XLIII

But welcome now my Lord, in wele or woe,

Whose presence I have lackt too long a day;

And fie on Fortune mine avowed foe,[°]

Whose wrathful wreakes them selves doe now alay.

And for these wrongs shall treble penaunce pay

Of treble good: good growes of evils priefe.[°]

The chearelesse man, whom sorrow did dismay,

Had no delight to treaten of his griefe;