XVI + 

Sudden a thought came like a full-blown rose, + 

Flushing his brow, and in his pained heart + 

Made purple riot: then doth he propose + 

A stratagem, that makes the beldame start: + 

“A cruel man and impious thou art: + 

Sweet lady, let her pray, and sleep, and dream + 

Alone with her good angels, far apart + 

From wicked men like thee. Go, go! I deem + 

Thou canst not surely be the same that thou didst seem.” + 