Haue shewde them selues in sight, as Phœbus fayre in prime.
When first the Romayne state began aloft to clime,
And wanne the wealth of all the worlde beside,
When first their force in warlike feates were tryde,
[My selfe was victour hee that did the Romaynes guyde.]
4.
I, Caius Iulius Cæsar Consull, had to name,
That worthie Romayne borne, renownde with noble deedes,
What neede I here recyte the linage whence I came,
Or else in my great exploytes? perdy[809] t’s more then needes,