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[Hel is a hole of horrible darknes]

Hel is a hole of horrible darknes,
VVhere light is languorus and nothing delectable,
VVhich sorowfull sight causeth cares to increase,
From feendish figures foule and terrible,
VVhose tragedie to tell, no tongue may be able,
So restles is the rage thereof most vnquiet,
VVith al mischiefe abounding, wretched & miserable,
In soule and body, theyr paynes are so complete.