My haplesse hand dyd hyt with leueled lyne,
The aymed marke, the more mishap was myne.
2.
By giftes of grace some men haue happy hap,
By blessed byrth to kyngdomes borne some be:
Succession sets some men in Fortune’s lap,
By wisedome, wyt, and prudent policie:
Some clyme aloft by trustlesse treacherie:
And courage dooth a multitude aduaunce,
Driftes finely filde they dyd my state inhaunce.