6 Nor so foul outrage done by living men: 7 For all your cities they shall sack and raze, 8 And the green grass that grows they shall burn, 9 That even the wild beast shall die in starved den.
That > [So that]
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Whiles thus +thy+ Britons do in languour pine,
2 Proud Etheldred shall from the North arise,
Seruing th'ambitious will of Augustine,
4 And passing Dee with hardy enterprise,
Shall backe repulse the valiaunt Brockwell twise,
6 And Bangor with massacred Martyrs fill;
But the third time shall rew his foolhardise:
8 For Cadwan pittying his peoples ill,
Shall stoutly him defeat, and thousand Saxons kill.
1 thy > the 1596, 1609
1 "While thus your Britons do in languor pine,
languor > sorrow, mental distress
2 Proud Ethelfrid shall from the north arise, 3 Serving the ambitious will of Augustine 4 And, passing Dee with hardy enterprise,
Dee > (The River Dee, in NW England) hardy > audacious, bold; robust
5 Shall back repulse the valiant Brocmail twice, 6 And Bangor with massacred martyrs fill; 7 But the third time shall rue his foolhardice: