1.
If euer Prince [opprest] had cause his state to rue,
Or by his [ruful] end might moue men mone his chaunce,
My woefull tale may shewe the like to you,
Whom Fortune erst, and birth did highe aduaunce.
In Rome [perdy] in Britayne, Spayne,[1100] and Fraunce
I fauour had, I honourde was, I bare the sway,[1101]
I Emprour was [with Antonine:] what neede I more to say.
2.
In Britayne while my father waeged fight