2.

It pleased her not onely so to name me sot,

But also me a monster[942] oft she nam’de,

Unperfect all, begun by nature, but begot,

Not absolute, not well, nor fully fram’de,[943]

Sith thus my mother often me defam’de,[944]

What meant the men of Rome, which so elected me,

A foole, a monster foule, their gouernour to be.

3.

Th’Emperiall bloud perdy was[945] partely cause,