On cruell fortune, weeping, thus hee playnde.
The Complaynt of Henry Duke of Buckingham.
1.
Who trusts too much to[1572] honour’s highest throne,
And warely[1573] watch not sly dame fortune’s snares:
Or who in court will beare the swinge[1574] alone,
And wisely weigh not how to wield the care,
Behold hee mee, and by my death beware:
Whome flattering fortune falsely so beguylde,
That, loe, she slewe, where erst full smooth she smilde.