If hee had bene a God (as sotts him nam’d)
Hee could not of vs Britaynes taken foile,
The Monarche Cæsar might haue bene asham’d
From such an Island with his ships recoyle,
Or else to flye and leaue behinde the spoile:
But life is sweete, hee thought it better flye,
Then byde amongste vs Britaynes, here[736] to die.
32.
I had his sword was named Crocea mors,
With which hee gaue mee in the head a stroke,