Because I seemde[955] much meekenesse to embrace,
And could dissemble [eke to serue the place,
Whereby the warriours were to me enclin’de,
Supposing I was meeke, of gentle minde:
But they herein and Fortune both were blinde.][956]
5.
The wilely Foxe that seekes to sley the sheepe,[957]
Doth fayne himselfe to beare[958] a simple eye;
The rauening Wolfe would[959] take of Lambes the keepe,
If he condemne the Mastiues might to dye;[960]