His joy that encreaseth,

And a long reign.

Ach. Stay, stay! and thou, good king, and all here, hear me.

I would be measured by my best desire,

And that’s for peace and love, and the delights

Your song hath augured: but to all men fate

Apportions a mixed lot, and ’twas for me

Foreshown that peace and honour lay apart,

Wherever pleasure: and to-day’s event

Questions your hope. I was for this revealed,