By dome of frendly Goddes first this Ile wee hent,

Of Priame’s bloud wee ar from Greece we Troianes came:

As Brutus brought vs thence, and gaue this land his name,

[So for our fredome we will freely fight to keep the same.]

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This lande reported was full fertile for the soyle,

The wealthie warlike sorte of Britaynes stout within,

Were rather able well to giue, then take the foyle,

To those which came by warres their freedom for to win:

My selfe made first assault with them I did begin,