He could not shun th’edict of destinie:
But backt by them he proudly did proclame
T’inferre swift vengeance on our Britannie,
If he were not restor’d to dignitie:
Which I disdain’d and did prepare for fight:
Because to that he claim’d he had no right.
25.
And in a faire field by those bathes apart,
Which Bladud sometimes king of Britanie
Had founded by the depth of powerfull art,