But, at last, there came commandment for to set all Ladies free, With their jewels still adornèd: none to do them injury. "O then," said this Lady gay, "Full woe is me! O let me still sustain this kind captivity! "Gallant Captain, take some pity on a woman in distress; Leave me not within this city, for to die in heaviness! Thou has set, this present day, my body free; But my heart in prison still remains with thee!" "_How shouldst thou, fair Lady, love me; whom thou know'st thy country's foe? Thy fair words make me suspect thee. Serpents lie where flowers grow!_" "All the harm I think on thee, most courteous Knight, God grant upon my head the same may fully light! "Blest be the time and season that thou came on Spanish ground! If you may our foes be termed, gentle foes we have you found: With our city, you have won our hearts each one; Then to your country, bear away that is your own!" THE SECOND PART. "_REST you still, most gallant Lady, rest you still and weep no more! Of fair flowers you have plenty. Spain doth yield you wondrous store. Spaniards fraught with jealousy we oft do find; But Englishmen throughout the world are counted kind._" "Leave me not unto a Spaniard! Thou alone enjoy'st my heart! I am lovely, young, and tender. Love is likewise my desert. Still to save thee, day and night my mind is pressed: The Wife of every Englishman is counted blessed." "_It would be a shame, fair Lady, for to bear a Woman hence; English soldiers never carry any such without offence._" "I will quickly change myself, if it be so; And like a Page will follow thee, where'er thou go." "_I have neither gold nor silver to maintain thee in this case: And to travel is great charges, as you know, in every place._" "My chains and jewels every one shall be thy own! And eke a hundred pounds in gold that lies unknown." "_On the seas are many dangers. Many storms do there arise, Which will be, to Ladies dreadful; and force tears from watery eyes._" "Well in worth, I shall endure extremity: For I could find in heart to lose my life for thee!" "_Courteous Lady, leave this folly! Here comes all that breeds the strife. I, in England, have already a sweet woman to my Wife. I will not falsify my vow for gold, nor gain; Nor yet for all the fairest Dames that live in Spain!_" "O how happy is that woman that enjoys so true a friend! Many happy days GOD send her! and of my suit I'll make an end. On my knees, I pardon crave for my offence; Which Love and true Affection did first commence.