In which defiance I did first proclame,
Against the bastard in prince Alfred’s name:
Wherefore my oath I vnto Harrold past,
To be true liegeman, while my life did last.
27.
Yet did not this my mounting thoughts beat downe,
Nor quell the pride of my aspiring mind,
My heart still aim’d at England’s royall crowne,
Aspiring hope did th’eies of reason blind,
To all impietie I was inclin’d,