Hee had the thing so long [before] hee sought to haue,
[Such] cause of [iust] reuenge the rumor small him gaue,
[That in the euening hee came on mee or I knew,
In cruell sorte to reaue my life before our mother’s vewe.][1127]
14.
There she perceiuing him with [naked] sworde approache,
In armes mee caught to saue my life and bloud,
But hee deseruing all the worlde’s reproache,
No whit in doubte to end my slaughter stoode.
My mother him besought[1128] (as seemde an empresse good)