The roote of ill, the cause of all my woe:

On whose fraile yce my youth first slipt aside:

And falling downe, receiu'd a fatall blow.

Ah who hath liu'd to see such miserie

As I haue done, and yet I cannot die?

I liu'd (quoth she) to see Troy set on fire:

I liu'd to see, renowned Hector slaine:

I liu'd to see, the shame of my desire:

And yet I liue, to feel my grieuous paine:

Let all young maides example take by me,