That who so with force will worke against kinde,
Sayleth (as who sayth) agaynst the streame and winde.
3.
For I of Somerset [which] duke Edmund hight,
Extract by discent from Lancaster lyne,
Were it by folly, or fortune’s despite,[833]
Or by ill aspect of some crooked signe,
Of mine attempts could neuer[834] see good fine:
What so I began did seldome well end:
God from such fortune all good men defend.