Then marke my tale, beware of rashnes vile,
I am Morindus once was Britayne King,
On whom did sweetely[663] Lady Fortune smile,
Till shee mee to her top of towres did bring:[664]
My fame both farre and neare shee made to ring,
And eke my praise exalted so to skye,
In all my time more famous none then I.
3.
Some say I was by birth a bastard bace,
Begotten of the Prince his concubine,