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,