5 The warlike Mercians for fear to quake:
Mercians > (Mercia was an ancient kingdom of central southern
England)
6 Thrice shall he fight with them, and twice shall win, 7 But the third time shall fair accordance make:
accordance > harmony; agreement
8 And if he then with victory can lin,
lin > desist [from fighting]
9 He shall his days with peace bring to his earthly inn.
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His sonne, hight Vortipore, shall him succeede
2 In kingdome, but not in felicity;
Yet shall he long time warre with happy speed,
4 And with great honour many battels try:
But at the last to th'importunity
6 Of froward fortune shall be forst to yield.
But his sonne Malgo shall full mightily
8 Auenge his fathers losse, with speare and shield,
And his proud foes discomfit in victorious field.
1 "His son, hight Vortipore, shall him succeed