Till that at length she found the troden gras,

In which the tract of peoples footing was,

Vnder the steepe foot of a mountaine hore;

The same she followes, till at last she has

A damzell spyde slow footing her before,

That on her shoulders sad a pot of water bore.

To whom[113] approching she to her gan call, xi

To weet, if dwelling place were nigh at hand;

But the rude wench her answer’d nought at all,

She could not heare, nor speake, nor vnderstand;