Dame Venus’ lures so in mine eyes did sitte,
As this great prince without respect of state,
Did worthy mee to bee his wedded mate.
4.
His wife I was, and hee my true husband,
Though for a while hee had the company
Of lady Iaquet, [the] dutchesse of Holland,
Being an heyre of ample patrimony,
But that fell out to bee no matrimony:
For after warre, long sute in lawe, and strife,