"Why mock'st thou me," she cried, "or being ill,

Who bade thee lie down here against thy will?

Either thou art witched with blood of frogs[399] new dead,

Or jaded cam'st thou from some other's bed."80

With that, her loose gown on, from me she cast her;

In skipping out her naked feet much graced her.

And lest her maid should know of this disgrace,

To cover it, spilt water in the place.

FOOTNOTES:

[381] So eds. B, C.—Isham copy and ed. A:—