For whan the king did know[456] that for my cause, His lordes in maske[457] would kill him on a night,[458] To dash all doubtes hee tooke no farder pause, But _Pierce_ of _Exton_, a cruell murdering[459] knight, To _Pomfret_ castle sent him, armed bright,[460] Who causelesse kild mee there against all lawes,[461] Thus lawles life to lawles death ey drawes: [Wherefore bid kinges bee rulde and rule by right: Who worketh his will, and shunneth wisedome’s sawes, In snares of woe, ere hee bee ware, shall light.][462] G. F.[463] [When hee had[464] ended this so woefull a tragedy,[465] and to all princes a right worthy[466] instruction, wee paused:[467] hauing passed through a miserable time full of piteous tragedies. And seeing the raigne of _Henry_ the fourth ensued, a man[468] more wary[469] and prosperous in his doings, although not vntroubled with warres both of outforth and inward enemies, wee began to searche what peeres[470] were fallen therein, whereof the nombre was not small: and yet because theyr examples were not much to be noted for our purpose, we passed ouer al the maskers (of whom king _Richard’s_ brother was chief) which were all slayn and put to death for theyr trayterous attempt. And finding _Owen Glendour_ next, one of fortune’s owne whelpes, and the _Percies_ his confederates, I thought them vnmeete to be ouerpassed, and[471] therefore sayd thus to the sylent company: “What my maisters is euery man at once in a browne study? hath no man affection to any of these stories? you minde so much some other belike, that these doe not moue you: and to say the[472] truth, there is no speciall cause why they should.[473]How be it _Owen Glendour_, because he was one of fortune’s owne darlings, and affected to bee prince[474] of _Wales_, although to his owne mischiefe and destruction, rather then he should bee forgotten, I wil take vpon mee (by your fauour) to say somewhat in his personne:[475] which[476] _Owen_ comming out of the wilde mountaynes of _Wales_ like the image of death in all poyntes (his harte onely excepted) as a ghost forpined with extreame famine, cold, and hunger, may lament his great misfortune after[477] this manner.”][478] How _Owen Glendour_ seduced by false prophesies, tooke vpon him to bee Prince of Wales, and was by _Henry_ Prince[479] of England chased[480] to the mountaynes, where hee miserably died for lack of foode.[481] Anno 1401.[482] 1.