EnterAte.ATE.Lo here the end of lawless treachery,Of usurpation and ambitious pride;And they that for their private amours dareTurmoil our land, and set their broils abroach,Let them be warned by these premises.And as a woman was the only causeThat civil discord was then stirred up,So let us pray for that renowned maid,That eight and thirty years the scepter swayed,In quiet peace and sweet felicity;And every wight that seeks her grace’s smart,Would that this sword were pierced in his heart![Exit.]
EnterAte.
ATE.Lo here the end of lawless treachery,Of usurpation and ambitious pride;And they that for their private amours dareTurmoil our land, and set their broils abroach,Let them be warned by these premises.And as a woman was the only causeThat civil discord was then stirred up,So let us pray for that renowned maid,That eight and thirty years the scepter swayed,In quiet peace and sweet felicity;And every wight that seeks her grace’s smart,Would that this sword were pierced in his heart!
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