Against the oth and homage that I made.

16.

And though at first my conscience did grudge,

To breake the boundes of friendship knit by oth,

Yet after proofe (see mischiefe) I did iudge

It madnes for a king to keepe his troth,

And semblably with all the world it goth:

Sinnes oft assayde are thought to bee no sinne,

So soyleth sinne the soule it sinketh in.

17.