For whether he through fatall deepe foresight

Me hither sent, for cause to me unghest,

Or that fresh bleeding wound,[°] which day and night

Whilome doth rancle in my riven brest,

With forced fury[°] following his behest,

Me hither brought by wayes yet never found;

You to have helpt I hold myself yet blest.

Ah curteous knight (quoth she) what secret wound

Could ever find,[°] to grieve the gentlest hart on ground?