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Specimens of English literature from the 'Ploughmans crede' to the ...

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2yO A' A' 7 1'. THOMAS SACKVILLE, LORD BUCKHURST.27 And with <strong>the</strong>se wurdes as I vpraysed s<strong>to</strong>od,And gan <strong>to</strong> folowe her that strayght furth paced,Eare I was ware, in<strong>to</strong> a desert woodWe nowe were cum : where, hand in hand imbraced,She led <strong>the</strong> way, and through <strong>the</strong> thicke so traced,As, but Ihad bene guyded by her might,It was no waye for any mortall wight.28 But loe ! while thus, amid <strong>the</strong> desert darke,We passed on with steppes and pace vnmete :A rumbling roar, confusde ^^'ith howle and barkeOf Dogs, shoke all <strong>the</strong> ground vnder our feete,And stroke <strong>the</strong> din within our eares so deepe,As halfe distraught vn<strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> ground I fell,Besought re<strong>to</strong>urne, and not <strong>to</strong> visite hell.29 But she forth-with vplifting me apaceRemoued my dread, and with a steadfast mindeBad me come on, for here was now <strong>the</strong> place,The place where we our trauayle[s] ende should finde.Wherewith I arose, and <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> place assyndeAs<strong>to</strong>ynde I stalke, when strayt we approched nereThe dredfull place, that you wil dread <strong>to</strong> here.30 An hydeous hole al vaste, ^^ithouten shape.Of endles depth, orewhelmde with ragged s<strong>to</strong>ne,Wyth ougly mouth, and grisly lawes doth gape.And <strong>to</strong> our sight confounds it-selfe in one.Here entred we, and yeding forth, anoneAn horrible lothly lake we might discerneAs blacke as pitche, that cleped is Auerne.

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