Classic Poem

This disordered complaint of Frenos is answerable unto his disordered dealing, but most of all unto his sodaine death, who, having his conscience unprepared, tormented with the multitude of his sinnes, stoode amazed what to say: and yet howsoever it hange together, it conteyneth matter of note, which I leave to the censure of the discrete reader. And now to the rest of this report: the next that death mett with in this tragedie of couseners, was Caphos, a merchant, whose name Frenos used in divers of his craftie conveyances, for that (if neede so required) hee had friendes to countenaunce, monie to defend, and an indifferent honest report to couler their lewde practises. But notwithstanding his monie, couler, and countenaunce to set an honest shewe, in the sight of the world, of his subtile practises, now that death attacheth him to make his accompt before the hiest, you shall heare in what arerages he findes himselfe.