These often bathed she in her fluxive eyes, And often kissed, andoften 'gan to tear; Cried, 'O false blood, thou register of lies, Whatunapproved witness dost thou bear! Ink would have seemed more blackand damned here! This said, in top of rage the lines she rents, Bigdiscontents so breaking their contents.

　　A reverend man that grazed his cattle nigh, Sometime a blusterer thatthe ruffle knew Of court, of city, and had let go by The swiftest hoursobserved as they flew, Towards this afflicted fancy fastly drew; And,privileged by age, desires to know In brief the grounds and motives of herwoe.

　　So slides he down upon his grained bat, And comely distant sits he byher side; When he again desires her, being sat, Her grievance with hishearing to divide. If that from him there may be aught applied Which mayher suffering ecstasy assuage, 'Tis promised in the charity of age.

　　'Father,' she says, 'though in me you behold The injury of many ablasting hour, Let it not tell your judgement I am old: Not age, but sorrow,over me hath power. I might as yet have been a spreading flower, Fresh tomyself, if I had self-applied Love to myself, and to no love beside.

　　'But woe is me! too early I attended A youthful suit-it was to gain mygrace- O, one by nature's outwards so commended That maidens' eyesstuck over all his face. Love lacked a dwelling and made him her place;And when in his fair parts she did abide, She was new lodged and newlydeified.

　　'His browny locks did hang in crooked curls; And every lightoccasion of the wind Upon his lips their silken parcels hurls. What's sweetto do, to do will aptly find: Each eye that saw him did enchant the mind;For on his visage was in little drawn What largeness thinks in Paradisewas sawn.

　　'Small show of man was yet upon his chin; His phoenix down beganbut to appear, Like unshorn velvet, on that termless skin, Whose bare out-bragged the web it seemed to wear: Yet showed his visage by that costmore dear; And nice affections wavering stood in doubt If best were as itwas, or best without.

　　'His qualities were beauteous as his form,............