That notwithstanding all the subtill bait,

With which those Amazons his loue still craued,

To his owne loue his loialtie he saued:

Whose character in th’Adamantine mould

Of his true hart so firmely was engraued,

That no new loues impression euer could

Bereaue it thence: such blot his honour blemish should.

Yet his owne loue, the noble Britomart, iii

Scarse so conceiued in her iealous thought,

What time sad tydings of his balefull smart