For fayre Irena, whom they loued deare.
But yet old Sergis did so well him paine,
That from close friends, that dar’d not to appeare,
He all things did puruay, which for them needfull weare.
The morrow next, that was the dismall day, xi
Appointed for Irenas death before,
So soone as it did to the world display
His chearefull face, and light to men restore,
The heauy Mayd, to whom none tydings bore
Of Artegalls[389] arryuall, her to free,