17.
Wherefore the ioyfull King agayne replide,
Through counsaile wise of all the nobles had:
By letters hee the Romaynes hests denide,
Which made the Britaynes hauty harts full glad:
And eke the Romayne Consull proude as mad[713]
To heare these letters written: thus they went,
Which hee agayne to mighty Cæsar sent.
CASSIBELLANE
King of Britayne to C. Iulius Cæsar Consull of Rome.