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That he as onely heire and Lorde,
Of Fathers lande proclaimed should bee,
The secondes shafte with fleshe begorde,
Through fathers mouthe did perce truly
Wherefore to haue the soueraigne swaie,
And cheef rule of his Fathers lande,
More certainly he ought thei saie,
Of twaine the firmer lot to stande.