I neede no longer staye to tell the story here,
Nor yet to gieue my friend the Earle of London blame,
Sith by his meanes I wanne to Rome eternall fame,
[Though he in Britayne beare for aye a shrowding sheete of shame.]
35.
From Fraunce I sent[841] to Rome, reporting how
Amongst the Galles[842] and Britaynes I had sped,
I made request by frends, I might be Consull now
On my returne agayne, but Pompeye’s hauty hed
Did ioyne him selfe with Peeres and armies which he led,