Classic Poem

So him at first De Nance commanded was to kill;
But he most stoutlie did refuse this guiltlesse blood to spill.
 “Shall I, said he, consent to doo this fearfull thing
“To shed this blood, because I am commanded by the King?
“No, God forbid, I know I have a soule to save;
“So bloodie spot, to save my life my name shall never have.
“I know there is a day, a day that Saints desire;
“When of our deeds the king above a reckoning will require.
“ Obaie the King ; that's true, in things that honest be:
“When I obey in wicked hests, wo worth the time to me…
“A murder to be done the King doth now request,
“My God commands the contrary: now which to chuse wer best?
“The King doth threaten death, and God doth threaten hell,
“If for the King I should forsake my God, should I doo well?