But ay my foes such faultes did on mee try,

That to preserue mee from a worser ill,

The king was faine full sore against his will,

For fiue yeares space to send mee in exile,

In hope to haue restorde mee in a while.

24.

But marke how vengeaunce wayteth vpon vice,

To shun this storme, in sayling towardes Fraunce,

A pyrat’s barke, that was of litle price,[766]

Encountred mee vpon the seas by chaunce,