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The varlet saw, when to the flood he came,
2 How without stop or stay he fiercely lept,
And deepe him selfe +beducked+ in the same,
4 That in the lake his loftie crest was +steept+,
Ne of his safetie seemed care he kept,
6 But with his raging armes he rudely flasht,
The waues about, and all his armour swept,
8 That all the bloud and filth away was washt,
Yet still he bet the water, and the billowes dasht.
3 beducked > beduked 1596 4 steept > stept 1590
1 The varlet saw, when to the flood he came,
varlet > knight's attendant; menial; rogue
2 How without stop or stay he fiercely leapt, 3 And deep himself beducked in the same,
beducked > immersed
4 That in the lake his lofty crest was steeped,
That > [So that]
5 Nor of his safety seemed care he kept,