Amidst the meane which dyd not dayne to dwell,

To higher state whilst I dyd mee addresse,

By chaunging chance of fortune’s force, I fel

Euen suddaynly from heauen to hatefull hell:

From heauen (I saye,) I fell from that my blysse,

To hatefull hell, I meane, to wretchednesse.

3.

Guidericus which rul’de the Brittayne lande,

I am the same, of Simbaline the sonne,

Cassiuelane my grandsyer dyd withstand