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Lenuoye
tHis tragedye doth naturally compleyne
Vpon this vice callyd vnkyndnesse
Which to punissh is torment none ne peyne
Rygour condygne flagell nor duresse
Emprisonynge nor none erthely distresse
That may suffise breuely to conclude
Ageyn the vice of ingratitude
All creatures on this vice compleyne
Lawe nature decres rightwisnesse
This monstre in kinde doth the light disteyne
Of euery vertue dyrketh the brightnesse
Alisaundre can bere herof witnesse
Which to his furthrers he of his tetchis rude
Shewyd ageynwarde greate ingratude
Of herberus thynfernall treble cheyne
Nor of tantalus hungre nor thrustnesse
Of Ixion or Ticius both tweyne
Rekne the turment remembre the sharpnesse
All to lytyll to chastyse or redresse
The hatefull vice of them that can delude
Their frendys olde by fals ingratitude
Noble princes which in your demeyne
Haue gouernaunce of all wordly richesse
Geyn folke vnkynde loke that ye disdeyne
Suffre them nat haue none interesse
For taproche to your hye noblesse
For there is no vice more hatefull to conclude
Than is the vice of ingratitude