As I lay musing, my selfe alone,

In minde not stable, but wauering here and there,

Morpheus my frend espyed mee anone,

And as hee was wont, whistered in mine eare:

Shortly conuyede I was, I wist not where:

Mine eyes were closed fast, I could not see:

I hearde a man crying[1884] sore, trembling for feare:

Miserere mei Deus et salua mee.

2.

Miserere mei Deus:” oft hee did reporte,