stead > place
3 Who on him took the royal diadem,
diadem > crown, rule
4 And goodly well long time it governed, 5 Till the proud Romans him disquieted, 6 And warlike Caesar, tempted with the name
Caesar > (Gaius Julius Caesar, c. 101-44 BC)
7 Of this sweet island, never conquered, 8 And envying the Britons' blazed fame,
envying > envying; begrudging blazed > celebrated
9 (O hideous hunger of dominion) hither came.
hideous > immense; odious of > for
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