Then wickedly I fell[397] to slouthfull ease,

A vice that breades a number moe beside.

I was so testy none durst mee displease,

And eke so puft with glory, vaine, and pride.

My sencelesse sence, as ship without a guide,

Was tost with euery fancy of my braine,

Like Phœbus chariote vnder Phaëton’s raigne.

7.

I deem’d them foes that mee good counsaile gaue,

And those my chiefest frends could glose and lie: