8.

For when see hath brought vs vnto the throne,

And Fortune hath fraught vs with honour at fill:

Then there to sit stedy and rule all alone

Wee racke our deuices, and scud with our scill.

Wee cutt off occursions, wee prole, pole, and pill:

Wee bolster, wee band out, to brybe, banish, sley,

The pillers of prudence that prop[570] in our wey.

9.

Our race is then restles, our sleeping vnsounde: