6 Had not Androgeus, false to native soil, 7 And envious of uncle's sovereignty,
sovereignty > royal authority
8 Betrayed his country to foreign spoil:
spoil > {Act of pillage}
9 Naught else but treason from the first this land did foil.
foil > defeat; trample underfoot; befoul, defile; violate
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So by him C{ae}sar got the victory,
2 Through great bloudshed, and many a sad assay,
In which him selfe was charged heauily
4 Of hardy Nennius, whom he yet did slay,
But lost his sword, yet to be seene this day.
6 Thenceforth this land was tributarie made
T'ambitious Rome, and did their rule obay,
8 Till Arthur all that reckoning +defrayd+;
Yet oft the Briton kings against them strongly swayd.
8 defrayd > did defray 1596, 1609
1 So by him Caesar got the victory, 2 Through great bloodshed, and many a sad assay,