For when men goe a madding, there[1829] still the viler part[1830] Conspyre together, and will haue all the sway: And bee it well or yll, they must haue all the porte,[1831] As they will do, the rest must nedes obay: They prattle and prate as doth the popingaye: They crye and commaund the rest[1832] to kepe th’array, Whiles they may raunge and rob for spoyle and pray. 53. And when wee had prepared euery thing, Wee went to _Tawnton_ with all our prouision, And there we slewe the prouost of _Penryn_, For that on the subsedy hee sate in commission:[1833] Hee was not wise, nor yet of great discretion, That durst approche his enmies in their rage, When wit nor reason coulde their yre asswage. 54. From thence wee went to _Wels_, where wee were[1834] receiued Of this lorde _Awdeley_ as [of] our chiefe captayne, And so had[1835] the name, but yet hee was deceiued, For I indeede did rule the clubbish trayne, My cartly knights true honour did disdayne: For like doth loue his like, it will[1836] bee none other, A chorle will loue a chorle, before hee will his brother. 55. [Then] from _Wels_ to _Winchester_, [and so] to _Blackheath_ field, And there [wee] enchamped looking for more ayde, But when none came, wee thought our selues begild: Such _Cornishmen_ as knew they were betrayde, From their fellowes by night away they strayde:[1837] There might wee learne how vayne it is to trust Our fayned frends, in quarels so vniust. 56. But wee [the sturdy captaynes] that thought our power was strong, Were bent to try [our fortune] what euer should betyde: Wee were the bolder, for [that] the king so long Deferred battayle: which so increast our pryde, That sure wee thought the king himselfe did hyde Within the cyty, therfore with[1838] courage hault, Wee did determine the[1839] cyty to assault. 57. But hee [working] contrary to our expectation, Was fully mynded to[1840] let vs run our race, Till wee were from our domesticall habitation,[1841] Where that of ayde or succour was no place, And then [to] bee plaged as it should please his grace: [But] all doubtfull playnts, how euer they did sound, To our best vayle wee alway did expound. 58. When that the king sawe time, with courage bolde Hee sent a powre to circumuent vs all: Where wee enclosde as simple sheepe in folde, Were slaine and murdred as[1842] beasts in butcher’s stall: The king himselfe, what euer [chaunce] might fall, Was strongly encamped[1843] within Saynt _George’s_ fielde, And there abode tyll that hee hearde vs yeelde. 59.