This Galba bothe and ek Vitelle,
Upon the cause as I schal telle,
Wherof good is to taken hiede.
For thei tuo thurgh her drunkenhiede
Of witles excitacioun
Oppressede al the nacion
Of Spaigne; for of fool usance,[763]
Which don was of continuance 570
Of hem, whiche alday drunken were,
Ther was no wif ne maiden there,