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WHEN sentence wronge, of will, and rigor vile,
Which shoulde condemne
And nothinge lack'd, but that it was not sign'd:
Th'Emperor thoughte to take no longer pause,
But tooke his penne, for to confirme the cause.
But all in vayne, the quill would take no inke,
Yet still herein, he lewdlie did persiste:
Vntill his hande beganne to shake, and shrinke,
Whereby, the penne did fall out of his fiste:
Wherefore for feare, he rente the writte in twaine,
Then feare the Lorde, and rashe attemptes refraine.
tor
ctae fautor, tan-
dem per
victus, in do-
muncula qua ab-
sconditus erat,
combustus anno
Domini 380.
Aur.