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