And that, alas, was gnawne on euery where,

All full of holes, that I ne mought refrayne

From tears, to see how shee her armes could teare,

And with her teeth gnash on the bones in vayne:

When, all for nought, shee fayne would so sustayne

Her staruen corps, that rather seemde a shade,

Then any substaunce of a creature made.

52.

Great was her force, whome stone wall could not stay,

Her tearing nayles snatching at all shee sawe: