At first did bring me in my brother’s hate:

Yet in the end such fauour I did find,

That he to me, though I so most vnkind

Did oft times seeke the fall of his renowne,

Forgaue my fact, and gaue to me his crowne.

9.

With free consent of all this kingdome’s peeres,

Aduanc’d I was to all the royalties

Of my late brother dead, and thrice three yeeres

Inthron’d I was, before my haplesse eies