Thou blinde beleefe, thou breeder of debate,
I wanting grace did let thee moue my minde,
Causlesse to kil a courteous king, and kinde.[1248]
5.
He being kilde, I to Canutus went,
To whom I sayd: “See here a faithfull friend,
I for thy loue with bloody blade haue bent,[1249]
And brought my king to his vntimely ende:
Thou by that meanes shalt rule thy realme with rest,
My friendly fist with happie good successe,