To wish him harme, could he haue beene contented:

But feare of hurt, for sauegard of our state,

Doth cause more mischiefe then desert or hate.”

43.

Such is the state that many wish to beare,

That eyther wee must with other’s bloud[1269] bee stainde,

Or leade our liues continually in feare:

You mounting myndes behold here what is gaynde

By coumbrous honour, painfully attainde:

A damned soule for murdring them that hate you,