Was not content with death [and goodes] of those hee sought,
But after [them] bringes [all] theyr friendes likewise to nought.
10.
I warned was by diuers eke my life[1120] hee thirsted sore,
And that the empire sole [alone] hee sought to haue,
[Whereon] as wee to Rome did passe I feared more,
I from his courtes and diets did mee saue:
I knew my life and th’empire he did [croach and] craue,
Wherefore in Rome my court I kepte [alone] likewise
From his aparte, that did ful ofte to murder mee deuise.[1121]