And from theffect varie nothing at all;
For if I shold, it ware to me great synne
To take uppon me a matter so substancyall,
So waytie, so necessarie, of fame perpetuall:
And thus to be short, oon began to speke
With deadly voyce, as thoughe his hart wold breke.
FINIS QUOD G. C.
LE HISTORYE
CARDINALIS EBORACENSIS.
O Fortune! (quoth he) shold I on the complayn,