Hee raygned forty yeares, as other tell,
Which seemes (as ’tis) a tale more true by farre.[703]
By Iustice guided hee his subiects well,
And liude in peace, without the broyles of warre.
His childrens noble acts in stories are,
In vulgar tongue: but nought is sayd of mee,
And yet I worthy was the yongste of three.
9.
His eldest sonne and heyre was after King,
A noble Prince and hee was named Lud,