For Romain honor filde by Crassus foile,

Thou threw’st thy Curiace off, and fearfull healme,

With coward courage vnto Ægipts Queen

In haste to runne, about her necke to hang

Languishing in her armes thy Idoll made:

In summe giuen vp to Cleopatras eies.

Thou breakest at length from thence, as one encharm’d

Breakes from th’enchaunter that him strongly helde.

For thy first reason (spoyling of their force

the poisned cuppes of thy faire Sorceres)