My heart doth break in twain,

And I deplore, most woeful child, that I

should see you slain.

[Cambises, 445-448]

Neronis. Ah wofull sight, what is alas, with these mine eyes beheld,

That to my loving Knight belongd, I view the Golden Sheeld:

Ah heavens, this Herse doth signifie my Knight is slaine,

Ah death no longer do delay, but rid the lives of twaine:

Heart, hand, and everie sence prepare, unto the Hearse draw nie:

And thereupon submit your selves, disdaine not for to die