Had caught the cause of all my woefull care.

13.

They cal’d this Lady Elstride, whom I tooke,

Whose beauty braue did so my wittes confound,

That for her sake my promise I forsooke,

Whereby I was to Guendoline first bound.

Mee thought no Lady else so high renound[247]

That might allure mee, chaunge my conflate minde,[248]

So was I caught by snares of Cupide blynde.

14.