They al as I with flaming fierie showe,

Were quenched quite: dame fortune did deface,

Yea hatefull happe, euen then did ouerthrowe

Vs most, when most we had our harte’s desire:

When most we flourisht like the flames of fyre,

Euen then the seas of sorowe did preuayle,

And made vs weare a blacke wamenting[1219] sayle.

17.

“And here before my death, I wyl repeate

To thee the thing which I of late did dreame,