For which both king and commons much vs loued,
But chiefly I with all stoode high in grace:
The king ensued my rede in euery case,
Whence selfe-loue bred: for glory maketh proude,
And pride aye looketh[328] alone to bee allowde.
7.
Wherefore to th’end I might alone enioy
The king’s good will,[329] I made his lust my lawe:
And where of late I laboured to distroy
Such flattering folke, as thereto stoode in awe,