LI.

By Herod___________________now was borne The scepter, which of old great David swaid; Whose right by David's linage so long worne, _lineage_ Himselfe a stranger to, his owne had made; And from the head of Judah's house quite torne The crowne, for which upon their necks he laid A sad yoake, under which they sigh'd in vaine, And looking on their lost state sigh'd againe.