I was th’only[1901] author, of myne owne woe; But yet I began it by[1902] wicked counsell, Of my lords spirituall and temporall also: Which for their merits in fielde with mee fell: I was curst (in deede) the truth for to tell, And could not (by falshoode) eyther thriue or thie: To assist my brother’s foe I did not well,[1903] _Miserere mei Deus et salua mee_. 10. Christe’s commaundements,[1904] I did all refuse: The breatch of myne oathe,[1905] I did not regarde: Therfore I am domed[1906] as faythlesse as the Jewes: Sore is the sentence, and cruell is the swerde:[1907] Excepte thy mercy helpe, O Lord, I am marde: Saue mee; for whom thou suffredst on a tree, To thy mercye I appeale for my sauegarde: _Miserere mei Deus & salua mee_. 11. Herafter (by mee) my successours may beware, An ensample[1908] take by my wretched ruyne: Lest in lykewyse they bee taken with[1909] the snare, As I am nowe: and pay the[1910] lyke fyne: Vanquished wee were, by[1911] power devyne: For by manne’s power it seemed not to bee: Here now I ly, in an homely shrine, _Miserere mei Deus & salua mee_. 12. I am a spectacle also in lyke case, To the Frenche king, yf hee list to take heede, I feare that hee cannot for lacke of grace, The king[1912] and hee, bee not yet agreede: Therefore let him looke, for a lyke speede, As wee had that were of his leage and vnity, I trow hee doth neither God[1913] loue, nor dreede, _Miserere mei Deus & salua mee_. 13. Who euer knew christian king in such a case,[1914] As[1915] I wretched creature that cannot haue In churche or in[1916] churchyard any maner place, Emong christen people to lye in a graue: The earth mee abhorreth,[1917] all men mee depraue, My frends forsake mee, and haue[1918] no pity, The worlde taketh from mee all that hee mee gaue: _Miserere mei Deus & salua mee_. 14. There is no more now, I must take my leaue, In this wretched worlde I may no longer dwell: But one thing there is doth mee sore greaue, I not where to rest, in heauen or in hell, None else thereof but only God can tell: Adieu, this worlde is full of vanity, I may no longer be with thee, farewell: _Miserere mei Deus & salua mee_. 15.