16.
And whiles I there, to set all thinges in stay,
(Omit my toyles and troubles thitherwarde)
Among mine owne with my retinue lay,
The wylder men, whom litle I did regarde,[236]
(And had therefore the reckles man’s rewarde)[237]
When least I thought set on mee in such numbre,
That fro my corps my life they rent asunder.[238]
17.
Naught might auayle my courage nor my force,