Till by consent of Commons and of Peares,

They crownd the second Constantine with ioyous teares,

Who hauing oft in battell vanquished lxiii

Those spoilefull Picts, and swarming Easterlings,

Long time in peace his Realme established,

Yet oft annoyd with sundry bordragings

Of neighbour Scots, and forrein Scatterlings,

With which the world did in those dayes abound:

Which to outbarre, with painefull pyonings

From sea to sea he heapt a mightie mound,