Through heauy stroke of Britomartis hond.

Which when his mother deare did vnderstond,

And heauy tydings heard, whereas she playd

Amongst her watry sisters by a pond,

Gathering sweet daffadillyes, to haue made

Gay girlonds, from the Sun their forheads faire to shade;[946]

Eftsoones both flowres and girlonds farre away xxx

She flong, and her faire deawy lockes yrent,

To sorrow huge she turnd her former play,

And gamesom[947] merth to grieuous dreriment: