The Romaynes honourde mee[1064] with triomphes when I came,
They vnto mee of Parthique gaue to name,
[And Poets pennes perpetuate my prowes, facts, and fame.]
8.
But when can Princes best assure themselues?
What state without the stormes of strife doth stand?
What barke beares sayle in tempeste on the shelues?
What blisse abides and lasts, by sea or land?
Who takes to raygne the scepter in his hand,
Is like to him in sterne to stirre that sits,