. . . . . . . . Heart-care oppressed
The Roman ruler; of his realm he despaired;
He was lacking in fighters; too few were his warriors,
His close comrades to conquer in battle
65 Their eager enemy. The army encamped,
Earls about their ætheling, at the edge of the stream,
Where they spread their tents for the space of the
night,
After first they had found their foes approach.
To Cæsar himself in his sleep there came