Mee thought I had vnto the worlde his ende,
By west subdued the Nations whilome[817] free:
There of my warres[818] I wrot an historye
[By nights, at leisure times so from my Countrey far,]
I did describe the[819] places and [the] sequelles of my war
The Commentaryes calde of Cæsar’s acts that ar.
13.
At length I did perceaue there was an Island yet,
By west of Fraunce which in the Ocean sea did lye,
And that there was likewise no cause or time to let,