Salcedo fayling Monsiurs Death, which did the League conspier:
The Prince of Orenge, murthred through Farnesian Parmas hier:
Renoumed Condie poysned, in his time the Leaguers feare:
How Pope-sent Saunders gainst our Queene in Ireland Armes did beare:
(For Leaguers then in Pollicie preuented Lettes each-wheare,
By Armies, or Armadas, or their scattred Iesuists, who
Haue had small cause to brag that they with England had to doe:)
The often sworne and for-sworne Peace, that hapned in the while
Queene-Mother, Phillip, Pope and Guise, the French Kings did begile:
Queene-Mother for Ambition of imployment, King of Spayne,
To make his Vsurpations sure, yea France it selfe to gaine,
The Pope to keepe his pompe in plight, Guise for the regall Ring:
How all, though drifting d••ffringly, at length to ende did bring
The House Valoys, of Capets Stocke, which Stocke had quite decaide,
But that it pleaseth God the Crowne in B••rbons House is staide:
How till the Barricados Feast, when Guise vn-vizard was,
Vnder Religions Cloake the Routes in wasted France did pas,
And after then, both Hugenote, and Papist too, if frend
Vnto Valoys, or Burbon, sound like Enmitie, or end:
Of Sauoy, (hoping France) his Aydes, and ••ll successe in all:
How Guise, and Lorraine, in the Pit for Henr••e dig'd did fall:
How Frier Iames, Pope-blest, and brib'd of May••e, did Henrie kill:
How vnto Mayne, pursewing Broyles, it wrought not to his will:
The Massacres, and Stratagems, did in these Tumults chance:
How God in all his Warres did blesse Nauar, now King of France:
And how, next God, that Frāce is French our Queene is Author cheef,
All These, thus blanch't, we leaue, and shall of Belgick be as breefe.
But be it first remembred how, euen for the Parents sinne,
God plagueth in Posteritie: as came to passe, I winne,
In second Henries, of the Church reform'd a bloudie Foe,
(Though otherwise a worthie Prince, nor tache we him but so)
And Katherine de Med••••••s, whose Athisme wrought much woe.
These had sowre Sonnes, not one of which did die a naturall death,