9.

O heedeles trust, vnware of harme to come,

O malice headlong, swift to serue fond will,

Did euer madnes man so much benome

Of prudent forecast, reason, wit, and skill,[850]

As mee, blinde bayard, consenting to spill

The bloud of my cosin, my refuge and stay,[851]

To my destruction making open way?

10.

So long as the duke bare the stroke and sway,[852]