Warre’s fearefull earthquake shaking more and more,
The state of Aniou, I did vnderstand,
How th’aged queene my mother Elinor,
Besieged was by Arthur with strong hand,
Within a tower, which on that coast did stand:
Who sore opprest, and in her mind dismai’d,
In such distresse did call me to her aid.
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Incens’d to heare my nephewe’s vnkind deed
Gainst her now in her age, that gaue him breath: