At thilke tyme, and dredden so the shame,

That, what for fere of slaundre and drede of deeth,

1815

She loste bothe at-ones wit and breeth,

And in a swough she lay and wex so deed,

Men mighte smyten of her arm or heed;

She feleth no-thing, neither foul ne fair.

(140)

Tarquinius, that art a kinges eyr,

1820