(Quoth hee) the Romaynes neuer yet with feare
Of nation rude were daunted of so farre,
Wee therefore mind to proue them what they are.
And therewithall hee[708] letters hither sent,
By those ambassage brought, and thus they went.[709]
C. IVLIVS CÆSAR
Consull of Rome, to Cassibellane King of Britayne, sendeth greeting.
Sith that the Gods haue giuen vs all the West,
As subiects to our Romayne Empire hie,
By warre, or as it seemed Ioue the best,