And to bee yong agayne of loue beseke.

45.

But, and[1537] the cruell fates so fixed bee,

That tyme forepast cannot retourne agayne,

This one request of Ioue yet prayed hee:

That, in such withred plight, and wretched paine,

As eld, accompanied with his[1538] lothsome trayne,

Had brought on him, all were it woe and griefe,

Hee might a while yet linger forth his liefe.

46.