Or that I knew the day when I could chaunt

Chevy, and Arthur, and the Seige of Gaunt.

And though these be the vertues which must try

Who are most worthy of their curtesy,

They profited mee nothing: for no notes

Will move them now, they’re deafe in their new coates:

Wherefore on mee afresh they fall, and show

Themselves more active then before, as though

They had some wager lay’d, and did contend

Who should abuse mee furthest at armes end.