Omne regnum in se•• diuisum desolabitur
For who sawe euer kyngdome or cuntre
Stonde in quiete of possession
But if there were right peas and equyte
And Iust accord without dissencion
Voide of vntreuth and fals collusion
Playnly declarynge by ensample and by scripture
Kyngdomes deuidyd may no while endure
Seeth here ensaumple of thebes the cyte
And howe that noble myghty region
Thurgh their frowarde fals duplicite
With werre were brought to their distruccion
Their promise broken and their couert treson
Shewyd by her armys impossible to recure
Kyngedomes diuidyd may no whyle endure
Pryncis princessys which haue the souereynte
Ouer the people and dominacion
If ye lyst longe lyue in felicite
Cheryssh your subgettis doo noon extorcion
And aduertyse of wisdome and of reason
As this tragedie doth to you discure
Kyngdomes diuidyd may no whyle endure