[136] But mine, and mine I loved, and mine I praised,

And mine that I was proud on, mine so much

That I myself was to myself not mine,

Valuing of her,—why, she, O, she is fallen

[140] Into a pit of ink, that the wide sea

Hath drops too few to wash her clean again,

And salt too little which may season give

[143] To her foul-tainted flesh!

Bene.

Sir, sir, be patient.