And bloud that freshly trickled from his wounde,
With Eccho so did halfe his wordes confounde,
That scarce a while the sence might playne appeare:
At last,[111] mee thought, hee spake as you shall heare.[112]
How King Albanact the Yongest Son of Brutus,[113] and First King of Albany (now called Scotland) was slayne by king Humber, the yeere before Christ, 1085.
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Sith flattering Fortune sliely could beguile
Mee, first of Brytane Princes in this land:[114]
And yet at first on mee did sweetely smile,
Doe marke mee here,[115] that first in presence stand.