That royall realme: the Pictes did so preuayle,[1170]
That sorrow did on euery side assayle
My natiue soyle: and being thus dismayde,
To Rome we sent for succour, helpe, and ayde.
7.
Seuerus then by Bassianus sent,
To bring this realme vnto some quiet stay,
The Romans and the Brittaynes both were bent,
To bring the Scottes and Pictes[1171] to their decay,
Them to returne agayne to Scithya,