Nought easeth the care that doth me forhaile;

What shall I do? what way shall I wend,

My piteous plight and loss to amend?

Ah! good Hobbinol, might I thee pray

Of aid or counsel in my decay?

HOB. Now by my soul, Diggon, I lament

The hapless mischief that has thee hent;

Natheless thou seest my lowly sail,

That froward Fortune doth ever availe:

But, were Hobbinol as God might please,