26.
Report from Rome did tidings daily bring,
Who stood in feare of th’heathen’s bold assay,
How mightie Saladine the Pagan king,
Had proudly purpos’d Palestine’s decay,
To glut the gulfe of his vnsaciate pray,
Wishing vs hasten to the christian aid,
Who ouer-matcht with power, were much dismai’d.
27.
The warre-god rouz’d with ratling drumme’s alarme,