1 Good Claudius, that next was emperor,
Claudius > (Claudius I, 10 BC-54 AD, reigned 41-54 and visited
Britain in 43)
2 An army brought, and with him battle fought,
him > (Guiderus, son of Cymbeline)
3 In which the king was by a treacher
the king > [Guiderius] treacher > traitor (Hamo: see HRB 4.13)
4 Disguised slain, ere any thereof thought:
thought > realized [that the king was in danger and would be slain]
5 Yet ceased not the bloody fight for aught; 6 For Arviragus his brother's place supplied,
supplied > filled