Epigram 34 (Titus is fast and hath no starting waies,)

Titus is fast and hath no starting waies,
As fast, as is the naile driuen to the head.
Or as pale goold kept vnder many keyes.
Or as a trueloue knott well hampered.
Not for his vertue enuie did this deed.
Nor for his vice he suffereth of the lawes,
(For good and euill both hurt if they exceed.)
But for his word and for no other cause.
He plaints vnto his friends, and cries, O Lord.
I am kept, for not keeping of my word.