That Henry Plantagenet, first of our name,
Who called was king Henry the second,
Sonne of dame Mawde, the empresse of high fame,
Would oft report that his auncient grandame,
Though seeming in shape a woman naturall,
Was a feend of the kind that (Succubæ) some call.
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Which old fable, so long time told before,
When this kinge’s sonnes against him did rebell,
Hee cald to minde, and being greeued sore,