Can I complayne of this reuenge shee raught, Sith I procurde hir wrath by slaughter[538] of hir sonne? Can I excuse my selfe deuoyde of faut, Which my deare Prince and brother had fordonne? No; ’tis to true that, who so slayes a King, Incurrs reproch, and slaughter bloud doth bring. 8. The traytours to their Prince haue alwayes binne As sleyers of their parents, viper’s broode: The killers of their brothers, frends, and kinne, In like degree well nigh of treason stoode: But what by this winne they, saue death, defame, Distayne theyr bloud, and shroude themselues with shame. 9. Example take you Princes of the[539] land, Beware of discord, shun ambitious pride: By right take yee the scepter in your hand, Let not your sword with soueraignes bloud be dide: The mighty Ioue, that raignes eternall ay, Cuts of the Kings that enter in that waye. 10. Vsurpers may perswade themselues a while There is no God, no lawes of sacred crowne, No wrong they doe, no murther seemeth vile, Nor no respect of princely high renowne: But if they could consider well the case, They nild exalt themselues to Princes place.[540] 11. They would example take by _Lucifer_ That was cast downe, the father first of pride: And al his impes how high so ere they were, Vsurping Realmes and Kingdomes farre and wide: From light to darke, from throne to thrall they fell, From hap to hate, from life to death, from heauen to hell.[541] 12. Sufficient here is sayd to warne the wise, For he by prudence oft forecasts the doubt: The foole is bent all warnings to despise, He runneth headlong with the rascall rout: Then if thou cast to liue at rest a subiect good, Touch not the Prince’s fame, crowne,[542] scepter, nor his blood.[543] LENUOY. 1. It lothed me a L’enuoy here to write Of such a cruell, proude, ambitious beast: But yet sith now his faultes he doth recite, And warnes for murther’s venge aliue the rest, Which had therefore againe his death addrest, I will (though he deseru’d no tale to tell) Set downe his fall for sample seruing well.[544] 2. The good deserue to haue their praises wrote, To spread their fames, t’incourage those aliue: Of wicked Princes wee the falls doe note, A _Caueat_ for kingdomes where they striue: To show that who so slaughters doth contriue, (Though hee deserue agayne no tale to tell) His tragique fall may serue ensample well. 3.