To haue renowne and rule aboue[897] the rest,
Without remorce of[898] many thousands slayne,
Which, for their owne defence, their warres addrest:[899]
I deeme[900] therefore my stony harte and brest
Receiu’d so many wounds for iust reuenge, they stood[901]
[By iustice right of Ioue, the sacred sentence good,]
That who so slayes hee payes, the price is[902] bloud for bloud.
How Clavdivs Tiberius Nero Emperour of Rome was poysoned by Caius Caligula, The yeare of Christ, 39.
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What bootes it hawty hartes depend so muche