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Still fled he forward, looking backward still,lviNe stayd his flight, nor fearefull agony,Till that he came vnto a rockie hill,Ouer the sea, suspended dreadfully,That liuing creature it would terrify,To looke adowne, or vpward to the hight:From thence he threw himselfe dispiteously,All desperate of his fore-damned spright,That seem’d no helpe for him was left in liuing sight.But through long anguish, and selfe-murdring thoughtlviiHe was so wasted and forpined quight,That all his substance was consum’d to nought,And nothing left, but like an aery Spright,That on the rockes he fell so flit and light,That he thereby receiu’d no hurt at all,But chaunced on a craggy cliff to light;Whence he with crooked clawes so long did crall,That at the last he found a caue with entrance small.Into the same he creepes, and thenceforth therelviiiResolu’d to build his balefull mansion,In drery darkenesse, and continuall feareOf that rockes fall, which euer and anonThreates with huge ruine him to fall vpon,That he dare neuer sleepe, but that one eyeStill ope he keepes for that occasion;Ne euer rests he in tranquillity,The roring billowes beat his bowre so boystrously.Ne euer is he wont on ought to feed,lixBut toades and frogs, his pasture poysonous,Which in his cold complexion do breedA filthy bloud, or humour rancorous,Matter of doubt and dread suspitious,That doth with curelesse care consume the hart,Corrupts the stomacke with gall vitious,Croscuts the liuer with internall smart,And doth transfixe the soule with deathes eternall dart.

Still fled he forward, looking backward still,lvi

Ne stayd his flight, nor fearefull agony,

Till that he came vnto a rockie hill,

Ouer the sea, suspended dreadfully,

That liuing creature it would terrify,

To looke adowne, or vpward to the hight:

From thence he threw himselfe dispiteously,

All desperate of his fore-damned spright,

That seem’d no helpe for him was left in liuing sight.

But through long anguish, and selfe-murdring thoughtlviiHe was so wasted and forpined quight,That all his substance was consum’d to nought,And nothing left, but like an aery Spright,That on the rockes he fell so flit and light,That he thereby receiu’d no hurt at all,But chaunced on a craggy cliff to light;Whence he with crooked clawes so long did crall,That at the last he found a caue with entrance small.

But through long anguish, and selfe-murdring thoughtlvii

He was so wasted and forpined quight,

That all his substance was consum’d to nought,

And nothing left, but like an aery Spright,

That on the rockes he fell so flit and light,

That he thereby receiu’d no hurt at all,

But chaunced on a craggy cliff to light;

Whence he with crooked clawes so long did crall,

That at the last he found a caue with entrance small.

Into the same he creepes, and thenceforth therelviiiResolu’d to build his balefull mansion,In drery darkenesse, and continuall feareOf that rockes fall, which euer and anonThreates with huge ruine him to fall vpon,That he dare neuer sleepe, but that one eyeStill ope he keepes for that occasion;Ne euer rests he in tranquillity,The roring billowes beat his bowre so boystrously.

Into the same he creepes, and thenceforth therelviii

Resolu’d to build his balefull mansion,

In drery darkenesse, and continuall feare

Of that rockes fall, which euer and anon

Threates with huge ruine him to fall vpon,

That he dare neuer sleepe, but that one eye

Still ope he keepes for that occasion;

Ne euer rests he in tranquillity,

The roring billowes beat his bowre so boystrously.

Ne euer is he wont on ought to feed,lixBut toades and frogs, his pasture poysonous,Which in his cold complexion do breedA filthy bloud, or humour rancorous,Matter of doubt and dread suspitious,That doth with curelesse care consume the hart,Corrupts the stomacke with gall vitious,Croscuts the liuer with internall smart,And doth transfixe the soule with deathes eternall dart.

Ne euer is he wont on ought to feed,lix

But toades and frogs, his pasture poysonous,

Which in his cold complexion do breed

A filthy bloud, or humour rancorous,

Matter of doubt and dread suspitious,

That doth with curelesse care consume the hart,

Corrupts the stomacke with gall vitious,

Croscuts the liuer with internall smart,

And doth transfixe the soule with deathes eternall dart.

Yet can he neuer dye, but dying liues,lxAnd doth himselfe with sorrow new sustaine,That death and life attonce vnto him giues.And painefull pleasure turnes to pleasing paine.There dwels he euer, miserable swaine,Hatefull both to him selfe, and euery wight;Where he through priuy griefe, and horrour vaine,Is woxen so deform’d, that he has quightForgot he was a man, andGealosieis hight.

Yet can he neuer dye, but dying liues,lx

And doth himselfe with sorrow new sustaine,

That death and life attonce vnto him giues.

And painefull pleasure turnes to pleasing paine.

There dwels he euer, miserable swaine,

Hatefull both to him selfe, and euery wight;

Where he through priuy griefe, and horrour vaine,

Is woxen so deform’d, that he has quight

Forgot he was a man, andGealosieis hight.

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