Which quickly me from crowne and kingdome threwe,[1199]
Whil’st with delight I did thy vaunting vewe,
I like the halke which sores in good estate,
Did spye a stale, I stoopte, and tooke a mate.
4.
For at what tyme the Saxons dyd assayle
My Britane state, and tooke eche man a share,
My kindome they, euen for their best auayle,
Dyd then deuide: for which wyth carking care
Them thence to dryue, I did my powre prepare: