What cause had I to presume on[711] the same?
Or for vayne glory, aduauncing my[712] fame
My selfe to call in recordes and writinges,
The sonne, brother, and vncle vnto kinges.
8.
This was my boast, which lastly was my bane,
Yet not this boast was it that brought me downe:
The very cause which made my weale to wane
So neere of kin that I was to the crowne,
That was the rock that made my ship to drowne