[When maister _Ferrers_ had finished his[163] tragedy,[164] which seemed not vnfit for the persons touched in the same: another, which in the meane time had stayed vpon sir _Roger Mortimer_, whose[165] miserable ende (as it shoulde appeare) was somwhat before the others, sayed as foloweth: “Although it be not greatly appertinent to our purpose,[166] yet in my iudgement I thinke it woulde doe well to obserue the times of men, and as they be more auncient, so to place them.[167] For I finde that before these, (of whome maister _Ferrers_ here hath spoken) there were two _Mortimers_,[168] the one[169] in _Edwarde_[170] the iij. time, out of our date; an other slayne in _Ireland_ in _Richarde_ the seconde’s time,[171] a yeare before the falle of these iustices: whose history sith it is notable, and the example fruitefull, it were not good to ouerpasse it: and therefore by your licence and agreemente,[172] I will take vpon mee the personage of the laste, who full of woundes mangled,[173] with a pale countenaunce, and griezly looke, may make his mone to _Baldwine_, as foloweth.”[174]] How the two _Rogers_, surnamed _Mortimers_, for their sundry vices ended their liues vnfortunately, the one An. 1329, the other, 1387.[175] 1. Among the riders of[176] the rolling wheele That lost their holdes, _Baldwine_, forget not mee, Whose fatall thred false fortune needes would reele,[177] Ere it were twisted by the sisters three: All folke be fraile, their blisses brittle bee: For proofe whereof, although none other were, Suffise may I, sir _Roger Mortimer_. 2. Not hee that was in _Edwarde’s_ dayes the thyrde, Whom fortune brought to boote and eft to bale,[178] With loue of whome, the king so much shee sturde, That none but hee was heard in any tale:[179] And whiles shee smooth blew on this pleasaunt gale,[180] Hee was created earle of _March_, alas, Whence enuy sprang which his destruction was.[181] 3. For welth breedes[182] wrath, in such as welth doe want, And pride with folly in[183] such as it possesse, Among a thousand shall you finde one[184] skant, That can in welth his lofty harte represse, Which in this earle due proofe did playne expresse: For whereas hee was somewhat haut before,[185] His high degree hath made him now much more.[186] 4.