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Henry the second. An Dom. 1154.
This King vnto the Empresse Maud was Heyre,
And lawfully obtain'd the Regall Chayre,
He was couragious, and yet most vnchaste,
Which Vice, his other Vertues all defac'd.
He lou'd faire Rosamond, the worlds faire Rose,
For which his wife and children turn'd his foes.
He made his sonne Copartner in his Crowne,
Who rais'd strong warres to put his Father downe.
Faire Rosamond at Woodstock by the Queene
Was poyson'd, in reuengefull iealous spleene.
In toyle, and trouble, with his Sonnes and Peeres,
The King raign'd almost fiue and thirty yeeres.
Hee neere his death did curse his day of birth,
Hee curst his Sonnes, and sadly left the earth,
Hee at Founteuerard in his Tombe was laid,
And his Son Richard next the Scepter swaid.
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