And thou, Menalcas! that by treachery

Didst underfong my lass to wax so light,

Shouldst well be known for such thy villany.

But since I am not as I wish I were,

Ye gentle shepheards! which your flocks do feed,

Whether on hills, or dales, or other where,

Bear witness all of this so wicked deed;

And tell the lass, whose flower is wox a weed,

And faultless faith is turn'd to faithless fear,

That she the truest shepheard's heart made bleed