And unto them the banished kings are borne;
On each of these an exiled king doth mourn.
For when a new king comes, they bear away
The old, whom now no vassals more obey;
Unhonoured and unwilling he is sent
Unto his dreary island banishment,
While all who girt his throne with service true
Now fall away from him, to serve the new.
“What I have told thee lay betimes to heart,
And ere thy rule is ended, take thy part,