I bare my selfe in hand that I could Brytayne win,
Because that Scithes of whome I came, by conquests wan before[1046]
Right many noble Realmes, which they had entred in:
Yet I no sooner could my conquest here begin,
But strayght King Marius came with all his bande,
And met with mee and mine in Westmerlande,[1047]
[Where both our armies met, and fought it hande to hande.][1048]
6.
I trusted sure that Fortune woulde mee guide so well
As erste shee had,[1049] in batayles whilome faught: