I wonder if Sydney et al. weren't parodying the Beowulf sequence where the scribe composes on horseback as Hrothgar and Beowulf go in search of Grendel's mother. I say "composes" because that term allows for both unlettered and literate poets. This one is composing in his head as he rides along on his honorific horse, knowing that whatever way the match goes he need only to follow and do some rearranging of the action at the end of the day.
Candice
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