But seeing[607] the date so doubtfull and so short,

The way so rough whereby wee doe it finde,

I cannot choose but prayse the princely minde

That preaseth for it, though wee finde opprest,

By foule defame, those that deserue it best.

3.

Concerning whome, marke, Baldwine, what I say,

I meane the vertuous, hindred of their brute,

Among which nombre reckon well I may

My valiaunt father Iohn lord Montacute,