And whilst the rest prouided for this thing,

I, flatterer I, to winne the prayse of troth,

Wretch that I was, brake fayth and promise both,

For I bewrayed to th’king[342] theyr whole intent,

For which vnwares they all were tane and shent.[343]

12.

Thus was the warder of the common weale

The duke of Glocester giltlesse made away,

With other moe, more wretch I so to deale,

Who through vntruth theyr trust did ill betray: