Weare I a Kinge I coulde commande content;
Weare I obscure unknowne shoulde be my cares,
And weare I ded no thoughtes should me torment,
Nor wordes, nor wronges, nor loves, nor hopes, nor feares.
A dowtefull choyse of these thinges one to crave,
A Kingdom or a cottage or a grave.

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Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford (1550-1604)