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/ Let no one in greatness too confident be, / Nor trust in his kindred, though high their degree; / For envy and rage will lay any man low: / Thy murder, Brown William, fills Mona with woe.
Thou wast the Receiver of Mona's fair state, / Thy conduct was noble, thy wisdom was great, / And ne'er of thy rule did she weariness show: / Thy murder, Brown William, fills Mona with woe.