Her tender waste was wound, adowne gan fall,

And that great brasen pillour broke in peeces small.

The cruell steele, which thrild her dying hart, xxxviii

Fell softly forth, as of his owne accord,

And the wyde wound, which lately did dispart

Her bleeding brest, and riuen bowels gor’d,

Was closed vp, as it had not bene bor’d[1188],

And euery part to safety full sound,

As she were neuer hurt, was soone restor’d:

Tho when she felt her selfe to be vnbound,