For when the Romaynes did of him dispaire,
So bent at home to slaughter, lust and vice,
By warres abroad I wan the prayse and price.
3.
To get the souldiers fauour I tooke payne,
For in the Emprour’s choise they gaue the stroke;
I therefore sought some spoyles for them to gayne,
Though thereby oft the lawes of armes I broke,
But who may wordes or actions donne reuoke?
The stayne abides, where staylesse[1025] strikes the good,