All this full true I Percy finde by proofe,
Which whilom was earle of Northumberland:
And therefore, Baldwine, for my pier’s[559] behoofe,
To note men’s falles sith thou hast tane in hand,
I would thou should my state well vnderstand:
For fewe kinges were more than I redouted,[560]
Whom double fortune lifted vp and louted.
3.
As for my kinne their noblenesse is knowen,
My valiaunt acts were[561] folly for to prayse,