"Her ftature comely, tall; her gate "Well graced; and her wit 205 "To marvell at, not meddle with, "As matchlefs I omit, "A globe-like head, a gold-like haire, "A forehead fmooth, and hie, "An even nofe; on either fide "Did fhine a grayish eie: "Two rofie cheekes, round ruddy lips, "White juft-fet teeth within; 210 "A mouth in meane; and underneathe 215 "A round and dimpled chin. "Her fnowie necke, with blewish veines, "Stood bolt upright upon "Her portly fhoulders: beating balles "Her veined breasts, anon "Adde more to beautie. Wand-like was "Her middle falling ftill, "And more, her long, and limber armes "Had white and azure wrifts s; "And flender fingers auníwere to "Her fmooth and lillie fifts. 2 220 225 "A "A nimph, no tong, no heart, no eie, 250 << Yea "Yea fuch an one, as fuch was none, "Save only fhe was fuch: 255 260 Credit me, Thy clownish fhape a coined fhew. But wherefore doft thou weepe? 265 The shepheard wept, and she was woe, "In troth, quoth he, I am not such, "As feeming I profeffe : "But then for her, and now for thee, *i. e. emblazon beauty's coat. Ed. 1597. 1602. 1612. Coote. "In Edels court fometimes in pompe, "Till love contrould the fame : "But now-what now ?-deare heart, how now ? "What aileft thou to weepe ?" 280 The damfell wept, and he was woe, And both did filence keepe, I graunt, quoth fhe, it was too much His force could none withstand: Whose sheep-hooke laid apart, he then ** During the Saxon heptarchy, the kingdom of Northum berland (confifting of 6 northern counties, befides part of Scotland) was for a long time divided into two leffer fovereignties, viz. Deira (called here Diria) which contained the fouthern parts, and Bernicia, comprehending those which lay north. XXIV. CORIN's. FATE. Only the three firft ftanzas of this fong are ancient; these are extracted from the quarto MS. mentioned in vol. 1. p. 66. As they feemed to want application, this has been attempted by a modern hand. CORIN, |