[Printed as an Appendix to _COLIN CLOUT's come home again_, first printed in 1595; but the epistle of which is dated "From my house of Kilcolman, the 27 of December, 1591.">[


Astrophel.

Hepherds that wont, on pipes of oaten reed,

Ofttimes to plain your love's concealèd smart;

And with your piteous lays have learned to breed

Compassion in a country lass's heart: