In womans bondage, Talus to her brought;

Brought in vntimely houre, ere it was sought.

For after that the vtmost date, assynde

For his returne, she waited had for nought,

She gan to cast in her misdoubtfull mynde

A thousand feares, that loue-sicke fancies faine to fynde.

Sometime she feared, least some hard mishap iv

Had him misfalne in his aduenturous[298] quest;

Sometime least his false foe did him entrap

In traytrous traine, or had vnwares opprest: