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Thus both of them fed with ambitious hopes,
Keep'd secret by themselves their partiall scops,
But mutually this one thing they intend,
The king must die; and heere their thoughts they spend.
But this Earle Walter subtile more than th' other
His quaint designe gan cunningly to smother,
Observing well the Grahames proud haughtie braine,
Greatly aggreag'd the wrongs he did susteine,
Affirming that there was none had a heart
But would avenged be, and for his part
He would assist, and when that turne were ended
Against all deadly Grahame should be defended.
Thus by ambition witcht, and rage demented
This traitour execut what was intented.
Who from the famous Trojan had his name
And from the woods, when he did hear the fame[1]
Of this infamous fact at Edinburgh then
Residing to make peace between these men
Who of the Greeks and Trojans are descended,
O how he was inrag'd! O how offended!
To see so brave a Prince so traiterouslie
Cut off, he roard and rail'd outragiouslie
'Gainst all the nation; but when he justice done
Had seene upon the traitours, then his tune
He quicklie chang'd, now have I seene (said he)
A cruell crime revenged cruellie.
This tragick task, Monsier, in hand to take
Mine eyes do melt in teares, mine heart strings crake,
What! shall I speak of Priam King of Troy
By Pyrrhus kild? that cannot much annoy:
Keep'd secret by themselves their partiall scops,
But mutually this one thing they intend,
The king must die; and heere their thoughts they spend.
But this Earle Walter subtile more than th' other
His quaint designe gan cunningly to smother,
Observing well the Grahames proud haughtie braine,
Greatly aggreag'd the wrongs he did susteine,
Affirming that there was none had a heart
But would avenged be, and for his part
He would assist, and when that turne were ended
Against all deadly Grahame should be defended.
Thus by ambition witcht, and rage demented
This traitour execut what was intented.
Who from the famous Trojan had his name
And from the woods, when he did hear the fame[1]
Of this infamous fact at Edinburgh then
Residing to make peace between these men
Who of the Greeks and Trojans are descended,
O how he was inrag'd! O how offended!
To see so brave a Prince so traiterouslie
Cut off, he roard and rail'd outragiouslie
'Gainst all the nation; but when he justice done
Had seene upon the traitours, then his tune
He quicklie chang'd, now have I seene (said he)
A cruell crime revenged cruellie.
This tragick task, Monsier, in hand to take
Mine eyes do melt in teares, mine heart strings crake,
What! shall I speak of Priam King of Troy
By Pyrrhus kild? that cannot much annoy:
Or
- ↑ Æneas Sylvius.