For which we both at Rome must nowe go dwel,

And so we did: thinges prospered passyng wel,

My feere was made the emperour, lorde and king

Of al: and I the queene of euery thing.

26.

His myghtie mace did rule the monarchie,

My wyt did rule (some wryters say) his mace,

And to increase with ioy our mery glye,

I brought him forth a babe of royal race,

The boy he had an amiable face: