Whereby when once my minde was puft with pryde,

I past for nought, I vs’d my lust for lawe;

Of right, or iustice, reckte I not a strawe.

4.

No meane I kept but ruled all by rage,

No boundes of measure could mee compasse in.

No counsayle could my meekelesse minde asswage:

When once to fume I fearcely did begin,

And I excelde in nothing else but sinne;

So that my subiects all did wish my end,[336]