She di’d victorious in the armes of death.

455.

Anno Reg. 43, 44.

For when the Austrian duke with his proud hoast,

Atrides-like laid siege to little Troy,

And by a solemne vow did vainely boast,

Not to depart vntill he did destroy

That English towne; yet to his owne annoy,

He there did lie while th’horses of the sunne,

Their yeare’s race thrice about the heauen had runne.