Digital facsimile of the Bodleian First Folio of Shakespeare's plays, Arch. G c.7
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B. Can. For heare her but exampl'd by her selfe,
B. Can. When all her Cheualrie hath been in France,
B. Can. And shee a mourning Widdow of her Nobles,
B. Can. Shee hath her selfe not onely well defended.
B. Can. But taken and impounded as a Stray,
B. Can. The King of Scots: whom shee did send to France,
B. Can. To fill King Edwards fame with prisoner Kings,
B. Can. And make their Chronicle as rich with prayse,
B. Can. As is the Owse and bottome of the Sea
B. Can. With sunken Wrack, and sum-lesse Treasuries.
Bish. Ely. Bish. Ely.
Bish. Ely. But there's a saying very old and true,
Bish. Ely. If that you will France win, then with Scotland first begia.
Bish. Ely. For once the Eagle (England) being in prey,
Bish. Ely. To her vnguarded Nest, the Weazell (Scot)
Bish. Ely. Comes sneaking, and so sucks her Princely Egges,
Bish. Ely. Playing the Mouse in absence of the Cat,
Bish. Ely. To tame and hauocke more then she can eate.
Exet. Exet.
Exet. It followes then, the Cat must stay at home,