But ere[567] that wished day his beame disclosd, xxii

He either enuying my toward good,

Or of himselfe to treason ill disposd,[568]

One day vnto me came in friendly mood,

And told for secret how he vnderstood

That Ladie whom I had to me assynd,

Had both distaind her honorable blood,

And eke the faith, which she to me did bynd;

And therfore wisht me stay, till I more truth should fynd.

The gnawing anguish and sharpe gelosy, xxiii