My selfe haue often heard him saie and sweare,
That this his loue was an eternall plant,
The root whereof was fixt in vertues ground,
The leaues and fruite maintainde with beauties sun,
80 Exempt from enuie, but not from disdaine,
Vnlesse the ladie Bona quite his paine.
Lew. Then sister let vs heare your firme resolue.
[♦] Bona. Your grant or your denial shall be mine,
But ere this daie I must confesse, when I
85 Haue heard your kings deserts recounted,