The cold pale dread my limmes gan ouergo,

And I so sorrowed at her sorrowes eft,

That, what with griefe, and feare, my wits were reft.

19.

I stretcht my selfe, and strayt my hart reuiues,

That dread and dolour erst did so appale,

Like him that with the feruent feuer striues,

When sicknesse seekes his castell[1507] health to skale:

With gathred sprites[1508] so forst I feare to auale:[1509]

And, rearing her, with anguish all foredone,