What though hee refused, yet bee sure you may,
That other were as ready to take in hand that[1766] thing,
Which watched and wayted as duely for their pray,
As euer did the cat for the mouse taking,
And how they might their purpose best to passe bring:
Where Tyrrill hee thought good to haue no bloud shed,
Becast them to kill by smothering in their bed.
15.
The wolues at hand were redy to deuoure
The seely lambes in bed, wheras they laye,