backe.

The Prince according to the former token,Which faire Serene to him deliuered had,Pursu'd him streight, in mynd to bene ywrokenOf all the vile demeane, and vsage bad,With which he had those two so ill bestad:Ne wight with him on that aduenture went,But that wylde man, whom though he oft forbad,Yet for no bidding, nor for being shent,Would he restrayned be from his attendement.

And sure I weene, had not the Ladies cryProcur'd the Prince his cruell hand to stay,He would with whipping, him haue done to dye:But being checkt, he did abstaine streight way,And let him rise.

But Burbon streight dismounting from his steed,Vnto her ran with greedie great desyre,And catching her fast by her ragged weed,Would haue embraced her with hart entyre.

His hideous tayle then hurled he about,And therewith all enwrapt the nimble thyesOf his froth-fomy steed, whose courage stoutStriuing to loose the knot, that fast him tyes,Himselfe in streighter bandes too rash implyes,That to the ground he is perforce constrayndTo throw his rider: who can quickly ryseFrom off the earth, with durty bloud distaynd,For that reprochfull fall right fowly he disdaynd.

Soone as Occasion felt her selfe vntyde,Before her sonne could well assoyled bee,She to her vse returnd, and streight defydeBoth Guyon and Pyrrochles: th'one (said shee)Bycause he wonne.

Downe streight to ground fell his astonisht steed,And eke to th'earth his burden with him bare:But he him selfe full lightly from him freed,And gan him selfe to fight on foote prepare.