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,