COUNSEL

As I do think my solerayne lord, it should be nothing ill, A Prince for to revenged be, on those which so did kill. His father's: grace but rather shall, it be a fear to those, That to the like at any time, their cruel minds dispose And also as I think it shall, and honer be to you, To adiuuate and help him with, some men revenged to be. This do I think most fyttest for, your state and his also, Do as you list sieth that your grace, my mind herin does know. Undoubtedly my soferaynd lord, he seemeth unto me, Not to sequest his father's steps, in feats of cheuallrey: But rather for to imitate, the flower of great land, I mean A chilles that same knight, by whose one only hand The Greacia ̄ S have obtained at laingth y e continued ̄ quest of old Troy For which they did holl x. years space, their labour great employ Let y e dru ̄ play. O soferayne lord me thinks I here, him for to be at hand yft please your grace, he is in sighed, even now withal his band. For to causes my soferayne lord, revengement ought to be, The on least others be in fecte, with that, that they shall see. Their princes do, the other is, that those that now be ill. May be revoked and may be taught, for to subdue their will, Plato a wise philosopher, did think it for to be, A Prynceley fact when as a King, shall punnishe seriousley. Such persons as did train their life, to follow y to was nought y to which their pri ̄ ce at ani time, shall by mischau ̄ ce have wrought Protegeus and evil king, a carrayne likeness to, Which all the place about the same, to stink causeth to do. Therefore Oh king if that her fault, should vnreuengyd be, A thousand evils would insum, their of your grace should see. Her fault is great and punishment, it is worthy for to have, For by that mean the good in south, from ̄ duu ̄ gers may be sauf For lo the vnyuersaull scoll, of all the world we know, Is once the palace of a king, where vices chief do flow. And as to waters from on head, and fountain oft do spring, So vice and virtue oft do flo, from palace of a king. Whereby the people sing that, the king adycte to be, To prosecute the like, they all do labour as we see. Therefore the gods have willed thus, Horestes for to take, His journey and a recompense, for fatheres death to make.