[This straunge aduenture of the good earle draue vs all into a dumpe, inwardly lamenting his woefull destiny, out of which wee were awaked after this sort. “To what end,” sayde[648]one, “muse we so much on the matter. This earle is neyther first nor last[649]whom fortune hath foundred in the height of theyr prosperity. For all through the raigne of this vnfortunate kingHenry, we shall finde many which haue beene likewise serued, whose chaunces sith they be martiall, and therefore honourable, may the better be omitted. And therefore wee will let goe the lordesMolines, andPoyninges, slayne both at the siege ofOrleaunce, shortly after the death of this earle. Also the valiaunt earle ofArundeldestroyed with a bowlet at the assault ofGerborye,[650]whose stories neuerthelesse are worth the hearing. And to quicken vp your spirites, I will take vpon mee a tragicall person in deede, I meane kingIamyslayn by his seruauntes in his priuy chamber: who although he be aScot, yet seeing hee was brought vp inEngland, where hee learned the language, his example also so notable, it were not meete it should bee forgotten. And therfore marke,Baldwine, what, I thinke, he may say.”]
[This straunge aduenture of the good earle draue vs all into a dumpe, inwardly lamenting his woefull destiny, out of which wee were awaked after this sort. “To what end,” sayde[648]one, “muse we so much on the matter. This earle is neyther first nor last[649]whom fortune hath foundred in the height of theyr prosperity. For all through the raigne of this vnfortunate kingHenry, we shall finde many which haue beene likewise serued, whose chaunces sith they be martiall, and therefore honourable, may the better be omitted. And therefore wee will let goe the lordesMolines, andPoyninges, slayne both at the siege ofOrleaunce, shortly after the death of this earle. Also the valiaunt earle ofArundeldestroyed with a bowlet at the assault ofGerborye,[650]whose stories neuerthelesse are worth the hearing. And to quicken vp your spirites, I will take vpon mee a tragicall person in deede, I meane kingIamyslayn by his seruauntes in his priuy chamber: who although he be aScot, yet seeing hee was brought vp inEngland, where hee learned the language, his example also so notable, it were not meete it should bee forgotten. And therfore marke,Baldwine, what, I thinke, he may say.”]