I hated them that were so sage and graue,
And those I lou’d were lusty, lewde, and slie.
I did the wisest wittes as fooles defie,
Such sots, knaues, ruffians, roysters I embraste,
As were vnwise, vnhonest, rude, vnchaste.
8.
I lusted eke, as lazy[398] lechers vse,
My subiects wiues and daughters at my will
I did so often as mee pleas’d abuse,
Perforce I kept them at my pleasure still.