Two brethren were their Capitains[800], which hight lxv
Hengist and Horsus, well approu’d in warre,
And both of them men of renowmed might;
Who making vantage of their ciuill iarre,
And of those forreiners, which came from farre,
Grew great, and got large portions of land,
That in the Realme ere long they stronger arre,
Then they which sought at first their helping hand,
And Vortiger enforst[801] the kingdome to aband.
But by the helpe of Vortimere his sonne, lxvi