Plotting by priuate counsels, how to gaine
Th’emperiall garland after him to raigne:
Greatnesse in sway of state giues wings t’aspire,
Aduancement feeds ambition with desire.
17.
In broken sleepes he did consume the night,
While his liege lord lay lull’d in th’armes of shame,
Hope of a kingdome was his sole delight,
While Harrold senselesse of all kingly fame,
To idle ease himselfe did only frame,