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Now was, in these same days, decreed, in Rome,
Those legions, which, in Gaul, already, serve;
Should pass the seas, to conquer a new world:
And namely Britain, which untouched, since Julius.
Impotent Claudius, gone forth, from the Senate;
One Aulus Plautius, well expert in arms,
Appoints his legate, for that war in Britain.
Those legions, which, in Gaul, already, serve;
Should pass the seas, to conquer a new world:
And namely Britain, which untouched, since Julius.
Impotent Claudius, gone forth, from the Senate;
One Aulus Plautius, well expert in arms,
Appoints his legate, for that war in Britain.
This year, in Gaul, is great munition made;
Are timbered ships, and, gathered corn; prepared,
Is every kind of warlike furniture.
But rumoured, sith, grave tidings were, in Rome.
Revolt from Cæsar his Illyric legions!
Then fear, in every place, dread in men's hearts.
Is Aulus, in the City, long detained;
Till draws this Summer season nigh to end.
Are timbered ships, and, gathered corn; prepared,
Is every kind of warlike furniture.
But rumoured, sith, grave tidings were, in Rome.
Revolt from Cæsar his Illyric legions!
Then fear, in every place, dread in men's hearts.
Is Aulus, in the City, long detained;
Till draws this Summer season nigh to end.
And now approaching Autumn's stormy tide,
Levy the Almains camp, at Branodunum.
Last renowned Thorolf parts, with his war-keels.
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Last renowned Thorolf parts, with his war-keels.
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