Reade it therefore, but reade attentiuely,
Consider well the drift whereto it tendes:
Confer the times, perpend the history,
The parties states and eke theyr dolefull endes,
With odde euentes, that divine iustice sendes.
For, thinges forepast are presidents to vs,
Whereby wee may thinges present now discusse.
Certes this worlde a Stage may well bee calde,
Whereon is playde the parte of eu’ry wight:
Some, now aloft, anon with malice galde