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

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:;H)Z XXIV. THOMAS SACKVILLE, LORD BUCKHURST.35 And next within <strong>the</strong> entry <strong>of</strong> this lakeReuenge, gnashing her teeth for yre,Sate fell)^ Deuising meanes howe she may vengeaunce take,Neuer in rest tyll she haue her desireBut frets within so farforth with <strong>the</strong> fyerOf wreaking flames, that nowe determines sheTo dye by death, or vengde by death <strong>to</strong> be.36 When fell Reuewge with bloudy foule pretenceHad showed her-selfe as next in order set,With trembling limmes we s<strong>of</strong>tly parted <strong>the</strong>nce,Tyll in our iyes ano<strong>the</strong>r sight we metWhen fro my hart a sigh forthwith I fet,Rewing alas ! vpon <strong>the</strong> w<strong>of</strong>ull plightOf Miserie^that next appered in sight.37 His face was leane, and sumdeale pyned away,And eke his handes consumed <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> bone,^But what his. body was I can not say,For on his carkas rayment had he noneSaue cloutes & patches, pieced one by one.With staffe in hand, and skrip on shoulders cast.His chiefe defence agaynst <strong>the</strong> winters blast.38 His foode, for most, was wylde fruytes <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> tree,Unles sumtime sum crummes fell <strong>to</strong> his share,Which in his wallet long, God wote, kept he.As on <strong>the</strong> which full dayntlye would he fareHis drinke <strong>the</strong> running streame : his cup <strong>the</strong> bareOf his palme closed, his bed <strong>the</strong> hard colde grounde.To this poore life was Miserie ybound.

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