And grasping at his power, I struck my friend,
Who held that place, which now I’ve made my own.
“Proud of my triumph, I disdain’d to court
The patron hand which fed me, or to seem
Grateful to him who rais’d me into notice.
And when the King had called his Parliament
To meet him here conven’d in Westminster,
With all my Family crowding at my heels,
My brothers, cousins, followers, and my son,
I show’d myself prime Doctor to the country;