Seuerus’ strength, the Pictes were prickte with pride,
For theyr reuenge vs Britaynes to annoy:
Which when I hard, in post I did prouide
A power great, then I in hast did ride,
And kept the coast so strong with men of warre,
That no man coulde ariue, to make or marre.
21.
The poore Pictes preuented of their pray,[1174]
In waltering waues did bouse their bitter bayne,
They digde a diche, and caught theyr owne decay,