And his fond trust augmented my vntruth.

4.

Hee made mee first the earle of Notyngham,

And marshall of the realme,[325] in which estate

The peeres and people ioyntly to mee came,

With sore complaint against them, that of late

Made[326] officers, had brought the king in hate,

By making sale of justice, right and lawe,

And liuing naught, without all dread or awe.

5.