Borne was I neither to warre ne to peace, For _Mars_ was maligne to all my whole trade:[840] My byrth I beleue was in _Ioue’s_ decrease, When _Cancer_ in his[841] course being retrograde, Declined from _Sol_ to[842] _Saturnus’_ shade, Where aspectes were good, opposites did marre, So grewe mine vnhap both in peace and warre. 7. A straunge natiuity in calculation, As all[843] my liue’s course did after well[844] declare, Whereof in briefe[845] to make relation, That other by mee may learne to beware, Ouerlight credence was cause of my care, And want of foresight in gieuing assent To condemne _Humfrey_ that duke innocent.[846] 8. _Humfrey_ I meane[847] that was the protectour, Duke of _Glocester_, of the royall bloud, So long as hee was _England’s_ directour, King _Henrie’s_ title to the crowne was good: This prince as a piller most stedfastly stood,[848] Or like a prop[849] set vnder a vyne, In state to vpholde all _Lancaster’s_ lyne. 9. O heedeles trust, vnware of harme to come, O malice headlong, swift to serue fond will, Did euer madnes man so much benome Of prudent forecast, reason, wit, and skill,[850] As mee, blinde bayard, consenting to spill The bloud of my cosin, my refuge and stay,[851] To my destruction making open way? 10. So long as the duke bare the stroke and sway,[852] So long no rebels quarels[853] durst begin: But when the post was pulled once[854] away, Which stoode to vphold the king and his kin, _Yorke_ and his banders prowdly preased in To chalenge the crowne, by title[855] of right, Beginning with lawe and ending with might. 11. Abroad went bruits in countrey and[856] towne, That _Yorke_ of _England_ was the heyr true,[857] And how _Henry_ had vsurped[858] the crowne Agaynst all right, which all the realme might rue:[859] The people then embracing titles newe, Yrkesome of present and longing for chaunge,[860] Assented soone because they loue to raunge. 12. True is the text which wee in scripture reade, _Væ terra illi_, _cuius rex est puer_, Woe to that land[861] whereof a child is head, Whether child or childish, the case is one sure: Where kinges be yong, wee dayly see in vre, The people awlesse, by weakenes of theyr head,[862] Lead theyr liues lawlesse, hauing none to dread.[863] 13.