And leaue the crowne to my posteritie:

For he did chuse out one amongst the foe,

To be our enemie’s chiefe ouerthrow.

75.

There was a noble minded man of France,

Vicount of Melum, and a Frenchman borne,

Who falling sicke did waile the sad mischance

Of th’English, iustly made false fortune’s scorne,

That thus had left their king to liue forlorne:

Yea with remorse his conscience it did sting,