And no lesse true is this text agayne, _Beata terra cuius rex est nobilis_: Blest is the land where a stout king doth rayne, Where in good peace ech man possesseth his, Where ill men feare to faut or doe amisse, Where a stout prince is prest, with sworde[864] in hand,[865] At home and abroad his[866] enemies to withstand. 14. In case king _Henry_ had beene such a one,[867] Hardy and stout, as his fathers afore, Long mought bee haue sate in the royall throne, Without any feare of common vprore: But dayly his weakenesse shewed more and more,[868] Which bouldnesse gaue to the aduersary band,[869] To spoyle him at last both of life and land. 15. His humble heart was nothing vnknowen, To the gallants of _Yorke_ and theyr retinue: A ground lying lowe is soone ouerflowen,[870] And shored houses cannot long continue: Joyntes cannot knit whereas is no synowe: And so a prince, not dread as well as loued, Is from his place by practise soone remoued.[871] 16. Well mought I see, had I not wanted brayne, The worke begon to vndermyne the state, When the chiefe linke was loosed fro the chayne, And that some[872] durst vpon bloud royall grate: How tickle a hold had I of mine estate? When the chiefe post[873] lay flat vpon the flore, Mought not I thinke my staffe then[874] next the dore. 17. So mought I[875] also dame _Margaret_ the queene, By meane of whom this[876] mischiefe first began, Did she (trow ye) her selfe not ouerweene, Death to procure to that most worthy man?[877] Which she and hers afterward mought well ban,[878] On whom did hang (as I before haue sayde) Her husband’s life, his honour, and his ayde. 18. For whilst hee liued, which was our stable stay, _Yorke_ and his ympes were kept as vnder yoke, But when the piller remoued[879] was away, Then burst out flame, that late before was smoke, The traytour couert then[880] cast of his cloake, And from his den came[881] forth in open light, With titles blinde which he set forth for right. 19. But this to bring about, him[882] first behoued[883] The king and his kin asonder for[884] to set: Who being perforce or practise remoued,[885] Then had they avoyded the principall let, Which kept the sought pray so long from the net: The next poynt after, was, themselues to place In rule aboue the rest, next vnto his grace.[886] 20.