And I my selfe my brother’s blood there spilte.
9.
Now when the duke my friendly lines had read,
And heard how I my men did muster newe,
“There lies a snake within this greene grasse bed,”
Quoth he, “therefore come forth my warrelike crewe,
We will not staye to see what shall insue:
By long delayes, from forrain coastes he may
Procure an ayde, to scourge vs with decay.”
10.