decay > downfall; destruction; death
6 Whom Roman wars (which now four hundred years 7 And more had wasted) could no whit dismay;
dismay > dismay; defeat
8 Till, by consent of commons and of peers,
commons > [the commonalty, the common people] peers > [the aristocracy]
9 They crowned the second Constantine with joyous tears,
Constantine > (Constantine II, 317-340, second son of Constantine I, emperor 337-340)
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Who hauing oft in battell vanquished
2 Those spoilefull Picts, and swarming Easterlings,
Long time in peace his Realme established,
4 Yet oft annoyd with sundry bordragings
Of neighbour Scots, and forrein Scatterlings,
6 With which the world did in those dayes abound:
Which to outbarre, with painefull pyonings
8 From sea to sea he heapt a mightie mound,
Which from Alcluid to Panwelt did that border bound.
1 Who having oft in battle vanquished 2 Those spoilful Picts, and swarming Easterlings,