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,