Theyr sayll of solace most comfortably clad,

Whych to behold makyth heuy hartys glad:

Remorse haue I of youre most goodlyhod,

Of youre behauoure curtes and benynge, 30

Of your bownte and of youre womanhod,

Which makyth my hart oft to lepe and sprynge,

And to remember many a praty thynge;

But absens, alas, wyth tremelyng fere and drede

Abashyth me, albeit I haue no nede.

You I assure, absens is my fo,