The trueth of thinges the end or time doth trie,

As well by mee is seene: my haplesse fall

Declares whence came my great misfortunes all.

2.

I am Locrinus, second Britayne king,

The eldest sonne of him that found this lande:

Whose death to mee my mischiefes all did bring,

And causde why first I tooke my death in hand.

Hee chiefly wil’d mee when hee gaue this land,

I should bee rulde by all his counsailes will,