16.
And sundry sharpe assautes on each wee gaue,
On purpose both enflamed for to fight:
Wee had in parle receaued counsayle[529] graue
Of wise and worthy men, perswading right.
'It pitie was (they sayd) so fowle a sight,
That brethren twayne, both Princes of a land,
Should take at home such woefull warres in hand.’
17.
But where ambition dwelles is no remorce,