hight > named, called
8 Her other son fast sleeping did oppress,
oppress > take by surprise (cf. 107.0:2)
9 And with most cruel hand him murdered pitiless.
210.36
Here ended Brutus sacred progenie,
2 Which had seuen hundred yeares this scepter borne,
With high renowme, and great +felicitie;+
4 The noble braunch from th'antique stocke was torne
Through discord, and the royall throne forlorne:
6 Thenceforth this Realme was into factions rent,
Whilest each of Brutus boasted to be borne,
8 That in the end was left no moniment
Of Brutus, nor of Britons glory auncient.
3 felicitie; > felicitie? 1596
1 Here ended Brutus' sacred progeny,
sacred > {An epithet of royalty; also, here, specifically because Brutus's lineage could be traced back to Aeneas (whose father, Anchises, was a mortal, and whose mother, Venus, was a goddess)}
2 Which had seven hundred years this sceptre borne, 3 With high renown, and great felicity; 4 The noble branch from the antique stock was torn