10.
To whome if God had lent a longer life,
Our house to haue[714] kept from stormes of inward strife,
Or it had beene the Lord Almightie’s will
Plantagenet[te’s name] in state had standen still:
But deadly discord, which kingdomes great doth spill[715]
Bred by desire of high domination,
Brought our whole house to playne desolation.
11.
It is for truth in an history founde,