And[767] noble Nennius, in the field wee[768] fought:
When first both Britaynes, and the Romaynes tryd
With dint of sword, if titles theyrs were ought:
They dyed in theyr defence, no pompe they sought,
They liu’d to see their Countrey conquere still,
They dy’d before they felt of priuate ill,
[And bare eache other all their liues, good will.]
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When Cæsar so with shamefull flight recoyl’d,
And left our Britayne land vnconquer’d first,