They sayd wee were a people barbarous,
They neither punishe would nor yeeld those Romaines good,
But honour them, they came of Fabius noble bloud.
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Full swiftely on wee marched then in haste,
And towardes Rome with all our powre wee hyde;
At Alia floud gan forty thousand taste
Of Romaines that vs met what might betyde:
Wee slewe them fast, the rest durst not abide,
Wee had the spoyle, to Rome wee came, the Citye wee possesse:[606]