And wynter ginnes to waste that Sommer won,
I deemde some booke of mourning theame was beste
To reade, wherwith instructions mingled so
As migh[t] againe refresh my wittes oppreste,
With tediousnes not driue mee quyte therfro:
Wherfore I went the printer’s straight vnto,
To seeke some woorke of price I surely mente
That might herein my carefull mynde contente.
[84] At leength by hap, ib.
[85] Wynter, ed. 1575.