Whereto, when neyther force nor frenship[1410] vaylde,
By tyraunt force theyr purpose they assaylde,[1411]
And summond shortly a counsaile in the tower,
Of Iune the fifteenth, at apoynted hower.
48.
Alas, are counsels wryed to catch the good?
Is no place[1412] now exempt from sheading bloud?
Sith counsels, that were carefull to preserue
The guiltlesse good, are meanes to make them starue,
What may not mischiefe of mad man abuse?