90Could not have oped her breast or pierced her marrow.

This Phoenix was Bellama called (a word

Well suiting her deserts), she daughter was

And heir-apparent to a wealthy lord,

Who had more acres than an acre grass:

He loved his lands, and hugged his minted treasure,

Yet his Bellama was his soul of pleasure.

His place of residence was in a chase

Chequered with thick-grown thorns and sturdy oaks,

Wherein majestic stags and bucks did pace