Then came a mangled corps as full of bale,
And or he nerer came made half a stay.
(Quoth Morpheus) come, for shame thou nedste not stay,
As bad as thou haue tolde their tales before,
And so must thou and diuers other more.
[533] The life of Porrex was also re-written. It is thus in the first edition.
Porrex recites howe for the slaughter of his brother, he was slaine by his owne mother and hir maydens, as he laye sleeping. About the yeare before Christ, 491.
Genes. 4.
From darkesome dennes, where cruel Cayne,
And other like do lye: