Were neuer halfe so rychely as I am drest:
No, that I assure you; loke who was the best.
I reyne in my robys, I rule as me lyst,
I dryue downe th[e]se dastardys with a dynt of my fyste.
Of Cato the counte acountyd the cane,
Daryus, the doughty cheftayn of Perse,
I set not by the prowdest of them a prane,
Ne by non other that any man can rehersse.
I folowe in felycyte without reue[r]sse,
I drede no daunger, I dawnce all in delyte; 1510