In loue of drinke he liu’d, in drinke he dide:
Such drunken death oft drunkards doe betide.
38.
Prince Edward, Alfred’s brother, he being dead,
Was left the lawfull heire vnto the crowne,
Which I did claime as due from Edgelred,
And on his seeming foes I seem’d to frowne,
That sought with violent hands to pluck him downe:
For well I did perceaue, he being king,
To good effect my purpose I should bring.