Cruelty. Yea, but what was the cause? thine own profit to procure.
For so that thou mightest 'vantage and lucre obtain,
Thou wouldest not stick to bring thine own brother to pain.
Avarice. Ha, ha, ha; no, nor father and mother, if there were ought to be got,
Thou mightest swear, if I could, I would bring them to the pot.
Whereof a like history I shall tell thee, Cruelty,
In England, which myself played in the days of queen Mary.[26]
Two brothers there were dwelling, young gentlemen; but the heir
Had substantial revenues, his stock also was fair;
A man of good conscience, and studious of the Gospel.