That whilome in his youth had bene a Knight,
And armes had borne, but little good could finde,
And much lesse honour by that warlike kinde
Of life: for he was nothing valorous,
But with slie shiftes and wiles did vnderminde
All noble Knights, which were aduenturous,
And many brought to shame by treason treacherous.
He had three sonnes, all three like fathers sonnes, xxxiii
Like treacherous, like full of fraud and guile,
Of all that on this earthly compasse wonnes: