To whom she thus; I am, as now ye see, xxviii

The wretchedst Dame, that liue[481] this day on ground,

Who both in minde, the which most grieueth me,

And body haue receiu’d a mortall wound,

That hath me driuen to this drery stound.

I was erewhile, the loue of Calepine,

Who whether he aliue be to be found,

Or by some deadly chaunce be done to pine,

Since[482] I him lately lost, vneath is to define.

In saluage forrest I him lost of late, xxix