130.
Ballard, first author in this villanie,
Sent from the triple-crowned sonne of night,
To put in practise this their treacherie,
Proud Babington and Sauage did excite,
With vnremorsefull hands of violent might,
To spoile and ruinate their countrie’s good,
And bathe their swords in their deare soueraigne’s blood.
131.
Babington made choice of the six.