“But if deuide the Empire all you will,

First ere you goe for to enioy your raigne,

My woefull corps I pray you here to kill,

And it deuide betweene you both in twaine,

That I may eke with both of you remayne.

Doe burie each a parte so distant farre,

Deuided as your seates, selues, kingdomes are.”

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So when she spoken had, with teares shee came,

And sobbes, beseeching both, embracing vs,