And where I built I did mayntayne it to,

With such great cost as few bestowes I troe:

Of buildings large I could reherse a roe,

That by mischaunce this day haue lost my name,

Whereof I do deserue the only fame.

32.

And as for sutes, about the king was none

So apte as I, to speake and purchase grace:

Though long before, some say, Shore’s wife was one

That oft kneelde downe before the prince’s face