33.
And when report his death about had blowne,
Maxentius then the triple crowne to weare,
Did challenge all the empire as his owne,
And for a time that mighty mace dyd beare:
Which when my sonne, my Constantine dyd heare,
The youthfull lad, indeuour’d by and by,
To claime his right by Mars’ his crueltie.
34.
I then his tender youthfull yeares to guyde,