As I before commaunded shoulde be slayne.[996]
12.
And I extol’de[997] the meaner sort of men,
Adorning them with titles[998] of estate,
Euen such perdy as seru’d[999] my dyet then,
Amongst the auncient fathers often sate.[1000]
For this the noble Romaynes did me hate.[1001]
And for the cruell beastly[1002] life I lead,
Full often times they wish’t that I were dead.[1003]
13.