I thynke it wisdome, syns no man forbad it, 135

With thys to spare a better—yf I had it!

And, for my name, reportyng alwaye trewly,

What hurte to reporte a sad mater merely?

As, by occasyon, for the same entent,

To a serteyne wedow thys daye was I sent, 140

Whose husbande departyd wythout her wyttynge,

A specyall good lover and she hys owne swettynge![110]

To whome, at my commyng, I caste suche a fygure,

Mynglynge the mater accordynge to my nature,