But yet shee would not her reuenge forbeare,
“For why (quoth shee) the prouerbe sayes, that pittie
Hath lewdly lost full many a noble Cittie.
Here Elstride now ile wreke my greefes on thee,[297]
To die, take leaue, but talke no more to me.”
43.
On this my leaue I tooke, and thus I sayd,
“Farewell my countrey, Germany, farewell
Adew the place from whence I was conueyd:
Farewell my father, and my friends[298] there dwell.