Wherein he purpos’d England’s swift decay;
For by them all in counsell ’twas decreed,
England should fall, Elizae’s hart should bleed.
63.
The time was set by stratagems deuise,
And force of hands to worke their wicked hate,
The persons chosen for that enterprise,
All bent to tread downe England’s happie state
Beneath the feete of some disaster sate,
Bosting abroad before the deed was done,