And Emperour or Captayne sole[853] for aye,
My glory did procure mee secret[854] foes,
Because aboue the rest I bare the sway,[855]
By sundry meanes they sought my deepe decaye,[856]
For why, there coulde no Consuls chosen bee,[857]
[No Pretor take the place, no sentence haue decree,]
Vnlesse it likte mee first and were approude by mee.
42.
This they enuide that[858] sude aloft to clime,
As Cassius,[859] which the Pretorship did craue,