He snatch’d his sword now rusted o’re,

Dreadful and sparkling now no more,

And thus in open streets did roar:

How have I death so ill deserv’d of thee,

That now thy self thou shouldst revenge on me?

Have I so many lives on thee bestow’d?

Have I the earth so often dy’d in blood?

Have I to flatter thee so many slain?

And must I now thy prey remain?

Let me at least, if I must dye,