To see the subiect so oppresse the king.
76.
When death in him began his due to take,
He for my nobles secretly did send,
To whom with fainting voice these words he spake:
“My friends,” quoth he, “vnto my words attend,
Which shall ere long for euermore haue end:
Attend, I say, conscience bids me impart
The things that now lie heauie on my hart.
77.