Two brethren were their +Capitains+, which hight
2 Hengist and Horsus, well approu'd in warre,
And both of them men of renowmed might;
4 Who making vantage of their ciuill iarre,
And of those forreiners, which came from farre,
6 Grew great, and got large portions of land,
That in the Realme ere long they stronger arre,
8 Then they which sought at first their helping hand,
And Vortiger +enforst+ the kingdome to aband.
1 Capitains > Capitayns 1590; Captains 1596 9 enforst > haue forst 1590
1 Two brethren were their captains, which hight
hight > were named
2 Hengest and Horsa, well approved in war,
Hengest > (Chief of the Jutes, joint founder with his brother of the kingdom of Kent. Died 488) Horsa > (Hengest's brother, killed at the Battle of Aylesford in 455) approved > proved, tried
3 And both of them men of renowned might; 4 Who, making vantage of their civil jar,
vantage > advantage their > [the Britons'] jar > discord
5 And of those foreigners, which came from far,
those foreigners > [the Saxons]