The only prince that hears the just applause,

Greatest that e’er shall be, and best that ever was.”


CHAPTER V
OF CAERLEON-UPON-USK

“Caerleon, now step in with stately style,

No feeble phrase may serve to set thee forth;

Thy famous town was spoke of many a myle,

Thou hast been great, though now but little worth:

Thy noble bounds hath reacht beyond them all,