And bad the waters, which from her did flow,
Be such as she her selfe was then in place.
Thenceforth her waters waxed[233] dull and slow,
And all that drunke thereof, did[234] faint and feeble grow.
Hereof this gentle knight vnweeting was, vi
And lying downe vpon the sandie graile,
Drunke of the streame, as cleare as cristall glas;[235]
Eftsoones his manly forces gan to faile,
And mightie strong was turnd to feeble fraile.
His chaunged powres at first them selues not felt,