But then being crost by lucklesse destinie
He did omit the profferd victorie.
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Thus did Rome’s scourge, the famous Hanniball,
For when he might with his victorious powers
Haue made that towne beneath his sword to fall,
And leueld with the ground her high topt towers,
Then did he let passe those auspicious houers,
In which with ease he might haue queld the foe,
Who after wrought his and his countrie’s woe.