XLVIII + 

That old nurse stood beside her wondering, + 

Until her heart felt pity to the core + 

At sight of such a dismal labouring, + 

And so she kneeled, with her locks all hoar, + 

And put her lean hands to the horrid thing: + 

Three hours they labour’d at this travail sore: + 

At last they felt the kernel of the grave, + 

And Isabella did not stamp and rave. + 