Although his quest were farre afore him gon;
But after he had fed, yet did he stay,
And sate there still, vntill the flying day
Was farre forth spent, discoursing diuersly
Of sundry things, as fell,[545] to worke delay;
And euermore his speach he did apply
To th’heards, but meant them to the damzels fantazy.
By this the moystie night approching fast, xiii
Her deawy humour gan on th’earth to shed,
That warn’d the shepheards to their homes to hast