He purposed to call.
That’s over-much[,] quoth Douglas though,
For thee to doe[,] I feare,
For I am Lord Protector yet,
And will be one halfe yeare.
It pleaseth me well, quoth the King,
What thou hast said to me,
But since thou standest on such tearmes,
Ile prove as strict to thee.
And well he rul’d and well he curb’d