3.

I Vortiger, by byrth was borne a lorde,

Kyng Constantine his coosin did me call,

I cride amayne, and clapt his crowne aborde,

And for a tyme til fortune forst my fall,

With restlesse blesse I sate in stately stall:

But men of warre of much more might then I,

For my desert my carefull corpes did fry.

4.

As furious force of fiery flashing fame,