The state of Rome, that dying hee did fynde,
Of his owne state is now, alas, depriued,
Banisht by them whom hee did thus det-bynde:
That cruell folke, vnthankfull and vnkinde,
Declared well their false vnconstancie,[1622]
And fortune eke her mutabilitie.
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And thou Scipio, a miroir mayst thou bee
To all nobles, that they learne not to late,
How they once trust th’vnstable[1623] commontie: