Duke Edrick’s treason plainly did appeare,
Which in his hart ’gainst me he still did beare:
The heart once tainted with foule treason’s staine,
Possest with guile, seldome proues true againe.
49.
Two dayes in field we stood in doubtfull fight,
And after mutuall wounds with equall fate,
Both parts were parted by approching night:
But in the next daye’s fight this traytor’s hate
Did shew it selfe, for seeing the foes in state